Worldwide, breast cancer is the second most common form of cancer. Lung cancer is the top cancer killer worldwide, making breast cancer the most common form of cancer for which we have no almost-guaranteed prevention method (as quitting cigarette smoking is for lung cancer). Thailand cancer centers and international hospitals in Bangkok see thousands of breast cancer patients per year, however this could be significantly reduced through a new finding reported in the BMC Cancer journal.

The study, reported in BMC Cancer Journal, reports that olive oil may not only be able to prevent breast cancer, as well as trips to hospitals in Bangkok and Thailand cancer centers, but have some benefits in curing breast cancer. Phenolic fractions, a type of extract, were taken directly from commercial extra virgin olive oil samples and injected into cultured cells from human breast cancers. The specific line that they investigated was HER-2, a line responsible for much hospital medical tourism in Thailand and many visits to Thailand cancer centers. The olive oil was found to kill both positive and negative HER-2 tumors.
The mechanism by which the olive oil worked against breast cancer tumors was to selectively trigger programmed cell death in areas that exhibitied strong HER-2 characteristics. The polyphenols, a compound which has been rigorously investigated by scientists, were the main cause of cancer cell death, depleting HER-2 cell proteins. Hospitals in Bangkok have long been recommending to Thailand medical tourism patients that they eat a well-balanced diet, replacing saturated fats with oils like extra-virgin olive oil. They will now be able to recommend this especially to their breast cancer patients.

There have been several studies in recent times looking at various dietary components’ effect on breast cancer rates in international hospitals in Bangkok and elsewhere. Phytoestrogens, found in green tea and soy, were found to have anti-cancer effects in some studies, while fibre and common vitamins like A, C and E were also found to be beneficial for patients in Thailand cancer centers. Lycopenem an antioxidant found in tomatoes, has also been found to have a cancer-inhibiting effect in some studies.

Olive oil can also be effective for patients undergoing heart surgery in Thailand or at Thailand heart centers. People who regularly replace saturated fats and hydrogenated fats with vegetable oils, but especially olive oil, have lower rates of atherosclerosis, a hardening of the arteries that is a factor in heart disease, as well as colon cancer and diabetes. The lycopene found in tomatoes, a common ingredient in Mediterranean diets, is also assumed to have beneficial effects for Thailand heart center patients.

Those who follow a Mediterranean diet model actually have significantly lower death rates from all causes- in one study, people most closely following the olive oil and salad model of diet common in Greece and its islands had an enormous 50% reduced risk of overall mortality. A Mediterranean diet in this case was assumed to include mostly olive oil, soups, raw vegetables and poultry. On the other hand, those following a meat and pasta diet pattern common in other areas of the Mediterranean had increased mortality from all causes, and more frequently visited Thailand cancer centers, Thailand heart centers and hospitals in Bangkok.

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