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From: J on 28 Aug 2008 23:59
Delay in body growth linked to prostate cancer

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Boys who reach their adult body size in their
early 20s may be more prone to prostate cancer later in life than their
peers who achieve their adult size during adolescence, Italian researchers
report.

"The study has underlined the potential effect of the 'timing' at exposure
of sexual and (body growth) variables on the risk of prostate cancer,"
senior investigator Dr. Paola Muti told Reuters Health.

In the journal Urology, Muti of the Italian National Cancer Institute,
Rome and colleagues note that adolescence is a critical period in prostate
development.

In the new study, the researchers compared early body and sexual
development in 64 men who developed prostate cancer and 218 similar men
who did not. The age at which the subjects first started shaving was used
to gauge sexual development, while the age that maximum shoe size was
reached was used to assess body development.

On average, the prostate cancer patients reached their maximum shoe size
at 20 years of age, roughly 2.5 years later than their peers without the
cancer. By contrast, the age at first shaving was comparable in both
groups, roughly 18 years.

The findings also showed that individuals who rated themselves as being
thinner than their peers at 10 to 13 years were more prone to prostate
cancer than those who rated themselves as being comparable or heavier than
their peers.

These results, the team concludes, suggest "that risk determinants
operating early in life affect men's subsequent prostate cancer risk."



From: Steve Kramer on 29 Aug 2008 12:09
"J" <xewsnswex(a)nalid;"no> wrote in message
news:48B77433.26FC7550(a)execulink.com...

> Delay in body growth linked to prostate cancer
>
> NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Boys who reach their adult body size in their
> early 20s may be more prone to prostate cancer later in life than their
> peers who achieve their adult size during adolescence, Italian researchers
> report.

Dammit! I reached my 6'6" at 21.

And, as though that wasn't enough, I kept growing width-wise thereafter --
and haven't finished yet!




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