Posted on March 10, 2016 by Sitemaster
A new paper in the Scandinavian Journal of Urology has provided us with some insights into things associated (and not associated) with risk for a diagnosis of prostate cancer, based on data from > 12,000 participants in the Finnish cohort of the European Randomized Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) study. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Risk | Tagged: Diagnosis, ibuprofen, mortality, NSAID, onset, puberty, risk, vitamin | 4 Comments »
Posted on September 1, 2011 by Sitemaster
In a newly published paper in the journal Integrative Cancer Therapies, the authors report high use of vitamins and supplements among undiagnosed men with a brother who has previously been diagnosed with prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Prevention, Risk | Tagged: brother, Diagnosis, family, Prevention, risk, supplement, vitamin | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 2, 2011 by Sitemaster
Many men use vitamins and other supplements to prevent the onset of prostate cancer or to prevent the progression of prostate cancer after diagnosis. However, a new article in Family Practice suggests that there is no really good clinical evidence for either of these practices in the published literature. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Prevention | Tagged: outcome, Prevention, risk, supplement, vitamin | 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 November 19, 2008 by Sitemaster
In an editorial commentary on OncologySTAT, Schwartzenberg discusses where we stand on the issue of vitamins, micronutrients, and cancer prevention in general after the negative result of the SELECT trial, but his views are also applicable to prostate cancer in particular. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Drugs in development, Living with Prostate Cancer, Prevention | Tagged: antioxidant, micronutrient, vitamin | Leave a comment »