To all of the ladies, please look into checking these off today!
References:
- Sleep:
– Inhibitory effects of Melatonin on breast cancer, Zhong Nan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban. 2017 Mar 28;42(3):346-351
– Melatonin: an inhibitor of Breast Cancer, Endocr Relat Cancer. 2015 Jun;22(3):R183-204
- Vitamin D:
– Association between vitamin D deficiency and breast cancer, Pak J Med Sci. 2017 May-Jun;33(3):645-649
– Meta-analysis of Vitamin D Sufficiency for Improving Survival of Patients with Breast Cancer, Anticancer Research, March 2014 (vol. 34 no. 3 1163-1166)
- Exercise/Excess Weight:
– High Fasting Blood Glucose and Obesity Significantly and Independently Increase Risk of Breast Cancer Death in Hormone Receptor-Positive Disease, European Journal of Cancer, 2013 Sep 03
– Obesity and Breast Cancer Prognosis: Evidence, Challenges, and Opportunities. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2016 Dec 10;34(35):4203-4216. Epub 2016 Nov 7.
- Nutrition:
– Adherence to the Western, Prudent and Mediterranean dietary patterns and breast cancer risk: MCC-Spain study. Maturitas. 2017 Sep;103:8-15. Epub 2017 Jun 12.
– Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center, Article (“Drinking After Diagnosis”)
- Natural Compounds:
– Anti-cancer activities of tea epigallocatechin-3-gallate in breast cancer patients under radiotherapy. Curr Mol Med. 2012 Feb;12(2):163-76.
–The combination of epigallocatechin gallate and curcumin suppresses ER alpha-breast cancer cell growth in vitro and in vivo. Int J Cancer. 2008 May 1;122(9):1966-71.
Dr. David Karl Oster is a licensed Naturopathic Doctor (ND/FABNO), and founder of www.OsterOncology.com, a video consultation-based medical practice exclusively focused on supporting cancer patients moving through active treatment anywhere in North America, with the use of Naturopathic Oncology.