title: [Prevention of prostate cancer].
abstract: Prostate cancer has become the most frequently diagnosed male cancer next to non-melanotic skin cancer in the Western world. Preventive measures would therefore have important potential effects on the incidence and prevalence of this disease. A potential for effective prevention of prostate cancer is currently seen in dietary changes and perhaps in dietary supplementation with vitamins D and E or selenium. Pharmacological prevention seems a possibility with drugs acting on intraprostatic testosterone metabolism. Several large randomised trials are ongoing to clarify the potential for successful prostate cancer prevention.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Urologie, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Wirth
authors.forename: O W
authors.initials: OW
authors.lastname: Hakenberg
mesh_terms: D058891:5-alpha Reductase Inhibitors; D000818:Animals; D016588:Anticarcinogenic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001378:Azasteroids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000068538:Dutasteride; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018120:Finasteride / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005399:Fishes; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005638:Fruit; D006801:Humans; D007529:Isoflavones / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000077276:Lycopene; D008297:Male; D009376:Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010636:Phenols / Q000008:administration & dosage; D059808:Polyphenols; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012643:Selenium / Q000008:administration & dosage; D041942:Soy Milk / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013662:Tea; D014675:Vegetables; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D058891:5-alpha Reductase Inhibitors; D016588:Anticarcinogenic Agents; D001378:Azasteroids; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D005419:Flavonoids; D007529:Isoflavones; D010636:Phenols; D059808:Polyphenols; D013662:Tea; D014807:Vitamin D; D014810:Vitamin E; D002338:Carotenoids; D018120:Finasteride; D012643:Selenium; D000068538:Dutasteride; D000077276:Lycopene