Posted on December 19, 2007 in Latest News
A U.S. study published in the December 15, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society found that obese men who diagnosed with prostate cancer are at greater risk of death after treatment.
The study was lead by Dr. Efstathiou of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The study was made on 788 patients with locally advanced prostate cancer for more than eight years to find out any specific link between BMI and high mortality rate prostate cancer patients.
Result of the study:
Dr. Efstathiou and his colleagues reported that their data support population-based studies that report similar associations between obesity and disease-related mortality. Dr. Efstathiou concluded that, “Further studies are warranted to evaluate the mechanisms for this increased cancer-specific mortality among overweight and obese men and to assess the impact of BMI on survival following other management strategies and in clinically localized disease. Whether weight loss after prostate cancer diagnosis alters disease course remains to be determined.”
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