Finasteride Does Not Increase Risk for Prostate Cancer Death June 14, 2018 Previously, the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial showed finasteride increased the number of high-grade prostate cancers, even as it reduced patients’ overall risk for prostate cancer by 25%. The FDA added a black box warning to the drug as a result.“What we can now say is that finasteride not only significantly reduces a man’s risk [for] prostate cancer, it is safe to use based on very long-term follow-up in our study,” Ian Thompson, MD, president of CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, said in a press release.Read more. source: Healio Prostate Cancer News Treatment Options More for you
Previously, the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial showed finasteride increased the number of high-grade prostate cancers, even as it reduced patients’ overall risk for prostate cancer by 25%. The FDA added a black box warning to the drug as a result.“What we can now say is that finasteride not only significantly reduces a man’s risk [for] prostate cancer, it is safe to use based on very long-term follow-up in our study,” Ian Thompson, MD, president of CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, said in a press release.Read more. source: Healio
