Treating Prostate Cancer With Lycopene

Treating Prostate Cancer
"Epidemiological studies have shown an inverse association between dietary intake of lycopene and prostate cancer risk. We conducted a clinical trial to investigate the biological and clinical effects of lycopene supplementation in patients with localized prostate cancer...

"After intervention, 'subjects given lycopene] had smaller tumors...'tissues outside of the prostate had less tumor indications and other markers of prostate cancer, than those who were not given lycopene.] This pilot study suggests that lycopene may have beneficial effects in prostate cancer." Emphasis added.

By Kucuk, Sarkar, Djuric, Bertram & Wood, et. al., Div. of Hemotology and Oncology & Dept. of Pathology, Urology and Biostatistics, Wayne State U. & Karmanos Cancer Inst., Detroit, MI 48201, Dept. of Medicine, McGill U. and Jewish Gen. Hosp., Montreal, Quebec H3T 1E2, Canada, and Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, U. of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. In Exp. Bio. & Med., vol. 227, 2002.

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