Data presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research here in Philadelphia have again confirmed that the use of selenium and vitamin E supplements to raise levels of these agents to higher than normal levels is not a very good idea when it comes to cancer prevention. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Prevention, Risk | Tagged: risk, supplements, vitamin E | 2 Comments »
A new report states that there is minimal evidence of any well-defined effect of diet, nutrition or supplement use on the prevention of prostate cancer based on data collected as part of the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT). … READ MORE …
Filed under: Prevention, Risk | Tagged: diet, Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial, risk, supplements | Leave a comment »
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 »
Many reader will already have seen or heard reports of the demise of the SELECT prostate cancer prevention trial. In other news today:
Filed under: Diagnosis, Drugs in development, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: biopsy, diet, supplements, surrogate endpoint | Leave a comment »
I recently guest blogged on Respectful Insolence, a site loaded with ramblings from a fellow surgeon. The subject was two men with aggressive prostate cancer. Both had taken supplements.
This is a cautionary tale. Click here to read Death by Supplements
Filed under: Prevention, Uncategorized | Tagged: Arnon Krongrad MD, cancer, dr. krongrad, prostate, supplements | Leave a comment »
THE "NEW" PROSTATE CANCER INFOLINK 