| Prostate cancer prevention: past, present, and future
Recent investigations of medications, diet and the molecular understanding of prostate cancer are defining potential prevention strategies for the disease, and herald a new stage in the management of this cancer, according to a new review. Writing in the November 1, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, Dr. Neil Fleshner and Dr. Alexandre Zlotta from the University of Toronto say that available medications, such as 5-alpha reductase inhibitors and selective estrogen receptor modifiers, show promise in reducing malignancies. In addition, there is strong evidence that dietary fat significantly impacts disease development and promising data that other compounds, such as soy, selenium and green tea, offer additional possibilities for disease prevention.
Speaker to discuss prostate cancer
Aaron Katz is known for using high-tech procedures to treat prostate cancer. But he is fascinated, too, by some of the simplest approaches to the disease. Katz will talk about both during a Sept. 27 visit to Wichita. He'll talk about traditional methods like radiation and surgery, he said by telephone, and about alternative ideas such as herbal remedies. Katz is associate professor and vice chairman of urology at Columbia University in New York. He also is director of its Center for Holistic Urology. His visit is sponsored by GreenAcres Market. His talk, at 7 p.m. at the Wichita Marriott, is free; reservations are requested. Prostate cancer no longer is just an old man's disease, he said. "Older men do get it, but we've seen a downward progression in age." To prevent prostate cancer, Katz recommends a low-fat diet, green tea, vitamin E, selenium and lycopene.
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