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Monday, April 20th, 2015

Natural Rose Hip Extract Could Reduce and Prevent Breast Cancer

Author:     Nicole Akoukou Thompson
Source:     Latin Post
Publication Date:     Apr 18, 2015 12:45 PM EDT
 Link: Natural Rose Hip Extract Could Reduce and Prevent Breast Cancer
Stephan:   Here is some important new research on breast cancer, and a natural approach, to which I think every woman pay attention.
Rose hips Credit: carey235.blogspot

Rose hips
Credit: carey235.blogspot

Extract from rosehips, the red-orange fruit of the rose plant, could drastically reduce the development and migration of cells from a type of breast cancer, known as triple-negative, which represents about 10-20 percent of breast cancers.

Young Hispanic women and African-American women are disproportionately affected by triple-negative, which is an especially progressive form of cancer. Also, it doesn’t respond to most available treatments administered to cancer patients. For this reason, the need for alternative treatments has driven researchers, patients and doctors searching for unconventional ways to tackle cancer.

In a statement, Patrick Martin, Ph.D., associate professor at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and leader of the study, said, “How awesome would it be to be able to say, Here, take a daily vitamin tablet from the rose plant to possibly help prevent or treat cancer? It’s a natural product that we found to be effective, with no known side effects.”

The U.S. Department of Education, the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health […]

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