Agent Orange causes cancer to recur easily

Research results of scientists at Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center of the Department of Veterans Affairs and University of Georgia show that prostate cancer in male veterans infected with skin Orange / dioxin has a very high chance of relapse after surgery.

Scientists studied 1,495 veterans who had cancer surgery for prostate cancer, including 206 people infected with Agent Orange-dioxin. Through monitoring, scientists found that half of these poisoned patients recurred prostate cancer despite their normal surgery.

The study also showed that only 8 months for the level of specific prostate resistance (PSA), the index showed the severity of the disease, doubled in patients with Agent Orange / dioxin recurrence. prostate cancer, compared to the 18-month period in those who were not infected.

According to scientists, Agent Orange / dioxin not only increases the risk of recurrence of prostate cancer but also makes the disease grow faster. Therefore, close monitoring of Agent Orange / dioxin-infected patients with prostate cancer is required and active treatment is found when the disease recurs.