The risk of dying from prostate cancer it is higher among overweight men, according to a large study that, however, does not establish a direct physiological link.
For the study, published in the journal BMC Medicinethe researchers analyzed data on more than 200,000 men from the database Biobankan organization that has collected health data for years in the United Kingdom.
These elements were crossed with the results of the main studies already published on the subject, which expanded the statistical base to 2.5 million cases.
The researchers concluded that the risk of dying from prostate cancer, common among men, is directly related to being overweight: the more obese, the greater the chances of dying.
Until now, this link was suspected, but some researchers pointed to a correlation essentially between abdominal fat and this fatal risk.
“Regardless of where the fat is located, it doesn’t change much” the result, instead assures the epidemiologist Aurora Perez Cornagolead author of the study.
Now it remains to determine what is the direct medical cause. Does being overweight lead the patient to produce molecules that favor this type of cancer? Or do these men simply not go to the doctor as regularly as they should, which would help detect cancer symptoms early?
Source: Gestion
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