European Journal of Cancer 2000-Sep
Inhibition of tamoxifen's therapeutic benefit by tangeretin in mammary cancer.
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Tangeretin, a molecule present in citrus fruits and in certain 'natural' menopausal medications, is an effective tumour growth and invasion inhibitor in vitro of human MCF 7/6 breast cancer cells. However, when added to the drinking water of MCF 7/6 tumour-bearing mice it neutralises the beneficial tumour-suppressing effect of tamoxifen. Tangeretin reduces the number of natural killer cells. This may explain why the beneficial suppressive effect of tangeretin on MCF 7/6 cell proliferation in vitro is completely counteracted in vivo.