Obesity is associated with a worse prostate cancer prognosis among men whose tumors contain a specific genetic mutation. Researchers suggest this from a new study led by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital. Among prostate cancer patients whose tumors contain the mutation, they had a more than 50% increased risk of dying from prostate cancer if they were overweight or obese compared to healthy-weight ...
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