How Index Finger And Prostate Cancer Related?

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oi-Suparna Chakaraborthy

By Suparna Chakaraborthy

Wednesday, December 8, 2010, 11:30

According to a study published in British Journal of Cancer, men with longer index finger are less likely to suffer prostate cancer. The chances of prostate cancer drop by third in men under 60.

"Our results show that relative finger length could be used as a simple test for prostate cancer risk, particularly in men aged under 60," said Ros Eeles, a professor at the Institute of Cancer Research in Britain. According to the researchers, male child who are less exposed to the sex hormone, testosterone are like ly to have longer index finger and are protected against prostate cancer.

The finger of the index finger was proved by an experiment done on 1,500 prostate cancer patients and around 3,000 healthy men. The participation were presented with pictures of different sized index fingers and were asked to identify to which of the picture do their finger resemble. It was then noticed that most of the men had shorter index finger and were exposed to possibility of cancer, whereas risk of the people with longer finger were reduced by 33%.

Ros Eeles said, 'This exciting finding means that finger pattern could potentially be used to select at-risk men for ongoing screening, perhaps in combination with other factors such as family history or genetic testing.'
Statistics say that every year 36,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer, out of which 10,000 die.

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