Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Don't Drink, Don't Smoke, What Do You Do?

Smoking and heavy alcohol use may curb the likelihood of survival among men diagnosed with cancer, researchers from South Korea report.

There is some evidence that these "cancer risk factors" boost mortality among cancer patients, Dr. Young Ho Yun of the National Cancer Center in Goyang and colleagues note. But to date no one has investigated how having these risk factors before cancer is diagnosed influences survival afterwards.

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