Posted on January 9, 2021 by Sitemaster
As we advised readers yesterday, a newly published study by Gregg et al. from the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center has given some clear indications that men diagnosed with lower-risk forms of prostate cancer who are initially managed on active surveillance (AS) can benefit — in terms of time to disease progression — from what is known as the Mediterranean-type diet. … READ MORE …
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Posted on January 8, 2021 by Sitemaster
The abstract of a newly published study on the use of the Mediterranean diet (MD) by men on active surveillance (AS) for management of low-risk, localized prostate cancer states that … READ MORE …
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Posted on March 5, 2020 by Sitemaster
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has put together a brief research survey to learn more about patients’ experiences with cancer care. Specifically, ASCO is interested in patient’s perspectives on how things like diet, exercise, and weight management are incorporated into cancer care. … READ MORE …
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Posted on February 20, 2020 by Sitemaster
There’s no simple way to prevent the onset of prostate cancer or to prevent its progression over time (e.g., based on diet or taking supplements or exercising like a maniac). However, … READ MORE …
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Posted on January 22, 2020 by Sitemaster
A couple of weeks ago, the full report on the Men’s Eating and Living (MEAL) study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. It has generated a lot of discussion, some of which is distinctly misguided. … READ MORE …
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Posted on September 6, 2019 by Sitemaster
The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) has recently issued a new “booklet” (it’s about 90 pages in length) entitled, The Science of Living Well, Beyond Cancer. … READ MORE …
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Posted on April 9, 2019 by Sitemaster
The issue of whether routine use of dietary supplements has any meaningful therapeutic benefit has long been a controversial issue (and we don’t expect that to change as a result of what appears below, but …) … READ MORE …
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Posted on January 30, 2019 by Sitemaster
Over the years there has been a great deal of speculation (and a very small amount of data) suggesting that men who get diagnosed with relatively low-risk forms of prostate cancer may be able to delay progression of their disease by eating the right diet. … READ MORE …
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Posted on October 8, 2018 by Sitemaster
Most men who are taking androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for metastatic prostate cancer feel the need to “do something” about their diet in order to (a) further help to control the risk for progression of their cancer and (b) help to cope with the side effects of ADT. … READ MORE …
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Posted on June 1, 2018 by Sitemaster
Early in May this year, the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia (COSA) issued a formal statement about the importance of exercise in the management of all types of cancer. … READ MORE …
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Posted on May 21, 2018 by Sitemaster
At the annual meeting of the American Urological Association early this morning in San Francisco, we we given the initial report on the results of the Men’s Eating and Living (MEAL) trial. … READ MORE …
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Posted on April 20, 2018 by Sitemaster
In October last year we had expressed the hope that data from the Men’s Eating and Living (MEAL) study would be presented at a major medical meeting this year. … READ MORE …
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Posted on April 9, 2018 by Sitemaster
Once again your sitemaster finds himself flabbergasted at just how often we need to repeat similar experiments to prove the obvious. … READ MORE …
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Posted on January 16, 2018 by Sitemaster
Two articles just published this week by a Boston-based research team have implicated Western high-fat diets in risk for metastasis of prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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Posted on October 26, 2017 by Sitemaster
Back in 2011, what is now the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology (ACTO) but was then CALGB (Cancer and Leukemia Group B) initiated the Men’s Eating and Living (MEAL) study. This trial is, we hope, going to give us some real answers to a very important question: does diet affect risk for the progression of prostate cancer in men on active surveillance? … READ MORE …
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