Obesity Heightens Risk Of Death From Prostate Cancer

Overweight or obese men, according to a new US study, are at greater risk of dying from prostate cancer after treatment than men who are thin.

The study, conducted by Dr. Jason Efstathiou and colleagues, published in the journal Cancer, says that overweight or obese men are at a substantially higher risk of death within five years of diagnosis.

Overweight men with some extra fat had a 52 percent higher risk of death from locally advanced prostate cancer, the study reports, while obesity more than doubled the likelihood at 64 percent.