Nutrition and prostate cancer

Due to the major geographical variations affecting its clinical incidence, prostate cancer appears to be influenced by environmental factors, which ma y either promote or inhibit the development of this tumour. Diet appears to play a considerable role among these environmental factors. There are epid emiological and experimental arguments in favour of the role of diet in the development of prostatic cancer. Certain foods, such as fats, phenolic com pound and other micronutrients such as vitamins or selenium have been repor ted to have an action on the natural history of prostate cancer. The author s present a review of the literature analysing the various potential action s of various foods.