Aaron Tabor

Thymoquinone is a plant chemical phytonutrient that is found naturally in the plant Nigella sativa, which is more commonly known as black caraway, fennel flower, nutmeg flower, blackseed or Roman coriander. Numerous research studies have suggested that thymoquinone has cancer-fighting properties, pa...
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Triple negative breast cancer TNBC is characterized by a lack of estrogen receptors, progesterone receptors and epidermal growth factor 2 receptors. Because of the lack of hormone receptors, triple negative breast cancers do not respond to targeted hormone therapy or HER2 therapy. Standard therapy f...
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HER2-positive HER2 breast cancers express an excess of the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2. Overexpression of this receptor causes the breast cancer tumors to be more aggressive, which results in greater risk for breast cancer recurrence and poorer outcomes. Previous research has suggested ...
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Obesity is now considered a major contributor to several chronic health conditions including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer among others. Initial research exploring the link between obesity and breast cancer suggested that the production of estrogen from fat tissue was one of the main ...
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Breast cancer progression and metastasis requires a change in breast tissue cells from a normal epithelial form to a mesenchymal, connective tissue-like form. A number of factors are involved in this mesenchymal transition and various growth factors have been implicated in this key step of breast ca...
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