Breast Cancer / African Americans More Likely to Have Prostate and Breast Cancer Return

submitted by Dr. Gary Farr Last Updated June, 13, 2002

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Compared with white men, African-American men may be at increased risk of their prostate cancer returning after they have undergone removal of the prostate gland, especially if they had a high-risk form of the disease.

In their study presented data on over 1,400 patients who underwent removal of their prostate.

Prostate cancer returned in about one in five of the patients, and researchers found that ethnicity made a difference in whether or not a patient's cancer returned. According to the researchers, African Americans were 50% more likely than the other study participants to get prostate cancer again.

Ethnicity was most important for high-risk patients. They defined high risk as those patients with very high (more than 20 ng/mL) prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels and aggressive tumors.

When the investigators looked at a group of 975 patients for whom they also had information about income and education, ethnicity was no longer a predictor of disease recurrence.

American Urological Association's Annual Meeting May 28, 2002

This is not rocket science, but nearly ALL health care professionals have missed it.

The key point in ANY cancer is to get the liver functioning better. Without this being done, a person doesn't stand a chance in arresting ANY cancer. What do I tell my patients with cancer? I tell them that, depending on the stage of their cancer that we may be able to help. If the cancer is advanced, then more drastic measures may have to be taken, i.e. surgery, radiation, etc. Outside of that I definitely recommend that they start a nutritional program IMMEDIATELY.

We are all designed to obtain vitamin D from the sun, but the high concentration of melanin in the skin of most African Americans essentially blocks the majority of UV-B that converts cholesterol into vitamin D. African Americans who want to live a healthy life in the US need to pay careful attention to one simple nutrient, vitamin D.

Vitamin D is so crucial in prostate cancer prevention that there are a number of ongoing studies actually investigating the use of vitamin D analogs for the treatment of advanced metastatic prostate cancer.

It is vital that vitamin D levels be optimized in all African Americans.

While the above study discusses prostate cancer, the virtual identical situation exists with African American women and their risk of breast cancer.

Here are some other nutrients that are likely to benefit prostate cancer, which is the number one cancer in men.

• Cataplex® D
• Cataplex® A-C
• Cataplex® A-C-P
• Cataplex® E - Our natural vitamin E product
• Cataplex® GTF A source of selenium
• Super-Eff ®
SUPER-EFF is extracted from beef liver. The cow eats the foods that contain the polyunsaturated fatty acids and concentrates them in his liver into arachidonic acid. Then we extract the arachidonic acid from his liver. So SUPER-EFF is polyunsaturated fatty acids in a converted form, a form that anyone can use. It is especially indicated for people with degenerative diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, even cancer - any of these degenerative conditions where the cells are rapidly deteriorating.
• OPC Synergy ® -
• Orchic PMG ®
• Prostate PMG ®
• Prost-X™
• Wheat Germ Oil
• Wheat Germ Oil Fortified
• Black Currant Seed Oil and
• Cataplex® F Perles Increases omega-3 oils
• {sunlight} Sunlight
• Freshly Ground Flaxseeds - two ounces every other day
• Daily Vegetable Juice - including tomatoes - contains (lycopene)
• Cut out sugar