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Posted on August 25, 2008

Many of the treatments used to address obesity appear to increase prostate cancer-risk in men. Michelle Rizzo of Reuters explains:In a population-based, case-control study, the researchers matched 1,001 men with prostate cancer diagnosed between 2002 and 2005 with 942 age-matched cancer-free controls from King County, Washington.No overall association was observed between the risk of prostate cancer and the current or past use of statin treatment. Duration of statin use was also not associated with prostate cancer risk. We also found no evidence that use of a statin was associated with ris...

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