Following ACS Survivor Guidelines Reduces Mortality in Men with Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer patients who closely follow ACS guidelines after diagnosis have lower all-cause and cardiovascular mortality than those who do not.
Men with prostate cancer who adhere to the American Cancer Society (ACS) cancer survivor guidelines after diagnosis have lower all-cause and cardiovascular mortality compared to those who do not, according to research published in JAMA Network Open.
Moreover, men who improve their adherence to the guidelines following diagnosis have a reduction in all-cause and cardiovascular mortality compared to those who maintain a low concordance with guideline recommendations, study researchers reported.
The researchers examined data from the Cancer Prevention Study-II Nutrition Cohort, a prospective study of 86,404 men and 97,786 women established in 1992 to investigate the association between cancer incidence and mortality and diet, lifestyle, and other factors.
Author's summary: Adhering to ACS guidelines reduces mortality in men with prostate cancer.