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Association between post-diagnostic use of cholera vaccine and risk of death in prostate cancer patients

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  • Jianguang Ji

    (Lund University/Region Skåne)

  • Jan Sundquist

    (Lund University/Region Skåne
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)

  • Kristina Sundquist

    (Lund University/Region Skåne
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)

Abstract

Recent evidence suggests that cholera toxin might have multiple functions regarding the ability to regulate the immune system. However, it is unknown whether subsequent administration of cholera vaccine might affect the mortality rate in patients with prostate cancer. Here we report that patients in Sweden, who were diagnosed with prostate cancer between July 2005 and December 2014 and used cholera vaccine, have a decreased risk of death from prostate cancer (HR, 0.57; 95% CI, 0.40–0.82) as compared to patients with prostate cancer but without cholera vaccine use, adjusted for a range of confounding factors. In addition, patients using cholera vaccine show a decreased risk of death overall (HR, 0.53; 95% CI, 0.41–0.69). The decreased mortality rate is largely consistent, irrespective of patients’ age or tumor stage at diagnosis. In this population-based study, we suggest that subsequent administration of cholera vaccine after prostate cancer diagnosis might reduce the mortality rate.

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  • Jianguang Ji & Jan Sundquist & Kristina Sundquist, 2018. "Association between post-diagnostic use of cholera vaccine and risk of death in prostate cancer patients," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 9(1), pages 1-7, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:9:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-018-04814-4
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04814-4
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