http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/health/feeds/hscout/2006/06/26/hscout533458.htmlMONDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- Obese men with prostate cancer are less likely to benefit from radiation therapy than men who aren't overweight.
The finding may help doctors determine which patients -- particularly overweight ones -- need to have more aggressive treatment.
"Prostate cancer for most men is quiet. It's a cancer with a good outcome," said study lead author Sara Strom, associate professor of epidemiology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. "Basically, what you would like in prostate cancer is to identify men who have more chances of having a bad outcome, so you can do something different with them. Obesity is something to take into consideration," she said.
But another expert cautioned restraint when interpreting the findings, which appear in the Aug. 1 issue of the journal Cancer.
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