what would be the best dietary recommendation for a guy with prostate cancer? and how about during his recovery period?|||Tomato and broccoli can slow prostate tumor growth, study says

January 23, 2007 - Tomatoes and broccoli contain substances believed to help slow prostate tumor growth. Now, researchers say that eating both at the same time is better than eating them separately.

The study in the journal Cancer Research also finds that the whole foods are more effective in fighting cancer than lycopene supplements.

Researchers at the University of Illinois say the most concentrated veggie combination enhanced tumor destruction and slowed their growth.

It%26#039;s recommended men have about two and a half cups of tomatoes or one cup of tomato sauce along with about a cup and a half of broccoli every day.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section…

Q: Once a prostate gland has been removed because of cancer, can diet help prevent the cancer from recurring?

A: Nobody knows for certain. Obviously, if all the cancer cells and prostate cells have been removed by surgery, then dietary supplements would not be needed to prevent recurrence. If any cancer cells were left behind, perhaps, they could help prevent these cancer cells from accumulating more mutations and becoming more aggressive.

http://www.drcatalona.com/qa/faq_prevent…|||unnpwazcxgsdvfalksjsfdkbdv.fv-

it%26#039;s a type of vegtable|||Lots of juice and veggies and fruits|||I would ask your proctologist for a menu.

You%26#039;ll find out that you want high fiber and of course lots of vitamins. And, if you can handle eating them, they are testing fresh chili peppers for qualities that are very beneficial to fellows in your situation. I%26#039;d do some research on it.

Good luck with that.

Does anyone know the negative side effects of a vasectomy? I have heard that there connections to Prostate Cancer and also links to eventual dementia.|||I got clipped about 8 years ago and have had no adverse side effects. Only good result – NO MORE RUBBERS!|||I had a vasectomy 20 years ago. I know a lot of men that have. Not a single one of them have prostate cancer, or anything that can be attributed to having a vasectomy.

One in six men, in the USA, will get prostate cancer. The statistic is not any higher for men with vasectomies. Also prostate cancer will take 20 years after it is detectable to kill you. I don’t think it is much of a cause for alarm.

Vasectomies get accused of everything from smelly feet, to hair loss. I have even read claims that if a man has a vasectomy his wife is more susceptible to post-partum depression, hair loss, and early metaphase. Ok, folks lets get real.

Back in 1989, when I got my vasectomy, I lived in the “bible belt”. Many religious groups protested men getting vasectomies. I was 21, at the time. I was told that I would loose all my hair, become impotent, and look like I am 65, before I am 35.

Too bad, for them, none of that happened. I never had children. I am 41, and I often get mistaken for being in my late 20’s. I know several other men, in our “Childfree” group that had vasectomies in their early 20’s. All of us could be mistaken for being 10 years younger than we are.

So what is it? Do only young looking men decide not to have children? Do only young looking men decide to get vasectomies after deciding they had enough children? I think not.

I would also like to point out that none of the members of our “Childfree” group have dementia. Most of us are in our 50%26#039;s.

I don’t, have dementia, and it happens to run in my family.

Now I am wonder who is the latest promoter of such false rumors about vasectomies. Is it the Catholic Church, or LDS, this time.

I am 53. Since Oct 2004, I am getting blood in the semen. My prostate is enlarged. Not abnormal. DRE and Sonography do not suggest prostate cancer. PSA is 1.75. I was affected by some form of STD when I was 22. VDRL was1 in 10. Treated with penadur LA6. Why blood in semen? I am not diabetic nor do I suffer from Hypertension. Please advise me.|||The fact that you have blood in your semen and you do not have an active infection can be a sign of prostate cancer. You can still have prostate cancer even if your PSA is low. DRE and U/S are insensitive and ultimately the gold standard is biopsy.|||Get a second opinion.|||blood in semen is NOT normal under any circumstances. Please see a urologist quickly. PSA is not definitve. if your urologist told you not to worry, please get a second opinion and a biopsy ASAP.. Testicular CA cannot be ruled out either so run, don%26#039;t walk, to nearest urologist!!|||im 56 just had tuna therapy for enlarged prostate blood in semen not good see another doc. i had no cancer this is a less invasive way to reduce the size if its very large my was and had been for many yrs was tired of going to bathrroom all the time, this has helped but i did get retrograde ejculation from it semen goes into bladder and not out the penis|||The answers you%26#039;re getting about another doc are very good. I had low psa, negative dre, negative ultrasound. After biopsy there was 60% of each of 6 needles cancer with a Gleason of 8.

Rise in psa was the key.

Keep an eye on it. The blood is an indication of something. look until you find it.

Do people who have prostate cancer have strong sexaul desire ?Do such people have sex life or have kids?|||Signs and symptoms

Prostate cancer often doesn%26#039;t produce any symptoms in its early stages. That%26#039;s why many cases of prostate cancer aren%26#039;t detected until it has spread beyond the prostate.

When signs and symptoms do occur, they may include the following:

Dull pain in your lower pelvic area

Urgency of urination

Difficulty starting urination

Pain during urination

Weak urine flow and dribbling

Intermittent urine flow

A sensation that your bladder doesn%26#039;t empty

Frequent urination at night

Blood in your urine

Painful ejaculation

General pain in your lower back, hips or upper thighs

Loss of appetite and weight

Persistent bone pain

I am doing some research on prostate cancer but everything i check it says there is no cause for it. i need to know how it affects the cell. Any ideas?|||It is thought that potential causal factors act by altering the balance of male hormones in the body because prostate cancer is a hormone-sensitive cancer, like breast cancer. The male sex hormone, testosterone, produced by the testes influences the growth and spread of prostate cancer. Thus, higher testosterone levels or greater lifetime exposure to testosterone appears to contribute to its development. This has been used to explain the higher incidence rates in African Americans, who tend to have higher average testosterone levels than other ethnic groups or in tall men who may have had an earlier onset of higher testosterone levels.|||All cancers are caused by a sudden increase in rapidly growing cells. Scientists have not unlocked the secret as to why this occurs and why only some people get cancer and others do not. I don%26#039;t know what you are looking for when you state %26quot;I need to know how it affects the cell%26quot;. There are no answers as to why this occurs.|||This is a hard question to answer. If we knew the answer we%26#039;d prevent it. But basically, it%26#039;s a cell multiplication that has gone horribly wrong, and the body%26#039;s immune system does not detect it. In other words, it%26#039;s a cell mutation.

Go here for a bit more info: http://www.1000topics.com/human-diseases…|||Nobody knows what causes prostate cancer.

My Dad is 66 this June and was diagnosed just before Christmas. I have read about different treatments and the fact that men can live with prostate cancer for a long time. He is already on hormone therapy and will start radiotherpay soon. He has results of MRI and bone scans this week. I am so dreading the results.

But I can%26#039;t seem to find anything that says how long a man is likey to live if the tumour has grown beyond the edge of the prostate, and therefore can%26#039;t be cured with either radiation or surgery.

I know that they can be treated with hormones that slow the cancer%26#039;s growth.. but is this likely to give my dad months or years or what?

Please give me some hope - or if not - be honest. Thanks .|||Dear Clazza,

I am sorry, I understand how you worry about how much time is left. Although it may be a very long time 10 years with all the new medications it may be longer with new drugs coming all the time.

I did ask my husband%26#039;s Doctor this question as well. My husband is 59 diagnosed at 57 with Stage IV Aggressive growing type, outside the margins, outside the seminal vesicle%26#039;s and into surrounding tissue with a tumor on the bladder neck. Believe me I have scoured the Internet for the life expectancy answer. Some say 7 with what my husband has, some say 10 with the new meds coming. They can tell the Aggressive type by the markers I think.

We all want to know how much time we have left to plan, to do to be together. How many more Christmas%26#039;s, Birthdays.

It is hard to tell.

I look at it this way. I want everyday with Dean to be wonderful and happy. In 1994 he was in a fire and was burned over 50% of his body. By 7AM my husband was in the Burn Care Unit of a hospital.

Life is short no matter what age God takes us away. I refuse to dwell on this because I learned that no matter what age or what disease we contract our life could be gone. Living in the now moment of life is all we ever really have anyway.

My prayers are with you both. Please do not hesitate to contact me. I am a good listener.|||People can actually live years with prostate cancer, Since he is in treatment, you need to be asking these questions to his doctor so he can give you factual answers based on your father%26#039;s case.|||It is difficult to know even after the scan results are in. I know people on hormone therapy for a couple years but it is so individual that no one knows-even the Drs dont know. The important thing isnt how long he has left-but rather what quality will he have and that he does what he thinks best after being informed of the prognosis. I salute any physician who says that it cannot be helped with treatment after a certain diagnostic stage. Often I see persons going through hell of treatments even when there is very little chance of success because medicine can sometimes be a business and the medical establishment of course wants to prolong life as much as possible. But I am sorry that I really cannot answer your question. Your father is too young for this and I am very sorry to read your question. I know that you are a caring child and will make these next months or years the very best for him. An interesting site you may like is www.nccn.org and you can enter in the search your question under survival rate statistics|||Look up Proton Bob … a site on line.. it is about Proton Radiation treatments at Loma Linda University Medical Center in Loma Linda, California.. I had prostate cancer and was treated there.. It is the best Prostate Cancer treatment available as far as Im concerned. Loma Linda started using this technique 17 years ago.. It is the most successful treatment there is and has little to no side effects… Three or 4 other places are now offering Proton Radiation due to Loma Lindas success. Oh I am 66 also and absolutely cancer free.

If you look at the website.(Proton Bob)..read the testimonials of men who have had the treatment.. and there are several survivors who were told they only had a short time to live… Your father needs to pursue it.. Ohh some of the places now offering the treatment are MD Anderson in Houston, Texas(just opened), the hospital at Harvard…and one in Indiana.. and one in Florida… Several are being built at this time.. A lot of Urologist dont recommend it because the consider it new… and plus they are not trained in it and dont have the facilities to treat patients for it. So it is an economic issue with them…. Just go to Proton Bob and read the testimonials and you will see what I am talking about.. All of us who have had the treatment feel the same.. we are totally sold on Proton Radiation.. Why not it has about a 90 % cure rate and no side effects to speak of… Medicare and most insurance companies will now pay for it…If you would like more information, please feel free to email me. Ohh Proton Radiation can be directed to specific areas… such as small brain tumors… so it treats only the effected tissue. It is very different from conventional radiation… dont give up on your dad with out checking with Loma Linda University Medical Center…. they have a website also…Also, it makes no difference if your dad has already had some of the other treatments.. I met several people there who had radical surgery and the harmone therapy that didnt work and they were cured with the Proton Radiation…..and one thing i noticed that was rather funny to me.. many urologist wont recommend it to their patients…. but sure were several doctors being treated for Prostate Cancer with Proton Radiation when I was there..as a matter of fact I think several doctors have testimonials on the Proton Bob website|||Sorry for your news. You said your fathers cancer is aggressive that is a concern. And you are right once it has spread it is un operable and incurable stage 4. How do you know its aggressive??? The reason i ask is because my Mum was diagnosed with aggressive kidney cancer last year once discovered it had already spread to her liver and lungs. It 6 weeks the tumours had grown so much there was no point putting her thru treatment. One of the liver tumours (she had 3) Had grown from 3cm to 12cm in less than 6 weeks. Mum pasted away Sept 7 after a 4 month battle aged 60. Need any support contact me. xx|||hello !!!

if you want read something about prostate cancer treatments

i just come accross this blog which may help you :

http://the-prostate-cancer-treatments.bl…

I know this might sound stupid but I just wanted to know does erection has anything to do with prostate cancer? how about long hours of erection?

Thanks|||No connection whatever. If it did, we%26#039;d all have died off from prostate cancer long ago.|||An erection is usually a sign of a high libido. It has been proven that frequent ejaculations can reduce the risk of prostate cancer. http://newsfromrussia.com/science/2004/0…

Long hours of erection may signal that one has a high libido. The erection may not cause the prostate cancer, but it may be a sign that something chemically is building up that may need to be released.

I hope this helps.

Peace.|||the only direct connection between an erect penis and prostrate cancer is the fact that regular masturbation tends to reduce the risk of prestate cancer. And since we all know it%26#039;s hard to masturbate unless you are hard, it would seem an erection, when properly used, is actually healthy for your prostate.

I know this might sound stupid but I just wanted to know does erection has anything to do with prostate cancer? how about long hours of erection?

Thanks|||No connection whatever. If it did, we%26#039;d all have died off from prostate cancer long ago.|||An erection is usually a sign of a high libido. It has been proven that frequent ejaculations can reduce the risk of prostate cancer. http://newsfromrussia.com/science/2004/0…

Long hours of erection may signal that one has a high libido. The erection may not cause the prostate cancer, but it may be a sign that something chemically is building up that may need to be released.

I hope this helps.

Peace.|||the only direct connection between an erect penis and prostrate cancer is the fact that regular masturbation tends to reduce the risk of prestate cancer. And since we all know it%26#039;s hard to masturbate unless you are hard, it would seem an erection, when properly used, is actually healthy for your prostate.

I would like for someone who has/had prostate cancer to answer a couple of questions for me.

Did you get really aggressive toward ppl? If so, have you gotten over it?|||Survivor here. You%26#039;re asking an excellent question. The answer is that the cancer itself has no direct effect on behavior. But a lot of men act defensively, because the disease forces you to balance intensely personal issues like continence and potency against survival. I think most men have difficulty dealing with such intimate subjects. For those who can%26#039;t overcome this, anger is the result. This is usually directed against anyone who tries to get %26quot;inside%26quot; and help. Sometimes it%26#039;s directed at anything which poses even the remotest challenge to their manhood. If you have someone in this situation, all you can do is educate yourself about the disease, and try to be helpful where you can. Most PCa support groups welcome family members for this reason.

My father was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He is in the early stages of it. I don%26#039;t know exactly what phase or much about it for that matter. Nonetheless I am worried and scared and so is my mother. He has two options to remove it either chemo or surgery. Does anyone know which option might be better and does anyone have experiences where someone in their life had this and was fine afterward?|||I had prostate cancer. It%26#039;s a slow growing cancer, so your lucky if you catch it early enough. I had my prostate removed, and am now cancer free. Been so for four years. I recommend the operation. Chemo tends to kill some of the good cells. And who needs the sick feelings from chemo? The results of the operation wear off quickly.|||I had this ca 14 yrs ago and had surgery @ Mayo. I ask for nerve sparing but was told post surgery that the nerves were in a thickened area so the surgery was radical. I have been ca free, great health, no problems with urination or anything else except I have permanent ed. I guess this is a small price in the scheme of things.

I know they can do much more today but time is of the essence. I will suggest a second opinion as well. Good luck to your dad.|||Most cases of prostate cancer are %26#039;slow growing%26#039; and often require no treatment (most prostate cancer patients die of something other than their cancer!).

However, if your father has an aggressive form of cancer, he will need some type of treatment. His oncologist should explain all the treatment options, their pros and cons, and your father and the doctor should make the decision together about what type of treatment to pursue. And, a second and third opinion is never a bad idea (especially before pursuing any invasive form of treatment).

Best wishes and good luck.|||One aspect is the treatment, that I am not aware of. However, the second one is to know if there is an active cause for the cancer to develop and has a potential to make it worse.

Depending on where your father works, there may/not be ionizing radiation. If you think it is worth the peace of mind, you can invest in a personal dosimeter (he carries wherever he goes) that detects and produces an alarm in the presence of ionizing radiation. When choosing a detector, make sure it does not have wireless link to external devices (computers, readers etc.) since devices in that category give false +/-.|||Your whole family should discuss the options over with the doctor. It is very hard for anyone to advice which treatment option is best. You also need to assess risk of complications vis-a-vis chances of recovery, etc.

Here is a site that gives you more information about prostate cancer and how to get improved prostate health

http://www.prostate-cancer-treatment-hub…|||The most common treatment for early stage prostate cancer is Surgery or Radiation. Chemotherapy is most often used as a salvage therapy in late stage prostate cancer. I am sorry to hear about your father%26#039;s diagnosis. I know how hard it must be for you and your family right now. I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in July. It is hard to explain how devastating hearing that you have cancer can be. The support of family and friends is crucial, I would not have been able to confront this disease and make a choice for treatment without that.

I would recommend that your father get a second opinion, from another Urologist, and also from a Radation Oncologist.

Urologists generally perform surgery, so usually recommend surgery, a Radiation Oncologist performs radiation treatment, so usually favors radiation. The patient should make the decision about what is best for them in consultation with their Doctor.

Prostate Cancer is different for each man that is diagnosed. So much depends on the age at diagnosis, other health issues that may be present, the size and stage of the tumor, whether it is thought to be contained within the prostate gland, or thought to have spread to other parts of the body.

In early stage prostate cancer, a small tumor confined to the prostate gland, there is an excellent chance of a cure. (95% for Radiation and the same for Surgery.) The problem is that along with the treatments come the potential for serious side effects, most commonly, urinary incontinence and/or impotence. Each treatment option and the risks and side-effects should be explained in detail. The patient should be able to make an informed decision about what is best for them.

After much research I chose a newer form of surgery called Robotic Laparoscopic Prostatectomy. For me this was better than the traditional surgery because it is less invasive, there is a shorter hospital stay (usually overnight) and a shorter recuperation at home (usually three weeks.) There is also a better chance of reducing the severity of the side-effects. I am happy to say that my Dr. is confident that he removed all of the cancer during the surgery. So there is a good chance that I am cured and can return to a more normal life.

There is hope. Prostate Cancer is a slow growing cancer, and if caught early there is an excellent chance for a cure. It is important to be educated about all treatment options and decide together as a family on what is best. I wish you and your family the best of luck at this time.|||Sad Wifey, many men have been diagnosed and done well. To help your husband make the best choice, help him understand the basics: grade (expressed as Gleason score) and stage (using the TNM system). Once this is done, mix in general health: age, illness, smoking history, medications. Then take all this information to a doctor who specializes in prostate cancer and review the options. To get a better sense of men who have been through it, have a look at the Patients Speak page at the link below. Many of the stories are written by the wives. You should find comfort in these. Look also at the video in the TV section (Helping your man with prostate cancer) and the editorial (Hope Intervenes). I think they%26#039;ll help you.|||Best ot get surgery, than chemo depending on cancer grade. Highly curable in early stages.