Obesity may increase the long-term risk of disease progression in men on active surveillance for low-risk prostate cancer (PCa), according to study findings presented at the Canadian Urological Association annual meeting in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Read the article.
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Caffeine may improve exercise capacity and reduce fatigue in cancer survivors, a University of Queensland study has found. The study is the first of its kind to investigate whether caffeine, the world’s most commonly used stimulant, can help prostate cancer survivors exercise. Read the article.
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[Ed. note: Here’s an article illustrating the pro and con of diet. The bottom line seems to be that heart-healthy is all-healthy.] On July 10, 2013, Theodore M. Brasky, PhD, of the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center in Columbus, and colleagues published a study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (2013;105:1132-1141) that they said confirms previous reports of increased prostate cancer (PCa) risk among men with high blood levels of long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. Two months later, a team led by James J. DiNicolantonio, PharmD, of the Mid America Heart Institute at Saint Luke’s Hospital in
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A diet rich in complex carbohydrates and fiber had a significant favorable association with prostate cancer risk, analysis of veterans’ medical records showed. Read the article.
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This is actually a more general article about diet and supplements. Read the article. (You’ll need a free account for Renal and Urology News.)
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As if prostate cancer were not scary enough, hundreds of men with the disease are being subjected to a menu of raw, bitter vegetables for five years. That means lots of kale, turnips and radishes to go with their carrots and tomatoes. [Ed. note: Everything in moderation and results aren’t in yet.] Read the article.
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Men with early-stage prostate cancer who ate a low-fat diet supplemented with fish oil had lower amounts of pro-inflammation molecules in their blood and lower prostate tumor cell proliferation compared with men who ate a high-fat Western diet. Read the article.
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A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published online ahead of print in the journal Nutrition and Cancer describes the laboratory synthesis of the most active component of grape seed extract, B2G2, and shows this synthesized compound induces the cell death known as apoptosis in prostate cancer cells while leaving healthy cells unharmed. Read the article.
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“The dairy story can be confusing,” says June Chan, professor of epidemiology & biostatistics and urology at the University of California, San Francisco. She and others followed nearly 4,000 health professionals with localized prostate cancer for eight years to see which men were more likely to “progress.” Read the article.
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Men with prostate cancer who ate a low-fat diet and took fish oil supplements had lower levels of pro-inflammatory substances in their blood and a lower cell cycle progression score, a measure used to predict cancer recurrence, than men who ate a typical Western diet, UCLA researchers found. The findings are important because lowering the cell cycle progression (CCP) score may help prevent prostate cancers from becoming more aggressive, said study lead author William Aronson, a clinical professor of urology at UCLA and chief of urologic oncology at the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Read the article.
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