HEALTH COACH - Whole tomato extract can prevent, treat stomach cancer

HEALTH COACH -

 Whole tomato extract can prevent, treat stomach cancer  





 Many studies have suggested that tomatoes have anti-cancer properties. A new study provides further evidence after finding that total tomato extract has the potential to treat and even avoid stomach cancer. 
 
  
  The researchers found that whole tomato extract has the potential to fight against stomach cancer. 
 Researchers in the United States and Italy found that whole extracts of two varieties of tomatoes - San Marzano and Corbarino - blocked the growth of cancer cells and reduced their malignant characteristics. 

 The co-author of the study, Professor Antonio Giordano, director of the Sbarro Institute for Molecular Medicine at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and colleagues recently reported their findings in  Journal of Cellular Physiology . 

 According to the American Cancer Society, there will be about 28,000 cases of stomach cancer diagnosed in the United States this year. 

 Also called gastric cancer, stomach cancer is the most common in the elderly; About 60 percent of adults diagnosed with the disease are 65 years of age or older. 

 Previous studies have suggested that compounds found in tomatoes - such as lycopene, a carotenoid that gives tomatoes their red color - can help fight cancer. 

 However, Professor Giordano and his colleagues note that few studies have studied the anticancer effects of whole tomatoes - a research gap they undertook to deal with their new study 
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 Growth of stomach cancer cells arrested with whole tomato extracts 

 To achieve their results, researchers tested the effects of whole extracts of San Marzano and Corbarino tomatoes on cancer lines of stomach cancer. 

  They found that each extract not only stopped the growth of gastric cancer cells, but they also interfered with cell migration - by which cancer cells begin to move away from the tumor Primary to invade the surrounding tissue - and lead to a cancer cell. 

 In addition, researchers found that the anticancer effects of tomato extracts did not depend on a particular compound. 

 "Their anti-tumor effect does not seem to be linked to specific components, such as lycopene, but rather suggests that tomatoes be considered in their entirety," explains Daniela Barone, co-author of the study. Center for Oncology Research in Mercogliano, Italy. 

 According to the researchers, their results indicate that whole tomato extracts can be useful for the prevention and treatment of stomach cancer. 

 
 "Our results allow for a more thorough assessment of the potential use of specific nutrients not only as part of cancer prevention but also as a supportive strategy with conventional therapies" 
 
 Antonio Giordano 
 

 The team notes that some varieties of tomatoes can have different effects on cancer cells, which future studies should study. 

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