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Article: Pectin could help in fight against prostate cancer
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- March 1, 1995
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A form of pectin, a natural substance in citrus fruit, can stop
the spread of prostate cancer in rats, scientists have shown, an
intriguing finding that could lead to a new strategy for fighting
cancer.
Although pectin has not yet been shown to have the same effect in
humans, other researchers said the rat experiments were carefully
done and potentially important, because most cancer deaths are caused
not by the primary tumor but by the cancer's spread, or metastasis,
through the bloodstream.
Prostate cancer is highly treatable before it spreads, but once it
has spread outside the prostate gland it is almost always fatal.
"Just seeing a natural product significantly inhibit metastasis of ...