How effective Curcumin in Head and Neck Cancers?
Curcumin, a compound found in the popular Indian spice turmeric, showed an
anti-tumor effect and was able suppress a cell signaling pathway that
causes the growth of head and neck cancer, according to a pilot study using human saliva by researchers at UCLA's
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.
"This study shows that curcumin can work in the mouths of patients with head and neck malignancies and reduce activities that promote cancer growth," Wang said. "And it not only affected the cancer by inhibiting a critical cell signaling pathway, it also affected the saliva itself by reducing pro-inflammatory cytokines within the saliva."
The study appears Sept. 15 in Clinical Cancer Research, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Association of Cancer Research.
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Curcumin, a compound found in the popular Indian spice turmeric, showed an
anti-tumor effect and was able suppress a cell signaling pathway that
causes the growth of head and neck cancer, according to a pilot study using human saliva by researchers at UCLA's
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center."This study shows that curcumin can work in the mouths of patients with head and neck malignancies and reduce activities that promote cancer growth," Wang said. "And it not only affected the cancer by inhibiting a critical cell signaling pathway, it also affected the saliva itself by reducing pro-inflammatory cytokines within the saliva."
The study appears Sept. 15 in Clinical Cancer Research, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Association of Cancer Research.
....read more
