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Beehives and Prostate Cancer

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Caffeic acid phenethyl ester may also be useful in suppressing harmful reactions to radiation treatment for cases of lung cancer in humans - no mention of mice here.

This study suggests that CAPE decreases the cascade of inflammatory responses induced by thoracic irradiation without causing toxicity in normal lung tissue. This provides a rationale for combining CAPE and thoracic radiotherapy for lung cancer treatment in further clinical studies.
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/5/158/
But regardless of its benefits, CAPE can be obtained in a variety of ways, including directly from plants.
Caffeic acid can be found in the freshwater fern Salvinia molesta[SUP][3][/SUP] or in the mushroom Phellinus linteus.[SUP][4]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeic_acid
It seems unlikely that extracting CAPE from propolis will be more economical than getting it from the ferns or mushrooms mentioned in the link.
 
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