Does Sugar Feed Prostate Cancer? | Ask a Prostate Expert, Mark Scholz, MD

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07/07/23

PCRI's CEO, Alex Scholz, asks Dr. Mark Scholz whether prostate cancer feeds on sugar. Dr. Scholz clarifies that lipids (fats) and amino acids (proteins) are more relevant and prostate cancer.

0:06 Does sugar feed prostate cancer tumors? Prostate cancer only feeds on sugar in some cases of very advanced prostate cancer. Typically, prostate cancer feeds on amino acids and lipids.

1:40 Do doctors use glucose PET scans regularly? It's typical for cancers like lung cancer and lymphoma, but not for prostate cancer.

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