Based on my reading, conventional medicine offers no definitive advice
about preventing prostate cancer.  Diet would appear to be a
contributing factor, but no one has nailed down exactly how it works.
Conventional medicine would probably just suggest a healthy diet and
lifestyle.

Don't know anything useful about alternative medicine.  Since it doesn't
follow the scientific theory, it's hard to evaluate.  My only caution is
that if you are taking any herbs or potions, be sure to tell your
conventional doctor.

With PSA readings as low as 1.4 or 2, doctors probably don't pay any
attention to the actual number, they just watch for any rise (PSA velocity).

Sounds like you'd better quit that finasteride.

jimhoney

I have good news for you, Peter.  No one currently on this NG, or who has
been on this NG in the last three years, was dx'd with PCa before the age of
39.  Only two were dx'd before the age of 42.  The youngest I ever saw in
back posts was 36.

However, 35 is a good time to start getting your PSA tested.  That way you
can have a baseline in case your PSA starts to climb.  And THAT is the real
indicator.  If you are at .84 for five years, then go to 1.2, then to 2.5,
you may have PCa.

Finally, if you're 35 and you are not a news anchor, quit worrying about
your damned hair!

Hi Peter..."Ditto" to Steve's point on tracking your PSA over time, the
trend is the key.  As to the study you reference, PubMed does show an
abstract, so I cant' be certain, but I suspect it is based on the paper
on this subject from 2003 ("The influence of finasteride on the
development of prostate cancer", Thompson IM, Goodman PJ, Tangen CM,
Lucia MS, Miller GJ, Ford LG, Lieber MM, Cespedes RD, Atkins JN,
Lippman SM, Carlin SM, Ryan A, Szczepanek CM, Crowley JJ, Coltman CA
Jr., N Engl J Med. 2003 Jul 17;349(3):215-24).  Finasteride is used for
hair regrowth,and is also widely used in hormonal therapy treatment of
prostate cancer (PCa).  The good news from the study was that
finasteride appears to significantly reduce or delay the occurrence of
PCa in the general population.  The disturbing sidebar, that when PCa
does occur after finasteride use, it is more aggressive, has been
called into question by several noted pathologists.  They point out
that any hormonal treatment will alter the appearance of PCa cells and
make Gleason grading more difficult, if not impossible.

As to your question on PCa prevention, things that are part of a
heart-healthy lifestyle (healthy eating, exercise, molecularly
distilled omega-3s with a high DHA/EPA ratio, etc.) also appear to be
good for cancer prevention.  For PCa specifically, selenium and vitamin
E, particularly the gamma isomer, are probably the most generally
agreed upon supplements that appear to have some value...Best wishes
and good health, Ron

P.S.  Having mentioned PubMed, here is a link:

http://www.ncbi.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi

It is an amazing tool and it covers all medical areas, not just PCa.
Type in search terms and it searches through all the journals it
abstracts and shows you the hits, usually with links to the abstracts.