I have a friend who was just diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer. Can anyone suggest a clear and concise cancer protocol? In doing searches, I have found only 2, re-posted below. I would add curcumin, broccoli, shiitake, and maybe pomegranate to these ideas. I am scared of the high sugar in pomegranate concentrate (relatively inexpensive). And vitamin C I.V. drip (sodium ascorbate), something like 50 g over 4 hours three times a week from a D.O. (only place i know to get it). N.I.H. is doing trials in humans. See end of this post for more on Vit C I.V. It's possible oral vitamin C in non-acidic forms (sodium, magnesium, calcium) might be very useful since the acidic form causes more gas and diahrea and it's 50% absorption.
It appears as if i may act as the decider and acquirer of supplements and food because there are too many things he and all other cancer patients have to deal with diagnosed with cancer: Family, doctors, inheritance, and job, not to mention your own feelings and mood about being told you are about to die. Who would have time and energy to investigate, acquire, and take a variety of pills that no one knows if they are helpful and mixed in with flood of contradictions and misinformation?
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tham, May 16, 2009
http://www.imminst.o...o...st&p=323088
High dose selenium, rather than resveratrol, in the form of
sodium selenite, would have given him a better chance of
survival, which I had urged him to start of with at least
1,000 mcg immediately.
This is the selenite intake of Ray, the prostate cancer guy
I mentioned earlier in Bill's thread, who appears to be at
least in partial remission without chemo, radiation or surgery.
He's taking "Selenium Oral Concentrate", which is not
a supplement meant for humans, but actually used by
farmers for drenching cattle .
1 ml contains 10 mg = 10,000 mcg of selenite.
Typically 20 drops - 1 ml
He took 20 drops initially, but he felt "a bit sick".
He reduced to 15 drops and maintained it.
This would mean he is taking 15/20 x 10,000 = 7,500 mcg !
Factoring his weight in, 300 pounds.
This would be equivalent to 150/300 x 7,500
= 3,750 mcg for a 150 pound man.
And this is for sodium selenite, the most toxic
of the commonly available forms. Even Richard
Passwater, throwing caution to the winds, considers
up to 1,700 mcg of selenite as safe.
This underscores what I've always thought about the
toxicity of selenium being grossly overrated. [ i completely agree and have a book that cites the most "severe" cases of selenium poisoning. ]
The rest of Ray's regimen, worked out by him and
a group of friends with prostate cancer.
Red clover extract, containing 160 mg of isoflavones
"High dose" B complex
Vitamin D3 - 5,000 iu
Vitamin C - 10 grams
Bromelain - 500 mg, or up to 1,500 mg
Zinc - 15 mg
30 apricot pits for laetrile, or vitamin B17.
He grinds this up with his Budwig diet of 3 tablespoons
each of flax seeds and olive oil, plus cottage cheese.
I think he was at a relatively advanced stage, with
bone metastases, which disappeared on the regimen.
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dukenukem
http://www.imminst.o...o...st&p=252054
I written this before in ImmInst, but maybe worth posting again:
Here's my recommendation for beating cancer:
o resveratrol (a molecule derived from grapes and other plants)
-- boosts immunity, a primary natural defense versus cancer cells
-- greatly reduces metastasis, the spreading of cancer thru the body
-- silences 100's of gene-controlled mechanisms that lead to cancer cell survival and growth
-- reduces the fermentation within cells that gives them their metabolic energy
-- inhibits angiogenesis, the growth of blood vessels that feed growing tumors
-- totally safe
-- 1 gram daily
o IP-6 (a molecule derived from rice bran, but found in every cell in our body)
-- IP-6 is a highly effective metal binder and deprives cancer/tumor cells of iron and copper, two primary growth requirements
-- 2-4 grams daily
o vitamin D3
-- inhibits metastasis
-- inhibits angiogenesis
-- boosts natural killer cell activity, a particular type of white blood cell that can hunt down and kill free roaming cancer cells in the body, preventing them from spreading
-- 10,000 IU daily
o fish-based omega-3's (EPA & DHA)
-- It's a fact that no existing cancer treatment stops metastasis, yet the spread of cancer to other locations (via matastasis) accounts for over 85% of all cancer mortality. Omega-3's inhibit the adhesion of roaming cancer cells to the wall of small capillaries where most metastatic tumors begin.
-- totally safe
-- 4-6 capsules daily (LEF brand)
o selenium
-- method of action not yet known, but there's significant research showing it helps.
-- 400 mcg daily
Just as important as the supplements, DO NOT eat any dairy products. The protein casein is potentially a pro-cancerous. [ edit by zawy: Whey protein is said in Wikipedia to not contain casein] Also, stay clear of all starches (rice, bread, potato, pasta), and simple sugars. Cancer cells feed off of glucose 50 times more hungrily than normal cells, so do not feed them exactly what they need.
And finally, if there's any chance to live, taking chemo drugs will only make matters worse. If it were me, I'd never use chemotherapy and reduce my chances to live.
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maxwatt commented: If I had lung cancer I would be taking as much resveratrol as I could tolerate, at least five, up to 10 grams a day. Diarrhea is a problem for some people. I found that taking one dose mid-afternoon eliminated this for me, as did taking a sugar-salt drink on an empty stomach -- 1 cup water, 2 tsp sugar, 1/4 tp salt, do not eat or drink for an hour before or an hour after drinking.
August 2008:
"Vitamin C injections slow tumor growth in mice
High-dose injections of vitamin C, also known as ascorbate or ascorbic acid, reduced tumor weight and growth rate by about 50 percent in mouse models of brain, ovarian, and pancreatic cancers, researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) report in the August 5, 2008, issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The researchers traced ascorbate's anti-cancer effect to the formation of hydrogen peroxide in the extracellular fluid surrounding the tumors. Normal cells were unaffected....
The NIH researchers, however, tested the idea that ascorbate, when injected at high doses, may have prooxidant instead of antioxidant activity. Prooxidants would generate free radicals and the formation of hydrogen peroxide, which, the scientists hypothesized, might kill tumor cells. In their laboratory experiments on 43 cancer and 5 normal cell lines, the researchers discovered that high concentrations of ascorbate had anticancer effects in 75 percent of cancer cell lines tested, while sparing normal cells. In their paper, the researchers also showed that these high ascorbate concentrations could be achieved in people.
The team then tested ascorbate injections in immune-deficient mice with rapidly spreading ovarian, pancreatic, and glioblastoma (brain) tumors. The ascorbate injections reduced tumor growth and weight by 41 to 53 percent. In 30 percent of glioblastoma controls, the cancer had spread to other organs, but the ascorbate-treated animals had no signs of disseminated cancer.
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Full study:
http://www.pubmedcen...bmedid=18678913
Dec 2008 commentary:
Although the effect of vitamin C on tumor growth may be “modest” compared with standard chemotherapy, vitamin C—unlike chemotherapy—has no toxic side effects (4). Chen et al. (3) [the mice] specifically emphasized that ascorbate may have potential as an adjunct to standard chemotherapy by enhancing tumoricidal effects while lessening toxicity toward normal cells. Combining the strengths of several treatment modalities is a proven tactic in fighting cancer.
http://www.pubmedcen...i?artid=2596229
Commentary on the 3 case reports of 2006:
http://www.pubmedcen...bmedid=16567756
How to give vit C I.V. [needs to be checked against how NIH is doing it in their current trials]:
http://www.orthomed.com/civprep.htm
NIH report of 3 cases:
"A 51-year-old woman was found in August 1995 to have a tumour involving her left kidney. At nephrectomy in September 1995 this was shown to be a renal cell carcinoma 9 cm in diameter with thrombus extending into the renal vein. Chest radiography results were normal, and there was no evidence of metastatic disease on CT scan of the chest and abdomen. In March 1996 a CT scan of the chest indicated several new, small, rounded and well-defined soft tissue masses no larger than 5 mm in diameter; they were judged consistent with metastatic cancer. By November 1996 chest radiography revealed multiple cannonball lesions. The patient declined conventional cancer treatment and instead chose to receive high-dose vitamin C administered intravenously at a dosage of 65 g twice per week starting in October 1996 and continuing for 10 months. She also used other alternative therapies: thymus protein extract, N-acetylcysteine, niacinamide and whole thyroid extract (Table 1). In June 1997 chest radiography results were normal except for one remaining abnormality in the left lung field, possibly a pulmonary scar"
http://www.cmaj.ca/c.../full/174/7/937