Effects of Pomegranate Juice on Hormonal Biomarkers of Breast Cancer Risk (2010)

Title:

Effects of Pomegranate Juice on Hormonal Biomarkers of Breast Cancer Risk

Key words:

pomegranate juice, serum hormones, nipple aspirate fluid, postmenopausal women

Research Institution:

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Location:

Massachusetts

Researcher:

Susan Sturgeon

Project Description:

Certain sex hormones in the body, especially estrogens, play an important role in the development of breast cancer. This investigation is examining if a daily glass of pomegranate juice alters the sex hormone levels in blood and breast fluid of postmenopausal women.