[Prevention of prostate cancer]

Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2005 Sep 9;130(36):2002-4. doi: 10.1055/s-2005-872618.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Prostate cancer has become the most frequently diagnosed male cancer next to non-melanotic skin cancer in the Western world. Preventive measures would therefore have important potential effects on the incidence and prevalence of this disease. A potential for effective prevention of prostate cancer is currently seen in dietary changes and perhaps in dietary supplementation with vitamins D and E or selenium. Pharmacological prevention seems a possibility with drugs acting on intraprostatic testosterone metabolism. Several large randomised trials are ongoing to clarify the potential for successful prostate cancer prevention.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • 5-alpha Reductase Inhibitors
  • Animals
  • Anticarcinogenic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Azasteroids / therapeutic use
  • Carotenoids / administration & dosage
  • Dutasteride
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Finasteride / therapeutic use
  • Fishes
  • Flavonoids / administration & dosage
  • Fruit
  • Humans
  • Isoflavones / administration & dosage
  • Lycopene
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent / diet therapy
  • Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent / drug therapy
  • Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent / prevention & control*
  • Phenols / administration & dosage
  • Polyphenols
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / diet therapy
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / prevention & control*
  • Selenium / administration & dosage
  • Soy Milk / administration & dosage
  • Tea
  • Vegetables
  • Vitamin D / administration & dosage
  • Vitamin E / administration & dosage

Substances

  • 5-alpha Reductase Inhibitors
  • Anticarcinogenic Agents
  • Azasteroids
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Flavonoids
  • Isoflavones
  • Phenols
  • Polyphenols
  • Tea
  • Vitamin D
  • Vitamin E
  • Carotenoids
  • Finasteride
  • Selenium
  • Dutasteride
  • Lycopene