Obesity And Mortality In Men With Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer

UroToday.com- An analysis of RTOG 85-31 patients suggests that increased body mass index (BMI) is associated with increased prostate cancer specific mortality (PCSM). The report appears in the online version of Cancer and is authored by Dr. Efstathiou and collaborators. Greater BMI is associated with more aggressive higher-grade prostate cancer (CaP) and increase biochemical recurrence rates after radical prostatectomy.

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Filed under: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness on January 12th, 2008