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According to a paper presented yesterday by Geybels et al. at the ongoing annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Washington, DC, among almost 60,000 men aged 55 to 69 at the beginning of the study, the men with the highest levels of selenium in their toenail clippings were 60 percent less likely to develop advanced prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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There has been significant media coverage of a recent article in the journal Circulation. The article reports that individuals enrolled in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study were able to cut their overall risk for cancer by 51 percent. … READ MORE …
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For the first time ever — as far as anyone seems to be aware — a major cancer center will soon start to implement a controlled, randomized clinical trial of calorie restriction as a treatment for cancer. And they will be doing this trial in men with progressive prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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Two recent articles have linked certain dietary habits to risk for development of prostate cancer. The degree to which one feels that these dietary habits may be “proven” to increase risk for prostate cancer is probably going to be debatable; the existence of a potential link is certainly clear. … READ MORE …
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Primary prostate cancer prevention strategies are ones designed to minimize the risk of getting this cancer in the first place. Secondary prevention strategies are those designed to minimize the risk for disease progression after diagnosis (whether one actually has any form of treatment or one simply follows some form of monitoring strategy). … READ MORE …
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A newly published report has questioned the value of recommended doses of calcium and vitamin D supplements for men at risk for lower bone mineral density because of their use of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: ADT, androgen, calcium, deprivation, diet, supplement, vitamin D | 3 Comments »
A newly published review and meta-analysis in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has suggested that biological levels of selenium that fall outside a relatively narrow “normal” range may well be associated with increased risk for prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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In an article just published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, the American Cancer Society has updated its guidance to cancer survivors about things like diet, exercise, and the use of dietary supplements in managing quality of life and survival during and after treatment for cancer. … READ MORE …
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Case-control studies based on data from self-reported questionnaires of people’s diets are rarely the most accurate predictors of reality. However, for what it is worth, a new study has reported that higher levels of calcium in a man’s normal diet may be associated with a lower risk for diagnosis of prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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A new review of the available literature has concluded that, despite the fact that “prostate cancer is an ideal target for prevention,” there is in fact “no suitable evidence to recommend using any specific nutritional supplement or diet to prevent prostate cancer” at the present time. … READ MORE …
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Data from a prospective, randomized, Phase II clinical trial have shown that men diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer can decrease their risk for prostate cancer cell proliferation through use of a low-fat diet and fish oil capsules. … READ MORE …
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The idea that one’s diet may affect one’s risk for prostate cancer in general — or perhaps for one’s risk of more aggressive forms of prostate cancer — is not exactly new. … READ MORE …
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Perhaps to be more strictly accurate we should rephrase that heading as, “A diet high in whole-grain products did not appear to reduce the risk for prostate cancer among a large cohort of Danish men aged between 50 and 64 years.” … READ MORE …
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An article just published on-line in the American Journal of Epidemiology has suggested that a diet high in at least one of the omega-3 fatty acids may be good for your heart but less good for your prostate. … READ MORE …
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