Bermudan parliament weighs in on prostate cancer treatment

One would hardly expect the treatment of prostate cancer to become an issue for fierce debate in the Bermudan Parliament. However, this seems to have occurred yesterday in a heated argument over treatment of men with high-intensity focused ultrasound or HIFU.

Chlordecone use linked to prostate cancer in Guadeloupe

From 1973 to 1993 the estrogenic insecticide chlordecone (marketed as Kepone) was widely used in the French West Indies to control pests in the banana crop.

Pesticides and prostate cancer in Martinique?

Landau-Ossondo et al. have published additional data suggesting that there may be a correlation between the use of certain types of pesticide and the growing incidence of prostate cancer (and perhaps breast cancer) on the French West Indian island of Martinique, and that this increasing incidence of prostate cancer cannot be exclusively explained by the known risks for prostate cancer among men of Afro-Caribbean ethnicity.

Pesticides and prostate cancer on Guadeloupe and Martinique

A study just published by Belpomme et al. analyzes risk for prostate cancer on the  islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe in order to gain further insight into the etiology (underlying causes) of prostate cancer.

Food patterns, prostate cancer, and Jamaican men

Jackson et al. have studied  the association between dietary patterns and risk of prostate cancer in Jamaican men by conducting a case-control study of the diets of 204 histologically confirmed, newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients and 204 matched control patients attending urology clinics in Jamaica between 2004 and 2007. Diet was assessed by food frequency questionnaire.

Prostate cancer risk among men of African descent

Odedina et al. have reviewed available data on the incidence, prevalence, and mortality rates of  prostate cancer among African Americans, Afro-Caribbeans, and men in West African nations historically associated with the trans-Atlantic slave trade. They note the very high incidence of prostate cancer among all these groups, which appears to reflect an ancestral genetic predisposition for prostate cancer. They also note that the morbidity and mortality of prostate cancer among African Americans has been falling since 1991; however, the rate of that fall is less that among Caucasian Americans.

Bahamas artist does work for prostate cancer prevention

Bahamas-based artist Thierry Lamare has donated two of his paintings in support of a fundraiser for prostate cancer and breast cancer prevention.