Stage 3 Prostate Cancer Treated with a Plant-Based Diet – A Case Report

Treatment of early stage prostate cancer (with a Gleason score less than seven) with a plant-based diet has been studied, and efficacy noted even after 5 years [1]. However, this is a case of a patient with Stage 3 prostate cancer, who chose to follow a plantbased diet after his diagnosis, and is still alive today, 32 years later, despite being given only a 10% chance of 3 year survival. While this case is anecdotal, and a plant-based diet was combined with standard treatment, it joins a growing body of evidence that prostate cancer is responsive to treatment with a plant-based diet. The patient’s longevity may also partially be the result of a plant-based diet preventing and treating common comorbidities such coronary artery disease [2], Type 2 diabetes [3], and renal failure [4].