Is Finasteride a Good Option for Prostate Cancer Prevention?
Gina Kolata of the New York Times explores the nuances of emerging research that suggests men taking finasteride, a generic drug that shrinks the prostate, may have a reduced risk of developing prostate cancer. As U.S. News’s On Men column explained three weeks ago, previous research has shown the drug effective at preventing more than a quarter of prostate cancer cases, but concerns that it might also encourage the growth of some particularly dangerous tumors has severely hampered its acceptance. Though the new research puts much of that concern to rest, as Kolata reports, controversy remains about whether it should be deployed for prostate cancer prevention on a wide scale. Looking for more info about prostate cancer? U.S. News offers an archive of recent stories.
