16 Jan 2024 --- Although breast cancer treatment and early detection methods continue to advance, researchers call for alternative therapies to complement current treatments, as they note that many have long-term adverse side effects. In an early-stage clinical trial, they identified the antiproliferative effects of Boswellia serrata extract against breast cancer. Breast cancer patients consumed an extract of the Indian frankincense tree each day until their surgery. The research team compared the activity of cancer cells in each tumor removed during this surgery with that of tumor pieces removed during the patients’ biopsy. They also compared biopsy and timer samples of women who did not take the Boswellia extract.
