A Cell Death and Disease study found gemcitabine killed pancreatic cancer cells but also induced drug resistance, while sulforaphane from cruciferous vegetables and quercetin killed the cells without inducing resistance. The work was done in cultured cells.
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Nutrition
Vitamins, minerals, supplements, herbs and diet: the research on how what we eat shapes our health.
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Diet
Watch: Amazing 4-minute video of family's healing through non-GMO & organic diets
An Institute for Responsible Technology appeal pointing readers to a four-minute video of mothers describing their families' recoveries after switching to non-GMO and organic diets, and asking them to share their own stories and donate.
Supplements
Honokiol may help b-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia
A study in Blood found honokiol, a compound from magnolia bark, roots and seed cones, killed B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells more readily than healthy cells and triggered caspase-mediated apoptosis. Clinical studies are still needed.
Food
Is canola oil safe?
The item cites an article at draxe.com that calls canola a GMO plant and claims canola oil can cause blood platelet abnormalities, retarded growth, free radical damage and a high cancer risk.
Supplements
Phellinus linteus may help some cancers
Laboratory studies of the medicinal mushroom Phellinus linteus show it can help relieve inflammation and may fight prostate, breast, colon, liver, lung, oral and skin cancers, but clinical trials are still needed to confirm any effect against these malignancies.
Herbs
Salvia triloba extract may help prostate cancer
A study in Tumor Biology found a methanolic Salvia triloba extract triggered cell death and blocked blood-vessel growth in two prostate cancer cell lines, PC-3 and DU-145, while sparing normal cells. The extract also sharply reduced cell motility in both lines.
Supplements
Omega 3 fatty acids fight liver disease, cancer
In tumor-laden mice, omega-3 fatty acid supplements reversed steatosis caused by a high-fat diet, protected against ischemia reperfusion, improved liver regeneration and prolonged survival. The same benefits appeared in mice with lean livers.
Herbs
Cannabis sativa may help prostate cancer
Researchers tested cannabidiol on three human prostate cancer cell lines and report it curbed cancer cell growth while largely sparing healthy cells, and down-regulated CB1, CB2, VEGF and PSA. The Pharmacology & Pharmacy study was done in cells, not patients.
Herbs
Cannabis sativa may help fight cervical cancer
Researchers at the University of the Witwatersrand report that Cannabis sativa extract and its main compound cannabidiol stopped proliferation and induced apoptosis in three cervical cancer cell lines, raising p53, caspase 3 and bax. The work was done in cell culture.
Vitamins
Vitamin C helps stage 3 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
A case report describes a 69-year-old woman with stage III diffuse large B-cell lymphoma who took five weeks of radiation and intravenous vitamin C but refused chemotherapy, and showed no sign of the disease 10 years later. Researchers believed the vitamin C played a part.
Diet
Vegan diet prevents prostate cancer
Among 26,346 men in the Adventist Health Study-2, those eating a vegan diet were 35 percent less likely to develop prostate cancer than non-vegetarians, with a stronger effect in white men than black men. Vegans need vitamin B12 to avoid deficiency.
Supplements
Resveratrol supplements may fight ovarian cancer
In mice with implanted ovarian cancer cells, resveratrol cut tumor glucose uptake, and combined with cisplatin it significantly reduced cancer burden and suppressed regrowth compared with placebo. The authors report a significant antineoplastic effect in this preclinical model.
Food
Soy foods prevent breast cancer
A study in Cancer reports that long-term soy consumption raised expression of tumor suppressor genes and lowered oncogene expression in triple-negative breast cancer tissue. The piece adds that avoiding medical radiation and hormone replacement therapy is the best prevention.
Supplements
Soy protein supplements benefit type 2 diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome
A 2015 review of randomized trials found soy protein supplementation significantly lowered fasting plasma glucose, fasting insulin, HOMA-IR, diastolic blood pressure, LDL and total cholesterol, and C-reactive protein in people with type 2 diabetes or metabolic syndrome.
Supplements
Mistletoe cancer treatment reviewed
A review reports that mistletoe therapy improves quality of life in cancer patients, and cites recent studies in which it raised the odds of surviving advanced pancreatic cancer and, at high doses, produced regression of several tumour types.
Herbs
Essiac tea fights prostate cancer
In a 2004 laboratory study, an Essiac tea preparation slowed the growth of both prostate cancer cells and noncancerous cells, with the cancer cells more sensitive to it. Low doses raised T-lymphocyte proliferation while high doses suppressed it.
Vitamins
Breast cancer patients should take vitamin D supplements
A study by Brian Feldman at Stanford, published in Endocrinology, suggests keeping serum vitamin D sufficient may help prevent breast cancer from spreading. In two animal models vitamin D suppressed the Id1 gene, whose protein takes part in tumor progression.
Food
High fat diet causes more than obesity
An animal study in Molecular Psychiatry suggests a high-fat diet in the young risks not only obesity but later cognitive problems, because fatty foods can cause a deficiency of reelin, a protein important to synapse function, affecting behavioral flexibility and memory.
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