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A study of nearly 3,000 Italian men found a direct relationship between cholesterol levels and prostate cancer risk. Men over the age of 65 with prostate cancer were 80 percent more likely to have high cholesterol, compared with men who did not have prostate cancer. Men under 65 with prostate cancer were 32 percent more likely to have high cholesterol. The researchers note that male hormones playing a role in prostate cancer are synthesized from cholesterol. However, the relationship could also be indirect since the dietary components responsible for increasing a prostate cancer risk (such as high-fat meat and dairy products) also tend to increase the amount of cholesterol in the bloodstream. The same steps that lower cholesterol may also lower prostate cancer risk. Bravi F, Scotti L, Bosetti C, et al. Self-reported history of hypercholesterolaemia and gallstones and the risk of prostate cancer. Ann Oncol. 2006 Jun;17(6):1014-1017. The Cancer Project News, Summer 2006
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