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...
Background:Calcium, phosphorus, fructose, and animal protein are hypothesized to be associated with prostate cancer risk, potentially via their influence o
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...
We interviewed 328 men diagnosed with prostate cancer before the age of 75 years and 328 age-matched population controls. The principal hypotheses were that risk would increase with a high intake of total or saturated fat and would decrease with a high intake of carotene (beta-carotene equivalent...
A Lifestyle Protection Plan for Your Prostate by Professor Robert Thomas 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 Profes...
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,...
We interviewed 328 men diagnosed with prostate cancer before the age of 75 years and 328 age-matched population controls. The principal hypotheses were that risk would increase with a high intake of total or saturated fat and would decrease with a high i
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 ...
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...
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 ...