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According to the United States, “Health Day” Web site reported on October 9, compared with those in the winter and spring diagnosed prostate cancer patients, in the summer and fall of men diagnosed with a higher probability of survival. Diagnosed with the disease at different times, the results of treatment are also a great difference?It sounds like a fairy tale, in prostate cancer, where it is true! The study, published in the “prostate” magazine.

Why?Joint author of the study, Oregon Health and Science University Prostate Cancer Research Program, said head of Thomas Bill, mainly due to the different seasons and through the sun and vitamin D intake of great distinction. The body of vitamin D may contain high levels of prostate cancer cell division and proliferation.

In this study, researchers in the United States and Norway team, in the years 1964-1992 diagnosed more than 46,000 of Norway’s male patients with prostate cancer data were analyzed. The study found that compared with those in the summer and autumn diagnosed with prostate cancer for men, winter spring diagnosed in men diagnosed 3 years after the death of the possibility of higher than 20%.

In addition, the age of the patient’s survival also have an impact - young men have relatively high survival rate. For more than 75-year-old male, when exposed to the sun under their skin’s ability to produce vitamin D than the 60 men under the age of about 40% lower.

Prostate cancer has become a threat to the health of male cancer is one of the most terrible, but if found early, the cure rate to 95%. Prostate Cancer Foundation (the largest in the world to finance prostate cancer research charity), executive vice president of the Howard Saul said, play a real role in the forecast is the level of prostate-specific antigen whether to increase or reduce fast. “If your level of prostate-specific antigen is a terrible rate of growth of prostate cancer will require some additional monitoring.” There are two ways to monitor, that is, the digital rectal examination and blood tests of prostate-specific antigen change. In the digital rectal examination, the doctor can touch the prostate to determine whether there was any possible means of mass illness or a hard spot.