Oestrogens, Phyto-oestrogens and the Pathogenesis of Prostatic Disease

1. Introduction 2. BPH: Cancer, the Extent of the Problem 3. Does Diet Influence Cancer Risk 4. An Emerging Concept: Dietary Factors Could Offer Health Benefits and Protect Against Prostate Disease 5. The Natural History of BPH and Prostate Cancer 6. Some Basic Endocrinology of the Human Male 7. Some Basic Molecular Endocrinology of the Prostate 8. Phyto-oestrogens: Influence on Growth Regulatory Events 9. Oestrogens and the Mechanisms of Foetal Imprinting: Early Signals that May Impinge on the Prostate 10. The IGF Family and the IGF Growth Regulatory Network 11. Oestrogens and the IGF-Network 12. Prostate Cancer: Initiation & Progression 13. Metastatic Dissemination of Prostate Cancer 14. Current Attitudes to the Use of Endocrine Therapy for Advanced Prostate Cancer 15. Other Aspects of Oestrogen-related Endocrinology that Relate to Prostate Cancer and Disease Progression 16. Phyto-oestrogens, Osteoporosis and Cardiovascular Disease: Health Benefits for the Elderly Man 17. Other Dietary Factors and Men's Health: Vitamins and Red Wine 18. Chemoprevention: the Way Forward