Re: Study: Statins Lower Advanced Prostate Cancer Risk

"Juhana Harju" <shantigiri@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in part:

>listener wrote:
>:: "Juhana Harju" <shantigiri@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>:: news:3cl274F6imrpjU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>::
>::: listener wrote:
>::::: LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Cholesterol-lowering drugs known as
>::::: statins may slash a man's risk of advanced prostate cancer,
>::::: according to research presented Monday.
>:::::
>::::: A study that followed more than 34,000 men over 10 years found
>::::: that men who used statins had half the risk of advanced prostate
>::::: cancer and one- third the risk of fatal prostate cancer, compared
>::::: with men who did not use the drugs.
>:::::
>::::: Statins -- which include Pfizer Inc.'s $10 billion-a-year Lipitor,
>::::: [...]
>:::
>::: There are definitely healthier and cheaper means to reduce prostate
>::: cancer risk than the use of statins.
>:::
>:: OK. Please show us some studies using something other than a statin
>:: that show tens of thousands of men over a multi-year period halving
>:: their risk of advanced prostate cancer and lowering by one-third
>:: their risk of *fatal* prostate cancer. I would be curious to read
>:: any legitimate studies you can offer. Really.
>
>There is perhaps no singular way to reduce prostate cancer risk as much. But
>it is possible to reduce the risk at least as much by combing some dietary
>means: reducing animal protein intake, taking care of adequate vitamin D
>intake, by drinking red wine, using certain spices, fish oils etc.

I don't see the kinds of evidence of the kinds of benefits
listener asked about. A nice dietary preventive would be terrific,
but the evidence remains unclear. Besides, I get my veggies
already, including tomatoes (lycopene) and nuts (selenium).
Despite that, I figure my absolute PCa risk is quite a bit higher
than my absolute risk of an MI or stroke. So I'd be quite happy to
learn that statins reduce mortality from the primary lethal cancer
in non-smoking men such as myself by one-third!
--
Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA
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