Can Diet Lower PSA? Metformin & Prostate Cancer: Use & Side Effects | Answering YouTube Comm

PCRI's Alex asks medical oncologist, Mark Scholz, MD questions from our YouTube comments about preventing prostate cancer recurrence, whether dietary changes can drop PSA, how dietary and lifestyle factors affect treatment tolerance, and about Metformin's role in prostate cancer treatment.

0:09 Are there any nutritional or lifestyle changes that can prevent a prostate cancer recurrence?

1:19 Have you seen dietary changes lowering PSA?

1:45 How do you think exercise affects patients' experiences going through prostate cancer treatments?

2:18 Can you explain how Metformin works to improve outcomes in prostate cancer?

3:13 Under what criteria will you prescribe a patient Metformin to improve prostate cancer outcomes?

3:57 What are the side effects of Metformin?

4:05 Is use of Metformin for prostate cancer widespread in the oncology community?

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