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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / February 2004being overweight is linked to cancer
hi folks - here's just a thought to make one go h-u-u-u-mmm. breast cancer and prostate cancer behave in similar fashion, growth patterns and treatments are similar. tonight on the news, in the health portion, scientists has definitely have shown a link between being 20 lbs over weight and the increase of breast cancer. increasing being over weight increases the chances even more of breast cancer. the point to ponder is this......would this hold true for prostate cancer? we have talked quite a bit about diet and prostate cancer and foods rich in fats was one that should be avoided, but it wonder how many of us are over weight? here's another point to ponder. as we hit middle age, we grow the bread basket and pack on the weight. since prostate cancer happens usually in the upper middle age years, does one wonder if the middle age spread had something to do with it? i'm sure there are thin men who get pca too, just as thin women get breast cancer. as for myself, i will volunteer and say that i was way over my idea weight. did i cause my problem??? a point to ponder. anybody else?? ~ curtis knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional Great Curtis, now I have to worry about getting breast cancer too!? Just kidding. I am afraid that I qualify as being 20 lbs or more over weight. > hi folks - here's just a thought to make one go h-u-u-u-mmm. > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional Men do get breast cancer. I don't know if those of us on HT have an increased risk or not. DanR Good question. I know of several men who have had breast cancer......and if estrogen increases my chances as a female.....will HT increase yours? Heather > Men do get breast cancer. I don't know if those of us on HT have an > increased risk or not. > DanR The most famous one is probably Richard Roundtree, the actor that played Shaft back in the 70's. > Men do get breast cancer. I don't know if those of us on HT have an > increased risk or not. > DanR > as for myself, i will volunteer and say that i was way over my idea > weight. did i cause my problem??? a point to ponder. > > anybody else?? I'm 6'6" and at time of Dx was about 300 pounds. Technically, that's 80 over my ideal weight, but I'm allowed something off for big bones and slightly more than average muscle. My dad was 6'0" and 160 from the time he got out of the Marine Corps (and Korea) until a few months before he died. I was Dx'd at 46 and he was Dx'd at 42. Considering we have the same PCa gene, that's a reasonable comparison. Of course, there are still a ton of variables, including that he smoked. I stopped smoking when I realized it was stunting my growth.  SignatureProstate Cancer Survivor (so far), not a doctor PSA 16 10/17/2000 @ 46 Biopsy 11/01/2000 G7 (3+4), T2c RRP 12/15/2000 PSA .1 .1 .1 .3 .4 .8 EBRT 05-07/2002 @ 47 PSA .3 .2 .2 .2 .3 Erection 05/12/2003 @ 48 HTbegins 07/21/2003 @ 48 PSA .1 Lupron 7/03, 8/03, 12/03 > anybody else?? I am 5'7" and have never weighed more than about 150 lbs. I eat a fairly well balanced diet. I exercise a lot. There is no PCa in my family that I'm aware of. I think I just ran into the wrong end of Murphy's Law. Alan >Subject: being overweight is linked to cancer >From: PALMER_ENT@webtv.net (c palmer) [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >in fats was one that should be avoided, but it wonder how many of us are >over weight? When I was 22 a company physician complained that I weighed 165# and should weigh 162#. Now I weigh 195#. So I am 30 pounds overweight? ;-} > When I was 22 a company physician complained that I weighed 165# and should > weigh 162#. Now I weigh 195#. So I am 30 pounds overweight? ;-} Only if you're 5'8" >Subject: Re: being overweight is linked to cancer >From: "Steve Kramer" skramer@cinci.rr.com [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Only if you're 5'8" 5' 11" So I can gain a little... take a look at http://psa-rising.com/med/hirisk/obesity122223.htm Chris is about 5'10'' (he claims 5'11") and weighs 150 lbs. He weighed almost 20 pounds more when we lived in New York City before we hit the healthy northwest lifestyle. His brother has always been in great shape. Looks like bad genes and bad luck here. SignatureRebecca Ford > hi folks - here's just a thought to make one go h-u-u-u-mmm. > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional |
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