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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On Monday evening, at 5:00 pm Pacific / 8:00 pm Eastern on July 31, AnCan will be offering an educational webinar with Greta Mcaire, RD, the resident Registered Dietitian at the UCSF Cancer Center. … READ MORE …
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The Prostate Cancer: Evidence of Exercise and Nutrition Trial (PrEvENT) has been ongoing in England since August 2014 and is an important and serious exploration of how diet and exercise may affect the outcomes of men who are treated for prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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A small, recent pilot study in Geneva, Switzerland, has shown that radiation therapy (RT) + androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) can be given safely to frail patients with non-metastatic, locally advanced or aggressive, intermediate prostate cancer, if and when a multidisciplinary care program is implemented to help such frail patients to limit risk for and manage predictable side effects. … READ MORE …
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A new report issued here in the USA by the American Institute for Cancer Research (AIRC) and globally by the World Cancer Research Fund International is focused on “Diet, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Prostate Cancer“. … READ MORE …
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A newly published paper in the journal Nutrients doesn’t tell us anything really new about the likely correlations between nutrition and risk for prostate cancer, but it does offer us some interesting information about the time frame over which such correlations may take effect. … READ MORE …
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According to a new article in the journal Nutrition and Cancer, “Consistent online dietary recommendations are lacking for patients during and after cancer treatment.” This will hardly come as a shock to many in the prostate cancer community, but an article like this one may help to initiate development of better guidelines. … 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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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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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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The desire to find vitamins and foods and similar products (“nutraceuticals” as compared to pharmaceuticals) that have significant and measurable clinical impact on the prevention and/or the actual treatment of prostate cancer has been a constant over the past 20+ years. … READ MORE …
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