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Old 05-04-12 | 01:51 PM
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Leisesturm
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Originally Posted by rck
Leisesturm-Can you cite the studies that show estrogen is the cause of prostate cancer. I'm not trying to be combative-just interested. I did a quick google and the studies I saw just concluded that their may be a link and it is worth studying. They were looking at estrogen contamination in water supplies etc. None cited estrogen as the definitive cause of prostate cancer.
And none will. Neither will/can I. But I can extrapolate from empirical data... ... I mean... look around... who gets prostate cancer? In the main its older men... more than that, its men whose testosterone was never that high to begin with. Even if you suppose that the tumor may have started at an earlier time in a mans life when testosterone was higher it fails to explain why many obviously high testosterone men never get the disease. Supplementing testosterone to acheive and/or maintain 'normal' levels of 'T' at worst will expose a man to 'normal' amounts of risk of contracting prostate cancer. Word on the street is that the suspected link between xenoestrogens (the estrogenic compounds in water supplies, plastic, fertilizer and pesticides, etc.) is more than just nebulous supposing. But no one will say it. That would of necessity admit that prostate cancer is in fact, man made.

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