'Fry and Turnbull effect' on prostate cancer

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'Fry and Turnbull effect' on prostate cancer

 

Stephen Fry: "It’s a bit of a business having an operation like that" / screen grab from bbc.com

 

Hospitals are seeing and treating more men with prostate cancer, partly thanks to celebrities raising awareness of the disease by speaking out about their own experiences, says the head of the NHS.

 

NHS chief Simon Stevens will today thank former BBC Breakfast presenter Bill Turnbull and broadcaster Stephen Fry for the work they have done in urging men to come forward for help.

 

Both had treatment earlier this year.

 

Mr Stevens said they were "owed a debt of gratitude."

 

Full Story: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-45795337

[Topdoc]

Holy Basil, a popular herb in Thailand, destroyed protate cancer cells in this test:

Apoptosis Induction by Ocimum sanctum Extract in LNCaP Prostate Cancer Cells

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25692494 

 

 

[Topdoc]

Many are not aware that, as we get older, our prostate becomes increasingly packed full with crystals or tiny stones called prostatic calculi. Is the overabundance of these crystals the likely trigger for prostate cancer? 

 

Table 1

The main composition of prostatic calculi

Deposition	Prostatic calculi		Corpora amylacea
	No. of sample	Percent	No. of sample	Percent
Calcium phosphate (hydroxyapatite)	19/23	82.6	1/4	25.0
Calcium phosphate (hydroxyapatite) Co-deposited with calcium oxalate monohydrate (granular whewellite)	1/23	4.4	1/4	25.0
Calcium carbonate phosphate (carbonate apatite)	2/23	8.7	0/4	0
Calcium oxalate monohydrate (whewellite)	1/23	4.4	0/4	0

Data from Sfanos et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2009;106:3443-8) [9].