New Review Highlights Cranberry for Possible Cancer Preventing Mechanisms Friday January 19, 2007 Activity Due to Unique Combination of Plant Nutrients EAST WAREHAM, Mass. - A new research review and study examines how cranberry's unique flavonoid compounds -- which act as potent antioxidants -- have been further linked to potential anti-cancer properties. Led by Dr. Catherine C. Neto of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and funded in part by the Cranberry Institute and the Wisconsin Cranberry Board, this review is the first to examine the effects of cranberry polyphenols on human cancer cells, in order to further explore cranberry's potential role in cancer prevention. The review was published in the current edition of The Journal of Nutrition and presented as a part of the International Research Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Cancer, hosted by the American Institute of Cancer Research in Washington, D.C. in July 2006. The review explores the existing research a