A study reveals that men have a 40 percent higher chance of committing suicide or falling ill to cardiovascular disease after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of death among Americans males, but the shocking numbers don't stop there. Over the first 3 months of diagnosis, the suicide risk raises to 90 percent.
The study involved 342,497 patients diagnosed with prostate cancer from January 1, 1979, through December 31, 2004. The risks were studied from the date the diagnosis was given to 12 calendar months following. They calculated the risks of suicide and cardiovascular death as Standardized Mortality Ratios (SMRs), adjustments being made for age, calendar period and state of residence.
The results revealed that patients with prostate cancer were at an increased risk of suicide especially during the first three months of diagnosis. Cardiovascular deaths increased during the first year, but the highest risk was within the first month after diagnosis. Patients with metastatic tumors comprised most of the first month deaths then those with local or regional tumors.
Other recent news in prostate cancer relates directly with this study, that prostate cancer patients are showing an increase in cardiovascular disease. Mainly, hormone therapy patients. A U.S. study of 37,000 men who were treated with ADT were found to have a 27 percent increased risk for heart disease.
Sources from the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, February 2, 2010.
Written by Amy Munday
Huliq.com
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