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Canadian scientists, following up on previous studies conducted
in mice, enrolled women newly diagnosed with breast cancer as
volunteers to study the effects of flaxseed on breast cancer
progression. In this study, one flaxseed muffin a day, containing a
predetermined concentration of pre-lignans, was consumed per day for
30 days. Tissue biopsies were preformed prior to and after the 30
day period. The results showed that the flaxseed pre-lignans,
converted in the intestines by bacteria into powerful anti-cancer
lignans, were extremely efficient, in low doses, in killing the
breast cancer cells in these volunteer women. The results were nothing short of
dramatic. The growth index in the cancer cells was reduced 34.2%,
while the level of programmed cell death increased 30.7%. Women who
expressed the HER2 (c-erbB2) metastatic oncogene saw its expression
decrease by a dramatic 71%.
According to Dr. Stephen Martin,
Chief Scientist of Grouppe Kurosawa, data like this has ever been
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Menopausal Hot Flashes Halved in Preliminary Study of Ground
Flaxseed
By Miranda Hitti
WebMD Health NewsReviewed by Louise Chang, MDAug. 30, 2007 -- New
research shows that the tiny flaxseed may bring some relief for
menopausal hot flashes.
The flaxseed findings need to be confirmed, so flaxseed isn't
guaranteed to soothe hot flashes.
But in a small, preliminary study, women halved their hot flashes by
eating 2 tablespoons of ground flaxseed, twice daily, mixed into
their cereal, juice, fruit, or yogurt.
The flaxseed study comes from Sandhya Pruthi, MD, and colleagues at
the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
Pruthi's team studied 29 women who had been having 14 hot flashes
per week for at least a month and weren't taking estrogen to relieve
their menopausal symptoms.
The women didn't start taking flaxseed right away. First, they spent
a week just keeping a diary of their hot flashes and quality of
life.
After that initial week ended, the researchers gave all of the women
crushed flaxseed and told the women to sprinkle 2 tablespoons of the
flaxseed on cereal, juice, yogurt, or fruit twice daily for six
weeks.
During the six-week study, the women continued their hot flash
diaries and reported any side effects.
At the end of the study, the researchers had sufficient data on hot
flashes for 21 of the women.
The results show that the women halved their number of daily hot
flashes while taking flaxseed. In addition, the intensity of the
women's hot flashes dropped by 57% during the study.
Side effects included abdominal bloating (14 women) and mild
diarrhea (eight women).
The study has some limits. It had relatively few participants, and
there was no comparison group of women taking a flaxseed-free
placebo powder.
Pruthi's team concludes that more research is indeed warranted. The
full report appears in the Journal of the Society for Integrative
Oncology.
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SOURCES: Pruthi, S. Journal of the Society for Integrative Oncology,
Summer 2007; vol 5. News release, Mayo Clinic.
© 2007 WebMD, Inc. All rights reserved.
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A new US study suggests that flaxseed, which is rich in
omega 3 fatty acids and lignans, can stop prostate cancer
tumours from growing.
The study was presented at the 43rd annual meeting of the
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago on
Saturday by researchers from Duke University Medical Center, Durham,
North Carolina.
The researchers think that flaxseed, which has similar properties to
sesame seed, probably interrupts the chain of events that eventually
makes cells multiply out of control and become a tumour.
Dr Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, a researcher in Duke's School of Nursing
and lead investigator on the study said that:
"Our previous studies in animals and in humans had shown a
correlation between flaxseed supplementation and slowed tumor
growth, but the participants in those studies had taken flaxseed in
conjunction with a low-fat diet."
However, she explained that:
"For this study, we demonstrated that it is flaxseed that
primarily offers the protective benefit."
The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health,
and researchers at the University of Michigan and the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill also took part.
Demark-Wahnefried and colleagues recruited 161 men who were due to
have surgery for prostate cancer (prostatectomy: where all or part
of the prostate gland is removed).
The patients were randomly assigned to one of four groups. One group
took 30 grams of flaxseed a day for an average of 30 days before
they had the operation (the flaxseed only group). Another group did
the same but also followed a low-fat diet (20 per cent or less of
their calories from fat). A third group did not take the flaxseed
and only followed a low-fat diet, while the fourth group, a control,
had none of the interventions.
After the surgery, the researchers examined the tumour cells under a
microscope to assess how quickly they had multiplied.
They then compared the men who had only flaxseed, with or without
following a low-fat diet, with the men in the other two groups: no
intervention and low-fat diet only. They found that the slowest
rate of tumor growth occurred in the two flaxseed supplemented
groups.
Demark-Wahnefried said:
"The results showed that the men who took just flaxseed as well
as those who took flaxseed combined with a low-fat diet did the
best, indicating that it is the flaxseed which is making the
difference."
The flaxseed supplement was given in ground form because in the
whole form the seed coat is hard and indigestible. The patients took
the flaxseed either in drinks, sprinkled on food, or with yogurt.
Flaxseed is thought to stop the growth and spread of cancer cells.
This could be because the omega-3 fatty acids it contains interferes
with the ability of cancer cells to cling onto other body cells,
said Demark-Wahnefried.
The lignans it contains may also have antiangiogenic
properties, the ability to stop the blood supply to the tumor.
Demark-Wahnefried said that they were "excited that this study
showed that flaxseed is safe and associated with a protective effect
on prostate cancer".
As well as being antiangiogenic, the lignans in flaxseed, one
of the richest sources of these fibre-related compounds, are thought
to interfere with or prevent cell division and affect hormones. They
are antimitotic, affect androgen metabolism and have
estrogenic effects, said Demark-Wahnefried.
According to the American Cancer Society, one in six American
men gets prostate cancer. This year it is estimated that over
200,000 will be diagnosed with the disease and 27,000 will die from
it.
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http://www.medicalnewstoday.com
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