Roomi MW, Roomi NW, Ivanov V, Niedzwiecki A, Rath M

Presented at: 
95th Annual Meeting of American Association for Cancer Research, Orlando, FL, March 27-31, 2004.

Published in: 
95th Annual Meeting of American Association for Cancer Research Proceedings, 45:881, March 2004.

Comment

Incidence and mortality from breast cancer in women, the third most prevalent cancer worldwide, is steadily increasing, especially in developed societies. This study examined the synergistic effect of a specific formulation of nutrients containing lysine, proline, ascorbic acid and green tea extract on the growth of mammary tumors induced in 50-day-old female Sprague-Dawley rats by the carcinogen N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU). Nutrient Synergy significantly inhibited the incidence, as well as the growth, of MNU-induced mammary tumors, indicating that it has strong potential as a useful therapeutic regimen for inhibiting breast cancer development.