A study by University of California, San Francisco and published in the Cancer Research journal has found that men with localised prostate cancer who walk briskly for three or more hours per week can halve the rate at which the cancer grows and metastasises. Men who exercised more had fewer instances of bone mets, disease recurrence and death (although those with healthier lifestyles tended also not to smoke and were often younger).
Tag Archives: prostate cancer
Link between Prostate Cancer and VTE
According to researchers from Kings College London, men with prostate cancer are at an increased risks of VTE (venous thromboembolism); this is further increased in patients receiving endcrine therapy – Lancet Oncology Online
Prostate Cancer Screening
Routine screening for prostate cancer has been shown not to prevent a significant number of deaths, and can lead to over-treatment. The findings of a Swedish trial which began in 1987 have now been published in the BMJ.
