New evidence suggesting that prune sauce may be beneficial to men with stomach cancer was presented at the recent meeting of the American Medical Society in Los Angeles. The study was conducted with men between the ages of 45 and 55 who had recently been diagnosed with various forms of stomach cancer. They were administered 180 milliliters of prune sauce daily for four weeks. Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center measured several aspects of the volunteers' health status before and after their meals. They found a significant reduction in cancer cells in 64 percent of the men. Another 22 percent had some reduction in cancer cells, 10 percent had no change, and only four percent had an increase.
Although the findings are promising, it is too early to generalize the finding as this is just a preliminary study and it will take some time to determine that eating prune sauce can actually fight cancer. The researchers will apply for a federal government grant that will allow them to continue the study with more subjects.