Subfile:
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Format (FM):
Fact Sheet (22).
Language(s) (LG):
English.
Year Published (YR):
2002.
Audience code (AC):
Health Professionals (100). General Public/Consumers (300). Patients (400).
Corporate Author (CN):
National Cancer Institute.
Source (SO):
Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute. 2002. 3 p.
Availability (AV):
Available from National Cancer Institute. Publications Ordering Service, P.O. Box 24128, Baltimore, MD 21227. (800) 4-CANCER or (800) 422-6237; TTY: (800) 332-8615; FAX: (301) 330-7968.
PRICE: Free.
Abstract (AB):
This fact sheet from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) discusses tea and its possible use in the prevention and treatment of a variety of cancers. In a question and answer format, the fact sheet discusses the antioxidant levels found in tea, particularly green and black tea; findings from laboratory and human studies of tea; and NCI-supported clinical trials of tea. 5 references.
Major Descriptors (MJ):
Tea. Antioxidants. Cancer. Prevention.
Minor Descriptors (MN):
National Cancer Institute. Clinical Trials.
Verification/Update Date (VE):
200304.
Notes (NT):
Copyright: No.
Accession Number (AN):
AMDC03413.
URL (LK):
http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/tea
