Prostate Cancer Drug Raises Heart, Diabetes Risk
September 19, 2006
Digg This! | Send to Newsvine | Add to del.icio.usWASHINGTON, September 19, 2006 (Reuters) - "For men who do require this treatment, physicians may want to talk with their patients about strategies, such as exercise and weight loss, which may help to lower risk of diabetes and heart disease," Dr. Matthew Smith of Massachusetts General Hospital said in a statement.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men, with more than 234,000 new cases diagnosed in the United States every year. It will kill 27,350 this year, according to the American Cancer Society.
On Tuesday, the Prostate Cancer Coalition released a report showing that deaths from prostate cancer have fallen by 32.5 percent in 10 years in the United States.
It said the mortality rate for black men is the lowest since 1977, but it is still 2.36 times the rate for white men.
The mortality rate was 39.34 per 100,000 in 1993 and dropped to 26.55 per 100,000 in 2003, mostly due to better screening but also because of better treatments, according to the coalition and the American Cancer Society.
Posted by dlife at September 19, 2006 10:20 AM