Obesity and cancer
Source: Science Daily
Researchers have found out that people who are obese and diagnosed with prostrate cancer have a greater chance to die because of it than a normal person having the same level of cancer.
Shocking? Same here!!!
I would like to type some more here but I think it will be best if you read what the scientist who pursued this research says:
"If a man is obese at the time of diagnosis, he faces a 2.6-fold greater risk of dying as compared to a normal-weight man with the same diagnostic profile, regardless of whether he has a radical prostatectomy or radiation therapy, whether or not he gets androgen-deprivation therapy, whether he has low- or high-grade disease and whether he has localized, regional or distant disease."
Prostatectomy is a surgical procedure where tissues of the prostate gland is removed. This is usually done to remove the tumour from the prostate gland.
And thats not all... In obese men, there is a 3.6 fold increased risk of metastasis ie... spreading of cancer to distant regions of the body, than in normal weight persons.
The reason or mechanism that relates obesity and cancer development that the researchers point out is the amount of growth factors and serum estrogens which could promote cancer growth.
Researchers have found out that people who are obese and diagnosed with prostrate cancer have a greater chance to die because of it than a normal person having the same level of cancer.
Shocking? Same here!!!
I would like to type some more here but I think it will be best if you read what the scientist who pursued this research says:
"If a man is obese at the time of diagnosis, he faces a 2.6-fold greater risk of dying as compared to a normal-weight man with the same diagnostic profile, regardless of whether he has a radical prostatectomy or radiation therapy, whether or not he gets androgen-deprivation therapy, whether he has low- or high-grade disease and whether he has localized, regional or distant disease."
Prostatectomy is a surgical procedure where tissues of the prostate gland is removed. This is usually done to remove the tumour from the prostate gland.
And thats not all... In obese men, there is a 3.6 fold increased risk of metastasis ie... spreading of cancer to distant regions of the body, than in normal weight persons.
The reason or mechanism that relates obesity and cancer development that the researchers point out is the amount of growth factors and serum estrogens which could promote cancer growth.
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