new warnings about the risk of prostate cancer with finasteride (Proscar, etc) or dutasteride (Avodart, etc)

August 2011

You'll see new warnings about the risk of prostate cancer with finasteride (Proscar, etc) or dutasteride (Avodart, etc).

These 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors are sometimes used to prevent prostate cancer in men at high risk for developing this cancer.

5-alpha-reductase inhibitors lower the OVERALL risk of prostate cancer. But they seem to lower the risk of less aggressive cancers (Gleason score 6 and lower)...and INCREASE the risk of more aggressive cancers (Gleason score 8 to 10).

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