Soy-Tea Combo May Thwart Prostate Cancer
 (HealthScoutNews, 2/5/03)

Harvard University researcher, Jin-Rong Zhou, and colleagues, studied 16 mice that had been genetically engineered to develop tumors in the prostate area. The scientists provided similar diets for all of the mice, but fed daily doses of soy and green tea to some. The researchers report that the tea and soy individually inhibited tumor development and growth, but were especially potent when taken in combination. The tea-soy combination not only slowed tumor growth by blocking angiogenesis (the process of developing new blood vessels to feed the tumors), but inhibited the spread of cancer cells to the lymph nodes.