Could a handful of walnuts help fight prostate cancer?

NCT ID NCT03824652

Summary

This study is testing whether adding walnuts to the daily diet might help slow prostate cancer growth. Fifty men with prostate cancer who are scheduled for surgery will be randomly assigned to either eat their usual diet or add two ounces of walnuts daily for 4-10 weeks before their operation. Researchers will compare tissue samples from before and after the walnut period to see if cancer cell growth markers changed.

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Contacts and locations

Study contacts

  • Contact

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Locations

  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Los Angeles, California, 90048, United States

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    Contact

  • Durham VA Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Durham, North Carolina, 27705, United States

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