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Four Vitamins Gain Attention as Breast Cancer Fighters

  Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women after skin cancer. Yet, despite all the awareness this disease receives, there will still be an estimated over 290,000 cased diagnosed in 2022 alone.1 One reason may be that truly preventative therapies are all too often dismissed. Key word here is prevention.  Mammograms are not true prevention – they are technically earlier diagnosis. Of course, earlier diagnosis is better than late diagnosis, but true preventio... Read More
at Monday, October 17, 2022

A Powerful but Overlooked Strategy to Prevent Breast Cancer

  Breast cancer is often caused by a compromised ability to detoxify estrogen. Although this hormone is essential– it contributes to skin, bone, psychological, and reproductive health – excess estrogen and the conversion of estrogen into dangerous metabolites can drive cancers in hormone-sensitive tissues (breasts, cervix, uterus, and ovaries). Estrogens are a group of structurally similar hormones that are metabolized continuously in the body. Sometimes these forms ar... Read More
at Thursday, October 8, 2020

Estrogen Metabolism and its Clinical Applications

SpectraCell's Educational webinar series hosted every month addresses how various diagnostic tools can aide in improving patient outcomes. To view our complete webinar library, please be sure to visit by clicking here. One of our most recent webinar presentations is highlighted below.  The presentation gives the viewer a detailed look into understanding methylation processes and key components that may or may not affect estrogen metabolism presented by Dr. Karan Y. Baucom an expert in ... Read More
Posted by Elissa Rodriguez at Friday, June 12, 2015