High Cholesterol Tied to Prostate Cancer

PROSTATE -- Cancer -- Risk factors
CANCER -- Patients
BLOOD cholesterol
SURVEYS -- Research
CANCER
PROSTATE

Geographic Terms:ITALY
Abstract:The article reveals that a direct relationship between cholesterol levels and prostate cancer risk was found in a study of 3,000 Italian men. Compared with men who did not have prostate cancer, men over the age of 65 with prostate cancer were more likely to have high cholesterol. Thirty two percent of men under 65 with prostate cancer were more likely to have high cholesterol