Broccoli is frequently touted as a food that can help prevent cancer, but a compound found in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables also may treat it.
Roderick H. Dashwood, a researcher at the Texas A&M Health Science Center Institute of Biosciences and Technology, has been studying whether a compound known as sulforaphane, which occurs naturally in broccoli, could be used to treat advanced prostate cancer.
In a paper published in the journal Oncogenesis, Dashwood and collaborators from Oregon State University detail how a particular enzyme in prostate cancer cells known as SUV39H1 is affected by exposure to sulforaphane.
"There is significant evidence that cruciferous vegetables can help prevent cancer."
