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April 21, 2009

Agent Orange Increases Aggressive Prostate Cancer Recurrence »

New research data suggests that veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange, the code name for a herbicide and defoliant used during the Vietnam War, have an increased risk of recurrence of aggressive prostate cancer. The Medical College of Georgia study of nearly 1,500 veterans who underwent radical prostatectomy to remove their cancerous prostates showed that the 206 people who were exposed to Agent Orange had nearly a 50% increased risk of their cancer returning, compared to non-exposed individuals. Once their cancers returned their PSA (prostate specific antigen) doubling time, a measure of cancer aggressiveness, was only 8 months, compared with 18 months in the exposed group.

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Posted by Steven / April 21, 2009 9:23 pm / Permalink / Comments (0) / Trackbacks (0)