A Pilot Clinical Trial of Radioprotective Effects of Curcumin Supplementation in Patients with Prostate Cancer

Abstract

Recently some in vitro and in vivo studies showed radiosensitizing and radioprotective effects by some phytochemicals One of these phytochemicals is curcumin. Curcumin is the yellow coloring agent in the spice, turmeric. Turmeric has been long used as a spice and food additive in Iranian cuisines. Curcumin has been reported to protect various study systems, in vitro and in vivo, against the deleterious effects induced by ionizing radiation and to enhance the effect of radiation Therefore, curcumin has the potential to be very useful during radiotherapy of prostate cancer.