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 | | From: | Gordon Couger | | Subject: | Re: Jerry Orbach | | Date: | Tue, 04 Jan 2005 02:29:16 -0600 |
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 | bcpg@canada.com wrote:
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> From: "Robert Cohen"
> Date: Thu Dec 30, 2004 10:27 am
> Subject: Jerry Orbach
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> Jerry Orbach
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> In the mid 1970s I saw Jerry Orbach perform
> on Broadway in "42nd Street". A few years later,
> I ran into Mr. Orbach at an (illegal) after hours
> gambling club on New York City's east side. The
> man liked to drink, and the man liked to party,
> but so did we all in those days, and my memories
> of Orbach are warm and personal. His most recent
> performances as a detective on "Law and Order" will
> run forever and a lifetime in syndication. Orbach
> captured bad guy after bad guy, and seemed immune
> from all dangers, save one. Prostate cancer.
>
> Thousands of articles are to be written about
> Jerry Orbach's life and death. We learn by a man's
> experiences, and the sum value of all that a man is
> and was remains as a final bridge between our memory
> and love and respect. No man should die at age 69,
> particularly from such a painful and devastating
> death caused by prostate cancer. My own dear
> friend and webmaster, Dave Rietz died from its
> affects just one year ago. Although Orbach's family
> kept the news of his illness and suffering private,
> Dave left his own poignant diary of the last year of
> his own life. His last entry was made in November of
> 2003. Mr. Orbach experienced much the same:
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> Had I been given the opportunity to go back in time
> and speak with Jerry Orbach 12 years ago, when his run
> on "Law and Order" began, and when his prostate cancer was
> first diagnosed, I would have shared the following:
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> "For prostate cancer, epidemiologic
> studies consistently show a positive
> association with high consumption of
> milk, dairy products, and meats."
>
> Giovannucci E., Adv Exp Med Biol
> 1999;472:29-42
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> "Cases also reported more frequent
> consumption of milk and other dairy
> products and meat, but no significant
> difference was noted for
> vegetable intake."
>
> Talamini R, Br J Cancer
> 1986 Jun;53(6):817-21
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> "Higher intake of meat and dairy products
> has been associated with greater risk of
> prostate cancer..."
>
> Willett WC, Salud Publica Mex
> 1997, Jul-Aug;39(4):298-309
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> "Positive correlations between foods and
> cancer mortality rates were particularly
> strong in the case of meats and milk for
> breast cancer, milk for prostate and
> ovarian cancer, and meats for colon
> cancer."
>
> Rose DP, Cancer
> 1986 Dec 1;58(11):2363-71
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> "Diet appears to be a major determinant
> in the incidence of prostate cancer. In
> a case-control study conducted in Athens,
> Greece, we found that dairy products,
> butter and seed oils were positively
> associated with risk of prostate cancer,
> whereas cooked and raw tomatoes were
> inversely associated."
>
> Bosetti C, Eur J Cancer Prev
> 2000, Apr;9(2):119-23
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> "Diets high in dairy products and meats
> are related to higher risk of prostate
> cancer incidence or mortality in most
> ecologic, case-control, and prospective
> studies."
>
> Giovannucci E., Cancer Causes Control
> 1998, Dec;9(6):567-82
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> "Suggestive positive associations were
> also seen between fatal prostate cancer
> and the consumption of milk, cheese,
> eggs, and meat. "
>
> Snowdon DA,Am J Epidemiol
> 1984, Aug;120(2):244-50
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> "The strongest and most consistent
> effects are positive associations
> with animal products such as red
> meats, eggs and dairy foods, and
> possibly by implication, fat."
>
> Giles G, Ireland P., Int J Cancer
> 1997; Suppl 10:13-7
>
> "Among major food groups, milk and dairy
> products as well as added lipids were
> marginally positively associated with
> risk for prostate cancer."
>
> Tzonou A, Int J Cancer
> 1999, Mar 1;80(5):704-8
>
> "High consumption of dairy products was
> associated with a 50 percent increased
> risk of prostate cancer. "
>
> Chan JM, Cancer Causes Control
> 1998 Dec;9(6):559-66
>
> "Positive trends in risk were found
> for consumption of cured meat and
> milk products. "
>
> Schuurman AG, Br J Cancer
> 1999, Jun;80(7):1107-13
>
> "Biomarkers, including testosterone and
> insulin-like growth factor, and
> nutritional factors, especially meat,
> fat, and dairy intake, have been linked
> to greater risk of disease. "
>
> Chan JM, Semin Cancer Biol
> 1998, Aug;8(4):263-73
>
> Robert Cohen
> http://www.notmilk.com
>
If you live long enough and are male the chance of getting
prostrate cancer is well over 80% regardless what you eat. Maybe
the reason that the diet you blame for prostate cancer is linked
to it is because those eating it live longer than those that don't.
Gordon Couger
Stillwater, OK
www.TakeThisOUTcouger.com/gcouger
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