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Researchers from the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center found Curcumin, blocks a key biological pathway needed for development of melanoma and other cancers. The study was published in the August 15, 2005 issue of the American Cancer Society journal Cancer. The study tested varying doses of Curcumin on three melanoma cell lines. It showed that Curcumin stops laboratory strains of melanoma from proliferating and induced apoptosis (programmed cell suicide). The results were the same for high concentrations of Curcumin over short periods of time and smaller doses over longer periods of time.
In a study published in 2002 in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, researcher gave three groups of mice different amounts of Curcumin extract for 15 weeks. The results showed that the group of mice given the largest amount of Curcumin found a reduction of 40 percent in benign tumors that were caused the same gene that causes mot types of colon cancer. A similar study was published in The Prostate in 2001. Again three groups of mice were used. All three were injected with human prostate cancer cells. One group was a placebo group that received no treatment. One group was given Curcumin when injected with the cancer cells. The other group was given Curcumin two weeks after the cancer injection. After 6 weeks the tumors in the two groups give Curcumin were to percent smaller than in the placebo groups.
A study on Curcumin and breast cancer was published in Cancer Research, Vol. 62, July 1, 2002, pp. 3868-75. This study found that the use of Curcumin was as effective in preventing the spread of breast cancer as Taxol in laboratory mice. In the study mice were induced with breast cancer then the tumors were removed such as with a mastectomy in humans. Then the mice were divided into 4 groups. One was a placebo group, one received Curcumin, one received Taxol, and the other Curcumin and Taxol. After 5 weeks the study showed that half the mice in the Curcumin group had the cancer spread to the lungs. Only 22 percent of those in the Curcumin plus Taxol group had seen the cancer spread. 75 percent of the Taxol only group saw the cancer spread. The placebo group saw 95 percent of the mice had the cancer spread to the lungs. These were amazing results.
CancerCancer is a common illness, a complex disease. Cancer is the name given to any illness resulting from one of our body s own cells growing out of control. There are many processes that control a cell s growth and division, each of which can go wrong. Several of these control mechanisms need to be damaged before a cell becomes cancerous. The cells of our bodies grow and multiply in a process known as cell division. It must be extremely tightly controlled if all the cells in your body are to grow in the right place, and for all our organs and tissues to function properly. If cells divide too quic ..
Human studies are just beginning. But the early signs are that the simple safe spice may offer a safe way of preventing cancer and may also be a great way of aiding in the treatment of Cancer.
It should be noted that a culture study showed that Curcumin reduced the effects of several chemo drugs used for treating cancer.
Cancer TreatmentIn recent years, there s been an explosion of life saving treatment advances against cancer, bringing new hope and excitement. Instead of only one or two options, today there s an overwhelming menu of treatment choices that fight the complex mix of cells in each individual cancer. The decisions for treatment are surgery, radiation, hormonal therapy, or chemotherapy. The types of treatment available and will be appropriate for a patient depending on the type of cancer he or she is suffering from. Surgery: Surgery is a cancer treatment done for any of several reasons. Preventive surgery is done ..
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