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That was back in 2016 the case, but not anymore:
https://sperlingprostatecenter.com/can-masturbation-help-prevent-prostate-cancer
Still doesn't look like anything definitive. Words like may and could are littered throughout the article. It looks like the main evidence was a questionnaire.
You do know that honest science rarely makes definitive statements, right? It may be a spurious correlation, but the next most likely explanation is that all the men lied about their results in a way that perfectly mimicked the expected results, and they did so without any coordination, and over the course of years. Or it's just a massive coincidence that is only true of those men.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/mens-health/ejaculation_frequency_and_prostate_cancer