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A study published this week in the medical journal Carcinogenesis shows that grape seed extract kills head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells, while leaving healthy cells unharmed.  The grape seed extract (also known as proanthocyanidins and/or flavinoids)has been demonstrated to damage cancer cell DNA (by way of increasing reactive oxygen), as well as inhibiting the cancer cell’s ability to repair the damage. The best part is that the grape seed extract is not harmful to normal cells.  This is probably due to the fact that cancer cells are known to have a lot of deficient metabolic pathways that can be vulnerable to attack. Normal cells do not have most of these vulnerabilities.

Another study that was published in the January 1, 2009 issue of Clinical Cancer Research by researchers from the University of Kentucky found that an extract from grape seeds caused in vitro leukemia cells to commit suicide. continue reading…

A recent study has demonstrated that red meat eaters may have a higher risk of developing esophageal and stomach cancers than people who do not eat as much steak and hamburgers. Many people who follow and embrace a wholistic approach to diet have suspected that high consumption levels of red meat is not healthy.

A study in the American Journal of Gastroenterology found that subjects in the highest 20 percent of red meat consumed were 79 percent more likely than those in the bottom 20 percent to develop esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. The researchers say that the study does not prove that red meat actually causes cancer.  But this study does show a strong correlation between high rates of red meat consumption and cancers of the G.I. tract. continue reading…

It has been reported that rectal cancer rates in people under 40 years of age have been steadily rising for the last 20 years.  Cancer researchers and scientists say that they are baffled about this, and have no real idea of why this is the case.

Colon cancer, and related rectal cancer, are thought to have similar risk factors, but colon cancer rates have been constant while rectal cancer rates have grown by about 4% per year.  This was reported in the journal Cancer.  What is most disconcerting is that scientists have absolutely no idea why this is the case.  Rectal cancer rates in older population segments have been increasing as well, but this increase is probably due to more frequent cancer screenings which leads to more cases being diagnosed. continue reading…

Colorectal cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in the United States, and is the third most common cancer related disease.  It is estimated for 2010 that 102,900 new cases of colon cancer, and 39,370 new cases of rectal cancer will be diagnosed.  It is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths.  It is important to recognize the symptoms of this disease, and to understand that the risk of being diagnosed with it increase dramatically after a person reaches 50 years of age.

Cancer is known to be uncontrolled growth of bodily cells.  Metastasis is when the cancer cells originate in one part of the body, and then migrate to other areas of the body and set up other secondary tumors in these locations. continue reading…

There is always a plethora of cancer stories in the press that speak of hope and promise for the ever-ending cascade of new drugs and various treatments.  In fact, I’ve noticed that there has been a promising new drug, therapy, or treatment that will change things that is ‘just around the corner’ for as long as I can remember, which is over 30 years ago.  What gives?

For example, I found an article about an experimental drug called PLX4032, which is said to reverse the effects of a gene mutation that is found in certain tumors.  They say that it is a prototypical example of the new approach to cancer treatment.  This is a strategy in which the cancer is targeted based on genotypes, and other various biomarkers of the cancer cell.

In some patients, the drug was said to have produced great results.  But when this drug was given to patients with colorectal tumors with the same gene mutation, it failed miserably.  This was a ‘flashing red light’ to me that strongly implies that the present paradigm is not correct, and is not working. continue reading…

There appears to be a promising new method to predict colon cancer, and it actually involves bacteria.  Researchers believe that certain bacteria that live in the intestinal tract may be associated with a person’s risk of developing colon cancer.  The findings imply that the presence of certain bacteria are in higher concentration in people with polyps (early lesions that may develop into cancer), while other bacteria are in higher presence in the absence of polyps. continue reading…