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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It has long been understood that many cancers occur as a consequence of errors in the replication of the genetic materials of cells (usually DNA) during the normal process of cell growth and replication. … READ MORE …
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Some readers of this blog may get some insights by reading a blogpost on the CancerNetwork web site with the above title. … READ MORE …
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There has been intense discussion of our report on a recent paper suggesting that there may be heightened risk for prostate cancer diagnosis associated with high levels of consumption of fatty fish (e.g., salmon) and fish oil supplements. … READ MORE …
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According to information in a media release posted on the UPI.com web site yesterday, a newly published study in the journal Nutrition and Cancer has shown that “Eating right, exercise and other lifestyle changes may help prostate cancer patients reduce risk of aggressive tumors.” … 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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The February issue of PCRI Insights includes a couple of articles that will be of potential interest to a lot of readers of this blog. … READ MORE …
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According to an announcement from the Veterans Administration (VA), it intends to roll out a new program called the Million Veterans Program or MVP which will allow pre-approved research teams to access (de-identified) genetic, military exposure, health, and lifestyle information on U.S. veterans together through one single database. … READ MORE …
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A new draft technology assessment report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has addressed the impact of lifetyle interventions on prostate cancer (along with three other disorders). … READ MORE …
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The title of this post is stolen (with full disclosure) from an article in The Huffington Post that appeared on February 20. The author of that article is a physician with a form of brain cancer who has been living with it for 17 years. … READ MORE …
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The “Reach Out to Enhance Wellness” (RENEW) trial was initiated as a randomized multi-center, multi-national trial to actually prove something which many would consider to be “obvious”: the idea that lifestyle modification will help cancer survivors to avoid the risks that they are at for second malignancies, other comorbidities, and accelerated functional decline. … READ MORE …
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