Prevention

Cancer Prevention Overview

Our most feared disease, cancer, is the result of uncontrolled cell growth. Having a family history of cancer increases your risk, but most cancers are not strictly inherited- we inherit a predisposition or vulnerability to develop cancer. This vulnerability can be greatly influenced by our environment -- the carcinogens we are exposed to and the lifestyle we lead. We can't change our genes, but we can change our environment, particularly what we eat...Continue

June 10, 2005: An Aspirin a Day

I believe that a drug has now proven to be nearly as good as fruits and vegetables for cancer prevention. What is this exciting, new cancer-preventing drug? Plain old aspirin...Continue

May 11, 2005: Exercise and Prostate Cancer

A study in the recent in the Archives of Internal Medicine (Giovannucci, E. 165:1005-10, May 9, 2005) finds that men over the age of 65 who exercised vigorously 3 or more hours a week had a 70% reduction in prostate cancer....Continue

March 22, 2005: Making Sense of Recent Vitamin E and Prostate Studies

A recent study published in JAMA raises concern about the safety and effectiveness of high doses of Vitamin E and another study suggests cholesterol-lowering statin drugs may help prevent prostate cancer...Continue

March 1, 2005: High Dose Vitamins Affect Bladder Cancer

In a randomized comparison of standard multiple vitamins versus high doses of vitamins A, B6, C, E and zinc in patients with bladder cancer treated with BCG we found a statistically significant 40% reduction in bladder tumor recurrence...Continue

Additional Resources

Order Oncovite from Drugstore.com. This is Dr. Lamm's clincally tested combination of megadose vitamins developed with Mission Pharmacal.
Further information on prevention and complimentary/naturopathic remedies are available at Rubinmedical.com and DrWeil.com.

Created: 8/2/2005