Posted on February 9, 2016 by Sitemaster
Today’s news contained items that run the spectrum from the clinical value of tomatoes and lycopene via the cardiovascular side effects of LHRH agonists and antagonists to the question of whether proton beam radiation therapy is really cost-effective. So here are the “news shorts” for the day: … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Prevention, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: agonist, antagonist, cost-effectiveness, LHRH, lycopene, proton beam, PSA density, side effect, testosterone, tomato | 3 Comments »
Posted on April 27, 2015 by Sitemaster
There have really been very few meaningful, randomized, double-blind trials of any forms of supplement in the prevention of prostate cancer … and to date none of the trials that have been done have shown unarguably meaningful, positive results. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Prevention, Risk | Tagged: green tea, GTCs, lycopene, Prevention, selenium | 3 Comments »
Posted on July 20, 2011 by Sitemaster
Over the years there has been much noise and little good data regarding the effects of lycopene in the prevention of prostate cancer. Indeed, all we can really say today is that there is an association between eating tomato-based products and a reduced risk for prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Prevention | Tagged: concentration, lycopene, plasma, prostate tissue, tomato oleoresin | Leave a comment »
Posted on January 4, 2011 by Sitemaster
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. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management | Tagged: active surveillance, COX-2, fish oil, IGF-1, low risk, lycopene, nutritional, supplement | 7 Comments »
Posted on February 8, 2010 by Sitemaster
The potential of lycopene (a natural product found at relatively high levels in tomatoes) to prevent prostate cancer is still much debated by the scientific community. By contrast, the potential of advertising to influence consumer behavior is not! So … READ MORE …
Filed under: Prevention | Tagged: lycopene, super-food, tomato | 5 Comments »
Posted on June 26, 2009 by Sitemaster
Today’s prostate cancer news report summary includes items dealing with:
- The epigenetics of prostate cancer and their potential importance
- Selenium + vitamin E + lycopene (in mice)
- Gleason 7: 4 + 3 versus 3 + 4 — it’s important
- Proton beam radiotherapy — a topical review
- EBRT + low dose, permanent seed brachytherapy … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Management, Prevention, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: brachytherapy, EBRT, epigenetics, Gleason 3 + 4 4 + 3, lycopene, PBRT, proton beam, selenium, vitamin E | 2 Comments »
Posted on February 24, 2009 by Sitemaster
We have dealt separately with an article on the way in which surgical technique appears to affect the likelihood of positive surgical margins after robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP). Other reports today cover:
- Whether multifocal tumors are “riskier” that single prostate cancer tumors
- The role of n-3 fatty acids in prevention of selected cancers (including prostate cancer)
- Lycopene in prevention and treatment of prostate cancer
- Serum cholesterol levels and prostate cancer
- Different forms of imaging for prostate cancer localization during EBRT
- Carboplatin + etopside chemotherapy in late-stage metastatic disease … READ MORE …
Filed under: Management, Prevention, Risk, Treatment, Uncategorized | Tagged: carboplatin, cholesterol, etopside, localization, lycopene, multifocal, n-3 fatty acids, unifocal | Leave a comment »
Posted on February 8, 2009 by Sitemaster
An article by Collins on the CalorieLab web site offers a sound summary of “where we are” (or perhaps more accurately “where we aren’t”) with regard to the use of supplements in the prevention of prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Prevention | Tagged: flaxseed, garlic, green tea, isothiocyanate, lycopene, milk, pomegranate, risk, selenium, soy, supplements, vitamin | Leave a comment »
Posted on February 5, 2009 by Sitemaster
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