Guest guest Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 Always willing to contribute a data point! A recent blood test revealed my PSA to be 0.6. I am 52 years old. With a maternal grandfather and maternal uncle who had prostate cancer, it is something I monitor. (For the record, in addition to the PSA, my doctor does the digital exam annually.) If CR has a positive prophylactic effect, so much the better. Mark -------------- Original message -------------- Hi All,Well, what about CRers for their PSA levels. FOr example, mine is 0.See:Median PSA was ...0.99 ng/ml and... 1.09 ng/ml) and ....Using a cutoff of PSA greater than 4.0 ng/ml 55 of the 288 patients (19%) with PSA greater than 2.5 ng/ml on the 2 platforms would have been candidates for prostate biopsy ....PMID: 15126793 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Cheers, Al Pater.> CONCLUSIONS: Consumption of tomato powder but not lycopene inhibited prostate carcinogenesis, suggesting that tomato products contain compounds in addition to lycopene that modify prostate carcinogenesis. Diet restriction also reduced the risk of prostate cancer. Tomato phytochemicals and diet restriction may act by independent mechanisms.> PMID: 14600090> > Except that rats don't get PCa naturally. A little more protection would be nice. > Do we know if ALA excites PCa? Current knowledge it is bad for advanced PCa. > Or maybe Fish oil protects against PCa? > > Diet restriction possibly works by lowering nutrition to cancer, but that doesn't cause apoptosis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 Quite nice level; however, even men with low PSA have a relatively high prevalence of prostate cancer: http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/350/22/2239 You are wise to get a DRE and PSA regularly. >From: finewinemark@... >Reply- > >Subject: Re: [ ] PSA Level >Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 14:44:29 +0000 > >Always willing to contribute a data point! A recent blood test revealed my >PSA to be 0.6. I am 52 years old. With a maternal grandfather and maternal >uncle who had prostate cancer, it is something I monitor. (For the record, >in addition to the PSA, my doctor does the digital exam annually.) >If CR has a positive prophylactic effect, so much the better. >Mark > > > > >-------------- Original message -------------- >Hi All, > >Well, what about CRers for their PSA levels. FOr example, mine is 0. > >See: > >Median PSA was ...0.99 ng/ml and... 1.09 ng/ml) and ....Using a >cutoff of PSA greater than 4.0 ng/ml 55 of the 288 patients (19%) >with PSA greater than 2.5 ng/ml on the 2 platforms would have been >candidates for prostate biopsy .... > >PMID: 15126793 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] > >Cheers, Al Pater. > > > >--- In , " jwwright " >wrote: > > CONCLUSIONS: Consumption of tomato powder but not lycopene >inhibited prostate carcinogenesis, suggesting that tomato products >contain compounds in addition to lycopene that modify prostate >carcinogenesis. Diet restriction also reduced the risk of prostate >cancer. Tomato phytochemicals and diet restriction may act by >independent mechanisms. > > PMID: 14600090 > > > > Except that rats don't get PCa naturally. A little more protection >would be nice. > > Do we know if ALA excites PCa? Current knowledge it is bad for >advanced PCa. > > Or maybe Fish oil protects against PCa? > > > > Diet restriction possibly works by lowering nutrition to cancer, >but that doesn't cause apoptosis. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 Hi All, In all of these discussions, it is useful to know the acronyms. http://www.acronymsearch.com/index.php is a useful site. PSA = prostate specific antigen. DRE = digital rectal exam. PCa often = prostate cancer. MV = ? BPH = benig[n] prostatic hypertrophy. Cheers, Al Pater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 MV = multivitamin ----- Original Message ----- From: old542000 Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 10:33 AM Subject: [ ] Re: PSA Level Hi All,In all of these discussions, it is useful to know the acronyms. http://www.acronymsearch.com/index.php is a useful site.PSA = prostate specific antigen.DRE = digital rectal exam.PCa often = prostate cancer.MV = ?BPH = benig[n] prostatic hypertrophy.Cheers, Al Pater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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