Liver fibrosis may lower PSA levels: A further reason to be wary in prostate cancer screening in men with HIV?

HIV MedicineVolume 24, Issue 6 p. 760-761 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Liver fibrosis may lower PSA levels: A further reason to be wary in prostate cancer screening in men with HIV? Maria Mazzitelli, Corresponding Author Maria Mazzitelli [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0003-0263-0703 Infectious and Tropical Disease Unit, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy University Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy Correspondence Maria Mazzitelli, Infectious and Tropical Disease Unit, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorEmanuele Foca', Emanuele Foca' orcid.org/0000-0003-4395-5379 Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, ItalySearch for more papers by this authorMattia Prosperi, Mattia Prosperi Department of Epidemiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USASearch for more papers by this authorRoberto Cauda, Roberto Cauda Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy Fondazione Policlinico Universitario “Agostino Gemelli” IRCCS, Rome, ItalySearch for more papers by this authorDamiano Farinacci, Damiano Farinacci Fondazione Policlinico Universitario “Agostino Gemelli” IRCCS, Rome, ItalySearch for more papers by this authorValentina Iannone, Valentina Iannone Fondazione Policlinico Universitario “Agostino Gemelli” IRCCS, Rome, ItalySearch for more papers by this authorFrancesco Castelli, Francesco Castelli Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, ItalySearch for more papers by this authorCanio Carriero, Canio Carriero Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, ItalySearch for more papers by this authorAngelo Pan, Angelo Pan Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit of Cremona, Cremona, ItalySearch for more papers by this authorAnnalisa Saracino, Annalisa Saracino Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Policlinico Hospital of Bari, Bari, ItalySearch for more papers by this authorCarlo Torti, Carlo Torti Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, ItalySearch for more papers by this authorEugenia Quiros-Roldan, Eugenia Quiros-Roldan Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, ItalySearch for more papers by this author Maria Mazzitelli, Corresponding Author Maria Mazzitelli [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0003-0263-0703 Infectious and Tropical Disease Unit, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy University Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy Correspondence Maria Mazzitelli, Infectious and Tropical Disease Unit, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorEmanuele Foca', Emanuele Foca' orcid.org/0000-0003-4395-5379 Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, ItalySearch for more papers by this authorMattia Prosperi, Mattia Prosperi Department of Epidemiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USASearch for more papers by this authorRoberto Cauda, Roberto Cauda Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy Fondazione Policlinico Universitario “Agostino Gemelli” IRCCS, Rome, ItalySearch for more papers by this authorDamiano Farinacci, Damiano Farinacci Fondazione Policlinico Universitario “Agostino Gemelli” IRCCS, Rome, ItalySearch for more papers by this authorValentina Iannone, Valentina Iannone Fondazione Policlinico Universitario “Agostino Gemelli” IRCCS, Rome, ItalySearch for more papers by this authorFrancesco Castelli, Francesco Castelli Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, ItalySearch for more papers by this authorCanio Carriero, Canio Carriero Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, ItalySearch for more papers by this authorAngelo Pan, Angelo Pan Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit of Cremona, Cremona, ItalySearch for more papers by this authorAnnalisa Saracino, Annalisa Saracino Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Policlinico Hospital of Bari, Bari, ItalySearch for more papers by this authorCarlo Torti, Carlo Torti Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, ItalySearch for more papers by this authorEugenia Quiros-Roldan, Eugenia Quiros-Roldan Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, ItalySearch for more papers by this author First published: 02 January 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/hiv.13456 Maria Mazzitelli and Emanuele Foca' equally contributed to this work. 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