Re: Calcium and Prostate Cancer

[Guest guest]

Hi folks:

Perhaps it should be obvious, or perhaps it is wrong? But I wonder

if the following is the appropriate interpretation of this latest

study linking calcium to prostate cancer:

Calcium appears not to be implicated in overall incidence of prostate

cancer. But IS implicated in advanced prostate cancer.

Lots of men get prostate cancer - almost as many men get it a women

get breast cancer. But, again similarly to breast cancer, only a

comparatively small percentage die from it. However, among those who

get the disease, whatever the basic cause is, perhaps whether it

metastasizes to the advanced stages depends in some way largely on

plentiful calcium availability?

Any thoughts?

Lots of people these days are swallowing calcium tablets. Especially

with the US RDA for calcium much higher than the european RDA. Is

this doing more harm than good?

Rodney.

--- In , " Rodney " <perspect1111@...>

wrote:

>

> Hi folks:

>

> We have previously discussed an association between milk

consumption

> and prostate cancer. The following 2006 paper examines the

> association between calcium intake and advanced prostate cancer in

the

> Health Professionals Follow-up Study.

>

> " Our findings suggest that calcium intakes exceeding 1,500 mg/d may

be

> associated with a decrease in differentiation in prostate cancer

and

> ultimately with a higher risk of advanced and fatal prostate cancer

> but not with well-differentiated, organ-confined cancers. "

>

> PMID: 16492906

>

> Rodney.

>

[Guest guest]

Make sense if, as the study notes, higher calcium intake is associated with lower serum vitamin D.

On 7/25/06, Rodney <perspect1111@...> wrote:

Hi folks:Perhaps it should be obvious, or perhaps it is wrong? But I wonder if the following is the appropriate interpretation of this latest study linking calcium to prostate cancer:Calcium appears not to be implicated in overall incidence of prostate cancer. But IS implicated in advanced prostate cancer. Lots of men get prostate cancer - almost as many men get it a women get breast cancer. But, again similarly to breast cancer, only a comparatively small percentage die from it. However, among those who get the disease, whatever the basic cause is, perhaps whether it metastasizes to the advanced stages depends in some way largely on plentiful calcium availability?Any thoughts?Lots of people these days are swallowing calcium tablets. Especially with the US RDA for calcium much higher than the european RDA. Is this doing more harm than good?Rodney.>> Hi folks:> > We have previously discussed an association between milk consumption > and prostate cancer. The following 2006 paper examines the > association between calcium intake and advanced prostate cancer in the > Health Professionals Follow-up Study.> > " Our findings suggest that calcium intakes exceeding 1,500 mg/d may be > associated with a decrease in differentiation in prostate cancer and > ultimately with a higher risk of advanced and fatal prostate cancer > but not with well-differentiated, organ-confined cancers. "

> > PMID: 16492906> > Rodney.>