Benefit of Walnut Consumption Against Breast and Prostate Cancer (2007)

Title:

Benefit of Walnut Consumption Against Breast and Prostate Cancer

Key words:

Walnuts

Research Institution:

Marshall University

Location:

West Virginia

Researcher:

W. Elaine Hardman

Project Description:

In this study, Dr. Hardman sought to determine the efficacy of dietary supplementation of walnuts in delaying the development and progression of breast and prostate cancer. Dr. Hardman used a special transgenic mouse model to better understand the alterations of molecular pathways related to carcinogenesis, metastasis and treatment.