From the BBC News July 13 2010
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More evidence that broccoli contains elements which can help fight prostate cancer has been published in a new study by scientists in Norfolk.
The Institute of Food at Norwich has found broccoli contains sulforaphane, a chemical that boosts cells lacking an anti-tumour gene called PTEN.
When PTEN is [...]
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More than 10 million new cancer cases are diagnosed each year worldwide, prompting the health-conscious to incorporate preventative habits into their daily routines. Based on studies that prove following the right diet can be a powerful weapon against the development of many cancers, Northglenn-based Friends Trading Company, has seen a measureable increase in consumers’ interest in functional food products, such as BroccoSprouts.
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Happy Father’s Day! What is the best lesson your father taught you?
Breast Cancer Stem Cells and BroccoSprouts
Research from the University of Michigan suggest that sulforaphane inhibits breast cancer stem and these findings support that sulforaphane is a potentially viable therapy for breast cancer.
The research article, published in Clinical Cancer Research (May 2010) states, “This [...]
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Filed under: SGS, antioxidants, breast cancer, broccoli, cancer, nutrition, recipes, science news, sprouts, tea on June 16th, 2010 | 2 Comments »
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 12 million people are diagnosed with cancer each year; however, approximately two out of five cancers are potentially preventable.
This year, the WHO is acknowledging World Cancer Day (February 4) by promoting ways to ease the global burden of cancer. This year’s theme [...]
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Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center conducted a phase II study, published online in Cancer Prevention Research, investigating green tea’s possible chemopreventative properties relating to a premalignant condition known as oral leukoplakia, which leads to oral cancer.
The encouraging results indicated that more than half of the patients who took [...]
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Mayo Clinic researchers report encouraging results in early leukemia clinical trials using epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) from green tea. The trial showed that patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia can tolerate EGCG fairly well at high doses in capsule form and that lymphocyte count was reduced in one-third of participants.
Source: Science Daily News
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The U.S. Congress last year declared May National Cancer Research Month to raise awareness of the critical advances in cancer research worldwide, and “to ensure a secure future for continued progress against a group of diseases which strike half of all men and one in three women.”
The American Association for Cancer Research.
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“Healthier living could prevent about a third of the most common cancers in rich countries and about a quarter in poorer ones,” according to a study from the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research
The study involved the analysis of the occurrence rate of 12 common cancers across the world as [...]
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A new study from University of California Santa Barbara shows sulforaphane acts in a similar way that anticancer drugs taxol and vincristine act to inhibit cell division, by interfering with microtubule functioning during mitosis.
Here’s the press release.
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In response to the recently reported study that broccoli may reduce lung cancer risk in smokers, I give you Jim Prevor, the Perishable Pundit, who exhorts President-Elect (and smoker) Barack Obama to quit smoking and eat more broccoli
Mr. Prevor’s great article further articulates the study, including a Q&A with Roswell Park Cancer Institute researcher Dr. [...]
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