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Ovarian Cancer
Cranberries May Improve Chemotherapy for Ovarian Cancer
August 31st, 2007
Compounds in cranberries may help improve the effectiveness of platinum drugs that are used in chemotherapy to fight ovarian cancer, researchers have found in a laboratory study reported at the 234th national meeting of the American Chemical Society. The scientists demonstrated in cell culture studies that human ovarian cancer cells resistant to platinum drugs became up to 6 times more sensitized to the drugs after exposure to the cranberry compounds in comparison to cells that were not exposed to the compounds, which were obtained from juice extracts. Although preliminary, the findings have the potential to save lives and reduce the harmful side effects associated with...
Source: Drug Week (2007-08-31)
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