Tag: Vitamins and supplements

Articles

• Can vitamin C cure or prevent breast cancer?
• How important is Vitamin D before and after breast cancer diagnosis?

News

• 4,000 IU vitamin D per day is safe and may be necessary to reduce cancer risk
• African-Americans at greater risk of progression from benign breast disease to breast cancer
• Apigenin enhances the anticancer activity of 5-FU chemotherapy
• Apigenin increases effectiveness of Taxol chemotherapy
• Apigenin may prevent breast cancer that develops in response to progestin
• Beta-carotene, vitamin A and vitamin E do not reduce risk of breast cancer?
• Beta-carotene, vitamin E and folate influence risk of postmenopausal breast cancer
• Black cohosh reduces mammary tumor growth in a rat model of breast cancer
• Blindness reduces breast cancer risk - the melatonin connection
• Breast cancer type and survival statistics 1999-2004
• Broccoli sprouts result in far higher circulating sulforaphane than broccoli pills
• Brown seaweed compound fucoidan induces breast cancer cell death
• Caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE), a component of propolis, inhibits breast cancer growth
• Calycosin in astragalus root (huang qi) promotes ER+ breast cancer cell proliferation
• Can antioxidant supplements help prevent breast cancer?
• Carotenoids could help women with dense breasts to lower risk of breast cancer
• Carotenoids in food reduce risk of breast cancer and recurrence
• Certain micronutrients found in vegetables and fruits reduce risk of breast cancer
• Certain plant polyphenols cause death of cancer cells with high copper levels
• Certain supplements are associated with increased likelihood of death in older women
• Choline intake does not influence breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women
• Cinnamon and breast cancer: the picture is unclear
• Circulating vitamin D is not related to risk of breast cancer recurrence
• Citrus flavonoid naringenin inhibits metastasis in a mouse model of breast cancer
• Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) might increase risk of postmenopausal breast cancer
• Compound found in blueberries and grapes inhibits leptin-stimulated breast cancer
• Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) inhibits the growth of breast cancer cells
• Curcumin and DHA act synergistically in hormone receptor negative HER2+ breast cancer
• Curcumin reduces breast cancer resistance to treatment with Adriamycin (doxorubicin) chemotherapy
• Dietary calcium is linked to reduced breast cancer risk among Chinese women
• Dietary folate is associated with reduced risk of recurrence among women with ER negative tumors
• DIM from broccoli and other brassica vegetables prevents metastasis in mice
• Enhance tamoxifen treatment and reduce tamoxifen resistance with HDAC inhibitors
• Exposure to sunlight may reduce breast cancer risk independently of vitamin D consumption
• Fish oil component can increase survival time for Stage IV breast cancer patients
• Fish oil component DHA reduces bone metastasis in a mouse model of breast cancer
• Fish oil promotes breast cancer cell death
• Fish oil reduces breast cancer risk by depleting arachidonic acid in mammary tissue
• Fish oil reduces DNA damage, cell proliferation, and HER-2/neu expression in rats
• Fish oil supplements reduce risk of ductal breast cancer
• Flavonol in strawberries and onions induces breast cancer cell death without harming normal cells
• Folate might contribute to increased breast cancer risk
• Folic acid supplements during pregnancy may increase risk of breast cancer in daughters
• Fucoidan in seaweed may prevent cancer by interfering with epidermal growth factor binding
• Garlic compounds suppress breast cancer proliferation by interfering with cell cycle
• Garlic reduces heart damage caused by doxorubicin chemotherapy
• Genistein stimulates aromatase activity and ER+ breast cancer cell growth
• Grape seed compounds may counteract low-level exposure to carcinogens in diet
• Green tea phytochemicals prevent breast cancer caused by long-term exposure to carcinogens
• Growth hormone deficiency is linked to reduced rates of cancer and diabetes
• High circulating hormones increase risk of breast cancer for postmenopausal women
• High dose vitamin D reduces musculoskeletal symptoms in women taking Arimidex
• High intake of soy isoflavones increases risk of recurrence in HER2+ patients
• High omega-3 to omega-6 ratio reduces breast density and tumors in animal model of breast cancer
• Intermittent calorie restriction plus fish oil prevents breast cancer more than either alone
• Isothiocyanates found in brassica vegetables have genotoxic potential at concentrated doses
• Kaempferol protects against Adriamycin-induced heart damage
• Lack of melatonin increases risk of breast cancer
• Long-term zinc supplementation is associated with reduced risk of breast cancer
• Low omega-6 to omega-3 ratio reduces breast density and may lower breast cancer risk
• Migraine sufferers have lower risk of ER+/PR+ tumors - implications for choice of treatment
• Multivitamin use does not reduce overall risk of cancer, or breast cancer in particular
• Multivitamins with minerals associated with reduced risk of breast cancer recurrence
• Pomegranate compounds inhibit aromatase and reduces breast cancer cell proliferation
• Red clover compound biochanin A reduces potency of tamoxifen in rats
• Reishi mushroom inhibits inflammatory breast cancer cell growth, proliferation, and invasion
• Resveratrol can reduce breast cancer-promoting DNA damage
• Resveratrol increases effectiveness of Taxotere (docetaxel) and Adriamycin (doxorubicin)
• Resveratrol plus melatonin reduces mammary tumor development in a rat model of breast cancer
• Resveratrol supplementation can promote ER- mammary tumor growth and metastasis
• Selenium enhances effectiveness of tamoxifen in mice with ER+ tumors
• Some fish oil supplements could interfere with effectiveness of chemotherapy
• Soy food improves Chinese breast cancer recurrence: What about U.S. survivors?
• Soy supplements do not reduce breast cancer risk and could be harmful
• Taking multivitamins is associated with higher risk of breast cancer
• The antidepressant Paxil reduces the effectiveness of tamoxifen treatment
• The phytoestrogen quercetin does not protect against breast cancer and may promote it
• The yellow vegetable pigment luteolin induces breast cancer cell death
• Turmeric component curcumin enhances effectiveness of Adriamycin chemotherapy
• Use of vitamin C and vitamin E is associated with less breast cancer recurrence
• Using herbal remedies does not improve long-term breast cancer survival
• Vitamin A can both promote and inhibit breast cancer growth and metastasis
• Vitamin A may reverse early malignant transformation of breast cells
• Vitamin C intake is not associated with risk of breast cancer
• Vitamin D and calcium intakes influence risk of breast cancer
• Vitamin D deficiency promotes growth of breast cancer bone metastases
• Vitamin D level of 47 ng/ml is associated with a 50% lower risk of breast cancer
• Vitamin D levels often low even in breast cancer survivors taking supplements
• Vitamin D reduces risk of breast cancer
• Vitamin D supplementation counteracts side effect of treatment for bone metastases
• Vitamin D supplementation might interfere with aromatase inhibitor treatment
• Vitamin D3 sensitizes breast cancer to radiation treatment, increasing cancer cell death
• White button mushroom extract has mild influence on aromatase activity

Foods

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Studies

• 5-Fluorouracil combined with apigenin enhances anticancer activity through induction of apoptosis in human breast cancer MDA-MB-453 cells
• A combination of resveratrol and melatonin exerts chemopreventive effects in N-methyl-N-nitrosourea-induced rat mammary carcinogenesis
• A dietary supplement for female sexual dysfunction, Avlimil, stimulates the growth of estrogen-dependent breast tumors (MCF-7) implanted in ovariectomized athymic nude mice
• A dose-finding clinical trial of mushroom powder in postmenopausal breast cancer survivors for secondary breast cancer prevention
• A phase 2 trial exploring the effects of high-dose (10,000 IU/day) vitamin D3 in breast cancer patients with bone metastases
• A phase I/II trial of a polysaccharide extract from Grifola frondosa (Maitake mushroom) in breast cancer patients: immunological effects
• A Pilot and Feasibility Study on the Effects of Naturopathic Botanical and Dietary Interventions on Sex Steroid Hormone Metabolism in Premenopausal Women
• A synergistic antiproliferation effect of curcumin and docosahexaenoic acid in SK-BR-3 breast cancer cells: unique signaling not explained by the effects of either compound alone
• An analysis of vitamin D (Vit D) and serum estrogens in postmenopausal (PM) breast cancer (BC) patients receiving aromatase inhibitors (AIs)
• Anti-Cancer Activities of Tea Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate in Breast Cancer Patients under Radiotherapy
• Antioxidant supplement use after breast cancer diagnosis and mortality in the Life After Cancer Epidemiology (LACE) cohort
• Antioxidants and breast cancer risk - a population-based case-control study in Canada
• Antioxidants Suppress Apoptosis
• Antiproliferative effect of natural tetrasulfides in human breast cancer cells is mediated through the inhibition of the cell division cycle 25 phosphatases
• Apigenin augments the growth inhibitory effects of doxorubicin in breast cancer cells derived from African American patients
• Apigenin Induces Apoptosis through Proteasomal Degradation of HER2/neu in HER2/neu-overexpressing Breast Cancer Cells via the Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Akt-dependent Pathway
• Apigenin inhibits antiestrogen-resistant breast cancer cell growth through estrogen receptor--dependent and estrogen receptor--independent mechanisms
• Apigenin prevents development of medroxyprogesterone acetate-accelerated 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene-induced mammary tumors in Sprague-Dawley rats
• Beware of pomegranates bearing 40% ellagic acid
• Biochanin A inhibits breast cancer tumor growth in a murine xenograft model
• Biochanin A Modulates Cell Viability, Invasion, and Growth Promoting Signaling Pathways in HER-2-Positive Breast Cancer Cells
• Black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa) in tamoxifen-treated breast cancer patients with climacteric complaints - a prospective observational study
• Bust enhancing herbal products
• Calycosin promotes proliferation of estrogen receptor-positive cells via estrogen receptors and ERK1/2 activation in vitro and in vivo
• Chemopreventive Potential of Black Cohosh on Breast Cancer in Sprague-Dawley Rats
• Combination of intermittent calorie restriction and eicosapentaenoic acid for inhibition of mammary tumors
• Combined Effects of Multiple Flavonoids on Breast Cancer Resistance Protein (ABCG2)-Mediated Transport
• Curcumin enhances the efficacy of chemotherapy by tailoring p65NFκB-p300 cross-talk in favor of p53-p300 in breast cancer
• Curcumin suppresses the paclitaxel-induced nuclear factor-kappaB in breast cancer cells and potentiates the growth inhibitory effect of paclitaxel in a breast cancer nude mice model
• Dairy food, calcium, and risk of cancer in the NIH-AARP diet and health study
• Degradation of HER2/neu by apigenin induces apoptosis through cytochrome c release and caspase-3 activation in HER2/neu - overexpressing breast cancer cells
• Diet and Risk of Ovarian Cancer in the California Teachers Study Cohort
• Dietary (n-3) Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Inhibit HER-2/neu-Induced Breast Cancer in Mice Independently of the PPAR Ligand Rosiglitazone
• Dietary flavonoid fisetin targets caspase-3-deficient human breast cancer MCF-7 cells by induction of caspase-7-associated apoptosis and inhibition of autophagy
• Dietary quercetin exacerbates the development of estrogen-induced breast tumors in female ACI rats
• Dietary Seaweed Modifies Estrogen and Phytoestrogen Metabolism in Healthy Postmenopausal Women
• Dietary Supplements and Mortality Rate in Older Women: The Iowa Women's Health Study
• Differences in the hepatic P450-dependent metabolism of estrogen and tamoxifen in response to treatment of rats with 3,3′-diindolylmethane and its parent compound indole-3-carbinol
• Differential modulation of cisplatin and doxorubicin efficacies in leukemia cells by flavonoids
• Docosahexaenoic acid increases doxorubicin’s cytotoxicity against breast cancer cell lines
• Effect of biochanin A on the aryl hydrocarbon receptor and cytochrome P450 1A1 in MCF-7 human breast carcinoma cells
• Effect of flavonone hesperidin on the apoptosis of human mammary carcinoma cell line MCF-7
• Effect of Maternal and Postweaning Folic Acid Supplementation on Mammary Tumor Risk in the Offspring
• Effect of medicinal botanicals in breast cancer cell lines with different estrogen receptor expression
• Effect of red clover isoflavones on cox-2 activity in murine and human monocyte/macrophage cells
• Effect of Selenium and Vitamin E on Risk of Prostate Cancer and Other Cancers
• Effect of the Silybin-Phosphatidylcholine Complex (IdB 1016) on the Development of Mammary Tumors in HER-2/neu Transgenic Mice
• Effect of vitamin D supplementation on serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D levels, joint pain, and fatigue in women starting adjuvant letrozole treatment for breast cancer
• Effects of antioxidant supplements on cancer prevention: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
• Effects of quercetin on the bioavailability of doxorubicin in rats: Role of CYP3A4 and P-gp inhibition by quercetin
• Enhanced Progesterone Receptor A expression by dietary soy in a hormone-dependent (NMU) model of rat mammary carcinogenesis: implications for tumor progression
• Enhancement of mammary carcinogenesis in two rodent models by silymarin dietary supplements
• Exogenous supplementation with [omega]-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA; 22:6n-3) synergistically enhances taxane cytotoxicity and downregulates Her-2/neu (c-erbB-2) oncogene expression in human breast cancer cells
• Fish consumption and colorectal cancer: a case-reference study in Japan
• Flavonoids and Breast Cancer Risk in Italy
• Flavonoids, Proanthocyanidins, and Cancer Risk: A Network of Case-Control Studies From Italy
• Folate and other one-carbon metabolism-related nutrients and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer in the Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort
• Folate intake and breast cancer mortality in a cohort of Swedish women
• Folate Intake and Risk of Breast Cancer by Estrogen and Progesterone Receptor Status in a Swedish Cohort
• Fucoidan Extract Induces Apoptosis in MCF-7 Cells via a Mechanism Involving the ROS-Dependent JNK Activation and Mitochondria-Mediated Pathways
• Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi) Inhibits Cancer Cell Growth and Expression of Key Molecules in Inflammatory Breast Cancer
• Genistein induces breast cancer-associated aromatase and stimulates estrogen-dependent tumor cell growth in in vitro breast cancer model
• Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.), a dietary supplement, protects mice against radiation-induced lethality: mechanism of action
• Growth Hormone Receptor Deficiency Is Associated with a Major Reduction in Pro-Aging Signaling, Cancer, and Diabetes in Humans
• High Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency Despite Supplementation in Premenopausal Women With Breast Cancer Undergoing Adjuvant Chemotherapy
• High-dose vitamin C supplement use is associated with self-reported histories of breast cancer and other illnesses in the UK Women's Cohort Study
• High-dose vitamin C versus placebo in the treatment of patients with advanced cancer who have had no prior chemotherapy. A randomized double-blind comparison
• Hops (Humulus lupulus) Inhibits Oxidative Estrogen Metabolism and Estrogen-Induced Malignant Transformation in Human Mammary Epithelial cells (MCF-10A)
• Increased Rates of Chromosome Breakage in BRCA1 Carriers Are Normalized by Oral Selenium Supplementation
• Influence of Garlic (Allium sativum) on the Pharmacokinetics of Docetaxel
• Intake of carrots, spinach, and supplements containing vitamin A in relation to risk of breast cancer
• Interaction of vitamin C and selenium supplementation in the modification of mammary carcinogenesis in rats
• Kaempferol protects against doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity in vivo and in vitro
• Long-Term Intake of High Doses of Vitamin C Down-regulates Anti-oxidant Enzymes in Human Erythrocytes
• Low Concentrations of Flavonoids Are Protective in Rat H4IIE Cells Whereas High Concentrations Cause DNA Damage and Apoptosis
• Low plasma coenzyme Q10 levels and breast cancer risk in Chinese women
• Low plasma coenzyme Q10 levels and breast cancer risk in Chinese women: Influence of menopausal status
• Mammary Gland Density Predicts the Cancer Inhibitory Activity of the N-3 to N-6 Ratio of Dietary Fat
• Mammographic Density and Intake of Selected Nutrients and Vitamins in Norwegian Women
• Medicinal use of vinegar should be accompanied by a diet rich in potassium alkali salts to avoid possibility of low grade metabolic acidosis
• Melatonin suppresses aromatase expression and activity in breast cancer associated fibroblasts
• Mesenchymal Stem Cells Induce Resistance to Chemotherapy through the Release of Platinum-Induced Fatty Acids
• Meta-analysis of vitamin D, calcium and the prevention of breast cancer
• Micronutrient intake and breast cancer characteristics among postmenopausal women
• Modulatory influence of prepubertal biochanin A exposure on mammary gland differentiation and expression of estrogen receptor- and apoptotic proteins
• Multivitamin use and breast cancer incidence in a prospective cohort of Swedish women
• Multivitamin Use and Breast Cancer Prognosis and Survival in a Prospective Cohort Study: The Life After Cancer Epidemiology (LACE) Study
• Multivitamin Use and the Risk of Mortality and Cancer Incidence
• Natural isothiocyanates: Genotoxic potential versus chemoprevention
• Natural remedy use in a prospective cohort of breast cancer patients in southern Sweden
• New model system for testing effects of flavonoids on doxorubicin-related formation of hydroxyl radicals
• Oral administration of copper to rats leads to increased lymphocyte cellular DNA degradation by dietary polyphenols: implications for a cancer preventive mechanism
• Plasma coenzyme Q10 levels and postmenopausal breast cancer risk: The Multiethnic Cohort Study
• Prospective association of vitamin D concentrations with mortality in postmenopausal women: results from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI)
• Reduced Bioavailability of Tamoxifen and its Metabolite 4-Hydroxytamoxifen After Oral Administration with Biochanin A (an Isoflavone) in Rats
• Resveratrol enhances the sensitivity of doxorubicin-mediated cell proliferation, invasion, and migration in human breast cancer cell lines
• Retinoic acid in the reversion of the neoplastic transformation
• Safety and efficacy of black cohosh and red clover for the management of vasomotor symptoms: a randomized controlled trial
• Selected antioxidants and risk of hormone receptor-defined invasive breast cancers among postmenopausal women in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study
• Selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors and breast cancer risk
• Serum 25(OH) Vitamin D and Risk of Breast Cancer: A Nested Case-Control Study from the French E3N Cohort
• Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Prevention of Breast Cancer: Pooled Analysis
• Serum iron, copper and zinc concentrations and risk of cancer mortality in US adults
• Silibinin Suppresses EGFR Ligand-induced CD44 Expression through Inhibition of EGFR Activity in Breast Cancer Cells
• Skin toxicity from external beam radiation therapy in breast cancer patients: protective effects of Resveratrol, Lycopene, Vitamin C and Anthocianin (Ixor(R))
• Soy Isoflavone Supplementation for Breast Cancer Risk Reduction: A Randomized Phase II Trial
• Soy Isoflavones in the Prevention of Menopausal Bone Loss and Menopausal Symptoms
• Specialty Supplements and Breast Cancer Risk in the VITamins And Lifestyle (VITAL) Cohort
• Stimulatory effect of genistein and apigenin on the growth of breast cancer cells correlates with their ability to activate ER alpha
• Suspected black cohosh hepatotoxicity: no evidence by meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials for isopropanolic black cohosh extract
• Synergistic cytotoxicity between tamoxifen and the plant toxin persin in human breast cancer cells is dependent on Bim expression and mediated by modulation of ceramide metabolism
• Synergistic Effects of Apigenin and Paclitaxel on Apoptosis of Cancer Cells
• The antiproliferative effects of pterostilbene on breast cancer in vitro are via inhibition of constitutive and leptin-induced Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription activation
• The case against laetrile. The fraudulent cancer remedy
• The combination of vitamin C and grape-seed polyphenols increases blood pressure: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
• The effect of 3,3’-diindolylmethane (DIM) on plasma cytokine levels in healthy human subjects
• The effect of high-dose vitamin D supplementation on 25-OH vitamin D levels in breast cancer patients during treatment
• The Effect of the Phytoestrogens Genistein, Daidzein, and Equol on the Growth of Tamoxifen-Resistant T47D/PKCα
• The flavonoid luteolin induces apoptotic cell death through AIF nuclear translocation mediated by activation of ERK and p38 in human breast cancer cell lines
• The herbal medicine black cohosh increases the cytotoxicity of doxorubicin to breast cancer cells by inhibiting doxorubicin efflux
• The red clover (Trifolium pratense) isoflavone biochanin A inhibits aromatase activity and expression
• The role of energy and fat in cancers of the breast and colon-rectum in a Southern European population
• The roles of herbal remedies in survival and quality of life among long-term breast cancer survivors - results of a prospective study
• The t10,c12 isomer of conjugated linoleic acid stimulates mammary tumorigenesis in transgenic mice over-expressing erbB2 in the mammary epithelium
• The Use of Herbal Preparations to Alleviate Climacteric Disorders and Risk of Postmenopausal Breast Cancer in a German Case-Control Study
• Ultraviolet Sunlight Exposure During Adolescence and Adulthood and Breast Cancer Risk: A Population-based Case-Control Study Among Ontario Women
• Vitamin C Inactivates the Proteasome Inhibitor PS-341 in Human Cancer Cells
• Vitamin C intake from diary recordings and risk of breast cancer in the UK dietary cohort consortium
• Vitamin D and aromatase inhibitor-induced musculoskeletal symptoms (AIMSS): a phase II, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial
• Vitamin D and breast cancer recurrence in the Women's Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) Study
• Vitamin D Deficiency in Post-Menopausal Breast Cancer Survivors
• Vitamin D Deficiency Promotes Human Breast Cancer Growth in a Murine Model of Bone Metastasis
• Vitamin D intake and breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women: the Iowa Women’s Health Study
• Vitamin D Supplement Doses and Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D in the Range Associated with Cancer Prevention
• Vitamin D supplementation, 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations, and safety
• Vitamin E Increases Biomarkers of Estrogen Stimulation When Taken With Tamoxifen
• Vitamin supplement use and risk for breast cancer: the Shanghai Breast Cancer Study
• Vitamins C and E and Beta Carotene Supplementation and Cancer Risk: A Randomized Controlled Trial
• Whole-Food Sources of Vitamin A More Effectively Inhibit Female Rat Sexual Maturation, Mammary Gland Development, and Mammary Carcinogenesis than Retinyl Palmitate