Monday, March 2, 2009

Study Of Prostate Cancer Risk Factors Funded At UIC By $3 Million Award

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago's Institute for Health Research and Policy have been awarded a five-year, $3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to study the link between body fat and prostate cancer progression.

Recent studies have found that obese men with prostate cancer have a higher likelihood of developing progressive or fatal disease regardless of their tumor grade and stage at diagnosis.

Read entire story at Medical News Today.

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