14 DAY TRIAL // A recent study carried out by researchers at the University of Melbourne, Australia found that alcohol does not influence prostate cancer. The report published in the International Journal of Cancer supports the theory according to which alcoholic drinks consumption is not associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer in men. Moreover, the team involved in the study suggests that men who drink alcohol moderately have lower chances of developing aggressive prostate cancer.
Leader of the research Dr. Graham G. Giles and his Australian colleagues from the University of Melbourne wrote in their report appearing in the International Journal of Cancer: "Although there is little evidence to support an association between alcohol consumption and prostate cancer risk, questions remain concerning the effect on aggressive and non-aggressive tumors and the pattern and type of alcohol consumed."
The experts involved in the study examined medical data of 16, 872 men with ages ranging between 27 and 70. The follow up study started in 1994 and ended in 2003. Throughout this period, 732 subjects developed prostate cancer, of which 132 were severe cases of the particular type of cancer and 53 participants died because of prostate cancer symptoms.
However, overall results showed that moderate alcohol consumption is not associated with a higher risk of prostate cancer. In conclusion, alcoholic drinks consumed moderately have no effect whatsoever on prostate cancer.
Moreover, individuals who prefer to stay sober have slightly higher chances of developing aggressive prostate cancer sooner or later, according to the findings of the current study. Consequently, men who consume about one and a half drink daily are slightly less likely to suffer from severe outcomes of prostate cancer or experience prostate cancer-related death. In conclusion, "there are no established modifiable risk factors for this common type of cancer," pointed out University of Melbourne researchers.