Saturday, May 14, 2011

Rising prostate cancer rate seen in U.S. servicemen

By Amy Norton

NEW YORK |
Fri May 13, 2011 12:20pm EDT


NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The rate of prostate cancer among active-duty U.S. Air Force members has been several times higher in recent years than it was 20 years ago, a new study finds.

Researchers believe that the trend is not a sign of any increase in servicemen's actual risk of the cancer. Instead, they think that wider use of prostate cancer screening may be catching some early

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