Investigators look at natural products for prostate cancer

In this video, Channing J. Paller, MD, gives an overview of the recent Urologic Oncology paper, “Harnessing nature's therapeutic potential: A review of natural products in prostate cancer management.” Paller is an associate professor of oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, director of Prostate Cancer Clinical Research, and associate director of oncology, Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Network, Baltimore, Maryland.

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Please provide an overview of this study and its notable findings.

This study provides a comprehensive review of the role of natural products as complementary treatments for prostate cancer. What we really focus on is their mechanisms and clinical efficacy. There's been a lot of preclinical research with encouraging results. However, the use of natural products in prostate cancer clinical trials has not come to have the same positive results, unfortunately. And so the use of natural products in prostate cancer treatment still remains controversial. This review stresses the need for high-quality, rigorous evidence of adequately powered trials to validate the therapeutic potential and safety of these natural products in cancer care, and proposes future directions for optimizing therapeutic potential.

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