| Although the survival rate of five years for men with | | | | demonstrates the rate of growth of the cancer. So |
| prostate cancer has increased from 67% in the | | | | in general, PSA rises slowly as it matches the fact |
| 1970s to 90% in recent years, prostate cancer is still | | | | that prostate cancer is a slow-growing cancer. In this |
| the United State's most common cancer, aside from | | | | study, each patient had a minimum of three |
| skin cancer, and the second leading cause of | | | | pretreatment PSA values measured over a minimum |
| cancer-related death in men. The primary method of | | | | of six months before they entered the study. Each |
| management for this disease is either radical surgery | | | | patient was treated with eight ounces of |
| or radiation therapy. In this study, researchers sought | | | | pomegranate juice, by mouth, daily until the disease |
| to determine whether pomegranate juice | | | | progressed. The patients showed a fifteen percent |
| consumption would have an effect on PSA | | | | reduction in resistance of their serum samples, a |
| (prostate-specific antigen) progression in patients | | | | twelve percent decrease in cell proliferation, a |
| who have undergone primary management to cure | | | | seventeen percent increase in apoptosis reduction in |
| the disease, as those patients who have had primary | | | | oxidative state, and a twenty-three percent increase |
| management to cure the disease and no documented | | | | in serum nitric oxide was also reported. No serious |
| evidence of metastatic disease have limited | | | | side-effects were reported and the treatment was |
| treatment options. The pomegranate fruit, which has | | | | well tolerated by its patients. The researches |
| been used for centuries for its medicinal purposes, | | | | concluded that this study showed significant results |
| shows potent antioxidant and anti-artherosclerotic | | | | that pomegranate juice had many positive effects on |
| properties which are accredited to its high content of | | | | those men dealing with prostate cancer. However, |
| polyphenols. To study the possible effects of | | | | the researchers feel that further research is needed |
| pomegranate juice, researchers conducted a 2-year | | | | to prove the validity of the tests. The results are |
| clinical trial at the Clark Urologic Center, David Geffen | | | | being further tested in another study which began in |
| School of Medicine at the University of California in | | | | April of 2006. The ability of pomegranate juices |
| Los Angeles. Those patients who were eligible has a | | | | doses to produce predefined alteration in PSA |
| detectable PSA between 0.2 and 5 ng/mL, no | | | | kinetics is being compared to the change observed in |
| hormonal therapy before entering the study, no | | | | the control group in this new study. The results |
| evidence of metastatic disease, and a Gleason score | | | | demonstrated from this study are positive and there |
| less than or equal to seven. The Gleason test is used | | | | will be further research into other plant polyphenols |
| to grade the severity of prostate cancer based on | | | | which could possibly mediate similar effects. So don't |
| the five patterns that prostate tumor cells go | | | | forget to have your pomegranate or herbal tea high |
| through as they change from normal cells. PSA, which | | | | in polyphenols. |
| is an antigen in the blood that is measured to track | | | | Please visit VitaNet health foods where a large |
| the progression of prostate cancer, usually signifies | | | | selection of Pomegranate can be found in extracts |
| presence or growth of cancer when it is elevated. | | | | and concentrates. |
| The time that is required for the PSA to double | | | | |