Prostate cancer is the most common cancers among middle aged and older men. Now, new research has found an added risk to those diagnosed, particularly in the first six months
It’s not clear exactly what causes prostate cancer.
Doctors know that prostate cancer begins when cells in the prostate develop changes in their DNA. The changes tell the cells to grow and divide more rapidly than normal cells do.
A new study, published in BMJ, found an added risk factor for those recently diagnosed with the cancer which includes blood clots.
The researchers found that cancer sufferers had a 50% higher risk of developing serious and potentially fatal blood clots during the five years after their cancer diagnosis compared with men of the same age without prostate cancer.