Prostate Cancer

Prostate Cancer & Pancreatic Cancer

In a study of 23,000 U.S. agricultural workers published earlier this year, National Cancer Institute researchers found that men who ate the most well-done four very-well-done meat and poultry ( about 20 ounces a week ) were twice as likely to be diagnosed with a defense prostate cancer as men who ate the least ( about 4 ounces a week ).   
From:  Cancer Epidemio, Biomarkers Prevention 17:80, 2008

In a study of 29,000 U.S. men, those who ate the most very-well-done meat and poultry -- at least 2 1/2 ounces a week -- were 70 percent more likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer than those who a none.
From Cancer Res. 65: 11779, 2005

In the mid-'1990s, 332,000 members of AARP completed a detailed National Cancer Institute questionnaire that asked among other things, about how they cooked their meat and poultry.  Over the next five years, men who reported being the most grilled or barbequed red meat were of 50% more likely to be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer than men who reported eating the least. 
From:  Cancer Epidemiol, Biomarkers Prevention. 16:2664, 2007  

Excerpts from the Nutrition Action Health Letter, September 2008 published by the Center for Science in the Public Interest , pages 5, 10, 11