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Acne Linked to Prostate Cancer?

Published Monday, August 25, 2008 by bloggerblognet26206 | E-mail this post

Whilst doing some research I came across an interesting acne study carried out by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Medicine. It proposes that there could be a link between severe acne and prostate cancer in men.

The main reason the study was carried out was to investigate existing research that showed that the Propionibacterium acnes (P.Acnes) bacteria was present in one third of prostate tissue samples taken from men with prostate cancer.

The report concluded that men who had been using the tetracycline (an antibiotic prescribed for severe acne) for more than four years had a 70% greater chance of developing prostate cancer during a 10-year period than men who had never taken the drug or who had taken it for less than 4 years.

The reason they give for the possibility of a link between acne and prostate cancer is that men who have suffered from severe acne may have a stronger response to P. acnes, which causes inflammation when present in the prostate.

The study team state that It's unlikely that tetracycline on its own would increase the risk of prostate cancer risk, because there is no conclusive evidence to say that tetracycline could be present in the gland.

The main point here is that the study suggests a link between acne and prostate cancer but the authors state that more thorough research must be done to back up the results.

Further studies will need to include more men, more detail of what they regard as severe acne and take into account other causes of prostate cancer.

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