Another Reason to Eat Your Vegetables: Effect on Risk for Aggressive Prostate Cancer

The possibility that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables can prevent development of or slow the growth of neoplasms has long been appealing to both the lay community and the scientific community. However, most studies have failed to show a favorable association between high fruit and vegetable intake and risk for developing prostate cancer — and relatively few studies in prostate cancer have addressed the effect of fruit and vegetable intake on the stage of disease at diagnosis.

Investigators examined whether fruit and vegetable intake was associated with risk for prostate cancer in approximately 30,000 men who were randomized to the screening arm of the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial. Men in this arm u…