Monthly Archives: July 2010
Foods with Highest Levels of BPA; Supermarkets and Stores with Highest BPA Risk
A new report by the Environmental Working Group shows that BPA (Bisphenol-A) on a paper receipt is 250 to 1,000 times greater than the amount typically found in a can of food or a can of baby formula. BPA has been linked to various forms of cancer including prostate cancer. For a summary of the… Continue Reading »
More about: BPA, Environmental Toxins, Prevention, Prostate Cancer
Provenge and Prostate Cancer Update
The study that led to the FDA approval for Provenge for prostate cancer treatment has been made available in the New England Journal of Medicine. In the study, men with prostate cancer that no longer responds to hormone therapy (basically, chemical castration) lived about four months longer if they took Provenge than if they got… Continue Reading »
More about: Dendreon, prostate cancer treatment, Provenge
Black Men and Prostate Cancer
Compared with white men, African-American men are twice as likely to develop prostate cancer in their early 50s and twice as likely to die of the disease. (American Cancer Society) They are also more likely to be in an advanced stage of the disease when diagnosed. (Winterich 2009). Recent findings released at the American Urological… Continue Reading »
More about: Prevention, Vitamin D
Environmental Chemicals and Cancer – The Presidents Cancer Panel Report
Prostate cancer risk has been linked to a number of environmental and other toxins and now the recently released President’s Cancer Panel Report on Environmental Cancer Risk has warned that “environmentally induced cancer has been grossly underestimated.” The New Environmental Cancer Risk Report The Panel’s report noted that approximately 80,000 chemicals are on the market… Continue Reading »
More about: BPA, Environmental Toxins, Prevention, Prostate Cancer
