Being overweight or obese may increase a man’s risk of aggressive prostate cancer, researchers believe after doing animal and human cell studies.

Lead researcher Dr Catherine Muller, from Toulouse University, says while obesity may not make prostate cancer more likely, it does appear to fuel its growth if a tumour is already present. Read more

Photo credits: © France 3/Midi-Pyrénées Adrien Guérard, chercheur de l'équipe, Institut de pharmacologie et de biologie