Acute urinary retention may be sign of cancer
Danish study shows excess risk for a number of cancers in men and women three month after an acute urinary retention diagnosis: BMJ
Patients who experience acute urinary retention are more likely to be diagnosed with prostate or urinary tract cancers in subsequent months, a recent study suggests.
The Danish researchers examined data on 75,983 adults aged 50 and older who were admitted to hospital with acute urinary retention between 1995 and 2017; most patients (82.6%) were male.
The primary goal of the study was to assess the absolute risk of urogenital, colorectal and neurological cancers among patients with acute urinary retention as compared with the general population.
Within three months of the diagnosis of acute urinary retention, the researchers identified an excess cancer risk for men and women.
