Dietary Fatty Acids, Isoflavones and Prostate Cancer (1994)

Title:

Dietary Fatty Acids, Isoflavones and Prostate Cancer

Key words:

n-3 and n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids, metastasis, soy, genistein

Research Institution:

American Health Foundation

Location:

New York

Researcher:

David P Rose

Project Description:

Dr. Rose investigated the effects of high fat diets, using n-3 and n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids, on tumor growth and metastasis in two human prostate cancer cell lines. He also investigated whether dietary soy, a source of the antiangiogenic agent genistein, inhibits the establishment of PC-M solid tumors and their metastasis in nude mice.