Higher Cholesterol Increases The Risk Of Biochemical Failure After Radical Prostatectomy: Results From The Search Database

Main Category: Prostate / Prostate Cancer
Also Included In: Urology / Nephrology
Article Date: 08 Jun 2008 - 0:00 PDT

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ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Banez and colleagues demonstrate a relationship in biochemical recurrence following RRP with the patient's lipid profile.

Investigators found that elevated serum cholesterol and elevated serum LDL were independent risk factors for biochemical failure. This study begs the question of whether improvement of the lipid profile reduces the patient's risk of biochemical failure.

Emerging data on the long-term use of statins and consequent reduction in risk of high grade prostate cancer certainly gives hope that such risk reduction is indeed possible.

Presented by Lionel L Banez, MD, et al., at the Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA) - May 17 - 22, 2008. Orange County Convention Center - Orlando, Florida, USA.

Reported by UroToday.com Contributing Editor Alexander Kutikov, MD

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