garlic vs prostate and breast cancer

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Take garlic, and don't fear IGF-1 or hGH?

(and clicking on the "Related Articles" link shows studies with garlic of benefit to lung, leukemia, gastric, colorectal cancers and more. The garlic as anti-cancer apparently doesn't have to be raw, either; it can be aged extract. Garlic as anti-infection probably is much better as raw. Chewing raw garlic takes a little getting used to

J Nutr. 2001 Mar;131(3s):1058S-60S. Related Articles, Links

Antiproliferative effects of allium derivatives from garlic.

Pinto JT, Rivlin RS.

There is increasing evidence that allium derivatives from garlic have significant antiproliferative actions on human cancers. Both hormone-responsive and hormone-unresponsive cells lines respond to these derivatives. The effects shown by allium derivatives include induction of apoptosis, regulation of cell cycle progression and modification of pathways of signal transduction. Allium derivatives appear to regulate nuclear factors involved in immune function and inflammation, as well as in cellular proliferation. Our own studies indicate that allium derivatives inhibit proliferation of the human prostate cancer cell line (LNCaP) and the human breast cancer cell line (MCF-7). Further research is required to clarify the mechanisms of inhibition of cellular proliferation by allium derivatives and to explore their potential application to cancer prevention and control.

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PMID: 11238816

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