Size of the fingers indicates prostate cancer

• April 19, 2024

Men whose index fingers are longer than ring fingers have less risk of developing a prostate cancer , according to a British study.

According to the study conducted by the University of Warwick and the Cancer Research Institute of the United Kingdom, men with index fingers long are one third less likely to suffer from the disease than those of ring fingers longer.

The association between both phenomena is even closer in relation to the risk of developing this type of Cancer before age 60 Based on this research, it was found that the risk for males with longer index fingers is 87% lower.

In this regard, Professor Ros Eeles of the Cancer Research Institute of the United Kingdom said: "The relative length of the fingers should serve as a simple test to predict the risk of prostate cancer , especially for males under the age of 60. "

For their study, the scientists compared 1,500 patients with prostate cancer with more than 3,000 healthy males between 1994 and 2009 before reaching that conclusion.

The most normal thing is that the index is shorter than the annular, and in the case of an equal length of both fingers, 19% of those examined, the risk of prostate cancer It was the same in all the examinees.