Recent federal reports have identified obesity as epidemic in the United States, and that that greater body mass index can be associated with a number of debilitating health conditions, such as heart disease and diabetes.
Five studies will be presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA) in San Francisco that show obesity can be linked to lower detection rates, higher-grade tumors, and higher biochemical failure and recurrence rates in prostate cancer patients. Col. Judd Moul, M.D., of the Department of Defense Center for Prostate Disease Research at Walter Reed Army Medical Center/Uniformed Services University, will moderate the briefing, to be held Tuesday, May 11, 2004 at 11:00 a.m. in the Moscone Center.
Five major studies will be presented: