Why do some nutritional supplements seem to delay prostate cancer progression?

It is widely recognized that some nutritional supplements and other dietary products seem to to have some effect on risk of prostate cancer progression. The problem is that we really don’t know why or how.

COX-2 inhibitors unlikely to prevent prostate cancer

A recent Phase II trial of the COX-2 inhibitor celecoxib (Celebrex/Pfizer) showed that this agent “had no effect on intermediate biomarkers of prostate carcinogenesis.”

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