A 20 -year study in 7 European countries showed that men who overlook the prostate examination are increasing the possibilities of their deaths in cancer.
The study, which was based on the data of the RAM for prostate cancer, and presented during the European Society for Urology in Madrid that refraining from the prostate examination increases the risk of death due to cancer by up to 45%.
It is noteworthy that prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer among men in 112 countries around the world, and it is expected that the rates of this disease will increase by a weakness by general. The disease.
Among more than 72,000 men included in the study, it was found that about 12,000 of them are not subject to the inspection of the prostate, which represents one in every 6 men, which increases the chances of their death due to prostate cancer by 45% compared to those who are keen to conduct these tests.
The head of the study team, René Lennan of the Erasmus Cancer Institute, stated that men who overlook the prostate examinations may be of the quality of people who are not interested in health care, meaning that they are most likely to engage in any health behaviors and avoid preventive care procedures in general.
Doctor Tobias Nordstrom, a urology specialist at the Carolinska Research Center in Sweden, says that this study confirms that the prostate tests are more important than it was believed before, adding in statements conveyed by the website “SiTik Daily” specializing in scientific research: “We must understand why some choose to neglect these tests and determine the extent of the impact of their condition when they are diagnosed with their injury. With cancer.