Obesity and Prostate Cancer

An oversize waistline could be a bad prescription for men diagnosed with prostate cancer.

A new study finds biopsies may underestimate the severity of prostate cancer in obese men. The researchers say it's difficult to diagnose prostate cancer in obese men because they have lower levels of PSA. Add to that their larger prostates and it makes it more likely a biopsy will miss the disease. The researchers say, the latest findings suggest they could be missing even more 'high grade' disease in obese men.
To adjust for this, the researchers suggest taking more biopsy cores.

Just one more reason to reorient your eating and exercise habits.

btw: the study was funded by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, the NIH, the Georgia cancer coalition and the American Urological Association Foundation.