A healthy breast microbiome may help prevent cancer Tamoxifen and a Mediterranean diet promoted bacterial communities that suppress breast tumor growth.

https://www.drugdiscoverynews.com/a-healthy-breast-microbiome-may-help-prevent-cancer-16278?utm_campaign=DDN_Newsletter_Dose&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-948MB4VoaOX9MbzeHz8YVXjDE9QKN-nGWOXjT4Ptc047D-PfcnGbTDO1Z6nCVHhXqi4_kqSVsg06Nst8AYTWMhZX7jxg&_hsmi=405045738&utm_content=405045738&utm_source=hs_email About ten years ago, scientists showed not only that there is a breast microbiome but also that there is a link between breast cancer and disturbances in this microbial community (1,2). Since then, Katherine Cook, a cancer biologist at Wake Forest School of Medicine, has explored strategies for altering the breast microbiome to make it more resistant to cancer. In 2018, her team showed that dietary choices restructure the gut and the breast microbiomes in distinct ways (3).