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Calcium Carbonate Effect on Prostate Cancer

01/26/2001

Question:

In PubMed, under workplace exposure and prostate cancer, a study listed any exposure to calcium carbonate with a RR=2.46 increases the likelihood. Would this apply to using this compound as a dietary source of calcium? (Int J Occup Environ Health 2000 Jul-Sept)

Answer:

This should not be a problem. There were some reports about milk intake and prostate cancer but this may relate more to the fat content of milk rather than the calcium.

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Response by:

Martin I Resnick, MD Martin I Resnick, MD
Formerly, Professor of Urology
School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University