Cancer Aggression Linked To Waist Size And Body Weight

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Cancer aggression linked to waist size is prevalent in men with waistline of 37 inches and up, where studies involving men from eight European countries show that incremental increases of 4 inches further raises the risks by 13 percent.

BMI also linked to cancer aggression linked to waist size in men

A recent report presented by researchers from the University of Oxford in London before the European Obesity Summit on Gothenburg, Sweden recently, they claimed that they established the link using body measurements in men in their 50’s risk of prostate cancer over 14 years.

They found that men with higher waist circumference and body mass index increased their risks of high grade prostate cancer which is a more aggressive type of disease. The risk of death due to prostate cancer gets higher with relative increases in waist circumference and BMI.

The research was conducted with 140,000 men from eight European countries.

Researchers suspect that body size could affect cancer-causing hormones, especially in fat cells, but this remains to be a theory and is still not proven by substantive research.

“Men should try to maintain a healthy weight and if possible lose weight around their waist,” says Dr. Aurora Perez- Cornago, from the Nuffel Department of Population Health at the University of Oxford.

In the United Kingdom, around 47,000 men aged 40 and above are diagnosed with prostate cancer ever year, with more than 10,800 men die from the disease each year.

Today, more than 330,000 men have prostate gone through prostate cancer – including those who are currently suffering from it or have gone through the ordeal through treatment.

Every one in eight men are likely to get prostate cancer in their lifetime and men are advised to always go through regular medical examinations to either prevent the disease or determine if they have one.

“It isn’t clear whether excess weight itself is causing men to develop aggressive prostate cancers, or if prostate cancers are less likely to be picked up at an early stage in overweight men, meaning their prostate cancer may be aggressive or advanced by the time it is diagnosed,” says Thea Cunningham health information at Cancer Research UK, adding that, “Keeping a healthy weight can help men reduce their risk of several other cancers including bowel cancer.”

Regardless of whether cancer aggression linked to waist size is due to obesity or not, it would still be a good option to maintain a healthy body weight and lifestyle.

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