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Risk of dying from prostate cancer rises with increased belly fat

Health News // 3 months ago

Risk of dying from prostate cancer rises with increased belly fat

Men with widening waistlines may be more likely to die from prostate cancer.

No link between erectile dysfunction drugs, prostate cancer: Study

Health News // 6 years ago

No link between erectile dysfunction drugs, prostate cancer: Study

Although research has suggested erectile dysfunction drugs lower risk for prostate cancer, a recent study showed little effect on rates of the disease.

Health News // 1 decade ago

Prostate test may be biased against obese

Testing men for prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, in the blood may be biased against obese men, U.S. researchers say.

Health News // 1 decade ago

Prostate tumors grow faster in active mice

Prostate tumors grew more quickly in mice who exercised than in those who did not, researchers at Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina said.

Health News // 1 decade ago

Low-carb diet may stunt prostate tumors

Tumor growth was stalled and survival rates lengthened in mice fed a low-carbohydrate diet, U.S. researchers found.

Health News // 1 decade ago

Blacks have higher prostate cancer return

African-American men are at higher risk of their prostate cancer returning, but their disease is no more aggressive than in white men, says a U.S. study.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Study finds PSA predicts cancer recurrence

A Baltimore study finds that PSA levels remain the best predictor of whether cancer will recur in men who have had prostate surgery.

Business News // 1 decade ago

Progress in prostate recurrence prediction

U.S. researchers have developed a reference tool that doctors can use to determine who is at high risk of death after prostate cancer surgery.

Science News // 1 decade ago

Prostate cancer risk rises with obesity

Baltimore researchers have found that obese men may have increased risk for prostate cancer recurrence after surgery.

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We know that obese men tend to have lower PSA values than their normal-weight counterparts, possibly caused by larger blood volumes, which dilute the readings
Prostate test may be biased against obese Aug 11, 2008

These mice were not receiving treatment and we were allowing aggressive tumors to grow unchecked for the sake of the experiment
Prostate tumors grow faster in active mice Apr 14, 2008

Our study found that African-American men have a slightly higher risk of what is known as PSA recurrence, which is a blood test that indicates the presence of cancer based on the levels of a certain biomarker known as prostate-specific antigen
Blacks have higher prostate cancer return Oct 10, 2007

Our findings add to the burgeoning list of chronic and deadly diseases associated with obesity and underscore the importance of this major public health problem
Prostate cancer risk rises with obesity May 10, 2004

Our results show that moderately and severely obese men were at an increased risk for high PSA levels after surgery and therefore are likely to have prostate cancer recurrence
Prostate cancer risk rises with obesity May 10, 2004