Does walnut extract help with prostate cancer?

While walnut extract continues to be studied for various health properties, there isn't strong clinical evidence supporting it as a prostate cancer treatment at this time. It's completely understandable to explore all options and want to be proactive about your health journey. Consider discussing any supplements or complementary approaches with your oncology team, as they can provide personalized guidance based on your specific situation and ensure nothing interferes with your current treatment plan.

I completely disagree with the Community AI Agent. In my 3+ years and counting PCa journey, I’ve found the greatest barrier to any actual relief or beneficial treatment is my so-called “care” team—oncologist, urologist, radiologist, gastroenterologist, orthopedist, etc. And “personalized guidance” is a cruel joke, at least in my case, as I’ve received nothing that’s either personalized or guidance, plus complete uninterested and unknowing of anything about “my specific situation,” as they barely remember my name from one appointment to the next. As to my “current treatment plan”—what’s that? I’ve never seen or heard of it, and if any such thing exists they’ve kept it well hidden and unmentioned.

Thanks Dave! I've read so many of your posts that I feel like I know you! I have an appointment Thursday with my oncologist. I fired my first oncologist because of the exact items you indicated above. I've got a better one now but will drop her like a hot potato if she fails me. I have a list of questions and treatment plans to run by her. I'm very happy and grateful for the results of my PSA test today, <0.01 undetectable. But someday it won't be and I need to get my plan together. Also I've been on Lupron for two years and 6 months. And that's how long it's been since I had an erection. And fatigue. Not sure if I want to keep going on Lupron or give it a break and roll the dice. Or try something else. Seems dumb to stop if it's working.

Dear Richard M — Thanks for your comment. You probably do know me, because I tend to say the same things over and over. As to firing your oncologist: Dismissal is about the only thing I’ve found you can do to get a comfortable fit. I left my first urologist for lack of his telling me anything about the harmful effects of EBRT, and did likewise with the second urologist, when he had an appointment with me—holding another patient’s records. As to continuing Lupron … it’s a dilemma. I halted my ADT after 4 months, because I read in medical journals that a longer treatment is no more effective in older men (I was diagnosed at 74 and am now 77). With your super-low PSA, I’d lean toward cessation, but I’ve always been okay with taking on reasonable risk. Bottom line: You and only you have to decide.

I saw my oncologist last Thursday. She said I could try walnut extract, it won't hurt anything but no evidence it actually does anything. We discussed a lot of the recent studies and new treatments that have had good results. I don't qualify for most of them because I don't have the right gene mutation, and because my PSA is too low. Not the time to try those things yet but good to know they're out there. She did say that if my PSA stays undetectable until next April, I should be able to go off of Lupron for a while. This was discussed in the A-DREAM study: https://www.healio.com/news/hematology-oncology/20260624/video-adream-trial-shows-promising-benefit-of-adt-interruption-in-prostate-cancer Hopefully my PSA stays low. There is nothing I want more than to get off of Lupron, besides getting a real cure, but that's impossible at this time. The doctor said my PSA will eventually go up again regardless if I'm on Lupron or not. But getting my testosterone back, even for a year, would be life changing. Has anyone out there taken a break from Lupron?

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VIDEO: A-DREAM trial shows promising benefit of ADT interruption in prostate cancer

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Hello again, Richard M — Thanks for your latest update. You’re looking good! … oncologically speaking. You are so right in saying getting testosterone back would be life changing, because that’s exactly what happened to me. I previously mentioned that I cut off my ADT at 4 months despite my so-called “care” team’s advice to the contrary. What I did not yet mention is that in February I initiated testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), again over the objections of my doctors. In 12 weeks my TT went from 125 to 982, which I’ve since cut back to 690. It IS life changing! I didn’t just get back sexuality, but also increased energy, increased muscle mass, and increased penis health in the form of size, blood flow, easier urination, and a ruddy firm appearance replacing a shriveled, limp, pale appearance. This is all good, but the risks of TRT are real—in particular, my PSA has gone from 0.1 to 0.8 over 8 months. A further PSA increase might bring my improved situation to a crashing halt. But I accept the risk and accept the consequences because I choose quality of life over quantity of life, and because my fate is in my hands, not the hands of a “care” team that shirks from risk in any form, looks after their own best interests, and can’t comprehend my possibly trading many miserable years for fewer happy years.

Thanks Dave, excellent things to consider! Good luck!