Statins May Be Cancer-Fighting 'Wonder Drugs'
The cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, used by many to protect against heart disease, may also guard against several kinds of cancers. Already shown to shield against prostate cancer, two new studies suggest statins also provide a greater than 50 percent reduction in risk with pancreatic and esophageal cancer, the researchers said.The studies were to be presented Monday at Digestive Disease Week 2005, in Chicago.

Megavitamin Treatment of Cancer
Anti Cancer Nutrition
A large number of special diets ranging from fasting (water only) to juice fasts to low fat and sugar free diets are used. Every one of the special diets have proponents who think they are very helpful, and patients who have been helped by them but no one has ever conducted an experiment to compare all the diets to determine which is the best. Perhaps there will never be a "best". Because of the individuality of people it may turn out that each person will have to determine what is their own best diet. In my book Hoffer's Laws of Natural Nutrition Quarry Press, P.O.Box 1061, Kingston, Ontario K7L 4Y5.

Research backs theory that vitamin C shrinks tumours
By Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor
Published: 28 March 2006
New research suggesting that vitamin C can be effective in curing cancer will renew interest in the "alternative" treatment for the terminal disease. Three cancer patients who were given large intravenous doses over a period of several months had their lives extended and their tumours shrunk, doctors reported yesterday.
 

CANCER RISK FROM SUGAR IN DRINKS
A dietary survey of 80,000 men and women, which ran from 1997 to 2005, shows that a heavy intake of fizzy drinks, creamed fruit and sugar in tea and coffee increases the risk of pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer is a very serious form of cancer that is possibly caused when the pancreas produces heightened levels of insulin as a consequence of upset glucose metabolism. A well-known way of increasing insulin production is to eat a lot of sugar. Scientists have now, for the first time, shown that the consumption of sweetened food and drink affects a person’s chances of developing pancreatic cancer.

The mineral selenium proves itself as powerful anti-cancer medicine
One of the most effective naturally occurring weapons against cancer is, like most healthy things, something many of us are not getting enough of. The mineral selenium has been shown in multiple studies to be an effective tool in warding off various types of cancer, including breast, esophageal, stomach, prostate, liver and bladder cancers. Not many people get the recommended dose of 200 micrograms a day. Most Americans only get between 60 and 100 micrograms of selenium daily from dietary sources, according to the Life Extension Foundation's Disease Prevention and Treatment. That means daily supplements might be worth considering.

Vitamin E Offshoot Transformed to Potent Cancer Killer

"Vitamin E Offshoot Transformed to Potent Cancer Killer", Senior Journal, May 20, 2006,
Link: http://www.seniorjournal.com/NEWS/Nutrition-Vitamins/6-05-20-VitaminEOffshoot.htm
Researchers have learned how a derivative of vitamin E causes the death of cancer cells and have used this knowledge to make the agent an even more potent cancer killer.
The compound, called vitamin E succinate, or alpha tocopheryl succinate, is taken by some people as a nutritional supplement, mainly for its antioxidant properties. In addition, it has a weak ability to kill cancer cells, and it has been tested as a cancer chemopreventive agent.

Remedies threat to cancer care
Many cancer patients risk compromising their treatment by using complementary remedies, research suggests.Scientists at London's Homerton Hospital Hospital warn remedies such as garlic, cod liver oil and St John's Wort pose a risk of side effects.However, a survey of more than 300 cancer patients found more than half took herbal remedies or food supplements.

Cancer therapy: When all else fails
DCA, or dichloroacetic acid, is an analogue of acetic acid in which chlorine atoms replace two of the three hydrogen atoms on the methyl group. Because it is a corrosive acid, it must be "buffered" to damp down the acidity, and it is usually administered as sodium dichloroacetate.The drug in this case, known as DCA, is a widely available chemical that cannot be patented. In basic laboratory tests and experiments in rats it has shown promise as an anti-cancer agent, but in people it may yet show side effects that could further damage the lives of people who take it. Scientists investigating the potential of DCA as a cancer treatment fear that any deaths or injury caused by its premature, unregulated use could damage their work - and the welfare of patients far into the future.

Vitamin D dramatically cuts cancer risk: study
A landmark new study is raising the tantalizing spectre that a simple and cheap vitamin supplement may offer a highly effective way of preventing cancer. The research, published in the online edition of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, finds that a combination of vitamin D3 and calcium has a substantially marked effect on reducing cancer incidence. The four-year study out of Creighton University in Nebraska found that women who regularly took vitamin D3 had a 60 per cent reduction in cancer infections compared to a group taking placebos.

Vitamin-B in diet helps slim avoid pancreatic cancer
A diet rich in B vitamins may decrease the risk of slim people contracting pancreatic cancer, according to a meta-analysis, but supplements may have the opposite effect. People with an average or below average body weight were at a reduced risk of pancreatic cancer if they ate a diet rich in vitamin B6, vitamin B12 and folate, concluded the study in the American Association for Cancer Research's Cancer Research journal.The conclusions were based on the combined data of four large studies and found that the target group's risk was 81 per cent, 73 per cent and 59 per cent lower if their diet contained significant amounts of B6, vitamin B12 and folate respectively.
 

If you use herbs, do so responsibly. Consult your doctor about your health conditions and use of herbal supplements. Herbs may be harmful if taken for the wrong conditions, used in excessive amounts, combined with prescription drugs or alcohol, or used by persons who don't know what they are doing. Just because an herbal remedy is natural, does not mean it is safe! There are herbs that are poisonous such as Poison Hemlock, Jimson weed, and many more.