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Eating or drinking this tasty, nutrient rich fruit might help to slow of stop breast cancer according to a new study published in Cancer Prevention Research. The work identifies a group of phytochemicals known as ellagitannins, abundant in pomegranates, that inhibit the growth of estrogen responsive breast cancers in the lab.

The researchers believe the ellagitannins in pomegranates work by inhibiting a key enzyme (known as aromatase) the body uses to make estrogen, which is suspected of a role in breast cancer growth.

“Phytochemicals suppress estrogen production that prevents the proliferation of breast cancer cells and the growth of estrogen-responsive tumors,” explains researcher Shiuan Chen, PhD, director of the Division of Tumor Cell Biology and co-leader of the Breast Cancer Research Program at City of Hope in Duarte, California. Continue reading ‘Pomegranate Health Benefits Include Being Able to Stop Breast Cancer’ »

In the previous articles, I discussed how I found out about the breast cancer and my mastectomy. Now, I start the chemotherapy and what no one told me would happen.

Choosing Chemo

I had no idea that you had to choose your own therapy. It seems that you are given several choices and you go from there. I chose the shortest round possible. I did not want to go through chemo and I wanted it all to end.

The Day the Hair Revolted

We all know that you lose your hair during chemo. What no one told me was how fast it would go. I learned from other breast cancer survivors that it is about three weeks later you lose your hair. For me, it was three weeks to the day.

One day, I got in the shower with all my hair and got out with none. It was like all my hair planned it out, waited for the right moment, and then decided to jump ship on the same day. It really was that fast. Before shower hair, after shower no hair. Continue reading ‘Breast Cancer – Diagnosed at 32, My Story Part 3 – Chemotherapy’ »