Guest says low oxygen is a major driver of prostate cancer via HIF-1

What was said

"So one of the big drivers, of prostate cancer is low oxygen. It's this induction of a whole set of transcription factors called HIF-1. A lot of people are not aware that that is a driving factor, but it was a 2018 Nobel Prize winner from Hopkins, Dr. Semenza, who put together this whole scenario of low oxygen In a cell turns on glucose utilization."

After discussing breathing problems at night and drops in oxygen, the guest says “one of the big drivers” of prostate cancer is low oxygen through induction of transcription factors called HIF-1. He adds that this was put together by “a 2018 Nobel Prize winner from Hopkins, Dr. Semenza,” describing a scenario where low oxygen in a cell turns on glucose utilization.