Research published in Cancer Prevention Research found a link between consumption of eggs and the risk of developing lethal prostate cancer.
The research was carried out on over 27,000 men from 1994 to 2008, none of 
whom had cancer at the start of the study. The researchers examined dietary factors in men with prostate cancer (either lethal, non-lethal, primary or secondary) and looked at foods such as processed red meat, poultry and eggs.
Whilst a relationship between processed red meat and poultry with prostate cancer was suggested it did not prove to be statistically significant. However, it was found that men who ate 2.5 eggs or more a week had a significantly higher risk of developing lethal prostate cancer and were 81% more likely to develop the cancer than those who ate less than 0.5 eggs per week.
