Principle investigator Shuk - mei Ho, PhD, director of the Cincinnati Cancer Center, Jacob G. Schmidlapp Chair of Environmental Health and professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, says that human exposure to BPA is a common occurrence and that animal studies have shown that BPA contributes to development of prostate cancer but that human data are scarce. (sciencedaily.com)
According to Dr. Ting, this study of DNA methylation patterns not only advances our understanding of the development of prostate cancer, but may eventually lead to enabling prevention. (lerner.ccf.org)
Enlargement of the prostate affects about half of men over the age of 50 and including a handful of pumpkin seeds may offer some protection against the development of prostate cancer. (fitnessandpower.com)