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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According to a report on the MedPage Today web site, three presentations given at the recently completed annual meeting of the American Urological Association addressed prostate cancer risk among men taking testosterone supplements. … READ MORE …
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Testosterone levels tend to fall in most men as we age. This is hardly new information! An article this week in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that treatment with testosterone gels is appropriate for aging men with low testosterone levels (hypogonadism). … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: benefit, hypogonadism, outcome, risk, supplement, testosterone | 6 Comments »
According to what appears to have been a pretty forthright presentation at the ongoing annual meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), many commonly used men’s health and prostate supplements weren’t helping prostate cancer patients. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk | Tagged: efficacy, safety, supplement, value | 8 Comments »
A combination of travel and other commitments made it difficult for your sitemaster to complete his summaries of significant information presented at this year’s annual meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA), so here’s the final wrap-up. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: active, ADT, androgen, deprivation, supplement, surveillance, testosterone, timing | 5 Comments »
Having pointed out (again) that over-use of many dietary supplements can increase risk for cancer (prostate cancer included), we felt it only fair to also point out that some recent data suggest than one over-the-counter (OTC) dietary supplement seems to have the opposite effect on prostate cancer … in laboratory mice. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Drugs in development, Management, Prevention, Treatment | Tagged: 4-methylumbelliferone, 4-MU, mice, supplement | 7 Comments »
A newly published paper by some highly regarded researchers provides data from a small, Phase II trial of Prostate Health Cocktail (PHC) — an “over-the-counter” combination herbal supplement — in the management of biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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The “New” Prostate Cancer InfoLink has long argued that the use of testosterone supplements by otherwise healthy men as they age (as a way to try to maintain the vigor and libido of their youth) comes with risks, and that one of those risks is the risk for a diagnosis of prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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According to a media release issued by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center late last Friday, “high-dose supplementation with both the trace element selenium and vitamin E increase the risk of high-grade prostate cancer. But importantly, this risk depends upon a man’s selenium status before taking the supplements.” … READ MORE …
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According to data from a small, randomized, clinical trial published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, daily use of a supplement containing soy protein isolate for 2 years after radical prostatectomy did not reduce risk for biochemical progression of prostate cancer in high-risk patients. … READ MORE …
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Here is the last of our data-based reports from the annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO), which ended last Tuesday. It deals with two presentations that are at least intellectually interesting but do not as yet “translate” into any type of clinical certainty. … READ MORE …
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In an entirely unsurprising finding, “Despite dietary supplements being popular among prostate cancer patients, a new review of past research says they are not effective treatments for the disease” states a Reuters report published on Friday last week. … READ MORE …
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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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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 …
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In case you haven’t noticed, there has been a massive surge in the use of testosterone supplements by older men in the past 10 years or so (as we seek to maintain the bizarre illusion that we are really still in our early 30s and might still be able to win an Olympic gold medal in [pick your sport]). … READ MORE …
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