Since then, numerous studies have addressed the effects of
these compounds against tumor cells in vitro, in vivo and in first clinical studies [3, 4].
Not exact matches
The discovery of a treatment capable of blocking the mechanism responsible for the formation of metastasis and the existence of a family of promising
compounds, is encouragement for their future assessment in a clinical study that aims to validate a preventive treatment
against tumor metastasis.
When researchers screened a library of more than 200 drugs and related
compounds for activity
against embryonal subtype
tumor cells from three patients, the most promising results involved drugs that increased oxidative stress in
tumor cells.
Lutz and Falkowski cite one study where unique chemical
compounds isolated from an actinomycete strain inhabiting deep - sea sediments about 3.3 kilometers down in the South China Sea have shown potent activities
against three cancerous
tumor cell lines and also showed antibacterial activities.
Due to their high content of sulfur
compounds, onions help prevent prostate cancer, inhibit
tumor growth, and protect
against oxidative stress.