Prostate Cancer Study Focuses On Vitamins
May-16-2007
Doctors are investigating a possible link between heavy multivitamin use and the most serious types of prostate cancer, according to an article in today's Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Researchers followed 295,344 men. Men who reported taking multivitamins more than seven times a week had a slightly greater risk of advanced or fatal prostate tumors. If doctors followed 10,000 men for 10 years, there would be about 30 extra cases of advanced prostate cancer and seven or eight extra cases of fatal prostate cancer associated with heavy supplement use, says lead author Michael Leitzmann of the NCI. Authors found no increase in the risk of early prostate tumors among heavy vitamin users. They also found no heightened risk among...
In patients with BPH or with prostate cancer, is finasteride or...
May-19-2007
"Few published data exist comparing dutasteride with finasteride."
In patients with or with , is or more effective at reducing prostate size? Interpretation: Initial question: In patients with BPH or with prostate cancer, is ...