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Nellie and Lilly Barrett share a moment Sunday in the backyard of their home. In June 2011, Lilly Barrett was diagnosed with breast cancer.

By NELLIE BARRETT ebarrett@shawmedia.com In June 2011, my mom, Lilly, was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Radiation and chemotherapy were a nightmare, but my mom said the hardest part of the process was the task of breaking the news to my twin brother and me.

We had always seen her as strong and in control. We relied on her, and she had suddenly become limited in performing basic duties.

My brother and I took over grocery shopping, cleaning and doing the dishes. I’ll admit that I’ve always been directionally challenged, but after getting lost in the grocery store, I had to call my friend’s mom to ask in what aisle the peanut butter was located.

Independence became a survival tool.

The support from family and friends during my mom’s treatment and recovery was incredible. We were blessed when friends and

church members set up an online care calendar, which guaranteed my family at least three homemade meals a week. If it were up to my dad, we would have been eating rotisserie chicken from Dominick’s every night because he can’t tell the difference between a saucepan and a spatula.

I’ve found the topic of cancer makes some people uncomfortable. However, it hurt me when others ignored the subject. This made it seem as if they did not care about my mom or family.

If you know someone sick or with a sick family member, do not be afraid to bring up the subject. Ask them how they are and ask if there is anything you can do to help. Even if they decline the help, you have done your part. You have become a part of their support system.

“No matter how private you may be, accept help,” my mom said to me last week when we reflected on her experience. “You will find that the generosity of others is overwhelming.”

My mom has fought through her illness by surrounding herself with family and friends. She also uses the LivingWell Cancer Resource Center in Geneva, which provides free counseling, exercise programs, support groups and education for anyone touched by cancer.

My mom believes a positive outlook is necessary.

“Along with faith, family and friends, optimism is a must throughout your treatment and recovery,” she said.

On the days during her treatment when she felt the worst, she would remind herself that the feeling was temporary.

There is a positive way to approach every experience. My mom finally got the thick, curly hair that she has always wanted. She is back to living a healthy, active life and recently has gone back to school to com-

plete a certification course.

Next year, my twin brother and I will leave for college, and my family will be separated for the first time.

I am not worried about my mom. She has an incredible support system made up of her wonderful husband, family, friends and neighbors.

We will all be just fine.

• Nellie Barrett is a senior at Geneva High School and an intern at the Kane County Chronicle. She can be reached at ebarrett@ shawmedia.com.

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ST. CHARLES – The Women of St. Patrick Catholic Church, along with their parish nurse, Victoria Naughton, have planned the eighth annual Bunco for Breast Cancer event, which will take place at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, at the church’s Father Dempsey Hall, 6N491 Crane Road, St. Charles.

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Proceeds will benefit the LivingWell Cancer Resource Center of Geneva. For information, call 630-338-8027 or send an email to vlnaughton@ stpatrickparish.org.

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Britta McKenna, former director of Batavia MainStreet, has launched a nonprofit website, Breast Cancer MyStory, to help others struggling with the disease.

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BATAVIA – As Britta McKenna looked back on her struggle against breast cancer, she recalled discoveries of new and potentially helpful information – but also regular frustration that many of those discoveries came after the information had ceased to be of much help.

“I started getting frustrated at the gaps of knowledge I was encountering from people and online,” McKenna said.

Sometimes, the information concerned significant subjects.

More often than not, the lack of information pertained to details that could have spared either unnecessary pain or struggle.

“I was wondering, for instance, why no one told me that, on the day of my mastectomy, I should wear sweatpants and a zipper-front sweatshirt, because pulling a shirt over your head is really difficult,” McKenna said.

Regardless of the significance of the knowledge gap, McKenna said the experience prompted an emotion in addition to frustration: isolation.

“I found a lot of different resources, but a lot of them weren’t friendly, were outdated or were just downright scary,”

McKenna said. “And very few of them actually pointed me in the direction of where I could get help.

“It kind of makes you feel like you’re navigating alone.”

So McKenna has decided she will devote her energy to providing a resource to make sure no one else suffers the frustration and isolation she felt, launching Breast Cancer MyStory, www.breastcancermystory.org.

McKenna’s struggle began in 2010. Starting in 2004, McKenna became executive director of Batavia MainStreet, an organization dedicated to restoring downtown Batavia as a center of retail and other business.

In December 2010, she resigned from the position to complete a master’s degree at Northern Illinois University.

On Dec. 30, 2010, she was diagnosed with a type of breast cancer known as ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS. From then until November, McKenna underwent four surgeries. She completed reconstruction in April. But as she fought through the process, McKenna turned to her laptop to help her through, conducting online research and journaling her experiences.

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Batavia woman launches website to share story, help people with breast cancer • MCKENNA Continued from page 3 While writing, McKenna discovered she was creating a list of things she had learned from her experiences, tips she thought may be useful to others undergoing similar struggles.

“I sent them to one of my breast surgeons, asking her what she thought,” McKenna said.

“She wrote back and said, ‘These are great. Can I use them?’

“It was right then that I realized I might have a potential market for these.”

From there, McKenna went from jotting down her thoughts and experiences to conducting interviews, beginning with her medical caregivers. In the process of interviewing, writing and reviewing, some doctors encouraged her to take the process from the confines of her personal computer to the Internet.

Acting on that encouragement, McKenna began blogging, continuing to share her own experiences and adding developments in breast cancer research and news. She noted, for instance, that research she encountered concerning the relationship of body mass index and weight to breast cancer prompted her to alter her lifestyle, drop weight and bring her BMI into “a good and normal range.”

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“I’ve discovered there is so much going on, so many good things,” McKenna said.

“I was thinking, ‘What can I do to help people digest this?’”

With blogging under her belt, McKenna turned to her former business associates – including the Waubonsee Small Business Development Center at Waubonsee Community College in Sugar Grove – to further refine her product and relate it to a “bigger idea.”

“I’ve learned that every year, there are 60,000 people diagnosed with DCIS,” McKenna said. “I decided that I will help take away the fear, and give them a soft place to land online, a friendly place.”

McKenna said her website is a work in progress as she seeks to develop the site in partnership with others who may have ideas or stories to share.

To support the website, she assembled a board of directors to oversee the project and applied to the Internal Revenue Service for nonprofit status, allowing the website to accept donations.

“I decided early on that I didn’t want this to be a forprofit business,” McKenna said. “I want this to be about helping people find the help and guidance they need.

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Photos by KAREN NAESS For the Kane County Chronicle TOP RIGHT: Participants gather Saturday for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K at the Chicago Premium Outlets in Aurora.

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Firefighters suit up in pink to fight cancer

By NICOLE WESKERNA nweskerna@shawmedia.com Members of the Fox River and Countryside Fire/Rescue District – and anyone who buys one of their bright pink T-shirts – are doing their part to fight breast cancer.

Through October, firefighters are wearing the pink shirts while on duty and selling them to support the American Cancer Society. The shirts were designed by firefighter/paramedic Mike Baumgart, who started the initiative last year.

He said he wanted to give back after losing his mother, Jill Baumgart, to breast cancer when he was 17. She was 40 years old.

“That’s the reason I went into the fire service,” he said.

“I was still in high school when she passed away. I was no longer concerned with how much money I made, and I wanted to do something that would allow me to prevent someone from going through the same thing.”

Baumgart designed the shirts this year and last year.

He said last year’s design was a tribute to his mother and included her initials. He wanted to include other firefighters whose friends or family had been touched by breast cancer, so more initials were added to this year’s logo.

He said he and his sisters have been participating in Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walks for the past sev-

To buy a shirt Call the Fox River and Countryside Fire/Rescue District at 630-5843473. Short-sleeved shirts are $15 and long-sleeved shirts are $18. Proceeds go to the American Cancer Society.

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(From left to right) Scott Lyng, Mike Baumgart, Chris Wampnar, Greg Feely and Sean McNichols, firefighter/paramedics with the Fox River and Countryside Fire/Rescue District in Wasco, wear pink shirts designed by Baumgart in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. eral years. But once he got established with his job at the Fox River and Countryside Fire/Rescue District, he found another way to raise funds.

Baumgart, 30, of Cary, joined the Fox River and Countryside Fire/Rescue District five years ago. Before working with the district, he worked with various departments, including Woodstock, Algonquin and Huntley, which is how he

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By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com GENEVA – A breast cancer diagnosis can throw a woman into an emotional tailspin, but there are ways she can help herself through it.

Jill Hoffmann-Setork, program coordinator for LivingWell Cancer Resource Center in Geneva, said the most important thing is to get emotional support from LivingWell family and through counseling or a support group.

“This is a hard thing to go through by yourself,” Hoffmann-Setork said. “I would recommend they find resources to help them, such as Imerman Angels. They match patients with other patients who completed treatment as well, so they don’t go through it by themselves. You can talk to somebody who’s been there.”

Along with emotional support, education is a key component for dealing with the disease, Hoffmann-Setork said.

“We don’t advise Googling; that can provide panic

attacks,” Hoffmann-Setork said.

Instead, she tells patients they should seek information from reputable sources, such as on the LivingWell website, American Cancer Society, Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins, University of Illinois at Chicago, Northwestern University Hospital and Susan G. Komen for the Cure, among others.

A new breast cancer patient also should consider what to tell her children, Hoffmann-Setork said.

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one question I get is ‘What do I tell my kids?’ ” she said.

“What I advise is to be ageappropriate and honest. They know when something’s up.

When you are honest, it takes some anxiety away. They are not afraid of cancer the way adults are, but it’s still a scary experience.”

One way to explain cancer to young children is that sometimes cells in the body grow too quickly, and that causes cancer, she said.

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Women share their fight with breast cancer

By ASHLEY RHODEBECK arhodebeck@shawmedia.com It has been 13 years since Betsy Penny, then 60 and recently retired, was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer.

She credits the early detection to her regular mammograms, a screening she began getting in her 40s.

“I always call myself the poster child for mammograms,” the former St. Charles alderwoman said, noting her doctor was Betsy Penny insistent about the screening because of her family history with breast cancer.

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“I felt very strongly that I wanted people to know that I had [breast cancer]. I didn’t want people to feel like they couldn’t talk to me about it.”

Betsy Penny Former St. Charles 2nd Ward alderwoman mon cancer among women, excluding skin cancers. It states a woman living in the United States has a 1 in 8 risk of being diagnosed.

The American Cancer Society recommends women get annual mammograms beginning at age 40.

Batavia resident Jean Rompel, 66, can attest to the importance of mammograms.

Although she usually gets one annually, she put it off last year because a fall had injured her right breast. But her best friend insisted she get the mammogram, and

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She was willing to tell her story.

“I felt very strongly that I wanted people to know that I had it,” Penny said. “I didn’t want people to feel like they couldn’t talk to me about it.”

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She now tries to reach out to others diagnosed with breast cancer, and she gives them a book she considers a good reference.

“I was pretty lucky,” said Penny, explaining her mild case required neither “heavy-duty chemo” nor radiation.

But she has felt survivor’s guilt when she sees women with young children battling the disease.

Penny was post-menopausal, and her kids were grown when she was diagnosed.

Rompel urges women to have a yearly mammogram.

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The event will celebrate Lee National Denim Day, a fundraiser created by Lee Jeans in which companies allow employees to dress casually for a day in exchange for a donation to the American Cancer Society.

“Our employees are always interested in participating in more charitable causes,” said Kristine Kowalski, vice president of marketing for KCT Credit Union, in a news release.

“Lee National Denim Day is easy and fun to do. Everyone gets to wear jeans to work in exchange for a donation, and the money helps fight breast cancer, a cause that is very important to many of our employees.”

The net proceeds from Lee National Denim Day will support the American Cancer Society’s community-based programs, including screenings for breast cancer.

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“Our employees are always interested in participating in more charitable causes. Lee National Denim Day is easy and fun to do. Everyone gets to wear jeans to work in exchange for a donation, and the money helps fight breast cancer, a cause that is very important to many of our employees.”

Kristine Kowalski vice president of marketing for KCT Credit Union Hope Lodge, which provides cancer patients and their families with a free place to stay when they have to travel for breast cancer treatment.

Those who want to help the American Cancer Society can donate to the KCT Credit Union Lee National Denim Day effort.

“In addition to stopping by our Elgin, Geneva or Aurora

offices, the community may make donations to Lee National Denim Day by accessing KCT’s fundraising team page at kctcu.org,” Kowalski said.

For information about Lee National Denim Day, visit www.denimday.com.

To learn about KCT Credit Union, call 847-741-3344.

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KCT Credit Union to help fight breast cancer with Denim Day

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Nutrition & Breast Health Breast Cancer Is The Leading Cancer In Women s %VERY THREE MINUTES A WOMAN IN THE 5NITED 3TATES IS DIAGNOSED WITH "REAST #ANCER s "REAST CANCER INCIDENCE IN WOMEN HAS INCREASED FROM IN IN TO IN TODAY

The American Cancer Society and National Cancer Institute estimates that roughly one-third of all cancer deaths are related to diet and activity. But diet alone is unlikely to be the “cause” or “cure” of cancer. Although more research needs to be done on diet and breast cancer, findings suggest that physical activity, a healthy diet (particularly one low in fat and high in vegetables and fiber), and a healthy weight can help reduce the risk of breast cancer or of cancer returning.

Diet and Cancer

What you eat can hurt you, but it can also help you. Many vegetables and oils not commonly eaten contain important phytochemicals from the antioxidants that neutralize the damage caused by free radicals to the powerful phytochemicals that scientist are just beginning to explore. There isn’t a single element in a particular food that doesn’t work: The best thing to do is to eat a variety of whole foods. It is true that you can get many of the nutrients you need from the food you eat; however, most people do not eat enough of these unique whole foods. This is why nutritional supplementation is a vital component of fighting cancer. On the back you can read about the compounds in some commonly not eaten but necessary foods and oils that are good for your health.

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This wonderful oil is a natural source of gamma-linolenic acid (GLA). GLA is one of two essential fatty acids that are necessary for maintaining normal functioning and growth of cells, nerves, muscles and organs.

In 2005 a study from Northwestern University and later published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institue1 found; “Gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), in various plant oils used in herbal medicine, inhibited the action of Her-2/neu, a cancer gene that s responsible for almost 30 percent of all breast cancers, Northwestern University researchers reported.”

1. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol 97, No. 21, 1611-1615, November 2, 2005.

Cruciferous Vegetables such as Kale and Brussels Sprouts Eat wisely because comprehensive scientific evidence supports phytochemicals such as indole-3 carbinol (13C), which is naturally found in cruciferous foods such as kale and brussels sprouts.

1. Pledgie-Tracy A, Sobolewski MD, Davidson NE. Sulforaphane induces cell type-specific apoptosis in human breast cancer cell lines, Mol Cancer Ther. 2007 Mar;6(3): 1013-21.

2. Xiao D, Singh SV. Phenethyl isothiocyanate inhibits angiogenesis in vitro and ex vivo. Cancer Res. 2007 Mar 1; 67 (5):2239-46.

3. Pappa G, Strathmann J, Lowinger M, Bartsch H, Gerhauser C. Quantitative combination effects between sulforaphane and 3,3’-dindolylmethane on proliferation of human colon cancer cells in vitro. Carcinogenesis. 2007 Feb 28.

4. Garcia HH, Brar GA, Nguyen DH, Bjeldanes LF, Firestone GL. Indole-c-carbinol (I3C) inhibits cyclin-dependent kinase-2 function in human breast cancer cells by regulating the size distribution, associated cyclin E forms, and subcellular localization of the CDK2 protein complex.

I Biol Chem. 2005 Mar 11l280(10):8756-64.

5. Rogan EG. The natural chemopreventive compound indole-3-carbinol; state of the science. In Vivo. 2006 Mar;20(2):221-8.

6. Kristal AR, Lampe JW. Brassica vegetables consumption reduces urinary F2-isoprostane levels independent of micronutrient intake.

Carcinogenesis. 2006 Oct;27(10);2096-102.

7. Fowke JH, Morrow JD, Motley S, Bostick RM, Ness RM. Brassica vegetable consumption reduces urinary F2-isoprostane levels independent of micronutrient intake. Carcinogenesis. 2006 Oct; 27(10);2096-102.

8. Aggarwal BB, Ichikawa H. Molecular targets and anticancer potential of indole-3-carbinol and its derivatives. Cell Cycle. 2005 Sep;4(9):1201-15.

9. Sarkar FH, Li Y. Indole-3-carbinol and prostate cancer. J Nutr. 2004 Dec;134(12 Suppl):3493S-8S. 10. Plate AY, Gallaher DD. Effects of indole-3 carbinol and phenethyl isothiocyanate on colon carcinogenesis induced by azoxymethane in rats.

Carcinogenesis 2006 Feb;27(2):287-92.

11. Bonnesen C, Eggleston IM, Hayes JD. Dietary indoles and isothiocyanates that are generated from cruciferous vegetables can both stimulate apoptosis and confer protection against DNA damage in human colon cell lines. Cancer Res. 2001 Aug 15;61 (16):6120-30.

12. Tadi K, Chang Y, Ashok BT, et al. 3,3’-Dindolylmethane, a cruciferous vegetable derived synthetic anti-proliferative compound in thyroid disease. Biochem. Biophys. Res Commun. 2005 Nov 25;337(3); 1019-25.

13. Kim YS, Milner JA. Targets for indole-3-carbonol in cancer prevention. J Nutr Biochem. 2005 Feb;16(2):65-73.

14. Brew CT, Aronchik I, Hsu JC, et al. Indole-3-carbinol activates the ATM Signaling pathway independent of DNA damage to stabilize p53 and induce G1 attest of human mammary epithelial cells. Int J Cancer. 2006 Feb 15:118(4):857-68.

15. Chang X, Tou JC, Hong C, et al. 3,3’-Dindolylmethane inhibits angiogenesis and the growth of transplantable human breast carcinoma in athymic mice. Carcinogenesis. 2005 Apr;26(4):771-8.

16. Manson MM, Farmer PB, Gescher A, Steward WP. Innovative agents in cancer prevention. Recent Results Cancer Res. 2005;166:257-75.

17. Shakla Y. Kalra N, Katiyar S, Siddiqui IA, Arora A. Chemopreventive effect of indole-3-carbinol on induction of preneoplastic altered hepatic foci. Nutr Cancer. 2004;50(2):214-20.

18. Garikapaty VP, Ashok BT, Chen YG, et al. Anti-carcinogenic and anti-metastatic properties of indole-3-carbinol in prostate cancer. Oncol Rep. 2005 Jan:13(1):89-93.

19. Rahman KW, Sarkar FH. Inhibition of nuclear translocation of nuclear factor-{kappa}B contributes to 3,3’-dinodolymethane-induced apoptosis in breast cancer cells. Cancer Res. 2005. Jan 1;65(1):364-71.

20. Qi M, Anderson AE, Chen DZ, Sun S, Auborn KJ. Indole-3-carbinol prevents PTEN loss in cervical cancer in vivo. Mol Med. 2005 Jan:11(112):59-63.

21. Myzak MC, Tong P, Dashwood WM, Dashwood RH, Ho F. Sulforaphane retards the growth of human PC-3 xenografts and inhibits HDAC activity in human subjects. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2007 Feb:232(2):227-34.

22. Li Y, Chinni SR, Sarkar FH. Selective growth regulatory and pro-apoptotic effects of DIM is mediated by AKT and NF-kappaB pathways in prostate cancer cells. Front Biosci. 2005 Jan 1:10:236-23. British Journal of Cancer (2006) 94,407-426.

23. British Journal of Cancer (2006) 94, 407-423.

Scientific data implicate omega-3 fatty acids, such as those found in oily fish, as inhibitors of development and progression of a range of human cancers. 1,2 The ration of omega-6 to omega-3 fats in diet is equally as important. One should not consume too much omega-6 fats in relation to omage-3 fats.

The typical American diet contains up to 20 times as much omega-6 fats as it does omage-3 fats; the optimum ration for health is 1:1. The beneficial omage-3 fats won’t work well in protecting you from cancer if the diet contains too much omega-6 fats and little or nor omega-3 fats.

Omega-3 fats are found in oily fish, like tuna, sardines, salmon, trout, and mackerel, as well as in flaxseeds and walnuts. To limit your intake of omega-6 fats, you can use olive oil for cooking and avoid processed foods, such as, margarine.

Research has found that women with the highest omega-3 fats in breast fatty tissue were less apt to have breast cancer than women with the least omega-3 fats.3 1. Bournoux P, n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and cancer, Curr Opin Nutr Matab Care 1999, 2:121-126.

2. de Deckere EA. Possible beneficial effect of fish and fish n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in breasts and colorectal cancer. Eur I Cancer Prey 1999, 8:213-122.

3. International Journal of Cancer, 2002 Mar 1;98(1):78-83.

Fiber Research has shown that a high fiber diet works to reduce hormones levels that may have been involved in the progression of breast cancer, 1-5 and that fiber increases the amount of estrogen removed from the body.6 1. Slavin JL Mechanisms for the impact of whole grain foods on cancer rick. J Am Call Nutr. 2000,62(1):129-134 2. Stoll BA. Can supplementaty dietary fiber suppress breast cancer growth? Br J Cancer 1996,73(5):557-559.

3. Bagga D, Ashley JM, Geffrey SP, Wang HJ, Barnard RJ, Koreman S, etal. Effects of a very low fat, high fiber diet on serum hormones and menstrual function. Implications for breast cancer prevention. Cancer 1995:73(12):24912946.

4. Adiercreeutz H. Western diet and Western diseases, some hormonal and biochemical mechanisms and associations. Scand J Clin Cab Invest Suppl, 1990:201:3-23.

5. Rock CL, Flatt SW, Thomson CA, Stefanick ML, Newman VA, Jones LA, et al. Effect of a high-fiber, low-fat diet intervention on serum concentrations of reproductive steroid hormones in woman with a history of breast cancer.

J Clin Oncol. 2004;22(12):2379-2387.

6. Goldin Br, Adiercreeuta H, Gorbach SL, Warram JH, Dwyer JT, Swenson L, et al. Estrogen excretion patterns and plasma levels in vegetarian and omnivorous women. N Engl J Med 1982, 307:1542-1547

Healthy Weight Reduces Risk of First-time Breast Cancer and Recurrence.

Maintaining a healthy weight may help reduce the risk of breast cancer coming back. In 2005 and 2006 study, researchers found that women who were overweight had an increased risk of breast cancer. 1, 2 If you are overweight and would like more information about achieving a healthy weight loss, talk to your health care provider about their purification/detoxification program.

1. Kotsopoulos, J. Breast Cancer Research, Aug. 19, 2005; vol 7:pp R833-R843. News release, BioMed Central.

2. McTiernan, A. Obesity, September 2006: vol 14:99 1662-1677. Anne McTierman, MD, PhD, director of cancer prevention, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center of medicine and public health, University of Washington, Seattle. Kathryn A. Allem, RD, LD, manager, department of nutrition; clinical dietitian, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Fla.

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This particular group of vegetables is an excellent source of distinctive phytochemicals known as glucosinolates. Once inside the body, glucosinolates are changed into compounds such as indole-3-carbinol (I3C) and isothiocyanates (including sulforaphane). These phytochemical compounds have been shown to protect against color, breast, prostate, thyroid, cervical, and other cancers. 1-22 Additionally, recent studies, such as one from the British Journal of Cancer, reveal that certain naturally occurring phytochemicals found in cruciferous vegetables target specific breast cancer genes. 23

Breast Cancer and Omega-3 Fats

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