effective vegetable-based treatment for breast cancer

Scientists 'confident' they have effective vegetable-based treatment for breast cancer


(NaturalNews) Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is one of the most
aggressive and deadly forms of breast cancer. It is harder to detect,
grows the fastest, spreads earlier to other parts of the body and recurs
more often. What's more, the arsenal of drugs and chemicals currently
used by mainstream medicine to treat TNBC are so toxic that patients
often can't tolerate the treatment -- and chemotherapy is often
ineffective anyway.

But at the 2012 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS)
Annual Meeting and Exposition underway in Chicago, scientists have just
announced what they say is an "effective treatment" for TNBC. The key
to this discovery? Compounds derived from diindolylmethane (DIM),
a natural-occurring chemical commonly found in various types of
cruciferous vegetables, especially Brussels sprouts and broccoli.

"We
are confident that the compounds we are currently working with are an
effective treatment for triple-negative breast cancer. These compounds
are safer for the patient than current treatments available," said Mandip Sachdeva, Ph.D., who made the breakthrough along with his Florida A&M University colleagues Chandraiah Godugu, Ph.D. and Stephen Safe, Ph.D., from Texas A&M University.

This
could be a huge advancement in the treatment -- and possible prevention
-- of TNBC. The aggressive and very often deadly disease accounts for
approximately 15 to 20 percent of all breast cancer cases in the U.S.
It's called "triple-negative" because it doesn't express the genes for
an estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) or HER2 (Human
Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2). So scientists
have been stymied at finding a chemo regime that could go after a
specific target. Instead, there's been a "shotgun" approach of various
chemicals that hope to stop the spread of the disease, but rarely, if
ever, do.

"Targeted treatment
options for TNBC are limited; current treatments, such as infusions,
result in poor patient compliance and increased toxicity," Sachdeva
stated, explaining that diindolylmethane compounds are safer for breast cancer patients than current treatments available.

In fact, unlike existing anticancer drugs, the diindolylmethane compounds are orally active. That means they could be available to be taken in pill form and should be safe to take every day.

Of
course, the race is now on to create a Big Pharma synthesized version
of the vegetable-derived chemical. However, the discovery adds more
evidence to previous research showing that a variety of plants contain natural anti-cancer compounds.

Natural News readers were alerted back in 2010 that scientists at Ohio State University's Comprehensive Cancer Center at Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and the Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC-James) had discovered that a substance in broccoli and Brussels sprouts specifically blocks the growth of breast cancer cells. And, as Natural News has
previously reported, apigenin (a common compound found in parsley and
other plant products) appears to have anti-breast cancer properties as
does a natural chemical used in traditional Indian medicine that is
derived from the roots of Withania somnifera (also known as
Ashwagandha), Indian ginseng, Winter cherry, Ajagandha and Kanaje Hindi.


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