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New research offers hope for women diagnosed with breast cancer and those hoping to avoid the disease altogether. That’s good news considering that according to the American Cancer Society an estimated 36,620 American women died in 2013 alone. An additional 232,340 breast cancer diagnoses were made in the same year. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer by death among women, next to lung cancer.

Exciting new research released in the journal Clinical and Experiential Medicine found that curcumin, a naturally-occurring substance found in the spice turmeric, helps fight breast cancer. The herb has been heavily studied in the past as a possible natural treatment for cancer but this new research shows the herb’s effectiveness against breast cancer, in particular. The study found better results as doses of the herb’s effective ingredient curcumin increased.

Other research in the medical journal Molecular Carcinogenesis found that curcumin caused cancer cells to commit suicide, a process known as apoptosis. The scientists concluded that “Our findings provide mechanistic support for the potential use of…curcuminoids as a novel class of cancer chemopreventive agents.”

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