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Home Our Cancer Research Biologic Effects of Flaxseed in Patients with Breast Cancer
| Project Title: | Biologic Effects of Flaxseed in Patients with Breast Cancer |
| Research Institution: | University of Toronto |
| State, Country: | CANADA |
| Researchers: | Lilian U. Thompson Ph.D. / Paul E. Goss Ph.D. |
| Year: | 1996 |
| Project Description: | In this intervention study Dr. Thompson and Dr. Goss are investigating the effet of dietary flaxseed (baked in a muffin) in postmenopausal women with breast cancer evaluating levels of plasma sex hormones urinary lignan excretion and tumor growth as markers of any influence flaxseed may have to inhibit breast cancer. |