Finasteride Does NOT Increase the Risk of High-Grade Prostate Cancer!

I saw you recent post on finesteride. There is a new study by Redman MW et al that looks pretty positive for those on the drug. Check it out!!

Finasteride Does Not Increase the Risk of High-Grade Prostate Cancer: A Bias-Adjusted Modeling Approach (PDF file)

You’re referring to the post from last week — My Doctor Said Finasteride Makes Prostate Cancer Untreatable!

In 2003, the New England Journal of Medicine published a study (the trial was called the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial — or PCPT) that concluded a daily 5mg dosage of finasteride reduced prostate cancer risk by 25% (see Finasteride Reduces Prostate Cancer Risk). In fact, the number was actually closer to 28% — and that has since been revised to nearly 30% in the study you sent from the American Association for Cancer Research. An article published in ScienceDaily about that later study points out:

“From a new analysis of PCPT data using advanced statistical modeling techniques and a complete assessment of prostate tissue biopsies, they concluded that these concerns are now resolved: finasteride actually reduced the risk of developing prostate cancer more than researchers had originally thought, did not increase development of more aggressive cancers, and the majority of tumors prevented were those that could spread and cause death.

Thanks for the reference, as it goes along with my way of thinking. And just for clarification, Propecia is a hair loss treatment that is 1mg of finasteride; Proscar is a prostate treatment that is 5mg of finasteride.