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2025-03-31 21:00:54 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: EA55B82874BF100CB1EFF3083CF9B6B09DC655FBCE87C9838FADACDDD4694DA4
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Most of the research showing capsaicin's anti-cancer effects has been conducted in lab settings using cell cultures or animal models. Lab studies are far from conclusive and cannot be directly applied to human cancer treatment: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/01/070111095730.htm https://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/36/3/837 Conflicting Evidence: https://aacrjournals.org/cancerres/article/71/8/2809/570358/The-Two-Faces-of-CapsaicinIs-Capsaicin-a https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10177684/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9326111/ https://wjso.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12957-019-1615-7 https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/spicy-peppers-breast-cancer/ BIAS: https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/npr-news-natural-news/ https://www.naturalnews.com/021449_Capsaicin_chili_peppers.html
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