Lung Cancer -> Lung Cancer and Diet

Green tea phytochemicals shown to prevent breast cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer and more New research shows just how powerful the phytochemicals in green tea are turning out to be: they are now known to prevent breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer and other forms of cancer. In fact, if green tea were a prescription drug, it would be called a "miracle cancer cure" drug, no doubt. (And it would be sold for $200 a pill, if not more.) But it's not a drug, and it's available to you right now for mere pennies. Green tea is simply one of the most powerful medicinal herbs known. It is especially useful for preventing cancer, and the research keeps on coming. Vitamin D may help lung cancer surgery 21/04/2005 - Vitamin D is a key factor in helping patients benefit from surgery to treat early stage lung cancer, says new research. Researchers at Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School said that successful surgery appeared to depend on the level of vitamin D present in a patient - a calculation that includes food sources, supplements, as well as the season of the year during which the operation is performed. www.nutraingredients.com Vitamin D and lung cancer surgery People likely to have had high concentrations of vitamin D in their bodies had a far better chance of being alive and cancerfree 5 years after surgery for early-stage lung cancer than did people who probably carried little of the vitamin when they underwent surgery. The finding emerges from a study reported this week at a major cancer conference. www.sciencenews.org