Exercise prevents cancer

March 3, 2010 — Zenfix

Exercise in prevention and management of cancer.

OPINION STATEMENT: Regular and vigorous physical exercise has been scientifically established as providing strong preventative medicine against cancer with the potential to reduce incidence by 40%. The effect is strongest for breast and colorectal cancer; however, evidence is accumulating for the protective influence on prostate cancer, although predominantly for more advanced disease and in older men…

Newton RU, Galvão DA.
Curr Treat Options Oncol. 2008 Jun;9(2-3):135-46. Epub 2008 Aug 13. Review.
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Green tea and cancer

February 28, 2010 — Zenfix

Green tea: nature’s defense against malignancies.

The review is intended to highlight the chemistry of green tea, its antioxidant potential, its immunopotentiating properties and mode of action against various cancer cell lines that showed its potential as a chemopreventive agent against colon, skin, lung, prostate, and breast cancer.

Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2009 May;49(5):463-73.

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Green Tea Polyphenols in Prostate Cancer Chemoprevention

February 16, 2010 — Zenfix

Review: green tea polyphenols in chemoprevention of prostate cancer: preclinical and clinical studies.
Green tea’s major constituent is epigallocatechin gallate.
Nutr Cancer. 2009 Nov;61(6):836-41.

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Green tea cancer prevention

February 7, 2010 — Zenfix

Green tea (Camellia sinensis) for the prevention of cancer

Green tea contains catechins which are powerful antioxidants that may prevent cancer. This Cochrane review looked at 51 studies that included:

  • cancer of the digestive tract,
  • breast cancer,
  • prostate cancer,
  • lung cancer,
  • ovarian cancer,
  • oral cancer.

Drinking 3 to 5 cups of green tea per day is safe and provides 250 mg of catechins per day.
The author concludes that there is insufficient evidence for green tea consumption preventing cancer.

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009 Jul 8;(3):CD005004.

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Aspirin and NSAIDs for cancer prevention

February 4, 2010 — Zenfix

Aspirin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for cancer prevention: an international consensus statement

Aspirin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) could prevent colorectal cancer and may probably prevent other cancers. Research is focusing on breast, prostate, lung, stomach, and oesophageal cancer.

Lancet Oncol. 2009 May;10(5):501-7
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Energy intake, physical activity and cancer

February 1, 2010 — Zenfix

Energy intake, physical activity, energy balance, and cancer: epidemiologic evidence.

Obesity increases the risk of cancers of

  • colon and rectum
  • breast (in postmenopausal women)
  • endometrium (lining of the uterus)
  • kidney (renal cell)
  • esophagus (adenocarcinoma).

Obesity probably increases cancers of

  • pancreas
  • liver
  • gallbladder
  • aggressive prostate cancer.
Methods Mol Biol. 2009;472:191-215.
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Vitamin D and global cancer prevention

January 20, 2010 — Zenfix

Vitamin D for cancer prevention: global perspective

Can a daily dose of 2000 IU of vitamin D(3) reduce case-fatality rates of breast, colorectal, and prostate cancer by 50%?

Ann Epidemiol. 2009 Jul;19(7):468-83.
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Prostate Cancer Prevention

January 17, 2010 — Zenfix

Prostate cancer prevention by short-term anti-androgens: the rationale behind design of pilot studies.

Low-grade prostate inflammation may be a precursor for prostate cancer.

Recent Results Cancer Res. 2009;181:195-205.
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Soy

January 5, 2010 — Zenfix

Soy: a complete source of protein.

Soybeans contain all of the essential amino acids necessary for human nutrition…
Populations with diets high in soy protein and low in animal protein have lower risks of prostate and breast cancers than other populations.

Am Fam Physician. 2009 Jan 1;79(1):43-7.
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Diet and cancer chemoprevention

December 27, 2009 — Zenfix

Dietary factors and cancer chemoprevention: an overview of obesity-related malignancies.

“Currently, obesity-related malignancies, e.g., cancers of the breast, prostate and colon are the leading cancers in the industrialized societies.”

This review looks at cancer prevention studies in selected cancers associated with obesity:

  • Prostate cancer
  • Breast cancer
  • Endometrial cancer
  • Kidney cancer
  • Esophageal adenocarcinoma
  • Colon cancer

And on foods that have anti-obesity and anti-cancer effects:

  • Garlic
  • Fenugreek
  • Green tea
  • Soy
  • Bitter melon
  • Plant defense molecules
  • Fish
Murthy NS, Mukherjee S, Ray G, Ray A.
J Postgrad Med. 2009 Jan-Mar;55(1):45-54. Review.
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Anticancer actions of omega-3 fatty acids

May 16, 2009 — Zenfix

Anticancer actions of omega-3 fatty acids–current state and future perspectives.

Omega-3 fatty acids have anti-tumor effects on human cancer cell lines from the colon, the pancreas, the prostate and the breast.

Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry. 2009 May.
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Urine Test for Prostate Cancer

February 11, 2009 — Zenfix

Prostate cancer marker found in urine.

It is hoped that sarcosine may identity men at a high risk of having aggressive prostate cancer.

11 February 2009 – Nature.
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