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Green Tea Helps Leukemia Patients
(Ivanhoe Newswire) — Green tea’s active ingredient epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) shows promise in helping Leukemia patients battle cancer.
The Mayo Clinic’s trial studied 33 patients taking the green tea extract in capsule form twice daily, ranging in doses from 400 to 2,000 milligrams. Patients were able to withstand EGCG in very high doses, so high that researchers believe they have not yet reached a maximum dose.
“The majority of individuals who entered the study with enlarged lymph nodes saw a 50 percent or greater decline in their lymph node size," Tait Shanafelt, M.D., Mayo Clinic hematologist and lead author of the study was quoted as saying.
CLL, the most common type of leukemia in the United States, currently does not have a cure. Researchers hope that EGCG can strengthen patients’ treatments when combined with additional therapies.
SOURCE: Journal of Clinical Oncology, May 26, 2009
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