Tämä on keskustelufoorumin arkisto, jonne on koottu keskustelut Syöpäjärjestöjen vanhoilta verkkosivuilta. Keskustelujen viestejä voi lukea, mutta viestejä ei pysty kirjoittamaan.Siirry uudelle keskustelufoorumille.

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Re: Ylläpito muistuttaa keskustelijoita

Missä määrin nämä ovat uskomuksia, missä määrin ei, on vaikea kysymys. Tässä kuitenkin erään seurannan tulos asiasta. Tulos on julkaistu tärkeässä tieteellisesä lehdessä. Seurannan kohteena oli miehiä, joilla perushoidon epäonnistuttua PSA eteni.

(NaturalNews) There's new hope for men with prostate cancer when their disease doesn't respond adequately to standard medical care. According to the results of a long-term study presented this week at the 104th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA) held in Linthicum, Maryland, pomegranate juice may effectively slow the progression of the disease, even when regular treatment has failed.

The research, just published in the Journal of Urology, involved a two-stage clinical trial which followed a total of 48 men over six years. Each research subject had a rising prostate specific antigen (PSA) level after surgery or radiation therapy greater than 0.2 ng/ml and less than 5 ng/ml. The study participants were given eight ounces of pomegranate juice to drink daily for several years. Then patients who remained in the study and drinking pomegranate juice were compared to those no longer participating in the juice regimen.

Though both these groups of men with prostate cancer had demonstrated similar mean PSA doubling times at baseline when the study began, there was a clear and important difference in the groups after 56 months. The pomegranate juice drinkers showed a significant slowing of their PSA levels and a decline in what doctors call their "median PSA slope". Simply put, prostate cancer progression had slowed down dramatically in the men who regularly drank pomegranate juice.


"This study suggests that pomegranate juice may effectively slow the progression of prostate cancer after unsuccessful treatment," said Christopher Amling, MD, an AUA spokesman. "This finding and other ongoing research might one day reveal that pomegranate juice is an effective prostate cancer preventative agent as well."

The study, which remains ongoing, suggests that some men with prostate cancer may be more sensitive to the effects of pomegranate juice on their disease, as revealed by the slowing down of the time it took for their PSA levels to double. Another phase of the same research is currently underway to further evaluate the benefits of pomegranate juice with a placebo-controlled group.
Toipilas | 18.1.2010 klo 11:02:08