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Anti-Cancer Activity Of Tea In Gastrointestinal Cells Affected By Digestive Process

April 08, 2008 By: Laurentiu Category: News No Comments →

Increased consumption of teas rich in is associated with reduced risk of stomach, colon and other gastrointestinal cancers. However, the effects of digestion on the anticancer activity of have largely been ignored. A study by nutrition researchers at The Ohio State University and Purdue University found that the digestive process could both alter the structure of the and their anticancer activity.
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Survival In Gastric Cancer Patients Not Improved By Postoperative Chemotherapy

March 12, 2008 By: Laurentiu Category: News No Comments →

The use of combination following surgery did not improve survival in patients with , according to a randomized clinical trial published online March 11 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
The only potentially curative therapy currently available for non-metastatic is surgery. Recent studies have suggested that a combination of cisplatin, epirubicin, 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin (PELF) improves outcome in patients with metastatic .
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