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.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Study Of Prostate Cancer Risk Factors Funded At UIC By $3 Million Award
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