Diet and Survival After Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed non-skin cancer in men in the United States. Among environmental factors, diet may play a particularly important role in its incidence, progression, and clinical outcome. This article reviews the findings of eight observational studies and 17 interventi...

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Published in:Nutrition reviews 2007-09, Vol.65 (9), p.391-403
Main Authors: Berkow, S.E, Barnard, N.D, Saxe, G.A, Ankerberg-Nobis, T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
cancer prognosis
Diet
Diet, Vegetarian
disease diagnosis
Humans
literature reviews
Male
Medical sciences
men
Middle Aged
mortality
Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases
Nutrition
nutritional intervention
patients
plant-based foods
Plants, Edible
prostate
Prostate cancer
prostatic neoplasms
Prostatic Neoplasms - diet therapy
Prostatic Neoplasms - mortality
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
recurrence
Studies
survival
Survival Analysis
Tumors of the urinary system
United States
Urinary tract. Prostate gland
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Summary:Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed non-skin cancer in men in the United States. Among environmental factors, diet may play a particularly important role in its incidence, progression, and clinical outcome. This article reviews the findings of eight observational studies and 17 intervention or laboratory trials on the effect of plant-based diets and plant nutrients on both the progression and clinical outcome of prostate cancer as well as additional studies examining mechanisms that may explain dietary effects. While additional long-term therapeutic clinical trials are needed to further elucidate the role of diet, these early investigations suggest that a recommendation for individual patients to shift their diets toward plant foods may serve as an important component of the tertiary treatment of prostate cancer.
ISSN:0029-6643
1753-4887
DOI:10.1111/j.1753-4887.2007.tb00317.x