Dietary acrylamide and risk of prostate cancer

Acrylamide is found in certain heat-processed foods.
This study did not find an association between dietary acrylamide and risk of prostate cancer.


Study:
Dietary acrylamide and risk of prostate cancer
Int J Cancer. 2011 Aug 22

Diagnostic Markers for Prostate Cancer

What is the best way to diagnose prostate cancer?


This is a study from the University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; which discusses the natural history of prostate cancer. The researchers looked at currently available markers for prostate cancer.

Terms used in this study: Prostate-specific antigen (PSA), gold standard, Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT), European Randomised Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC), prostatic biopsy.

The authors conclude that men diagnosed in the low PSA ranges (less than 3.0 ng/ml) usually present with more favorable cancers.

Review of diagnostic markers for prostate cancer. Recent Results Cancer Res. 2009;181:173-82.

Apigenin for Cancer Prevention

Apigenin is a plant flavone found in fruits and vegetables. It  may decrease the risk of certain cancers such as prostate cancer.

Apigenin: A Promising Molecule for Cancer Prevention
Pharm Res. 2010 Mar 20.

Prostate Cancer and Terpenoids

Terpenoids in the diet may decrease the risk of hormone related diseases such as prostate cancer. Terpenoids are naturally occuring lipids found in some fruits and vegetables.

Targeting Apoptosis Pathway with Natural Terpenoids: Implications for Treatment of Breast and Prostate Cancer
Curr Drug Targets. 2010 Mar 18.

Obesity and Prostate Cancer Risk

Is prostate cancer risk associated with body mass index, serum insulin, diabetes and androgen metabolism?




Obesity, Endogenous Hormone Metabolism, and Prostate Cancer Risk: A Conundrum of "Highs" and "Lows"
Cancer Prev Res (Phila Pa). 2010 Feb 23.

Vitamin E and Selenium for Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer: neither vitamin E nor selenium prevents prostate cancer.
Nat Rev Urol. 2009 Apr;6(4):187-8.

Green Tea Polyphenols in Prostate Cancer Prevention

Review: green tea polyphenols in chemoprevention of prostate cancer: preclinical and clinical studies.
Nutr Cancer. 2009 Nov;61(6):836-41.

Exercise and prostate cancer risk

Age-specific physical activity and prostate cancer risk among white men and black men.

"Regular physical activity may reduce prostate cancer risk among black men, and activity during young adulthood may yield the greatest benefit."

Cancer. 2009 Jul 30.

Fish may prevent prostate cancer

Fish intake and the risk of fatal prostate cancer: findings from a cohort study in Japan

"These results support the hypothesis that a high intake of fish may decrease the risk of prostate cancer death."

Public Health Nutr. 2009 May;12(5):609-13.

Green tea for cancer prevention

Green tea (Camellia sinensis) for the prevention of cancer [Cancer Prevention]

Green tea contains catechins which are powerful antioxidants that may prevent cancer. This Cochrane review looked at 51 studies that included:

* cancer of the digestive tract,
* breast cancer,
* prostate cancer ...