[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH, HERBICIDES: "Agent Orange tied to aggressive prostate cancer risk"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Agent Orange tied to aggressive prostate cancer risk

By Genevra Pittman
Reuters
May 13, 2013

NEW YORK - Men who were exposed to Agent Orange chemicals used during  
the Vietnam War are at higher risk for life-threatening prostate  
cancer than unexposed veterans, researchers have found.

What's more, those who served where the herbicide was used were  
diagnosed with cancer about five years earlier than other men, on  
average, in the new study.

"This is a very, very strong predictor of lethal cancer," said  
urologist Dr. Mark Garzotto, who worked on the study at the Portland  
Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Oregon.

"If you're a person who's otherwise healthy and you've been exposed  
to Agent Orange, that has important implications for whether you  
should be screened or not screened," he told Reuters Health.

But one researcher not involved in the new study said it's hard to  
take much away from it, given the imprecise way it measured exposure.

...

For the entire article, see
http://news.yahoo.com/agent-orange-tied-aggressive-prostate-cancer- 
risk-042337613.html

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