Antioxidant - benefits in prostate cancer?

25 Jun 2009

An antioxidant in green tea may help slow the progression of prostate cancer, according to research results published in Cancer Prevention Research. Scientists at at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center say is a sample of 26 men with prostate cancer, short-term treatment with epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) reduced blood levels of several proteins linked to prostate cancer progression. However, they do not claims that it arrests the tumours’ spread.

Reuters

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