Green Tea Delays Onset of Breast Cancer in Animals
Exposed to Carcinogen
Study description: Two groups of rats were
exposed to DMBA, a chemical carcinogen used to induce breast cancer. Both groups
were given the same diet, but one group was given water to drink while the other
was given green tea water.
Type of study: Animal
What happened: The rats given green tea water
remained tumor-free for a significantly longer period of time than those given
plain water. And when they did develop breast tumors, the tumors were
significantly smaller.
Researchers' conclusion: "...green tea had
significant chemo-preventive effects on carcinogen-induced mammary tumorigenesis
in female S-D rats."
Citation:
Kavanagh KT, Hafer LJ, Kim DW, et al. Green tea extracts decrease
carcinogen-induced mammary tumor burden in rats and rate of breast cancer cell
proliferation in culture. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry
2001;82(3):387-98. (Click
here to read the PubMed study abstract.)
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