Testosterone therapy linked to prostate cancer?

[stat1951]

Anyone see this story:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8929678

How does one counter misinformation when it is being spread by an entity such a NBC?

Some highlights:

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Small study finds male hormone supplementation associated with disease... Prostate cancer developed in 20 men within months to a few years after they began testosterone supplementation to correct a deficiency of the hormone, investigators report.... There are several anecdotal case reports, small studies, and observational studies like ours which raise concern but do not provide conclusive evidence yet, Dr. Franklin D. Gaylis told Reuters Health. The issue is a concern because prostate cancer is usually driven by testosterone....
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Probably why most cases of prostate cancer occur to the youngsters who have really great levels of T!!!! Not to the older guys with the low levels...

This was the best part:

"While the study has flaws, writes Dr. E. Darracott Vaughan, Jr. from Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, in a related editorial,"

Yes, it certainly did....

Larry

 

[stat1951]

Interesting reply to this study can be found here:

http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=729242

QUOTE:
To make things worse, the news agencies are reporting a synopsis of a recent study that appeared in the August issue of The Journal of Urology. According to the study, cancer developed in 20 men within months to a few years after they began Testosterone replacement therapy. The results were culled from the records of six different urology practices. Unfortunately, none of the other particulars of the study were reported by the news agencies. The average age of the men who developed cancer was about 65. There was no baseline data on many of the patients. Some had not been properly screened for prostate cancer (by PSA, ultrasounds, or digital rectal exam). No control data was available to determine the number of men receiving T replacement who didn't get cancer. There was limited pathological data as to whether the cancers were clinically significant. In other words, the study didn't really tell anyone all that much, but that doesn't matter... But facts don't seem to matter. The message that trickles down is that Testosterone is dangerous.
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[Glaim]

From what I understand from studies I have read is that testosterone can expedite prostate cancer if it's already present, but any increased risk of it developing in a man with a healthy prostate is statistically insignificant.

 

[pmgamer18]

This link says the more T the better.
http://www.prostatepointers.org/prostate/leibowitz/TEST-REV2.html
Phil

 

[stat1951]

This link says the more T the better.
http://www.prostatepointers.org/prostate/leibowitz/TEST-REV2.html
Phil

I absolutely believe this to be correct.... but the problem is that a lot more doctors and medical people and "politically correct" types probably saw this info:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8929678 (i.e., an NBC News item)

My concern is that first there was the attack on banning prohormones (Andro, etc.) and now their is legislation pending that would also "ban" DHEA (i.e., make it a prescribed substance). Is one of the next stages going to be attacks of legitimate TRT?

Larry

 

[mranak]

I welcome further investigation into this issue, but I would like to point out that large clinical trials were certainly run for Androgel and Testim in fairly recent years, and AFAIK, they did not show a significant link between TRT and cancer. Dr. John Crisler also has his fair share of men on TRT, and we know that his priority is the health of his patients. If Dr. John Chrisler finds a link, then I'm sure he will bring it to our attention.

 

[SWALE]

Doggoned right I would!