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Curcumin & Chemotherapy: Encouraging Clinical Results
Two randomized trials suggest that a long-debated natural compound may enhance chemotherapy response. Curcumin may be the most studied natural compound in modern cancer research, and one of the...
Recent Studies Confirm Value of EVOO Against Cancer
In my book, The Moss Method (2024), I was unstinting in my praise of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) as a means of preventing cancer, especially breast cancer. This recommendation was largely based...
Soy Products May Lower Breast Cancer Recurrences
About half to two-thirds of breast cancer survivors use some form of complementary medicine (Henderson 2004, Saibul 2012). Oftentimes, these involve nutritional strategies. But do these food...
Green Tea Linked to 44% Fewer Breast Cancer Recurrences
A 2024 meta-analysis examined the effect of various nutrients on the recurrence of breast cancer. This rigorous review included 32 high-quality human studies of diet and plant-derived compounds...
Curcumin as a Partner to Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer
A team of researchers in India has tested whether curcumin—the bright yellow compound in turmeric root (Goyal 2025)—could enhance the effects of chemotherapy in women with locally advanced or...
Mitochondrial and Metabolic Theory of Cancer – Prof. Thomas Seyfried
This Podcast contains many scientific terms. To assist our readers in understanding them, we have created this glossary. What if cancer isn’t primarily a genetic disease — but a metabolic one? In...
S5 E6 – Red Wine, Peanuts & Cancer
In this episode of The Moss Report, Ben Moss sits down with Dr. Ralph Moss to explore the science of resveratrol, a powerful plant compound found in these two everyday foods. Discover why low...
S4 E16 – Avocado & Cancer
Avocado & Cancer: Superfood Spotlight Reveals Unexpected Health Alert! https://youtu.be/Mh5g9s15crg Description Dr. Ralph W. Moss and his son Ben dive into the multifaceted world of the...
Hope4Cancer -Tony Jimenez
Vigorous Adoption of New Methods Hope4Cancer is an inpatient facility in the Playas section of Tijuana, across the street from the Pacific Ocean. When we last visited Antonio Jimenez, MD—“Dr....
S4 E6 – Mushrooms & Cancer
Mushrooms & Cancer - After centuries of use and research, are mushrooms magic, myth, or medicine? https://youtu.be/KQPkfy2xzM4 Description Dr. Ralph W. Moss and son Ben discuss the benefits...
S4 E5 – Soy and Breast Cancer
Soy & Breast Cancer - Does it make it worse, better or do nothing at all? What does the science say? https://youtu.be/XTgLnIrxdqI Description Does soy cause cancer or fight cancer? Dr. Ralph...
Olive Oil & Cancer – A 1,000,000 Person Study
https://youtu.be/E3Lf_9vwtts Description Dr. Ralph W. Moss and son Ben discuss the anti-cancer properties in olive oil. Researchers studied over a million people and found highly encouraging...
Breast Cancer Conqueror Podcast – 5.4.20
Dr. Moss speaks with author Dr. Véronique (Dr. V) Desaulniers about Cancer, Incorporated and other topics. You can view the podcast on this page,...
Trophoblasts and Cancer
HCG, A Marker for the Presence of Cancer An article in the orthodox journal, Cancer, has established that a natural hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin, or "hCG," is an accurate marker...
Graviola for Cancer?
Graviola–A Friendly Skeptic’s View An herbal treatment called Graviola burst onto the Internet in early 1999 and is now incorporated into many patients’ regimens. An increasing number of...
Coral Calcium for Cancer
Coral Calcium–A Friendly Skeptic’s ViewIf you had insomnia at any time over the past year, you probably know about coral calcium. For many months, a self-described scientist named Robert...
Study Suggests That Some Breast Cancers May Disappear
Spontaneous Regression Cancers, even advanced cancers, sometimes undergo what is called “spontaneous regression” i.e., they simply shrink or disappear without a trace. This is a phenomenon well...
Down Goes Dr. Baselga
Sandpiper Trial On Saturday, June 2, 2018, Dr. José Baselga, MD, Physician-in-chief of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center was enthused about the results of the SANDPIPER trial. He told the...
FDA Reverses Approval of Avastin
Stunning Reversal In a stunning rebuke to the former director of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), an advisory panel has recommended removing the approval of the drug Avastin (bevacizumab)...
The Disturbing Case of José Baselga
Conflict of InterestThe best-publicized case of conflict of interest in cancer involved José Baselga, MD, Ph.D., the Physician-in-Chief, i.e., the top doctor of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer...
KFC and Cancer: What the Cluck?
Susan G. Komen for the Cure®Just a few years ago, we were told that in order to combat breast cancer we should buy a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken®. At the time, the sprawling chicken purveyor...
A Raid on a Natural Medicine Clinic in the Philippines
In August 2018, 50 armed agents of the Filipino Food and Drug Administration (FDA) raided a natural medicine clinic that was treating cancer in Victoria, Tarlac. The clinic had operated...
Red Wine and Breast Cancer
Resveratrol, A Natural Compound Found in the Skin Of GrapesMost of my research involves long hours on the computer or in the medical library. So it was a pleasure to do fieldwork in New York’s...
Kombucha Benefits are Cloudy
A Fermented Drink I hadn’t thought about drinking kombucha tea until I saw a row of brightly colored glass bottles on a shelf in my local supermarket. For the uninitiated, kombucha is a fermented...
Does Insulin Potentiated Therapy Work?
An Attractive Alternative to Patients “Insulin potentiation therapy” (IPT) is a popular form of cancer treatment. Also called insulin-potentiated targeted low-dose (IPTLD) therapy, it is very...
Vitamins and Chemotherapy
Few issues create more friction between mainstream oncologists and advocates of complementary medicine than the role of vitamins during chemotherapy. While many researchers consider their use...
A Panorama of Mutations
A Huge Growth Advantage Mutations in cancer cells are divided into two kinds: driver and passengers. The drivers are the ones supposedly causing cancer in the first place. Having a large number...
Avastin for Breast Cancer
A Top Selling Cancer DrugIn 2008, the FDA approved Avastin (bevacizumab) as a treatment for advanced breast cancer. This approval was based on a small trial called E2100, which showed a...
The Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) and What It Means
How Can You Tell If Your Immune System Is Deficient? One simple way to tell if your immune system is deficient is to learn how to interpret your complete blood count (CBC). If any of the numbers...
Cancer Stages and the Cancer Staging System
The words “staging” and “staging system” have a special meaning when it comes to cancer. According to the NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms, staging means: “Performing exams and tests to learn the...
Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) and Breast Cancer
Increased IncidenceAs early as 1987, a study published by a group of British physicians showed that breast cancer incidence increased by 59% among women who took hormone replacement therapy (HRT)...
Test May Help Patients Avoid Unnecessary Chemotherapy
Adjuvant Chemotherapy After SurgeryThe use of adjuvant chemotherapy after surgery for breast cancer is often presented as one of oncology’s great success stories. The early use of chemotherapy...
Herceptin – or Deception?
Pivotal Results? Two studies published in October 2005 in the New England Journal of Medicine have sparked a triumphant reaction from both the media and the medical profession. The studies...
Problems with Phase II Trials
This is one of the strangest papers ever published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Elizabeth B. Lamont and ten colleagues. They analyzed the results of phase II clinical trials...
Harvard Professors Question Surgery
Do Operations Speed the Growth of Tumors? The conventional approach to breast cancer consists of mammography, followed by biopsy, and surgery, with or without adjuvant radiation. This has been...