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Grapefruit juice found to give cancer treatment a boost

Grapefruit juice found to give cancer treatment a boost
Doctors say chemicals in juice prevent enzyme from breaking down certain drugs, boosting their effects

This spring, at the American Association for Cancer Research's 100th annual meeting in Denver, Cohen presented early results that showed drug levels in patients taking rapamycin once a week and drinking 8 ounces of grapefruit juice every day were similar to the levels expected from taking the drug daily without juice.

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