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Mistletoe for Cancer Treatment (I)
The Druids considered the mistletoe as a magical plant… and they were probably right. The U.S. National Cancer Institute, for example, admits that this is a plant of great interest in cancer treatment as it not only causes death by apoptosis in cancer cells but also stimulates the immune system. A faculty that is blamed on two of its components: vixcotoxinas and lectins.
And that explains why in some European countries already-used as monotherapy or as adjunct-to treat cancer and/or to decrease the side effects of chemotherapy. Over 30 clinical studies endorse their properties.
Rarely someone who has overcome cancer by natural methods have the opportunity to tell in the media because they are engaged in relentless censorship to defend the existing system. Opposite happens with popular celebrities or those patients who claim to be satisfied or to have recovered with conventional treatments: immediately found a niche in the media to speak well of chemotherapy or radiotherapy. Read the rest of this entry »
Green Tea – A Promising Cancer Preventive
Green tea has become famous worldwide, due to its many properties. One of the most valued, is to be an anticancer and antioxidant drink. Did you know that those responsible for this variety are the polyphenols found in this tea? Here we count all of your kindness.
Green tea has gained the reputation it has in the world, largely due to the polyphenols, the substance that contains many of its properties. With these, commonly known as catechins, green tea can be considered one of the great man’s natural allies. Read the rest of this entry »
Radiation Therapy
Radiation therapy or radiotherapy is achieved by damaging or destroying cancer cells through intensive treatment of X-rays. Although not a cure for mesothelioma, radiation may be used at various stages of treatment of malignant mesothelioma. Often, radiation is the main treatment for patients with health problems. Radiation can also be used to eliminate small formations of cancer cells that surgery might overlook. When radiation is used in conjunction with surgery, radiation is known as adjuvant. Read the rest of this entry »
The transplantation of peripheral blood, as effective as spinal
The haematopoietic stem cell transplantation has been consolidated in recent years as a good alternative to traditional bone marrow transplantation. This method allows cells in the bloodstream of a compatible donor, able to repopulate the bone marrow of a patient with leukemia, more simply and without anesthesia. A study published in the journal ‘The Lancet’ after 10 years of follow clarifies some of the doubts that still could be on its use.
For hematopoietic progenitors (blood stem cells able to repopulate the marrow) ‘enough’ to refer to the donor pretreatment to multiply the presence of these units in their blood and then extracting and implanting them in a patient with leukemia or other haematological malignancies. Read the rest of this entry »