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Episode 18 - Cranberries may improve chemotherapy for ovarian cancer
Episode 18 - Cranberries may improve chemotherapy for ovarian cancer
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20 minutes
Released:
Aug 21, 2007
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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 controlled laboratory study. The scientists found 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. The study will be described in August at the American Chemical Society national meeting in Boston.
Released:
Aug 21, 2007
Format:
Podcast episode
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