https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3426621/
It is appreciated far and wide that increased and regular consumption of fruits and vegetables is linked with noteworthy anticancer benefits. Extensively consumed as a spice in foods and beverages worldwide, ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) is an excellent source of several bioactive phenolics, including non-volatile pungent compounds such as gingerols, paradols, shogaols and gingerones. Ginger has been known to display anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and antiproliferative activities, indicating its promising role as a chemopreventive agent. Here, we show that whole ginger extract (GE) exerts significant growth-inhibitory and death-inductory effects in a spectrum of prostate cancer cells. Comprehensive studies have confirmed that GE perturbed cell-cycle progression, impaired reproductive capacity, modulated cell-cycle and apoptosis regulatory molecules and induced a caspase-driven, mitochondrially mediated apoptosis in human prostate cancer cells. Remarkably, daily oral feeding of 100 mg/kg body weight of GE inhibited growth and progression of PC-3 xenografts by approximately 56 % in nude mice, as shown by measurements of tumour volume. Tumour tissue from GE-treated mice showed reduced proliferation index and widespread apoptosis compared with controls, as determined by immunoblotting and immunohistochemical methods. Most importantly, GE did not exert any detectable toxicity in normal, rapidly dividing tissues such as gut and bone marrow. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report to demonstrate the in vitro and in vivo anticancer activity of whole GE for the management of prostate cancer.
Drink Green Tea as well. Have a "supportive" wife.
https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/a-good-marriage-and-green-tea-might-help-fight-pro
In two unrelated studies, Rochester researchers investigated prostate cancer with results pointing to the benefits of strong support at home and sipping green tea.man with tea cup
The green tea investigation, led by Thomas A. Gasiewicz, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Environmental Medicine, shows why green tea extract (the main component being epigallocathechin gallate or EGCG) might have anti-cancer properties, particularly for late-stage and metastatic prostate cancer. Although green tea has been investigated for years, the Rochester team believes this is the first study to offer a unifying hypothesis for a mechanism whereby EGCG has anti-cancer activity.
The study is published in Cancer Research Prevention. It also reports that green tea’s anti-cancer activity is likely due to its effect on a protein pathway known as HSP90 (heat shock protein 90), which has an important role in cancer progression. Researchers believe that understanding this link may lay the foundation for developing a type of green tea analog that can target the function of HSP90 with few side effects.
The second study, published in the Journal of Cancer Survivorship by lead author Gary R. Morrow, Ph.D., M.S., shows that married prostate cancer survivors with a high level of partner support reported much less psychological distress than unmarried survivors or those with low levels of partner support.
The implication for physicians: it’s important to assess and consider marital status and partner support when evaluating a patient’s psychosocial functioning, when deciding on an intervention, or when trying to better understand factors that impact survivorship and quality of life.
Make tea with green tea and ginger. Have your Japanese wife make it for you!