Cancer Prevention
Study findings from University of Kaiserslautern provide new insights into cancer prevention
Published in Cancer Weekly, December 30th, 2008
Scientists discuss in 'Anthocyanin/polyphenolic-rich fruit juice reduces oxidative cell damage in an intervention study with patients on hemodialysis' new findings in cancer. "Hemodialysis patients face an elevated risk of cancer, arteriosclerosis, and other diseases, ascribed in part to increased oxidative stress. Red fruit juice with high anthocyanin/polyphenol content had been shown to reduce oxidative damage in healthy probands," researchers in Kaiserslautern, Germany report.
"To test its preventive potential in hemodialysis patients, 21 subjects in a pilot intervention study consumed 200 mL/day of red fruit juice (3-week run-in; 4-week juice uptake; 3-week...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-12-30)
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