Smoking increases the risk for other cancers of the lung
others such as increased incidence of Prostate
Cancer another reason to quit.
In a previous article we talked about how cigarette smoking
is the leading cause of lung cancer in the world and while preparing the post
about risk factors for prostate problems. I found a study seeking to prove that
cigarette smoking has an effect on the prostate carcinogen as compared to men
of middle age. Following is a summary of the study:
- There are hypothetical mechanisms that may explain an association between smoking and prostate problems such as changes in hormone levels in the circulation and direct exposure to carcinogens from smoking but the fact is that all previous studies are inconsistent.
- · This study is based on the scientific comparison of 753 cases of men between 40 and 64 years diagnosed with prostate cancer from 1993 to 1996 with 703 men of similar age in the same region and without prostate cancer selected at random.
- · The data from this study suggest that cigarette smoking is indeed a risk factor for prostate problems. In particular active smokers appear to have a moderate risk of contracting this disease relatively higher compared to non-smokers. There is also a relationship between exposure doses increasing the risk significant enough as the number of years of smoking increases.
- · The risk of prostate cancer was much more pronounced in men over 40 years of smoking who had 1.6 times more likely to develop it and an even greater risk of developing more aggressive forms of the disease.
Very importantly if a person quits smoking there is a
significant reduction in risk for prostate cancer 20 years after quitting the
risk is almost the same as those who never smoked.
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