Ex-pat Kiwis play big role in spreading Movember prostate cancer campaign around the world

PROSTABLOG NZ: Ex-pat Kiwis in the US, Canada and the UK are great proponents for Movember and help spread the word about the grow-a-mou prostate cancer campaign, says the charitable organisation’s CEO and co-founder, Adam Garone (left).

One thing the Kiwi men of Movember should be very proud of is that they helped make Movember a global campaign.

I’m constantly amazed at how many Kiwis I bump into in the US and Canada, where I now reside.

Our main objective in taking the campaign global is that it will provide infinitely more funding to prostate cancer research than we could raise in Australia and New Zealand.

That funding is moving us closer to better screening tests and treatment options which will benefit prostate cancer patients and survivors across the globe.

You may be interested in this video, which explains the funding impact Movember is having in the US on prostate cancer research.

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Is ‘opt out’ the answer to conundrum over whether or not men should be offered prostate cancer tests?

PROSTATE CANCER INFOLINK: Rather than having to ask for a prostate cancer test, men should be offered it but have the right to “opt out”. READ MORE>

That’s the novel view put forward by top US prostate cancer website New Prostate Cancer Infolink, whose administrator, Mike Scott, writes:

The way we see this is that men should have an “opt out” clause that allows them not to get tested for prostate cancer risk.

This is a very American option. One can argue over whether it is right or wrong, but it clearly leaves the decision in the hands of the individual.

His latest blog looks at the somewhat ambivalent views of the American Cancer Society:

It would…be helpful, if the ACS’s chief medical officer would be so kind as to articulate the ACS’s official position with clarity, as opposed to his tendency to articulate his personal opinion about “screening” (ie, mass, population-based testing of everyone), so that the average man in the street was getting a clear message about what the ACS actually does recommend.

Scott’s view is:

…the following people should absolutely be getting PSA tests and physical exams as a means of assessing their risk for clinically significant prostate cancer starting somewhere between 40 and 50 years of age depending on their risk factors:

• Any man with a family history of prostate cancer
• Any man with an ethnic risk for prostate cancer (specifically including African Americans)
• Any man who requests such tests
• Any man who asks his physician to decide whether he should get such tests for him

In addition:

• Every man should be having a conversation with his doctor to discuss the relative risks and benefits of testing to detect possible risk for prostate cancer.

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Top 10 dietary evils to avoid if you want to reduce prostate cancer risk

NUTRA LEGACY.COM: Dairy products, fried foods, red meat, preserved foods and those rich in salt/sodium are among the top 10 dietary no-nos if you don’t want to get prostate cancer, according to this website. READ MORE>

Although it’s difficult to tell who these people are (looks suspiciously like a PR/lobby group), their message makes sense. Here’s their top 10 things to avoid:

• Dairy foods.
• Fried foods.
• Baked foods.
• Red meats.
• Excessive preserved foods.
• High salt/sodium foods.
• High dose zinc supplements.
• High dose Vitamin E.
• Excess calories.
• Excessive alcohol.

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Aussie Nobel winner’s work basis for Melbourne company’s new diagnostic test for prostate cancer

THE AUSTRALIAN: As Australians bask in the glow of Tasmanian-born Elizabeth Blackburn’s Nobel prize, a small Melbourne biotech firm is close to commercialising a diagnostic test based on her award-winning work that may  eventually work on prostate cancer. READ MORE>

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Link between red and processed meat and prostate cancer suggested in new study

FOOD PRODUCT DESIGN.COM: A study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology concluded that red and processed meat may be positively associated with prostate cancer. READ MORE>

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