>> >>
>>> > >>> >
>>> >> > >>> >> >
>>> >> >> > >>> >>
>>> >> >> >> >> >> First, a minor sentence correction: Should read "...fall
>>> >> >> >> >> >> victim
>>> >> >> >> >> >> to
>>> >> >> >> >> >> the
>>> >> >> >> >> >> disease at about the same rate as American men...." >>> >> >> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >> >> >> As for your other requests, go to
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>>> >> >> >> >> >> using
>>> >> >> >> >> >> the
>>> >> >> >> >> >> words
>>> >> >> >> >> >> "prostate cancer". Sift through the search results and
>>> >> >> >> >> >> you'll
>>> >> >> >> >> >> find
>>> >> >> >> >> >> the
>>> >> >> >> >> >> story. About two years back, if I recall.
>>> >> >> >> >> >
>>> >> >> >> >> > Ok.
>>> >> >> >> >> >
>>> >> >> >> >> > You might want to visit here:
>>> >> >> >> >> >
>>> >> >> >> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >> >> As good as the Sloan-Kettering site will be re: info about >>> >> >> cancers, I
>>> >> >> didn't
>>> >> >> see (granted, a quick look, but incl. a search) anything that
>>> >> >> addressed
>>> >> >> that
>>> >> >> particular scenario - Japanese men living in U.S. for some years,
>>> >> >> having
>>> >> >> same rates of occurrence as native-born Americans.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Cathy
>>> >>
>>> >> >
>>> >> > And you won't because there is no scientific study that supports >>> >> > it.
>>> >>
>>> >> And you know this, how? Have you read all medical (& relevant >>> >> scientific)
>>> >> journals for the last decade or so? (Doubt it!) And why wouldn't it >>> >> be
>>> >> a
>>> >> topic of study for someone? For example, I know that the differences >>> >> in
>>> >> symptoms between menopausal women in Japan & the U.S. (or perhaps >>> >> N.A.?)
>>> >> have been studied. Japanese women experience hot flashes less often >>> >> but
>>> >> experience "frozen shoulders" more often than American women. >>> >> However, I
>>> >> don't think the reason why has been figured out. (Do I have a cite?
>>> >> Nope...)
>>> >>
>>> >> Cathy
>>> >
>>> > Bad day at the office?
>>>
>>> No, it went fine. But difficult time understanding how your reply >>> actually
>>> responded to the previous posts in this part of the thread. Because this
>>> study wasn't mentioned in the Sloan-Kettering site, or that you don't >>> know
>>> it exists, doesn't even begin to prove that it's non-existent. >>>
>>> Cathy
>>
>> Was this a study? Or a news story?
> I'm assuming it was a study which made its way to the news.
>
> I'll pull a joesmallbedroom on ya.
>> Goggle to Mayo clinic, Johns Hopkins, or Cleveland clinic, do a search
>> for it then get back to me. If you find something significant then I
>> will sit up and pay attention.
>
> The search would have to be wider: JAMA (which I prob. can't get into?),
> PubMed, etc. I'm in the middle of correcting papers, working on report
> cards, etc. Would kind if like to do a wide search - rather interesting
> topic, but have to prioritize re: my time
>
> Cathy
I did a very, very quick Google & found this... glanced through it super-quickly - looks like it might be at least partially relevant. (excerpt: "Background: Fourfold to sixfold higher prostate cancer rates in Japanese-American men in the United States compared with Japanese men in Japan have been cited to support a role for environmental risk factors in the etiology of the disease.")
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> Clinical studies are far different than news stories. I'm skeptical and
>> unless you can show me a valid clinical study, BTW, that does not even
>> prove anything, only suggests a correlation, otherwise then I'll have to >> pass it by.
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