DietProstate GlandsCommon CauseCancer DeathsUnited KingdomIn the United States, prostate cancer is reaching epidemic proportions. One in six men will eventually be diagnosed, which translates to 220,000 new initiates every year.Most of these prostate cancers will not be life-threatening. Nevertheless...
Risk factors for prostate cancer such as age, race, or family history cannot be avoided. However, studies have suggested that a diet low in fats and high in fruits and vegetables decreases prostate cancer risk.Compoundscalledlycopenes, which are present in grapefruit, tomatoes, and watermelon,...
Only a few years ago, a man newly diagnosed with prostate cancer in the UK would most likely expect (as well as fear) immediate treatment a fast track to radiotherapy, brachytherapy, hormone therapy or surgery. But Professor Robert Thomas, consultant oncologist at Bedford and Addenbrooke’s Camb...
Over 37% of cancer cases in the UK are attributable to modifiable risk factors, with diet being the second-highest contributor after tobacco. Additionally, some studies have shown as high as 35% of all cancer-related mortalities are associated with diet [5,6,7]. The identification of numerous...
I have watched 3 of my contemporaries die of prostate cancer (more likely the treatment) and 2 friends who have been severely crippled after contracting an infection from the biopsy, one here in UK and one in NZ. I have done extensive research on the internet but it wasn’t until I disc...
Diet and prostate cancer continues to offer areas of clinical and laboratory research for investigation. Not every urologist looks after patients with spinal cord injury, but neuropathic bladder problems caused by other conditions are common. One of the acute conditions in these patients is autonomic...
Prostate mutations in rats induced by the suspected human carcinogen 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine. Cancer Res 2000;60:266–8. De Stefani E, Fierro L, Barrios E, Ronco A. Tobacco, alcohol, diet and risk of prostate cancer. Tumori 1995;81:315–20. Ewings P, Bowie ...
High-fat diet reprograms prostate cancer metabolome and accelerates disease progression.aMice fed a high-fat diet (HFD) develop diet-induced obesity at 12 weeks of age (n = biologically independent animals; two-way ANOVA, median, whiskers ± min/max; ****P < 0.0001).b–dHFD ...
UK; 2Bedford Hospital and Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge University NHS Trusts, c/o The Primrose Unit, Bedford Hospital, Bedford MK42 9DJ, UK BACKGROUND: Evidence for the role of diet and physical activity in cancer incidence is well documented, but owing to increased cancer survivorship, an...
a comparative study of 16 282 individuals Z Wang1, P McLoone1 and D S Morrison*,1 1West of Scotland Cancer Surveillance Unit, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, 1 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, G12 8RZ, UK Background: Cancer survivors may be particularly motivated to ...