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 Movember.com Buy my book THE HEALTH FIX on sale price now: https://rb.gy/rzknqt Save your life in slow motion and those of others by subscribing now and sharing. Thank you for listening and for your support. It means a lot to me.