Prostate Cancer - 101

It’s the second commonest cancer in men across the world and increasing in incidence.

In this episode I look at why it occurs and what we can do prevent it, manage risk and raise awareness.

Hormones and their roles in prostate cancer: https://www.ceu.ox.ac.uk/news/largest-study-to-date-confirms-role-of-two-hormones-in-aggressive-prostate-cancer-risk#

Benign prostatic hypertrophy (not cancer): https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/benign-prostatic-hyperplasia/symptoms-causes/syc-20370087

Genetics and prostate cancer: https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/prostate-cancer/#causes

Gleason grading of prostate cancer: https://www.pcf.org/about-prostate-cancer/diagnosis-staging-prostate-cancer/gleason-score-isup-grade

Stress and prostate cancer: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5693840/

Inflammation and prostate cancer: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4029103/#:~:text=These%20preliminary%20studies%20revealed%20that,score%207%E2%80%9310)%20disease.

Exercise and prostate cancer: https://www.pcf.org/patient-resources/living-prostate-cancer/exercise-prostate-cancer/

Toxins / cadmium: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41389-020-0202-7

Dietary cadmium: https://bmccancer.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12885-015-1153-9#

Selenium supplementation: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8971064/

Prospective Japanese study on green tea: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17906295/

Calcium and red meat: https://www.nature.com/articles/6604331

Green tea and diet: 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306987722000792

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