It may be October, but it’s not too late to give a shoutout for Prostate Cancer Awareness Month (technically in September). My work with nutrition and prostate cancer began over 20 years ago when I was hired to create and run the nutrition program for the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Peter Carroll, professor and chair of the department of urology at UCSF, was one of my greatest supporters and eager for his and all prostate cancer patients to implement a healthy nutrition plan. Given his support, one of my primary goals was to learn as much as humanly possible about the connection of nutrition and prostate cancer.
Cancer Awareness Month for Gynecological & Prostate Cancers
Please join me in celebrating the courageous women and men who are living with gynecological cancer or prostate cancer.
Gynecological Cancers
Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month is recognized each year in September and is a perfect time to encourage women to learn more about cancers of the cervix, vagina, vulva, ovaries, and uterus. Every year in the United States, about 89,000 women are diagnosed with and more than 33,000 die from a gynecologic cancer