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November 26th, 2007

PSA Scores in Obese Men Should be Adjusted

According to a new study led by Duke Prostate Center researchers, — doctors may be missing cancers in obese men because the telltale blood marker (PSA) used to detect prostate cancer can be falsely interpreted as low in this population.
According to Stephen Freedland, M.D., a Duke urologist and senior researcher on the study:
“Obese men have […]

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March 17th, 2007

Obese Men Has Increased Risk of Dying from Prostate-Cancer

According to a study by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research, obese men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer have more than two-and-a-half times the risk of dying from the disease as compared to men of normal weight at the time of diagnosis.
According to senior author of the study to be published in the March […]

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