Prostate Cancer: Prevention

A recent study on the use of Proscar resulted in two very interesting findings: [P] 1. There was a 25% decrease in the risk of prostate cancer for those who took the drug for seven years. 2. Unfortunately, there was a 27% increase in high grade tumors in those patients who did get prostate cancer. [P] Reference: NEJM 2003; 349: 213-222

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September 02, 2003