Breast Cancer (Treatment)

Plant-Based Fat Inhibits Growth of Breast Cancer Cell Line

Published in Women's Health Weekly, May 17th, 1999

A plant-based fat abundant in vegetarian diets and shown to inhibit the growth of prostate and colon cancer cells in vitro, also inhibits the growth in vitro of one line of breast cancer cells, University of Buffalo (New York) nutrition researchers have found.

The study, presented at the annual meeting of the Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biology in April 1999, showed that the phytosterol B-sitosterol reduced the number of breast cancer cells grown in a laboratory setting by 66 percent, compared to controls.

"These results go hand-in-hand with our findings on prostate and colon cancer," said Atif Awad, PhD, director of UB's...

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