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Green tea Catechins

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Looks like oral supplement twice a day, not a drink. Sounds easy to try off trial, probably no risk in purchasing supplements listed!!

Drug: Sinecatechins

Given PO

Other Names:

Camellia sinensis Leaf Catechins

Kunecatechins

Polyphenon E

Polyphenon E TM

Veregen

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It has been found to be ineffective:

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

Avoid with radiation:

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/216...

Probably avoid with chemo or immunotherapy too

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Graham49 in reply toTall_Allen

Your first reference was for cancer prevention.

There is a current trial of green tea with regard to reducing progression (NCT04597359). Clearly the sponsors ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group consider it is worth a look at.

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