Re: Study: Statins Lower Advanced Prostate Cancer Risk

"elgoog" <bjdefend-newsgroups@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in part:

>
>Jim Chinnis wrote:
>> "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
>
>I think statins serve a medicinal purpose. I think its up to each of us
>to avoid the need for drugs as best we can by making the best choices
>possible. As more information becomes available, we can adjust our
>habits accordingly - always applying a healthy skepticism and provided
>adequate research. ;-)
>
>Here's another study that shows the benefits of green tea in reducing
>prostate cancer risk,
>
>Green Tea May Curb Prostate Cancer in Men at Risk
>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=571&e=13&u=/nm/cancer_greentea_dc
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Taking 3 to 4 gallons a day of green tea isn't exactly necessarily
any safer than taking a statin. Green tea has some potential
risks--at least those due to its interference with folate and RNA
transcription. Methotrexate might halt the progression to PCa as
well....

I like randomized trials, though. So much of the work that gets
cited is based on observational studies where no amount of
tweaking can ever clarify which variables had an effect on others.
--
Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA
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