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heblaj01 · 12-02-2006, 01:05 AM

Very interesting post.
I could not get to the full text or at least to the References section.
The abstract mentions two clinical trials:

1).A recent pilot clinical trial assessing the effects of ALA-rich dietary flaxseed on tumor biological markers in postmenopausal patients with primary breast cancer demonstrated significant reductions in tumor growth and in HER2 (erbB-2) oncogene expression.

2).Our results molecularly support a recent randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial suggesting that ALA may be a potential dietary alternative or adjunct to currently used drugs in the management of HER2-positive breast carcinomas

I assume the first reference is to the 2005 study of the daily intake of a muffin with 25g of ground flaxseeds for a short period before primary tumor surgery.

Can someone recall the details of the second one?

12-02-2006, 01:05 AM	#6
heblaj01 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 543	Very interesting post. I could not get to the full text or at least to the References section. The abstract mentions two clinical trials: 1).A recent pilot clinical trial assessing the effects of ALA-rich dietary flaxseed on tumor biological markers in postmenopausal patients with primary breast cancer demonstrated significant reductions in tumor growth and in HER2 (erbB-2) oncogene expression. 2).Our results molecularly support a recent randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial suggesting that ALA may be a potential dietary alternative or adjunct to currently used drugs in the management of HER2-positive breast carcinomas I assume the first reference is to the 2005 study of the daily intake of a muffin with 25g of ground flaxseeds for a short period before primary tumor surgery. Can someone recall the details of the second one?