Agent Orange tied to aggressive prostate cancer risk

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Agent Orange tied to aggressive prostate cancer risk

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/agent-orange-tied-aggressive-prostate-cancer-risk-042337613.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/p.VLCmstU9l90pYDuYWorg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-13T042337Z_1_CBRE94C0C7H00_RTROPTP_2_VIETNAM-USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Soldiers detect UXO and defoliant Agent Orange during the launch of the &quot;environmental remediation of dioxin contamination&quot; project, in Vietnam" align="left" title="Soldiers detect UXO and defoliant Agent Orange during the launch of the &quot;environmental remediation of dioxin contamination&quot; project, in Vietnam" border="0" /></a>By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who were exposed to Agent Orange chemicals used during the Vietnam War are at higher risk for life-threatening prostate cancer than unexposed veterans, researchers have found. What's more, those who served where the herbicide was used were diagnosed with cancer about five years earlier than other men, on average, in the new study. &quot;This is a very, very strong predictor of lethal cancer,&quot; said urologist Dr. Mark Garzotto, who worked on the study at the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Oregon. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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