Simon Grieveson, Head of Research Funding at Prostate Cancer UK told The Independent: “Maintaining a healthy weight and staying active can protect against many diseases, including cancer”.
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Ghiam Yamin MD, PhD, of UC-San Diego, and colleagues looked at 10 post-prostatectomy cases, homing in on regions of tumor as identified by a uropathologist.
In all, the team analyzed 2,795 tiles and found that the RSI-MRI cellularity index successfully distinguished between prostate cancer and benign tumor.
The authors note their current findings are consistent with previous RSI-MRI studies involving whole tumors.
“The findings from this large prospective study show that the association between body size and prostate cancer is complex and varies by disease aggressiveness; men who have greater adiposity have an elevated risk of high grade prostate cancer and prostate cancer death”.
This weekend sees fans from many Football League clubs join some of their heroes in taking part in the annual Prostate Cancer UK “Football to Amsterdam” cycle ride.
Another notable finding from the research is that the overall risk of prostate cancer was actually lower for men with higher BMI and men with larger waistlines.
For more than a decade, research has shown the effects of obesity on cancer and cancer risk, including studies suggesting obese men have twice the risk of dyingafter prostate cancer treatment, increased risk for recurrence after surgery and thatoverall risk for the disease is higher among obese men.
Other experts said the find could help doctors spot the disease when it is at its earliest stages and so still easiest to treat.
People who have a larger waistline are putting themselves at a higher risk of developing an aggressive form of prostate cancer, according to scientists at the University of Oxford.
A total of 141,896 men with a mean age at recruitment of 52 years in 8 European countries (Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Greece, Germany, Sweden, and Denmark) from the EPIC cohort were included.
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During the 14 years of data reviewed, there were 7,000 prostate cancer diagnoses, with 934 men dying of the disease. She says the study can not take into account the result for total prostate cancer risk.
