Obesity and Prostate Cancer: The Tip of a High Mountain Still to Be Conquered

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, Ospedale Sant'Andrea, Sapienza University of Rome, via di Grottarossa 1035-1039, 00189 Rome, Italy.
² Department of Human and Pediatric Pathology "Gaetano Barresi", Urologic Section, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria, 98125 Messina, Italy.
³ Department of Surgery, Oncology, and Gastroenterology, Urology Clinic, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani 2, 35100 Padua, Italy.

Editorial

Cosimo De Nunzio et al. J Clin Med. 2020.

. 2020 Jul 1;9(7):2070.

doi: 10.3390/jcm9072070.

¹ Department of Urology, Ospedale Sant'Andrea, Sapienza University of Rome, via di Grottarossa 1035-1039, 00189 Rome, Italy.
² Department of Human and Pediatric Pathology "Gaetano Barresi", Urologic Section, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria, 98125 Messina, Italy.
³ Department of Surgery, Oncology, and Gastroenterology, Urology Clinic, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani 2, 35100 Padua, Italy.

Abstract

The narrative review of Fujita K et al [...].

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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