541-323-3833Coriolus Lengthens Life in Breast, Colon, and Gastric Cancer
For every 11 people who breast, colon, or gastric cancer who take coriolus, 1 more person will be alive 5 years later. This result is from a metanalysis of 13 clinical trials. To put this effect in perspective, let’s compare it to some other therapies used in these cancers. Breast: To extend 3 years of life for 1 woman, 8-17 women have to take Herceptin at a total cost of $450,000 to $4 million. Colon: To extend 3 years of life for 1 person with stage III cancer, 14 have to take FOLFOX chemotherapy for 24 weeks. Clearly, coriolus is a safe, effective, and affordable integrative...
Read MoreMushrooms For Breast Cancer Prevention
Nutrition Facts.org (nutritionfacts.org) – Mushrooms For Breast Cancer Prevention – By Michael Greger M.D. – (Thursday, June 06, 2013) Breast cancer can take decades to develop, so “early” detection via mammogram may be too late. The breast cancer you may feel one day as a lump in the shower, may have started 20 years ago. We now suspect that all the epithelial cancers: breast, colon, lung, pancreas, prostate, ovarian-the ones that cause the vast majority of cancer deaths-take up to 20 years or more to manifest. By the time it’s picked up it may have...
Read MoreTest Predicts Risk of Recurrence In Bladder and Colorectal Cancer
You’re newly diagnosed with bladder or colorectal cancer. Surgery is planned, but the doctors aren’t sure how comprehensive the radiation or chemotherapy plan should be. Some people with early stage bladder or colorectal cancer are cured by surgery. However, others have a more aggressive type of cancer, and are likely to get a cancer recurrence. A new test can help doctors determine the risk of cancer recurrence in bladder and colorectal cancer. The test detects a protein, PODXL, that is associated with early cancer recurrence. The researchers state: “The study involved...
Read MoreNew Noninvasive Oral Cancer Detection Method
Texas A&M scientists are developing a more accurate and less invasive way to detect early oral cancer. The new method uses a fluorescent dye and microscopic examination. In research tests, the new method detects oral cancer and squamous cell carcinoma much earlier than current methods. While this oral cancer screening tool is still experimental, the scientists hope that it will be available to physicians and dentists within the next few years.
Read MoreThis Plant May Prevent Melanoma
Star Tribune (startribune.com) – Can Thistle Plant Help Prevent Melanoma? – By Colleen Stoxen -(Monday, May 20, 2013) “Researchers at the Hormel Institute in Austin, Minn., say they have discovered an element in milk thistle that can slow the growth of melanoma – a common, often deadly form of skin cancer. The milk thistle plant contains a natural anti-cancer agent called silybin, also known as silibrinin, which has long been used for preventing allergies and repairing liver damage. Previous studies have shown that silybin can help prevent various cancers, including...
Read MoreStatins Increase Breast Cancer Survival by 33%
From Science News: Breast cancer patients do better on statins Cholesterol-lowering drugs might limit the lethality of breast cancer. While these drugs, called statins, can kill breast cancer cells in laboratory tests (SN: 5/5/2012, p. 30), scientists don’t know whether they can prevent the disease in people or help breast cancer patients. Teemu Murtola, a physician and epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University and colleagues analyzed records of more than 31,000 women in Finland who received a first-time diagnosis of breast cancer from 1995 to 2003. Among women diagnosed with localized...
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