The Facts:
* People undergoing radiation therapy for cancer may have skin reactions that can be severe which result in delays to the cancer treatment.
* In a clinical study 60 patients with skin lesions as a result of radiation treatment had extract of green or black tea applied to the site.
* Tea extracts were found to aid the healing process, although the methods by which this occurs needs further study.
Shaun’s comment: Radiotherapy can cause severe local skin reactions and current treatments are far from ideal. This work needs to be followed by randomised controlled clinical trials, comparing the tea extracts to current treatments, but it is an interesting lead to a potentially better treatment. The researchers also demonstrated mechanisms to explain how the extracts may work.
Study reference:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-4-28
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