Re: SOY-SHIITAKE MUSHROOM EXTRACT TRIAL ENROLLING CANCER PATIENTS

From: Dr. Jai Maharaj (usenet_at_mantra.com)
Date: 07/14/04 

Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 14:07:02 GMT

Soy-Shiitake Mushroom Extract Trial Enrolling Prostate Cancer Patients

PR Newswire
Tuesday, July 13, 2004

Sacramento, Calif., July 13 (PR Newswire) - Men on
"watchful waiting" for prostate cancer may be eligible to
participate in a UC Davis Cancer Center study of a food
extract that could help prevent disease progression.

The extract is genistein concentrated polysaccharide, or
GCP. Derived from soybeans and shiitake mushrooms, GCP is
used as a complementary prostate cancer therapy in Japan,
Korea and other Asian countries. A preliminary study of
GCP at UC Davis Cancer Center last year found the
supplement reduced prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels
in a small number of "watchful waiting" patients. Rising
PSA levels in prostate cancer patients can be a signal of
disease progression, while falling levels can signal
remission.

Watchful waiting is recommended for some small prostate
cancers that cause no symptoms, are expected to grow very
slowly, and are contained within one area of the
prostate.

"If we can find a chemopreventive agent capable of
slowing or stopping the progression of early, localized
prostate cancer, we'll have something to offer men
besides watchful waiting," said Ralph deVere White,
professor and chair of urology at UC Davis School of
Medicine and Medical Center, director of the UC Davis
Cancer Center and a principal investigator of the GCP
trial. "It would be an important development in prostate
cancer."

To join the study, volunteers must have biopsy-proven
prostate cancer and have undergone no previous treatment
for the cancer. Patients also must have decided, with
their doctors, to continue receiving no treatment for the
next six months. Participants also must have a PSA level
of 2 nanograms per milliliter of blood or higher; those
with a PSA above 10 must have been on watchful waiting at
least one year.

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