Welcome back to Dr. Bob's Blog 2014
Prostate Cancer—With the aging population, Prostate cancer
will become a growing problem and raises an awareness of the need for
chemoprevention. Two prescription
medications lower the risk of the development of prostate cancer. Natural products are also being tested as a
potentially lower priced alternative.
Several have been tested including resveratrol, which have been shown to
decrease the progression of high risk patients to the development of full blown
prostate cancer. The results are
promising enough that there is new research going on now. PMID 21629831
Prostate Cancer—There is a strain of rats which get prostate
cancer when exposed to a chemical called SV40T.
A group of these rats were given SV40T, half of which were given
resveratrol and the other half not.
These are rats who did not already have prostate cancer but put at risk
for getting it. Those taking
resveratrol had a lowered rate of prostate cancer showing that it can be
prevented in a high risk situation.
People at high risk, such as men with a rising PSA, or high risk
pre-cancerous changes on biopsy, or
family history of prostate cancer could benefit now from resveratrol which is
safe and available without waiting for definitive proof. PMID18439064
Until Next Time…Dr. Bob
