Breast cancer doesn’t typically become a deadly disease until it
metastasizes. Tumors that remain confined to the breast tissue
can usually be treated with relative ease by surgery, radiation,
and/or anticancer drugs. But once cancer cells metastasize, or
spread, to other parts of the body—forming satellite tumors in
places like the lymph nodes, bones, liver, lungs, and
brain—tracking down and destroying every errant malignant cell
may be near impossible … and the chances of survival worsen
considerably. No known pharmaceutical drug effectively prevents
breast cancer metastasis. However, new research from the M.D.
Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas in Houston
suggests that consuming adequate amounts of the common spice
curcumin may halt the spread of breast cancer in its tracks.1
Curcumin is the primary ingredient in turmeric (Curcuma longa),
the spice that gives curry its trademark yellow color and unique
flavor. Turmeric has been used for millennia all over South
Asia, not just for flavoring