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CA 15-3 tumor marker for breast cancer has mixed results. This study found no significant association with performance status with CA 15-3, as well as LDH, ALP, and albumin.

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The glycoprotein tumor marker CA 15-3 is an independent prognostic marker in breast cancer.

Awesome review on the current understanding of Testosterone and Diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and CVD.  This article even goes into the literature on androgen receptors.

Good deep look into the testosterone and CVD link.

The androgens testosterone and DHT elicit vasodilation via calcium and potassium channel activation.  The vasodilatory effect of the androgens is through, in part, due to K activated Ca channels.  Also of note, DHT had the same effect and DHT cannot be aromatized to estrogen.

testosterone therapy has tremendous cardiovascular benefit in men with low T.  The key here is physiologic replacement of Testosterone.  Testosterone is a vasodilator and anti-inflammatory agent in men with low T.  Testosterone therapy improves cardiac function in those with DHF and angina.  Testosterone is found to be a Ca++ channel blocker--anyone say hypertension treatment?

This is a dissertation, but they found ER alpha expression in all meningioma samplings. This is in contrast to previous studies. As further research has come with meningiomas, more ER presence is found, likely due to improved testing techniques. What is interesting here is that Low/no PR status was associated with Increased ER alpha status. This has been shown to be a more pro-inflammatory/pro-growth picture in disease states, such as breast and prostate CA.

red wine does appear to have health benefits over white wine through aromatase inhibition.  Aromatase inhibition reduces estrogen levels.  So, if the breast cancer risk is associated with elevated estrogen, then this would logically reduce the risk.  The exact amount is unknown, but aromatase inhibition is a treatment of those with breast CA.

Estradiol inhibits glutamate mediated influx of calcium and thus cell death in cell line.  Glutamate, the principle excitatory neurotransmitter, is involved in neurodegeneration through activation of calcium channels.  This study of cell line cultures found that Estradiol inhibits this process.  I question whether this is applicable to both men and women.  Time will tell.

Estradiol in men shown to increase Prostate cancer cell line growth.  The link is through calcium influx through membrane calcium channels.

IV vitamin C in women with breast CA in Germany found to benefit from less side effects and improved quality of life in those receiving chemo/radiation.  Again, IV vitamin C proven to be well tolerated in very ill individuals.

Calcium involved in excitotoxicity

environmental toxins that have estrogenic activity, i.e. BPA alter the prostate stem cells.  These and other xenoestrogens, as they are collectively called, increase the sensitivity of the prostate to estrogen.  This increases the risk of prostate Ca.  This just sets the pattern of signal interpretation and sensitivity.  Add in the continued estrogenic environment, add in the excess weight, the increased aromatase activity and resultant estrogen production and one has all the ingredients for prostate cancer.

good discussion of the effects of resistance training on Testosterone and cortisol in obese men.  The literature is more more clear on the effects of resistance training on healthy men, but the evidence in obese men is less clear--likely due to the disrupted metabolism.

good review of renal homeostasis of Mg, Ca, and Phosphate.  Of interesting note: magnesium is required as a cofactor for 1alpha-hydroxylase to aid 25 OH vitamin D to the most active 1,25 vitamin D in the kidneys.  

Older study, 1995, but shows the long-standing evidence that IVC preferentially is cytotoxic to cancer cells.`

Cholesterol findings in those with CA, i.e. low HDL, are more the result of cancer rather than causative.