In 2013, Mindy Kurzer, PhD, published research demonstrating that "aerobic exercise influences the way our bodies break down estrogens to produce more of the ‘good’ metabolites that lower breast cancer risk." Kurzer, director of Consortium member center Healthy Foods, Health Lives, is a professor in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition. The results of her 2013 study are now being deployed to see whether they can be applied to the treatment of advanced prostate cancer. “We want to actually prove [exercise] does more than just makes you feel better and actually prolongs your survival,” explained Dr. Fred Saad, MD, of the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre. The University of Minnesota is leading a coalition of more than 100 researchers around the world, including those in Australia, Ireland and several Canadian provinces. The clinical trial is funded by the Movember Foundation, which raises money by sponsoring mustache-growing contests each November to foster men's health, particularly the fight against prostate and testicular cancers. Read more about the study here.