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PURPOSE: Various medical conditions, infectious agents, sexual, and hormonal factors have been investigated in relation to prostate cancer risk. Given inconsistent results these factors were examined in this study.METHODS: This population-based case-control study was conducted in northeastern Ontario from 1995 to 1999. Cases (n = 760), aged 45 to 84 at the time of diagnosis, were identified through...