Eating Cruciferous Vegetables May Improve Breast Cancer Survival

Summary: Breast cancer survivors who eat more cruciferous vegetables may have improved survival, according to a new study by the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and the Shanghai Center for Disease Control. What is a cruciferous vegetable? Some examples are cabbage, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, bok choy, turnips, and other greens. The study followed 4,886 Chinese breast cancer survivors who were diagnosed with breast cancer (stage 1 to stage 4) from 2002 to 2006. As the women ate more of these vegetables their risk of death or cancer recurrence diminished.

Critique: I think that this is really cool. I know a lot of people who have gone through breast cancer so this is quite interesting. I would like to see more follow-up studies about this. The people studied were all Chinese, so I wonder if this would have different effects with different nationalities of people.

Impact: This can reduce risks of death and cancer recurrence for breast cancer survivors. I think that once someone goes through cancer they shouldn't ever have to go through it again so hopefully this will help them.