Evidence Suggesting That Obesity Prevention Measures May Improve Prostate Cancer Outcomes Using Data from a Prospective Randomized Trial

Purpose. Increasing body mass index (BMI) is associated with higher risk prostate cancer (PC) at presentation. Whether increasing BMI also prompts earlier salvage androgen suppression therapy (sAST) is unknown. Materials and Methods. Between 1995 and 2001, 206 men with unfavorable risk PC were treat...

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Main Authors: Ravi A. Chandra, Ming-Hui Chen, Danjie Zhang, Marian Loffredo, Anthony V. D’Amico
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Prostate Cancer
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/478983