The Antitumor Mechanisms Of Green Tea Extract In Breast Cancer Prevention
An oral green tea extract, Polyphenon E, appears to inhibit vascular endothelial growth factor and hepatocyte growth factor, both of which promote tumor cell growth, migration and invasion. Researchers made this discovery during a secondary analysis of a phase Ib randomized, placebo-controlled study of Polyphenon E in a group of 40 women with hormone receptor-negative breast cancer…
October 22, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: discovery, discovery-during, growth-factor, inhibit-vascular, nutritional counseling, oral-green, polyphenon, tea-extract, tumor-cell
