Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center, including Center Director Thomas A. Sellers, Ph.D., M.P.H., Jong Park, Ph.D. and Hui - Yi Lin, Ph.D., have discovered 23 new regions of the genome that influence the risk
for developing prostate cancer, according to a study published Sept. 14 in Nature Genetics.
Red foods like red bell peppers and tomatoes contain a phytochemical called lycopene, which may have an anti-inflammatory affect on the cells lining the heart and blood vessels, and may reduce the risk of
developing prostate cancer among other cancers such as breast, lung, bladder, ovarian, and colon.
Researchers at the University of Southern California have
developed a prostate cancer vaccine that prevented cancer in 90 percent of young mice genetically predestined to develop the disease.
«Very low doses [of BPA]-- below the amounts that are present in humans — when, particularly, exposure occurs in fetuses and newborns, you end up with those babies
eventually developing prostate cancer, breast cancer.
Slide of invasive prostate adenocarcinoma, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons / NIH Circumcision might reduce a man's risk of
developing prostate cancer by 15 percent, according to new research published online March 12 in Cancer.
Men with BRCA1 / 2 mutations who
develop prostate cancer tend to develop these cancers at an earlier age than average and may develop more aggressive forms of the disease.
The discovery builds on research showing that a promising class of new drugs for BRCA2 linked breast cancers — known as PARP inhibitors ** — may also be effective in men who have
developed prostate cancer due to a BRCA2 alteration.
And guess what: a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute shows a dramatically higher risk of
developing prostate cancer if you eat fish oil.
Additionally, according to a 2011 study published in the journal Prostate, men who take statin drugs of any kind are significantly more prone to
developing prostate cancer compared to other men.
Prostate Cancer Much of the spay / neuter information available to the public asserts that neutering will reduce or eliminate the risk that male
dogs develop prostate cancer.
The high levels of antioxidants in collard greens have been linked to a decreased risk of
developing prostate cancer (25).
** Prostate Health: ** Dietary supplementation of lycopene through tomato products may reduce the risk of
developing prostate cancer.
too much omega - 3 fatty acids are associated with an increased risk of developing prostate cancer
Through this campaign, we can deliver important information to thousands of men who are at risk of
developing prostate cancer,» said Legislator Dixon, who wore blue along with her colleagues, to show their support.
For example, we're funding research into faulty genes which make some men more likely to
develop prostate cancer and studying how these genes could help doctors to identify patients who are more at risk.
In the finasteride group, 18 %, or 804 men, had
developed prostate cancer.
He's at higher - than - average risk of
developing prostate cancer, so he should probably check with a urologist on a regular basis.
But when her research team analyzed blood lycopene levels of participants in a large cancer study, including 692 men who had
developed prostate cancer and 844 randomly selected men who had not, they found no association between the antioxidant and the malignancy.
By age 80, more than 50 percent of men will
develop prostate cancer but not all will have the aggressive, deadly form of the disease.
At least 14 of 600 employees who'd been at the plant for more than 10 years had
developed prostate cancer — a rate nine times as high as that of the general statewide population.
Those who consumed at least 2 1/2, servings of dairy food per day were 30 percent more likely to
develop prostate cancer than doctors who consumed less than half a serving.
It is known that a diet rich in fat can increase the risk of
developing prostate cancer, and that obese people are more prone to develop this type of tumour.
That group also had 66 percent higher odds of developing lung cancer, 39 percent higher odds of developing breast cancer, 55 percent higher odds of
developing prostate cancer and 37 percent higher odds of developing colorectal cancer.
Black men are three times more likely to
develop prostate cancer than other demographics, yet black men are consistently underrepresented in research studies, say researchers from King's College London in a new paper published in ecancermedicalscience.
Worth noting, the researchers said, is that an increased consumption of cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, which are high in sulforaphane, appears to be associated with a lower risk of
developing prostate cancer.
In contrast to studies that correlated elevated levels of IGF - 1 with the risk of
developing prostate cancer, Greenberg's research showed that eliminating IGF - 1R expression in an otherwise normal mouse prostate caused the cells to proliferate and become hyperplastic.
A 2013 study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found that men with higher levels of omega - 3 fatty acids in their blood had a greater risk of
developing prostate cancer.
Newly published research from Fred Hutch shows black men may be at heightened risk not only of
developing prostate cancer but also of having a more aggressive form at a younger age.
Age 45 for men at high risk of
developing prostate cancer.
A study done with alpha - linoleic acid and prostate cancer showed that ALA could increase the risk of
developing prostate cancer, however, this study was shown to have some bias.
And another study done in 2010, concluded that ALA did not increase the risk of
developing prostate cancer, on the contrary, it was shown to decrease the risk in the participants.
Studies have shown that by consuming tomatoes regularly you lower the chances of
developing prostate cancer.