VASECTOMY and PROSTATE CANCER? Several articles were published in the early 1990s that suggested that vasectomy may be associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer. There was a great deal of discussion, which ensued, in the medical literature at that time suggesting that this conclusion made no sense. There was some question about the design of the study as well. We have continued to perform vasectomy routinely in this country, but not without some concern in the back of our minds. Fortunately, a large seemingly well-designed study was published in the June 19th issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association that concludes that there is no association between vasectomy and prostate cancer. It is likely that this conclusion will hold up, and I believe that we should be quite confident of the likelihood that vasectomy does not lead to cancer.

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