Table 4 The beneficial effects of kefir for preventing and treating leukemia

Type of cancer	Type of culture media or animal model	Type of study design	Type of treatment by kefir	Effected discovered after treatment
Leukemia	Human leukemia cell line	In vitro	Cell free fraction of kefir	Reduced proliferation / proapoptotic effects Little cytotoxicity

Source : Rizk et al., 2009; Maalouf et al., 2011