ABSTRACT
Abstract It is critical to remember that the primary cause of death in the United States and in most countries around the world is cardiovascular disease (CVD), and it is also the number 1 or 2 cause of death in prostate cancer prevention trials, and in untreated and treated prostate cancer patients. These findings serve to place the overall risk of death in men into its proper perspective, and it does not serve to belittle the seriousness of prostate cancer or another disease or condition. Generally speaking, what has been found to be heart healthy has been tantamount to prostate healthy, and there may even be a relationship between the two conditions. Therefore, clinicians need to provide a simplistic and realistic set of lifestyle changes to patients to not only attempt to reduce prostate cancer risk and mortality, but to attempt to impact all-cause mortality. A list of recommendations are provided in this chapter to assist the clinician and patient in their discussion of simple and practical changes that may not only be accomplished in a short period of time, but should provide at least some type of tangible overall benefit for the man concerned about prostate cancer.
