Researchers Finding Fruits & Veggies To Show Promise Towards Treating Cancer
More studies are proving the efficacy of a blackberry extract to be a powerful cancer fighting agent. It has now been found that black raspberries may protect against esophageal cancer. Findings are showing positive results for the reduction of oxidative stress in patients with Barrett's esophagus (BE), which is a pre-cancerous condition that is usually due to gastroesopageal reflux disease.
Research has found that BE patients have a 30-40 fold increased risk of developing esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). This is one of the fastest growing cancer incidences in the United States today. There is currently only a 15 percent survival rate of five years for this type of cancer.
Researchers at Ohio State University, using animals that were chemically induced with oral, esophageal, and colon cancers, showed the berry extract reduced oxidative stress, slowed proliferation rates, decreased DNA damage, and reduced the amount of pre-cancerous cells in the esophagus and colon.
The greatest finding was that it doesn't seem to matter at what stage the disease is at, benefits are the same. Not only that, there are no side affects since it's just a food item that is being applied.
There were also findings of a blackberry gel used in a trial by Ohio State University for treating pre-cancerous oral lesions. Research has found that more than a third of pre-cancerous lesions will develop into oral squamous cell cancer. There are a reported 35,000 cases of this disease reported each year with approximately 7,500 deaths resulting per year from this type of cancer. Even if treated successfully, oftentimes the surgery required leaves a patient permanently disfigured.
After six weeks of testing on 30 participants, 35 percent of the lesions showed an improvement, and another 45 percent showed their lesions had stabilized. The gel was applied 4 times a day...once after each meal and at bedtime.
It was determined that more trials need to be implemented to determine that it was indeed the blackberry and not the gel itself or its application method that was the determining factor in the improvement of the lesions. This study was funded by the National Cancer Institute.
Either way, it certainly would not hurt anyone who has oral lesions to start implementing this berry into their diet. If they are out of season, there are resources on the internet where you can buy these berries freeze-dried to get you through the months when you can't get them fresh.
Researchers from Rutgers University are also showing encouraging findings on the polypenols in green tea for preventing the growth of colorectal tumors. Their study was done on rats injected with human colorectal cancer cells. After 34 weeks, rats given the green tea extract developed 55 percent few tumors then the group that did not receive the green tea. The amount given to the rats on a daily basis would be an equivalent of 4-6 cups of green tea consumption. given a and other "natural" products that everyone who has cancer or knows a loved one who has cancer should be adding to their knowledge base.
Then you have the Roswell Park Cancer Institute findings that broccoli sprouts help to prevent bladder cancer. Again, using a rat model with chemically induced bladder cancer, a freeze dried extract of broccoli sprouts proved to significantly inhibit cancer cell growth. The extract from the broccoli sprouts appeared to have increased the enzymes in the bladder that are known to protect against oxidants and carcinogens.
.Anyone who reads this information should be very encouraged that the mainstream medical industry is finally taking steps to research protocols that could be added ammunition to the "cancer fight" and has the added benefit of being less harmful than many of the drugs and toxins that they use as treatments for today's cancer patient.
All of these news releases can be read at the American Association for Cancer Research.
Research has found that BE patients have a 30-40 fold increased risk of developing esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). This is one of the fastest growing cancer incidences in the United States today. There is currently only a 15 percent survival rate of five years for this type of cancer.
Researchers at Ohio State University, using animals that were chemically induced with oral, esophageal, and colon cancers, showed the berry extract reduced oxidative stress, slowed proliferation rates, decreased DNA damage, and reduced the amount of pre-cancerous cells in the esophagus and colon.
The greatest finding was that it doesn't seem to matter at what stage the disease is at, benefits are the same. Not only that, there are no side affects since it's just a food item that is being applied.
There were also findings of a blackberry gel used in a trial by Ohio State University for treating pre-cancerous oral lesions. Research has found that more than a third of pre-cancerous lesions will develop into oral squamous cell cancer. There are a reported 35,000 cases of this disease reported each year with approximately 7,500 deaths resulting per year from this type of cancer. Even if treated successfully, oftentimes the surgery required leaves a patient permanently disfigured.
After six weeks of testing on 30 participants, 35 percent of the lesions showed an improvement, and another 45 percent showed their lesions had stabilized. The gel was applied 4 times a day...once after each meal and at bedtime.
It was determined that more trials need to be implemented to determine that it was indeed the blackberry and not the gel itself or its application method that was the determining factor in the improvement of the lesions. This study was funded by the National Cancer Institute.
Either way, it certainly would not hurt anyone who has oral lesions to start implementing this berry into their diet. If they are out of season, there are resources on the internet where you can buy these berries freeze-dried to get you through the months when you can't get them fresh.
Researchers from Rutgers University are also showing encouraging findings on the polypenols in green tea for preventing the growth of colorectal tumors. Their study was done on rats injected with human colorectal cancer cells. After 34 weeks, rats given the green tea extract developed 55 percent few tumors then the group that did not receive the green tea. The amount given to the rats on a daily basis would be an equivalent of 4-6 cups of green tea consumption. given a and other "natural" products that everyone who has cancer or knows a loved one who has cancer should be adding to their knowledge base.
Then you have the Roswell Park Cancer Institute findings that broccoli sprouts help to prevent bladder cancer. Again, using a rat model with chemically induced bladder cancer, a freeze dried extract of broccoli sprouts proved to significantly inhibit cancer cell growth. The extract from the broccoli sprouts appeared to have increased the enzymes in the bladder that are known to protect against oxidants and carcinogens.
.Anyone who reads this information should be very encouraged that the mainstream medical industry is finally taking steps to research protocols that could be added ammunition to the "cancer fight" and has the added benefit of being less harmful than many of the drugs and toxins that they use as treatments for today's cancer patient.
All of these news releases can be read at the American Association for Cancer Research.
Labels: alternative medicine, bladder cancer, colon cancer, esophageal cancer, oral cancer
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