July 11, 2013 (foodconsumer.org) -- A new study in PLOS One suggests that men eating salted and smoked fish both in early life and later life have to face a 2-fold higher risk of developing advanced prostate cancer.

The study shows men with high fish consumption in early and midlife were not at higher overall or advanced prostate cancer risk while men who ate the highest amount of salted and smoked fish were twice as likely to develop advanced prostate cancer, compared with those eating the lowest amount.

The study also found men consuming fish oil in later life were 57% less likely to develop advanced prostate cancer whereas those eating fish oil in early or midlife did not have a lower risk.

Johanna E. Torfadottir from Centre of Public Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland and colleagues conducted the study based on data from 2268 men aged 67–96 years in the AGES-Reykjavik cohort study. (reportingby Jimmy Downs)