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发信人: Entrepreneur (格格蕉蕉), 信区: Healthylife
标 题: Citrus Nutrient Helps Slow Prostate Cancer
发信站: 荔园晨风BBS站 (Thu Dec 25 15:35:53 2003), 站内信件
Dec. 16, 2003 -- Pectin, a nutrient found in citrus fruits, may help men
with recurrent prostate cancer.
Results of a phase II study, which appears in the current issue of the
journal Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases, look promising,
reports lead researcher B.W. Guess, MD, a prostate oncologist in
Marina del Rey, Calif.
Pectin is a natural substance found in the peel and pulp of citrus
fruits such as lemons, grapefruits, oranges, and tangerines, writes
Guess. For decades, cooks have used pectin to make jellies and canned
fruits.
In studies, citrus pectin caused prostate cells to take longer to
produce PSA or prostate-specific antigen, which doctors use to monitor
prostate cancer recurrences after surgery. When PSA production is slowed
down, it means tumor growth is also slowed down.
This study focused on 10 patients diagnosed with recurrent prostate
cancer.
Every day, patients took 18 capsules of pectin: Each contained 14
grams of pectin, equaling 800 mg a day. They also continued their
regular routine: medications, diet, and other nutritional supplements.
Fourteen months later, 70% of the men had significant increases in the
time it took to produce PSA -- it took longer for prostate cells to
produce a doubling of blood PSA levels.
It makes sense that increasing the time it takes to double the level
of PSA would mean slower cancer growth, writes Guess. Other studies have
shown that increasing this doubling time can halt cancer.
His study is more evidence that high doses of pectin -- in combination
with other medications -- could slow the growth of advanced prostate
cancer after surgery.
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If you want to learn about nature, to appreciate nature,
it is necessary to understand the language that she speaks.
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