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...Milken is realistic. He knows that in men who have undergone hormone therapy, the cancer cells eventually learn to thrive and multiply without testosterone, usually within a year or two. While Milken has reacted unusually well to the treatment, he is all too aware that he has not been cured. "We just don't know how long before it comes back," he says. "It's not that it's gone. It's how long...
...Milken's angst, however, he has never had an overt symptom of advanced prostate cancer, no pain in his bones, weight loss, chronic fatigue or problems with urination. "That's one of the things that's scary about this," he says. "Had I not had a PSA, I would not have known...
...Milken's millions may help meet that challenge. Three years ago, undoubtedly acting out of enlightened self-interest but with more universal goals also in mind, he set up a public charity, called CaP CURE, dedicated to finding a cure for prostate cancer, and pledged $25 million over the next five years to fund basic and clinical research, recruit scientists, sponsor scientific meetings and increase public awareness of the disease...
Under the auspices of CaP CURE, Milken is financing the establishment of a prostate-cancer "virtual consortium," led by University of Washington molecular biologist Leroy Hood, that brings top U.S. researchers together via a computer network to facilitate communication...
...Milken, for one, isn't waiting for confirmation of that theory. "You should feel comfortable knowing that everything we eat here is nonfat and vegetarian," he tells visitors to his Santa Monica, California, offices. A typical lunch, prepared by his private dietitian, consists of mushroom barley soup, a tofu egg-salad sandwich (the "egg" is actually tofu with mustard and spices ) with carrots and lettuce, and a black-bean-and-corn salad with a soy-based drink. One of Milken's favorites, an Egg McNothing, consists of a fat-free crumpet with soy cheese, vegetarian Canadian bacon and scrambled...