# 10 ESTROGEN AND PROSTATE CANCER

# 10.

The role of estrogen in maligant prostate disease is contradictory and complex.
Studies indicate that estrogen is a cause of prostate cancer, yet when prostate cancer develops, certain estrogen compounds have anti - cancer effects.

Peer Review Journal cited ------------

A potential paradox in prostate adeno carcinoma progression : oestrogen as the initating driver.
Eur J CANCER, 2008 MAY: 44 (7) : 928 -36