Prostate Cancer Risk Factors

New prostate cancer risk factors research from National Institutes of Health outlined

Published in Cancer Weekly, August 11th, 2009

New research, 'Height and risk of prostate cancer in the prostate, lung, colorectal, and ovarian cancer screening trial,' is the subject of a report. "The relationship between prostate cancer and height is uncertain. We prospectively examined the association of height with prostate cancer among 34,268 men in the prostate, lung, colorectal, and ovarian cancer trial," researchers in the United States report.

"Anthropometry was assessed at baseline and 2144 incident prostate cancer cases were identified upto 8.9 years of follow-up. Overall, tallness was not associated with the risk of prostate cancer or with the risk of non-aggressive disease, but the risk for aggressive...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-08-11)

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