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Avatar n tn Diet — The Key to Prostate Cancer Prevention After examining the diets of 28 countries, one study found that the most common link to prostate cancer was the consumption of milk, especially non-fat milk. In fact, over two-thirds of cases were attributed to milk consumption. The reason appears to be high amounts of calcium, since taking calcium supplements also dramatically increased risk.
Avatar n tn The researchers studied 5,519 men aged over 55, who were participating in the prostate cancer prevention trial, with no previous prostate cancer diagnosis, normal DRE, and a baseline PSA of 3.0 ng/mL or less. The study subkects were randomly assigned to finasteride, a drug commonly used to treat enlargement of the prostate gland, or placebo for seven years. The team focused on men in the placebo group who were followed with yearly PSA tests.
Avatar f tn Doctor is now suspicious that the cancer got outside the prostate. Does this happen and how can you tell cancer outside the prostate from PSA test? He is going to have a CT Scan and Bone Scan this week. We are both just a little scared of what we will find out.
479244 tn?1271563659 Several studies have reported the role of coffee for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, no study investigated about the relation of coffee for HCC among individuals with a relevant risk factor, i.e., hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Thus, we conducted a hospital-based case-control study to assess an association between coffee and HCC, in which both 73 cases and 253 controls were patients with chronic type C liver disease.
Avatar m tn [11–25] The results of the current meta-analysis of seven prospective and nine case–control studies suggest that there is an inverse association between coffee consumption and liver cancer among different groups according to consumption level. There were significant reductions of 50% in the risk of liver cancer with the highest consumption of coffee compared with non/almost never consumption. The meta-analyses of Bravi et al.
Avatar n tn You could probably think of people with breast cancer who had spouses with prostate cancer as both cancers are pretty common. Since prostate cancer is common, you may also hear of spouses with other cancers – uterine, cervical, etc. There is a good screening method for cervical cancer, talk about it with your doctor. This has reduced the number of cervical cancer cases substantially. This is much better than being scared.
Avatar m tn PSA-ACT is better than total PSA and equivalent to the free-to-total ratio for detecting prostate cancer in men with PSA levels of 2.0-4.0 ng/ml, and is thus useful for reducing the number of unnecessary biopsies" to Google "Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) complexed to alpha..." I fall within the category my PSA is 2.54 at the moment last monday. 4 years ago it was 1.5. I am 57 but they found this nodule. I feel that I will go for a biopsy for no good reason.
Avatar m tn You should have some prostate cancer test.Cancer screening tests — including the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test to look for signs of prostate cancer.
Avatar n tn In 12 of the patients, none of whom had responded to other therapies, tumours shrank or stabilised. The study, led by the Institute of Cancer Research, features in the July 2009 New England Journal of Medicine.[8] One of the first patients to be given the treatment is still in remission after two years. I hope this helps.
Avatar m tn Blood in the semen CAN be harmless, but it can also be an indication of something more serious, like prostate cancer. I don’t want to alarm you, it’s very likely it’s nothing too serious, but I wouldn’t take the chance. I have prostate cancer myself, had the surgery, but unfortunately, it wasn’t caught early enough so now the cancer has spread to other areas & I’ll need additional treatment.
Avatar m tn , At least eleven studies conducted in southern Europe and Japan have examined the relationship between coffee drinking and the risk of primary liver cancer. The current study, led by Francesca Bravi of the Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri in Milan, Italy, was a meta-analysis of published studies on HCC that included how much coffee patients had consumed.
Avatar n tn Where did you get your info regarding the statistics on prostate cancer, as I would much like to study it.
Avatar m tn 27, 2009 -- Frequent masturbation in young men is linked to higher risk of early prostate cancer, but it lowers prostate cancer risk for men in their 50s, a study shows.
Avatar f tn if i do almost nothing comes out. What is going on? NO ONE suspects cancer (A pevious micitrition study in 2014 revelaed a sdcarred bladder neck..but no indications of stone blockage in bladder or cancer. NO discoloration on penis or area. NO STD (have not had sex in LONG time).I DO have degenerative DISCS in back nut NO specific disc pressing on a nerve (I have LEAKING discs--annular fissures)> I am alarmed NO ONE is too concerned (I saw 2 urologists) and no one can dfiagnose this..
Avatar n tn There are a lot of factors in determining if the cancer is in an advanced stage the Gleason score is the way they score prostate cancer a gleason score of 7 at 3+4 is not the worst, but there are other factors.
Avatar m tn an indipendent lab paid by italians by donations screen all substances for cancer and aspartame makes cancer starting from 20mg.
Avatar m tn Thank you for your question. Chris is right when it comes to advanced prostate cancer. There is no permanent cure but you can beat the odds. To answer your question, you still have PSA-only recurrence. Such increases are not accompanied by symptoms, signs, or imaging evidence of locally recurrent or metastatic disease.
Avatar n tn http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_1_1x_Flaxseed_Ginseng_Show_Promise_for_Cancer_Patients.asp "Lead researcher Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, PhD, said previous studies of flaxseed and a low-fat diet have shown good results in prostate cancer, but researchers weren't sure if the benefits came from the diet, the flaxseed, or both.
Avatar m tn Physicians' Health Study" J Natl Cancer Inst 2009; DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djp306.
Avatar m tn A 2003 Australian study found that men who ejaculated more than five times a week were a third less likely to develop prostate cancer. Regularly flushing your system, so to speak, keeps your semen healthy and prevents the build up of cancer-causing chemicals. Also, it relieves stress and keeps everything about your body—your heart rate, blood pressure, reproductive system, brain chemistry—in very good shape.
Avatar m tn 3577-3583). Maybe my SOD2 genotype is AA, and the selenium helped. Maybe all men in watchful waiting should determine if selenium will help them. I also took about 900 mg genistein, 50 mg lycopene, 0.5 mcg calcitriol, some NSAIDs, and some vitamin E daily. I also took dutasteride for a total of 17 months. (On-and-off dutasteride convinced me that I could never endure serious ADT.