Men May Outlive Cancer If They Drink Their Juice

Men May Outlive Cancer If They Drink Their Juice

July 1, 2006 10:00 a.m. EST

Megan Shannon - All Headline News Staff Writer
(AHN) - Scientists in California found that the effects of pomegranate juice on slowing the progress of prostate cancer may be so great that it could help older men outlive the disease.

The research shows an eight-ounce glass of the juice daily contains chemicals that which can kill the cancer cells.

Lead researcher D. Allan Pantuck said, "In older men 65 to 70 who have been treated for prostate cancer, we can give them pomegranate juice and it may be possible for them to outlive their risk of dying from their cancer."

Previous research found the same results in mice when fed pomegranate juice but the research from the University of California Los Angeles, which appears in journal Clinical Cancer Research can benefit humans as well.

The study focused on 50 men diagnosed with prostate cancer who had been treated with radiation. The rates of the chemical produced by the cancer cells was monitored. Specifically, scientists looked at the rate in which the chemical doubled in the body.

Doubling rates in the men who drank the pomegranate juice grew to 54 months where the chemical was doubling on average in a matter of 15 months. After three years the study shows the men were still reducing this rate although they were receiving no treatment other than drinking the juice.

Pantuck said, "We are hoping we may be able to prevent or delay the need for other therapies usually used in this population such as hormone treatment or chemotherapy, both of which bring with them harmful side effects."

Pantuck said the fruit contains high levels of anti-oxidants, has anti-inflammatory effects, and contains isoflavones which are believed to cause cancer cell death. He said they are not sure if it is many things combined within the fruit that slows cancer progression or if it's "one magic bullet."
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