The important preventive effects of wheat bran from mammany cancer and cancers related to estrogen (for example metrocarcinoma etc. ) and from the development of colorectal cancer have been discussed.

• 小麦麸在预防和治疗乳腺癌及与雌激素有关的疾病（如子宫癌等）、预防大肠癌发生和发展中可能有重要作用，但小麦麸含有较多的对人体有害的粗纤维，口感粗涩。