Nutraceuticals and nootropics for anti-aging

Green tea extract as a cancer-fighter: possible mechanism discovered

Green tea extracts are being widely used as cancer fighters, and for good reason — hundreds of studies have shown anti-cancer effects stemming from compounds contained in green tea. Even so, when it comes to clinical trials — the acid test of the concept of using green tea as an anti-cancer therapy — the medical literature turns out to be riddled with conflicting claims and results. Some studies show that green tea consumption decreases the risk of various kinds of cancer, other studies show just the opposite.

So, it bolsters our optimism when we learn that researchers at UCLA have identified a precise mechanism by which EGCG (one of the principal substances in green tea) can interrupt a process crucial to the invasive spread of bladder cancer from an existing tumor to other areas of the body. Using cell culture techniques, the researchers showed that EGCG induces cancer cells to mature faster and adhere to each other, thereby keeping them confined.

Link to news story:

New insight into green tea's action on bladder cancer

Link to meta-study showing the sorry state of clinical-trial science:

Green tea and cancer in humans: a review of the literature.

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