A Comprehensive Study of Prostate Cancer and Epstein-Barr Virus Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

نویسندگان
Sadeghi-Deylamdeh, Zahra ID 1
Jahangirimehr, Fatemeh ID 2
Hosseini, Sayed Mohsen ID 3
Amini, Nooshin ID 4
Bannazadeh Baghi, Hossein ID 5
Jafari-Sales, Abolfazl ID 6
Shiri Aghbash, Parisa ID 7
Pashazadeh, Mehrdad ID 8
Fathi, Hamidreza ID 9

1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Malayer Branch, Malayer, Iran

2 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

3 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

4 Department of Medical Nanotechnology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

5 Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

6 Department of Microbiology, Kaz.C., Islamic Azad University, Kazerun, Iran.

7 Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.

8 Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Microbiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, TaMS.C., Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.

9 Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.

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چکیده

This systematic review and meta-analysis examine the potential link between Epstein-Barr virus infection and prostate cancer development, highlighting its role in the second most common malignancy in developed countries. A complete literature search was conducted using PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, and Web of Science to identify relevant studies published between 2002 and ...

کلیدواژه‌ها
Epstein-Barr virus, Prevalence, Prostate cancer, Risk factor