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IS OBESITY A RISK FACTOR FOR PROSTATE CANCER?
Author(s) -
Goldstraw Miles A.,
Besrani Dler,
Amoroso Peter,
Kirby Roger S.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
bju international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 1464-4096
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.2007.07041.x
Subject(s) - prostate cancer , risk factor , obesity , medicine , cancer , oncology
© 2 0 0 7 T H E A U T H O R S 7 2 6 J O U R N A L C O M P I L A T I O N © 2 0 0 7 B J U I N T E R N A T I O N A L ‘Gleason 3 + 3 = 6 carcinoma’. They are told they have a tumour that is 6 on a scale from 2 to 10 in severity. This is surely taken by most patients to represent a medium-risk tumour, as they presume that the risk rises equally with the score, and that each score is well established and common. However, the moderate pathology equates with an excellent prognosis. The largest study of clinically localized conservatively treated prostate cancer was published recently [10]. No cases of Gleason grade 1 were diagnosed, and patients with a Gleason 6 (3 + 3) tumour and a PSA level of < 4 ng/mL had only a 10% risk of dying from prostate cancer within 10 years.