UK Health Radio Medical News Update Breast Cancer Study

UK Health Radio Medical News Update

Breast Cancer Study

Encouraging news today that says that restricting calories with food intake lowered by a precise percentage could hinder one of the most aggressive forms of triple negative breast cancers – known as TNBC.   It was found that the calorie restricted diet worked as well as the least responsive to standard treatment – and prevented the cancer from spreading to other organs.  It did this by strengthening the tissue that surrounded the tumour.

The study, which was conducted in Philadelphia, was published in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, and it involved feeding one group of mice a third less food than another group. The results showed that TNBC was less likely to spread when the mice were on a restricted diet.

According to the study, microbes that have been found to increase TNBC were seen to be decreased the most when mice were treated with both calorie restriction and radiation therapy combined.

This decrease in calorie intake, increased the production of proteins involved in strengthening the tissue surrounding the tumour.  One of the doctors involved in the study said that it was important to consider metabolism when women were being treated for cancer. 

Studies have shown that patients who gain weight will have a less effective response to standard treatments and that those who gained weight during treatment had worse outcomes.

This study is important as it will give researchers a molecular target for diagnosing cancers that are more likely to spread and could, potentially, help in the development of a new drug to treat these cancers.

Amanda Thomas

UK Health Radio

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