New research conducted at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York has unveiled that obese men are at greater risk for developing prostate cancer. Examing 500 men over a 14 year period, prostate abnormalities were detected in 11% of the patients studied, abnormalities strongly associated with obesity. According to study author Andrew Rundle, associate professor of epidemiology at Columbia University Mailman School notes, this is one of the "first studies to assess the association between obesity and precancerous abnormalities."
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Study mentioned: Rundle A et al. Obesity and future prostate cancer risk among men after an initial benign biopsy of the prostate. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers. 2013 Apr 23 [published online first]
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