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Written by Rohaan Solare on Monday, January 5, 2009 3:45 - Comment

The Latest Evidence Based News in Prostate Cancer Detection, Prevention and Treatment

Tags: Prostate Cancer Prevention, Prostate Cancer Treatment, Prostate Health

Prostate Health News Digest

EC-Mens Health: Vol. 1, Issue 1 Jan/05/09

Here at the Emergent-Culture News Website we shift through hundreds of evidence based health stories, group them by relevance and then prepare link digests just like the one you are reading.

The links are intended to be used as leads into cutting edge research areas that pertain to the matter of prostate health.

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The information we provide will help you make the most informed decisions on the best products and services available and the actions you need to take to maintain, protect or restore your health.

Special note to younger men: Prostate cancer rates are rising and the USA is leading the way in the number of annual cases worldwide. While prostate cancer is usually associated with advancing age there are life style measures you can take now to significantly lower your chances of developing prostate cancer at any age. High risk groups are advised to start testing at 40 years and others at 45 years of age.

INDEX

General Prostate Health & Consumer Awareness

Prostate Cancer Prevention

Prostate Cancer Detection

Prostate Cancer Treatment

Research Resources
Site Wide Index of Subjects & Themes

General Prostate Health and Consumer Awareness

The Promise of Effective Prostate Cancer Management with Unpatentable Plant Derived Extracts and other Natural Compounds.

My fathers ongoing encounter with prostate cancer. The hope of cutting edge research and the angst of dealing with the uninformed.

My 68 year old father is currently dealing with an early stage slow growing prostate cancer. The type that is eligible for watchful waiting. I did extensive research on extremely safe natural compounds that have been found to be effective in the slowing, stopping or reversing of prostate cancer growth. I then put together a supplement regimen based on my findings.

My father has been taking his supplement regimen for almost a year now. During this period he had his PSA levels checked every 3 months.

The results have been very promising. His first PSA test, 3 months after he started his supplement regimen, dropped a whopping 1.9 points from his last pre-treatment PSA test level of 5.1. His second PSA test at the 6 month mark dropped from 3.2 to 3.0. At the nine month mark his PSA test went up to .4 points to 3.4.

The small rise in that last test result triggered my uninformed mother to increase pressure on my father to “just take it out”. She had been opposed to his non-conventional treatment since day one without doing a stitch of her own research. Sustained opposition in spite of the downward trend of his PSA levels.

Doctors measure the efficacy of any prostate cancer treatment by noting how PSA levels respond. Using that rule of thumb, his supplement regimen seems to be having a positive effect on his prostate cancer. My fathers PSA levels had been rising steadily for several years without a decline. It would be very safe to surmise that the supplement regimen was having a positive effect.

However, my mothers unwarranted disconformity with my fathers unconventional treatment option was taking its toll and he has now decided to go with external beam radiation therapy to relieve himself of her discord. Marital stress is also a factor to consider. My parents are immigrants and English is not their first language. They are from the old school of thought that left health care solely in the hands of “health care professionals”.

It is my firm belief that an individuals primary health concern should be to take full responsibility for his or her own health. Modern medicine has demonstrated many success’s, but modern medicine has also become big business.

There is a great deal of evidence that indicates that certain medical establishments are more interested in profits than they are in the best treatment options.

Stay tuned as I will be covering the untrustworthy aspects of the medical establishment (pharmaceuticals, FDA, AMA and others) in future articles.

We will never know just how much the supplement regimen would have helped my father manage his cancer. The latest research is showing some very promising preliminary results in the prevention and treatment of prostate cancer with plant derived extracts and other natural compounds.

If there is enough interest I will publish an article that documents all of the various supplements that my father took during his brief experiment. I would also display his PSA test results in that article. Thank you for reading and please feel free to leave comments or to e-mail me directly.

General Prostate Health and Consumer Awareness Continued

Overdiagnosis and overtreatment of early detected prostate cancer

Alfuzosin fails to reduce symptoms in chronic prostatitis

Nutraceuticals in Prostate Disease: The Urologist’s Role

Saw Palmetto Keeps Prostates Healthy and Helps Prevent Baldness

Aspirin lowers PSA levels

Common Painkillers Lower Levels Of Prostate Cancer Biomarker (PSA), Study Shows

Cialis may help men with benign prostate enlargement symptoms

Latest information questions value of PSA test for men over 75

What’s Good For The Heart May Be Good For The Prostate

Prostate Cancer Prevention

Dehydrated Tomatoes Show Promise For Preventing Prostate Cancer

Low Cholesterol Leads To Lower PSA, Lower Prostate Cancer Risk, Study Suggests

Is Resveratrol Effective for Prostate Cancer Prevention andManagement

Soy may help men protect against prostate cancer, baldness, and heart disease

Diet contributes to risk of prostate cancer

Vitamin D protects cells from stress that can lead to prostate cancer

Flawed Study Seeks To Discredit Value Of Vitamin D In Preventing Prostate Cancer

Vitamin D: The Most Important Vitamin Supplement for Disease Prevention

Eating Broccoli May Keep Prostate Cancer Away, Study Suggests

Pomegranate extract may prevent Prostate Cancer and slow it’s growth.

Curcumin the Active Ingredient of Tumeric, the Spice, May Prevent Prostate Cancer and slow its development

Possible link found between diagnostic radiation and prostate cancer

Men Who Are Continually Active At Work May Have Decreased Prostate Cancer Risk, Study Suggests

Prostate Cancer Detection

Research confirms benefit of prostate cancer screening

Prostate cancer screening ‘hope’

Prostate Cancer Gene Test Provides New Early Detection

Biomarker Predicts Malignancy Potential Of HG-PIN Lesions In The Prostate

Higher levels of blood calcium might signal an increased risk of fatal prostate cancer

Monitoring blood flow helps improve prostate biopsies

Which Men Are Likely To Have Persistent Prostate Cancer?

Prostate Cancer Treatment

New Techniques and Management Options for Localized Prostate Cancer

Dean Ornish Shows How to Reverse Prostate Cancer with Nutrigenomics

Broccoli Compound Targets Key Enzyme In Late-stage Cancer

Soy Compound May Halt Spread Of Prostate Cancer

Mixed Outcomes in Laparoscopy for Prostate Cancer Treatment

Study may help men decide between three treatments for prostate cancer

Treating Wife’s Stress May Be Indirect Care For Men With Prostate Cancer

Why a common treatment for prostate cancer often fails.

Why hormone therapy for prostate cancer fails

New Blood Marker May Predict Prostate Cancer Spread

Treatment for men with locally recurrent prostate cancer using ultrasound energy available at NYU

Prostate cancer treatment may result in bone loss

Cough Medicine Ingredient Could Effectively Treat Prostate Cancer, Study Shows

Hormone Therapy Before Radiation Seed Implants For Prostate Cancer

Hormone therapy for prostate cancer does not appear to increase cardiac deaths

UK’s first prostate cancer patient treated using RapidArc radiotherapy

Study from University of Colorado provides new data on silibinin and prostate cancer Prostate Cancer Patients Undergoing Hormone Therapy May Experience Cognitive Effects
Drug for deadly prostate cancer

Androgen deprivation therapy does not improve survival for elderly men with localized prostate cancer

Counting tumor cells in blood predicts treatment benefit in prostate cancer

Pomegranate Slows Prostate Cancer Recurrence

Urologists Identify Seven Biomarkers That May Help Pinpoint Prostate Cancer Recurrence

New Predictor Of Prostate Cancer Recurrence Discovered

Radiation Therapy Prolongs Life In Men With Recurrent Prostate Cancer
Study says Celebrex-Lipitor combination may stop progression of prostate cancer

Diet High In Saturated Fat Contributes To Prostate Cancer Treatment Failure, Study Suggests

Low dose radiation kills more cancer cells than high dose.

Research Resources

Do your own research and help yourself and your health practitioner find the best solutions to your health needs.

Prostate Cancer Research Institute

PubMed Central (PMC) is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.

Journal of Clinical Oncology

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Clinical Trials.Gov

Science Direct

The Journal of Urology

The Journal of the American Medical Association