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Remembering Dieter Hager

Memorial Remarks Remarks delivered at a memorial service in Bad Bergzabern, Germany, on Jan. 15, 2010. I have come here today to both mourn and celebrate a man that I knew as a scientist and a...

Positive Results with PectaSol-C

Modified Citrus Pectin This year also brought a major advance in understanding the effects of modified citrus pectin  (MCP) on cancer cells. Scientists at Columbia University published a paper...

Melatonin

Cherries, Sleep, and Anti-Cancer The French philosopher René Descartes considered the pineal gland, nestled deep within the brain, to be the “principal seat of the soul…and the place in which all...

Boswellia (Frankincense)

Lipoxygenase (LOX)Frankincense is a sap tapped from the Boswellia tree by slashing the bark and allowing the resins to flow and harden. This odd-sounding substance has been used in folk medicine...

Metatrol and Head and Neck Cancer

Fermented Wheat Germ Extract A clinical trial was carried out at the Ear, Nose, and Throat Clinic of Semmelweis University, Budapest, under the direction of the late Prof. Ottó Ribári...

Modified Citrus Pectin

Fractionated PolysaccharideModified Citrus Pectin (MCP) is what is called a “fractionated polysaccharide” derived from  soluble fiber in the peel of citrus fruit. Kenneth J. Pienta, MD, a...

Vanillin and Cancer Stem Cells

Suppressing Cancer “stem-ness” A surprising finding is that vanillin, a key flavor component in the vanilla bean (Vanilla planifolia), can “suppress cancer stem-ness”, particularly in lung cancer...

FWGE (Metatrol®) and Colorectal Cancer

 Fermented Wheat Germ Extract is a Very Important Compound It contains chemicals called benzoquinones that have a unique effect on cancer. A study in the British Journal of Cancer showed that...

Ketogenic Diet

The Effects of Ketones on Cancer The NCI defines metabolism as: “The chemical changes that take place in a cell or an organism. These changes make energy and the materials cells and organisms...

New England CAM Cancer Clinics

Medical Powerhouses New England CAM-cancer clinics are virtually synonymous with Boston-area clinics. The city of Boston, with its population of 600,000+, lies at the heart of the...

Lancet PORT Study of Radiation for Lung Cancer

Meta-Analysis The Postoperative (Adjuvant) Radiation Therapy (PORT) Study, otherwise known as the Lancet Meta-Analysis, is the most complete summary to date on the use of postoperative RT in the...

Remarkable Results with Newcastle Virus

Newcastle Virus Deserves Attention One experimental cancer treatment that has not received the attention it deserves is the Newcastle Disease virus (NDV) vaccine. In the US, this treatment,...

Ketorolac – Toradol®

A Remarkable Discovery There has been a remarkable discovery concerning the effect on cancer relapse of a common prescription drug, ketorolac (Toradol®). Michael W. Retsky, Ph.D. formerly of the...

Galectin-3 and Cancer

Role of Galectin-3 and Modified Citrus PectinGalectin-3 is a proteinGalectin-3 is a protein whose production is encoded by one particular gene (called LGALS3). It is one of 14 lectins that have...

Melanoma and Exercise

The Shape of Things to Come While mainstream oncology focuses on new pharmaceutical treatments for melanoma, there is evidence that just maintaining the patient’s underlying health can also have...

Chemoembolization

Cut off Blood Supply and Inject Sponge Particles A technique for tackling liver metastases has been to cut off the blood supply to the tumor by physically blocking the hepatic artery’s flow. This...

PET-CT Scans and Cancer

Measuring the Uptake of GlucosePositron emission tomography (PET) scans, using a tracer drug called FDG, detect the presence, and measure the virulence of cancerous growths. Since about 90% of...

Cancer As a Metabolic Disease- a Book Review

Warburg Rules! A Review of Thomas Seyfried’s Cancer As a Metabolic Disease Once in a long while, a book comes along that revolutionizes our understanding of the cancer problem. Such a book is...

Are Metastases Partly Macrophages?

Wandering Cancer Cells If metastases are, at least, in part due to the activity of macrophages, then these cells already possess most or all of the key characteristics of wandering cancer cells....

Hepatic Artery Infusion

Directed Delivery There are a set of treatments that are neither surgical nor radiological, yet do a very efficient job of efficiently removing the tumor from the body. They are called “ablative...

Intraperitoneal Heated Chemotherapy – HIPEC

Bringing the Heat to ChemoCarcinomatosis is the name given to the condition in advanced cancer where multiple metastases have seeded themselves widely in distant organs. When this occurs in...

Some Antioxidants and Metastases

Studies on Antioxidants and the Spread of Cancer There is considerable research on the effect of various antioxidants and the spread of cancer (metastases). Most of this points to a preventative...

Cryoablation – Past and Present

Frozen in Time One of the oddest facts about the “new” treatment of cryoablation is that it is over 150 years old! A mid-nineteenth century surgeon, James Arnott (1797-1883), began using cold to...

Field Cancerization

Tumor Microenvironments The 360 “Halifax Project” authors, led by Keith I. Block, MD, of Skokie, Ill., added an 11th key characteristic to Hanahan and Weinberg’s classic ten,...

Cancer Stem Cells History

Cancer Stem Cells HistoryThe existence of cancer stem cells was suspected in the 19th century by the likes of Rudolph Virchow, Julius F. Cohnheim, and John Beard, D.Sc. These European biology...

Cromolyn for Cancer?

Sodium Cromoglycate Cromolyn is the popular name for sodium cromoglycate or cromoglicic acid, which are sold as Gastrocrom®, Nasalcrom®, Intal®, or Opticrom®. This is an over-the-counter (OTC)...

Rose Bengal – PV-10®

ROSE BENGAL (PV-10®) One of the most unusual drugs in development for liver cancer is called “PV-10.” This is a 10% solution of a dye called “rose bengal.” Rose bengal already has a role in...