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From: "Robert Cohen" <notmilk@e...>
Date: Thu Dec 30, 2004 10:27 am
Subject: Jerry Orbach
Jerry Orbach
In the mid 1970s I saw Jerry Orbach perform
on Broadway in "42nd Street". A few years later,
I ran into Mr. Orbach at an (illegal) after hours
gambling club on New York City's east side. The
man liked to drink, and the man liked to party,
but so did we all in those days, and my memories
of Orbach are warm and personal. His most recent
performances as a detective on "Law and Order" will
run forever and a lifetime in syndication. Orbach
captured bad guy after bad guy, and seemed immune
from all dangers, save one. Prostate cancer.
Thousands of articles are to be written about
Jerry Orbach's life and death. We learn by a man's
experiences, and the sum value of all that a man is
and was remains as a final bridge between our memory
and love and respect. No man should die at age 69,
particularly from such a painful and devastating
death caused by prostate cancer. My own dear
friend and webmaster, Dave Rietz died from its
affects just one year ago. Although Orbach's family
kept the news of his illness and suffering private,
Dave left his own poignant diary of the last year of
his own life. His last entry was made in November of
2003. Mr. Orbach experienced much the same:
<http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/notmilk/message/1462>
Had I been given the opportunity to go back in time
and speak with Jerry Orbach 12 years ago, when his run
on "Law and Order" began, and when his prostate cancer was
first diagnosed, I would have shared the following:
"For prostate cancer, epidemiologic
studies consistently show a positive
association with high consumption of
milk, dairy products, and meats."
Giovannucci E., Adv Exp Med Biol
1999;472:29-42
"Cases also reported more frequent
consumption of milk and other dairy
products and meat, but no significant
difference was noted for
vegetable intake."
Talamini R, Br J Cancer
1986 Jun;53(6):817-21
"Higher intake of meat and dairy products
has been associated with greater risk of
prostate cancer..."
Willett WC, Salud Publica Mex
1997, Jul-Aug;39(4):298-309
"Positive correlations between foods and
cancer mortality rates were particularly
strong in the case of meats and milk for
breast cancer, milk for prostate and
ovarian cancer, and meats for colon
cancer."
Rose DP, Cancer
1986 Dec 1;58(11):2363-71
"Diet appears to be a major determinant
in the incidence of prostate cancer. In
a case-control study conducted in Athens,
Greece, we found that dairy products,
butter and seed oils were positively
associated with risk of prostate cancer,
whereas cooked and raw tomatoes were
inversely associated."
Bosetti C, Eur J Cancer Prev
2000, Apr;9(2):119-23
"Diets high in dairy products and meats
are related to higher risk of prostate
cancer incidence or mortality in most
ecologic, case-control, and prospective
studies."
Giovannucci E., Cancer Causes Control
1998, Dec;9(6):567-82
"Suggestive positive associations were
also seen between fatal prostate cancer
and the consumption of milk, cheese,
eggs, and meat. "
Snowdon DA,Am J Epidemiol
1984, Aug;120(2):244-50
"The strongest and most consistent
effects are positive associations
with animal products such as red
meats, eggs and dairy foods, and
possibly by implication, fat."
Giles G, Ireland P., Int J Cancer
1997; Suppl 10:13-7
"Among major food groups, milk and dairy
products as well as added lipids were
marginally positively associated with
risk for prostate cancer."
Tzonou A, Int J Cancer
1999, Mar 1;80(5):704-8
"High consumption of dairy products was
associated with a 50 percent increased
risk of prostate cancer. "
Chan JM, Cancer Causes Control
1998 Dec;9(6):559-66
"Positive trends in risk were found
for consumption of cured meat and
milk products. "
Schuurman AG, Br J Cancer
1999, Jun;80(7):1107-13
"Biomarkers, including testosterone and
insulin-like growth factor, and
nutritional factors, especially meat,
fat, and dairy intake, have been linked
to greater risk of disease. "
Chan JM, Semin Cancer Biol
1998, Aug;8(4):263-73
Robert Cohen
http://www.notmilk.com