This exploratory, non-randomized clinical study aims to evaluate the potential impact of a diet enriched with fruits and chaya (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius) infusion on genomic instability and selected biochemical parameters in women with breast cancer undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). Participants are assigned to either a control group receiving a conventional diet or an experimental group receiving the modified diet. Blood samples are collected at three time points during chemotherapy: prior to the first session, after the second cycle, and after the third cycle. The study involves the analysis of genomic instability using the comet assay, along with standard hematological and biochemical testing. The study was reviewed and approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Graduate and Research Unit of the Faculty of Medicine at the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán. It is being conducted between August 2022 and September 2024.
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Genomic instability index (Comet assay)
Timeframe: Baseline (prior to first NAC cycle), at the end of Cycle 2 (approximately Day 42), and at the end of Cycle 3 (approximately Day 63); each NAC cycle is 21 days in duration.