Prostate Cancer Self-Defense: Nine Deadly Myths
Yet despite its deadly toll, many men - and the women who love them - are in the dark about prostate cancer. Keep reading as Dr. Herbert Lepor - director of the Smilow Comprehensive Prostate Cancer Center at New York University Langone Medical Center - explodes nine all-too-common misconceptions about prostate cancer.
Myth: No Symptoms Means No Cancer
Myth: If Dad Had It, Son Will Too
Myth: Only Old Men Get Prostate Cancer
Myth: Supplements Can Prevent Prostate Cancer
Myth: Pomegranate Juice Knocks Out Prostate Cancer Cells
"If you are at high risk for the disease, you could try it," Dr. Lepor says of pomegranate juice. "But try it without a false sense of expectation."
In any case, he says, the juice should be considered a complement to conventional treatments - not a substitute.