Breast Cancer

Studies conducted at L. Cyr et al on breast cancer recently published

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 6th, 2009

"There are several studies documenting that organosulfur compounds show promise as anticancer agents. Although some mechanisms of the antiproliferative activity of naturally occurring organosulfur compounds have been elucidated, few studies have reported the differential response of human breast cells to these compounds," scientists in Ottawa, Canada report.

"The effect of the synthetic sulfonate ester, p-methoxyphenyl p-toluenesulfonate on growth inhibitory activity depending upon the estrogen-receptor (ER), p53, bcl-2 and caspase-3 status of cells was investigated by comparing its effects on three distinct human breast cancer cell lines (MCF-7, MDA-MB-231 and...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-01-06)

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