Help us to stop prostate diseases ruining lives
UPDATE - Issue 26 - Summer 2006
Cholesterol link
Italian researchers have established an apparent link between high cholesterol levels and prostate cancer.
The research, published in the Annals of Oncology, was based upon studies carried out involving 1,294 men under the age of 75 with prostate cancer and 1,451 matched controls.
The lead author, Dr Bravi from a Milan based Research Institute said, 'We found that men with prostate cancer were around 50% more likely to have had higher cholesterol levels than our non-prostate cancer controls'.