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The Seattle Times: Ginseng, flaxseed show promise in tests
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CHICAGO For the first time, doctors say they have found a pill that improves survival in liver cancer, a notoriously hard to treat disease diagnosed in more than half a million people globally each year. (article 3)
The results in a multinational study of 602 patients with advanced liver cancer are impressive and likely will change the way patients are treated, cancer specialists including the study authors say. (article 3)
Patients got either two tablets daily of a drug called sorafenib or dummy pills in the study, which started in March 2005. (article 3)
Some patients are still alive, although on average, sorafenib patients survived 10.7 months versus almost 8 months for those on dummy pills. (article 3)
"That may not sound like a lot of time but for liver cancer," this is actually a quite impressive gain said Dr. Nancy Davidson of Johns Hopkins' Bloomberg School of Public Health. (article 3)
CHICAGO - The first scientific tests of some popular alternative-medicine products hint that American ginseng might lessen cancer fatigue and that flaxseed might slow the growth of prostate tumors. (article 4)
The ginseng and flaxseed studies are small and preliminary, and specialists warned against making too much of them because the substances tested are not the same as what consumers find on store shelves. (article 4)
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cancer, ginseng, liver, Patients, flaxseed |
Source articles
- News for Dallas, Texas (dallasnews.com, 06/03/2007, 8 words)
- It's Cancer, Not a Moral Crucible (Washington Post, 06/02/2007, 679 words)
- Study: Liver Cancer Breakthrough Found (baltimoresun.com, 06/03/2007, 614 words)
- The Seattle Times: Ginseng, flaxseed show promise in tests (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/03/2007, 526 words)
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