Green Tea slows prostate cancer
Friday, July 10th, 2009There is evidence that the polyphenols found in green tea may slow the progression of prostate cancer, according to a study published recently in Cancer Prevention Research,1 a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).
According to researcher James A. Cardelli, PhD, professor and director of basic and translational research in the Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, men with prostate cancer who consumed the active compounds in green tea demonstrated a significant reduction in serum markers predictive of prostate cancer progression.
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- McLarty et al. “Tea Polyphenols Decrease Serum Levels of Prostate-Specific Antigen, Hepatocyte Growth…”Cancer Prev Res., (2009) 673-682 ↩
