Breast Cancer

Estrogen Found In Soy Stimulates Human Breast Cancer Cells In Mice

Published in Cancer Weekly, November 27th, 2001

The increasingly consumed isoflavone genistein - a plant estrogen linked to the health benefits of soy - has been shown in a series of University of Illinois studies to stimulate the growth of estrogen-dependent human breast-cancer cells implanted into laboratory mice.

The findings of three studies, funded by the National Institutes of Health, are detailed in the Journal of Nutrition (November, 2001), Carcinogenesis (October 2001), and Cancer Research (July 2001).

The results demonstrate that genistein in various forms stimulates tumor growth. They also suggest that women with estrogen-dependent breast cancer or a predisposition...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2001-11-27)

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