Cancer News, Treatment and Research

A glass a day of grapefruit juice lets patients derive the same benefits from an anti-cancer drug as they would get from more than three times as much of the drug by itself, according to a new clinical trial. The combination could help patients avoid side effects associated with high doses of the drug and reduce the cost of the medication. In a study from University of Chicago Medicine (home to the University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center) published in August in Clinical Cancer Research, researchers show that eight ounces a day of grapefruit juice can slow the body’s metabolism of a drug called sirolimus, which has been approved for transplant patients but may also help many people with cancer.