NIH Radio
Genes May Predict Metastatic Breast Cancer – 3
Narrator: This is NIH Health Matters. Diet can influence susceptibility for developing metastatic breast cancer, the advanced stage of the disease in which tumor cells have spread throughout the body. Dr. Kent Hunter, head of the Metastases Susceptibility Section in the Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics at the National Cancer Institute, says studies on mice show a low-fat and high caffeine diet may reduce risk.
Dr. Hunter: Diet can have an effect and that suggests to me that there are probably small molecule agents or some sort of chemo-prevention regimes, that we might be able to incorporate into our therapeutic strategies that will hopefully tilt the balance for women with breast cancer.
Narrator: For more information on metastatic breast cancer, visit www.cancer.gov. Health Matters is produced by the National Institutes of Health, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Contact Us
Send questions or comments to:
Joe Balintfy
NIH News Media Branch
NIHRadio@mail.nih.gov
301-435-7557
About NIH Radio
NIH Radio offers free audio news programs from the National Institutes of Health, your reliable source for health information.
All NIH Radio content is in the public domain and can be used without charge or restriction provided that it is not used to misrepresent our agency nor used to suggest we endorse any private organization, product, or service.
NIH Radio is a service of the Office of Communications & Public Liaison.
Social Media Links