Nutrition and cancer
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Nutrition and cancer · Jan 2011
A tomato lycopene complex protects the kidney from cisplatin-induced injury via affecting oxidative stress as well as Bax, Bcl-2, and HSPs expression.
Cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity is related to an increase in oxidative stress in the kidney. Lycopene, a carotenoid found in tomatoes, is a potent dietary antioxidant. In the present study, we investigated the effect of the tomato lycopene complex against cisplatin-induced lipid peroxidation and nephrotoxicity in rats. ⋯ The expression of Bcl-2 was higher in tomato lycopene complex/cisplatin-treated rats than in the cisplatin-injected rats (P < 0.05). The expression of renal HSP60 and HSP70 was significantly lower in tomato lycopene complex + cisplatin-treated rats than in rats treated with cisplatin alone (P < 0.001). These results suggest that tomato lycopene complex has protective effects against cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity and lipid peroxidation in rats.
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Nutrition and cancer · Jan 2011
Prognostic significance of body mass index in Asian patients with localized renal cell carcinoma.
We investigated the prognostic value of BMI (body mass index) in Asian patients with RCC (renal cell carcinoma). We evaluated 170 Asian patients who underwent surgery for localized RCC (pathologic T1-4 tumors in the absence of nodal or distant metastases) between 1996 and 2004 at our institution. Patients were stratified by BMI: 22 or less vs. greater than 22. ⋯ Of other relevant factors including gender, mode of presentation, ECOG performance status, C-reactive protein, histological type, Fuhrman nuclear grade, microvascular invasion, pathological stage, and adjuvant cytokine therapy, smaller BMI remained an independent predictor for worse CSS (44.5 mo vs. 56.0 mo, P = 0.041, HR = 10.99) and RFS (43.0 mo vs. 55.0 mo, P = 0.03, HR = 2.653), but not for OS (overall survival) (46.0 mo vs. 55.5 mo, P = 0.13, HR = 2.217) on multivariate analysis. Our findings identify increasing BMI in the Asian population as an independent predictor for favorable CSS and RFS in patients with RCC treated by surgery. Further studies, including a multiinstitutional, prospective Asian cohort, are required to confirm these findings.
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Nutrition and cancer · Jan 2011
Impact of consumption of vegetable, fruit, grain, and high glycemic index foods on aggressive prostate cancer risk.
Prostate cancer is a common but complex disease, and distinguishing modifiable risk factors such as diet for more aggressive disease is extremely important. Previous work has detected intriguing associations between vegetable, fruit, and grains and more aggressive prostate cancer, although these remain somewhat unclear. Here we further investigate such potential relationships with a case-control study of 982 men (470 more aggressive prostate cancer cases and 512 control subjects). ⋯ Conversely, increased consumption of high glycemic index foods were positively associated with risk of aggressive disease (OR = 1.64, 95% CI: 1.05, 2.57; P trend = 0.02). These results were driven by a number of specific foods within the food groups. Our findings support the hypothesis that diets high in vegetables and low in high glycemic index foods decrease risk of aggressive prostate cancer.