DrCarney.com Blog
Health - Food - Science - Community
1 minute reading time
(87 words)
Tobacco use and prostate cancer: 26-year follow-up of US veterans.
Cigarette smoking may increase a man's chances of having prostate cancer.
This research work studied the role of cigarette smoking in the development of prostate cancer. Researchers followed more than 200,000 US Veterans with regards to their smoking habits for 25 years. The prostate cancer odds ratio of each participant in this study was also ascertained.
Researchers observed that a surge in prostate cancer risk was associated with cigarette smoking. The results of this study show that tobacco use may be a contributing factor to the development of prostate cancer.
Research Summary Information
-
1991
-
Hsing AW, McLaughlin JK, Hrubec Z, Blot WJ, Fraumeni JF Jr.
-
Division of Cancer Etiology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892
-
No, Free full text of study was not found.
-
No. Source of funding disclosure not found
-
No. Potential conflicts disclosure not found
Stay Informed
When you subscribe to the blog, we will send you an e-mail when there are new updates on the site so you wouldn't miss them.
About the author
