Why the study?
There is a need to clarify the role of incompletely understood risk factors to support a shift from treating diagnosed prostate cancer to systematic prevention.
Do modifiable lifestyle risk factors prevent prostate cancer?
Do modifiable lifestyle risk factors prevent prostate cancer?
Clarifying the role of modifiable lifestyle risk factors is necessary to facilitate systematic prevention of prostate cancer.
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Reinforces counseling on select lifestyle factors; leaves open precise contributions of others for prevention trials.
Far from being conclusive evidence, our findings confirm some strong evidence already found in the previous literature and highlight the need to clarify the role of some risk factors whose role is not yet completely known. This effort would facilitate the cultural and social change that may allow the shift from the treatment of prostate cancer when diagnosed to the real efforts needed for systematic prevention.
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