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I doubt you'll find that prostate cancer is clearly related to life-style, eating habits, etc. It's a genetic predisposition caused by genetic damage somewhere in the bloodline. Dietary studies have been performed throughout the world for numerous population demographics. It's interesting to note that prostate cancer is very rare in Japan, an obvious dietary and demographic difference from other populations in industrialized countries.

My investigative nutritional supplements are Hooter's Hot wings washed down by a few cold beers with a bunch of rowdy biker dudes and duddettes. Sometimes, it's a steak/lobster and good wine in the company of a long-legged, voluptuous female. My exercise regimen consists of swinging a leg over a hot Harley and riding 2-up with a bunch of nuts, stopping at biker bars to drink our fill of non-alcholic beer. Aerobic excercise is fast-walking/jogging, usually falling in behind a bunch of "Ms. Goodbodies" doing same, but whose objectives appear to be wearing their spandex out from the inside. I engage in my self-developed form of meditation: sitting in the spa with a bunch of fun women while studying the buoyancy coefficients of mammary glands, sipping a Kahlua on the rocks, and smoking a fine, Macanudo ceegar.

Trick is...for androgen-dependent, advanced prostate cancer, you should insist on the option of "bicalutamide monotherapy" (Casodex only) as opposed to the traditional, maiming, low QOL, protocols involving total androgen blockade aka total androgen ablation.

Trial after trial all across Europe (some involving over 4,000 participants) clearly show similar survival time-lines between bicalutamide monotherapy and TAB (total androgen blockade), but with a high QOL.

You can check it out on any reputable Board of Oncology site, domestic or foreign.

I've have/had both advanced prostate cancer and non-small cell lung cancer w/mets to adjacent lymph nodes and the brain. The latter received surgical intervention only...pronounced "NED" (no evidence of disease) a year ago...now, 3-years since diagnosis. I was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer in 2001, am still on bicalutamide monotherapy (Casodex only) and feel as if I have nothing, period...even though my bone mets are to the right shoulder, neck, spine, a few ribs, and the pelvis.

Havagoodun! Think I'll go rock climbing, tomorrow.

In my opinion, the biggest QOL (quality of life) robbing aspect of cancer is preoccupation and worrying about it. I put the darn stuff on the back burner, except for participation in the ACS site. In other words, it appears you're concerned about something that may not happen at all, and if it does, you'll likely be gone by the time your male kids are prostate cancer age-prone. Even then, if diagnosed late in life, the typically slow cell replication (though, not always the case), may not be life threatening, but merely an inconvenience whereby many succumb to other, unrelated age-related causes.

Havagoodun! Think I'll go rock climbing, tomorrow.