Weather Conditions May Affect Prostate Cancer Patients

Weather Conditions May Affect Prostate Cancer Patients.
A unique scrutiny links dry, cold weather to higher rates of prostate cancer. While the findings don't clinch a direct link, researchers suspect that weather may affect dirtying and, in turn, boost prostate cancer rates. "We found that colder weather, and down rainfall, were strongly correlated with prostate cancer," researcher Sophie St-Hilaire, of Idaho State University, said in a statement release.

So "Although we can't say exactly why this correlation exists, the trends are conforming with what we would expect given the effects of climate on the deposition, absorption, and degradation of persistent primary pollutants including pesticides". St-Hilaire and colleagues studied prostate cancer rates in counties in the United States and looked for links to restricted weather patterns.

They found a link, and suggest it may exist because heatless weather slows the degradation of pollutants. Prostate cancer will strike about one in six men, according to training information in the study. Reports suggest it's more common in the northern hemisphere.