New Broccoli Anti-Cancer Findings

February 28, 2008: 12:00 AM EST

A concentrated extract from broccoli sprouts may cut the development of bladder cancer by more than 50 percent, say researchers from Roswell Park Cancer Institute in New York. Rats were fed freeze-dried aqueous extract of sprouts that contained 600 times the level of isothiocyanates, an anti-carcinogen found in mature broccoli. A significant drop in bladder cancer rates was found compared with the control group that was not fed the extract, says a report in Cancer Research journal. Bladder cancer is diagnosed in about 336,000 people every year worldwide, and it is three times more likely to affect men than women, according to the European School of Oncology. The researchers say it is probably not necessary to eat large amounts of broccoli to ward off cancer, as it was likely that the dosage given to the rats was more than enough to protect them.

Stephen Daniells, "Broccoli Sprouts Linked to Bladder Cancer Protection", NutraIngredients, February 28, 2008, © Decision News Media

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