Lisa’s father has colon cancer metastasized to liver. Lisa’s father is in pain and stays in bed a lot… In this post we will explain how a colon cancer ’suddenly’ becomes a metastatic liver cancer. We will feat... Lisa%26rsquo;s father has colon cancer metastasized to liver. Lisa%26rsquo;s father is in pain and stays in bed a lot%26hellip; In this post we will explain how a colon cancer %26rsquo;suddenly%26rsquo; becomes a metastatic liver cancer. We will feature Lisa%26rsquo;s comment at One caregiver is never enough! Patrick%26rsquo;s father has metastatic liver cancer in our next post. There you will learn that colon cancer chemotherapy isn%26rsquo;t a simple %26#34;1 treatment fits all%26#34; cure. Let%26rsquo;s explain in simple terms how and why a colon cancer spreads to the liver. Below we will also explain in more medical terms the above blue %26lsquo;colon cancer metastasized to liver%26rsquo; picture. Think of your organs as well enclosed countries like China once was well enclosed with the great wall. Meaning nobody can get in or out unless through the normal trade routes or by breaking a hole in the wall. Your colon, liver, pancreas, lungs are all such well enclosed countries. Now you also know that you can travel from one country to another by highways or secondary roads. The highways and roads in our body are the blood vessels and the lymph canals. Suppose you have a colon with all it%26rsquo;s normal citizens and one villain: a colon cancer. All other organs don%26rsquo;t have a clue and can%26rsquo;t be bothered what%26rsquo;s happening in the colon. It%26rsquo;s up to the internal security of the colon to deal with it%26rsquo;s villain. But what happens when the colon can%26rsquo;t keep the villain - colon cancer- inside? What happens when your colon cancer breaks out of the colon and fled away on the roads of your blood vessels or lymph canals? Think of it that your colon cancer now becomes an international terrorist on the loose. Your colon cancer can strike anywhere he can get using your blood vessels or lymph nodes%26hellip; A so called stage 4 colon cancer is a colon cancer that has traveled outside the colon and has settled down already in another organ: usually Father was diagnosed with %26#34;metastatic liver cancer with unknown primary%26#34;. This means that a cancer is found in his liver, but it is not a %26#34;local liver cancer%26#34;. After the biopsy it is clear this cancer is not a liver cancer citizen. Unfortunately the biopsy cannot explain where the cancer is coming from. Just like some people in Russia looks very Chinese but others look very Caucasian%26hellip; you just cannot pinpoint exactly where they come from. Not knowing where the cancer comes from makes you wonder: do we give father a breast cancer treatment, a lung cancer treatment (he had been smoking), a prostate cancer treatment or even a mesothelioma treatment (father did come in contact with asbestos when he was much younger%26hellip;)? Since we don%26rsquo;t know which one to choose, we have to give a chemotherapy that is successful for all the above treatments. In father%26rsquo;s case that meant such a poisonous chemotherapy cocktail that would have killed him faster than the cancer could%26hellip; Cancer and tumors aren%26rsquo;t citizens, but cells, so the above story has to be done on a molecular level. The process of colon cancer spreading to the liver metastasis is a dynamic process which requires the appropriate molecular machinery to allow a tumor cell to: This complex process requires that the tumor cell interact with the microenvironment of the liver such that the tumor cell can utilize the growth factors and blood vessels of the liver in order to grow. As soon as that has happened, the medical world will call it a stage 4 colon cancer or since it reached the liver: a colon cancer metastasized to liver. Technorati Tags: cancer metastasized, Colon Cancer, colon cancer metastasized to liver, Liver, Metastatic Liver Cancer, stage 4 colon cancerColon cancer spreading to liver
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Colon cancer metastasized to liver
Energy Healing: Cell Phones and Cancer
Yes there is reseach on both sides of this issue: does heavy cell phone use cause cancer.Many years ago I worked for a defense contractor that designed and built communications equipment for the military. I worked with a number of engineers...
Many years ago I worked for a defense contractor that designed and built communications equipment for the military. I worked with a number of engineers, many who worked on microwave communication devices. I was a bit more fortunate to work on digital devices. Needless to say, many of these engineers were quite respectful of the dangers of microwave radiation. There were stories of chocolate bars melting in engineers pockets and lighting paper with by placing it in a precisely focused beam of microwave radiation. We took protective measures; our lab contained large copper cages that insulated us from the radiation.
Later when I purchased my first brick of a cell phone I often thought of the focused beams of microwave radiation going through my brain, jiggling my neurons all for a reminder to pick up a loaf of bread on the way home from work. The cell phone companies say that my concerns are unwarranted. No, cell phones are not like the alien invaders shooting high energy beams like in War of the Worlds. The amount of radiation is "safe."
You can understand my interest then when I came across this story about the link between heavy cell phone use and cancer. It happens to fit right in to my theory about information and healing. Microwaves tend to increase the randomness of tissue molecules--something we don't want if we want to stay healthy.
A study recently published in the Journal of Epidemiology by Dr. Siegal Sadetzki indicated a link between heavy cell phone use and tumors of the salivary glands. It just so happens that we have a large salivary gland located just about where we press that microwave catching phone on the side of our heads. Dr. Sadetzki found that these glands exhibited more tumors with heavy cell phone use. The increased risk was about 50% for developing such tumors.
The study was conducted in rural areas where those microwaves are stronger.
I'm sure the big billion dollar cell phone companies will soon conduct their own research to refute Dr. Sadetzki.
However, I think I will use either a bluetooth device or an earpiece with a long wire.
References:
Tel Aviv University (2008, February 15). Heavy Cell Phone Use Linked To Cancer, Study Suggests.
For more information on alternative medicine, natural healing and wellness as well as free podcast downloads visit my site:
www.informationalhealing.com
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Colon cancer metastasized to liver
Lisa’s father has colon cancer metastasized to liver. Lisa’s father is in pain and stays in bed a lot… In this post we will explain how a colon cancer ’suddenly’ becomes a metastatic liver cancer. We will feat... Lisa%26rsquo;s father has colon cancer metastasized to liver. Lisa%26rsquo;s father is in pain and stays in bed a lot%26hellip; In this post we will explain how a colon cancer %26rsquo;suddenly%26rsquo; becomes a metastatic liver cancer. We will feature Lisa%26rsquo;s comment at One caregiver is never enough! Patrick%26rsquo;s father has metastatic liver cancer in our next post. There you will learn that colon cancer chemotherapy isn%26rsquo;t a simple %26#34;1 treatment fits all%26#34; cure. Let%26rsquo;s explain in simple terms how and why a colon cancer spreads to the liver. Below we will also explain in more medical terms the above blue %26lsquo;colon cancer metastasized to liver%26rsquo; picture. Think of your organs as well enclosed countries like China once was well enclosed with the great wall. Meaning nobody can get in or out unless through the normal trade routes or by breaking a hole in the wall. Your colon, liver, pancreas, lungs are all such well enclosed countries. Now you also know that you can travel from one country to another by highways or secondary roads. The highways and roads in our body are the blood vessels and the lymph canals. Suppose you have a colon with all it%26rsquo;s normal citizens and one villain: a colon cancer. All other organs don%26rsquo;t have a clue and can%26rsquo;t be bothered what%26rsquo;s happening in the colon. It%26rsquo;s up to the internal security of the colon to deal with it%26rsquo;s villain. But what happens when the colon can%26rsquo;t keep the villain - colon cancer- inside? What happens when your colon cancer breaks out of the colon and fled away on the roads of your blood vessels or lymph canals? Think of it that your colon cancer now becomes an international terrorist on the loose. Your colon cancer can strike anywhere he can get using your blood vessels or lymph nodes%26hellip; A so called stage 4 colon cancer is a colon cancer that has traveled outside the colon and has settled down already in another organ: usually Father was diagnosed with %26#34;metastatic liver cancer with unknown primary%26#34;. This means that a cancer is found in his liver, but it is not a %26#34;local liver cancer%26#34;. After the biopsy it is clear this cancer is not a liver cancer citizen. Unfortunately the biopsy cannot explain where the cancer is coming from. Just like some people in Russia looks very Chinese but others look very Caucasian%26hellip; you just cannot pinpoint exactly where they come from. Not knowing where the cancer comes from makes you wonder: do we give father a breast cancer treatment, a lung cancer treatment (he had been smoking), a prostate cancer treatment or even a mesothelioma treatment (father did come in contact with asbestos when he was much younger%26hellip;)? Since we don%26rsquo;t know which one to choose, we have to give a chemotherapy that is successful for all the above treatments. In father%26rsquo;s case that meant such a poisonous chemotherapy cocktail that would have killed him faster than the cancer could%26hellip; Cancer and tumors aren%26rsquo;t citizens, but cells, so the above story has to be done on a molecular level. The process of colon cancer spreading to the liver metastasis is a dynamic process which requires the appropriate molecular machinery to allow a tumor cell to: This complex process requires that the tumor cell interact with the microenvironment of the liver such that the tumor cell can utilize the growth factors and blood vessels of the liver in order to grow. As soon as that has happened, the medical world will call it a stage 4 colon cancer or since it reached the liver: a colon cancer metastasized to liver. Technorati Tags: cancer metastasized, Colon Cancer, colon cancer metastasized to liver, Liver, Metastatic Liver Cancer, stage 4 colon cancerColon cancer spreading to liver
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Stoned lung cancer cells stopped...
Stoned lung cancer cells stopped in their tracks!The beauty of this study is that we are showing that a substance of abuse, if used prudently, may offer a new road to therapy against lung cancer.--Anju Preet, Ph.D. Medical marijuana may not...
The beauty of this study is that we are showing that a substance of abuse, if used prudently, may offer a new road to therapy against lung cancer.
--Anju Preet, Ph.D.
Medical marijuana may not be just for nausea and pain control anymore. Dr. Preet and colleagues discovered that THC or %26amp;Delta;-9 tetrahydrocannabinol which is the active ingredient in the drug inhibits the growth and spread of an aggressive form of lung cancer.
Cellular cannabinoid receptors in cells can be activated by endocannabinoids--naturally produced marijuana-ish sorts of molecules--as well as by THC. Once occupied by the right sort of molecule, these receptors participate in various biological functions such as pain and anxiety control, and inflammatory processes. One THC derivative called Marinol has been approved for appetite stimulation in cancer and AIDS patients. Another drug called Acomplia blocks the cannabinoid receptors and is awaiting FDA approval for the metabolic syndrome, a pre-diabetic condition associated with notable weight gain around the waistline.
These Harvard investigators found that THC inhibited the progression of lung cancer cell growth both in petri dishes and in mice. While the mechanism of THC's anti-cancer action is unclear, the researchers speculate that THC may interfere with the formation of the cancer's blood supply.
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Energy Healing: Cell Phones and Cancer
Yes there is reseach on both sides of this issue: does heavy cell phone use cause cancer.Many years ago I worked for a defense contractor that designed and built communications equipment for the military. I worked with a number of engineers...
Many years ago I worked for a defense contractor that designed and built communications equipment for the military. I worked with a number of engineers, many who worked on microwave communication devices. I was a bit more fortunate to work on digital devices. Needless to say, many of these engineers were quite respectful of the dangers of microwave radiation. There were stories of chocolate bars melting in engineers pockets and lighting paper with by placing it in a precisely focused beam of microwave radiation. We took protective measures; our lab contained large copper cages that insulated us from the radiation.
Later when I purchased my first brick of a cell phone I often thought of the focused beams of microwave radiation going through my brain, jiggling my neurons all for a reminder to pick up a loaf of bread on the way home from work. The cell phone companies say that my concerns are unwarranted. No, cell phones are not like the alien invaders shooting high energy beams like in War of the Worlds. The amount of radiation is "safe."
You can understand my interest then when I came across this story about the link between heavy cell phone use and cancer. It happens to fit right in to my theory about information and healing. Microwaves tend to increase the randomness of tissue molecules--something we don't want if we want to stay healthy.
A study recently published in the Journal of Epidemiology by Dr. Siegal Sadetzki indicated a link between heavy cell phone use and tumors of the salivary glands. It just so happens that we have a large salivary gland located just about where we press that microwave catching phone on the side of our heads. Dr. Sadetzki found that these glands exhibited more tumors with heavy cell phone use. The increased risk was about 50% for developing such tumors.
The study was conducted in rural areas where those microwaves are stronger.
I'm sure the big billion dollar cell phone companies will soon conduct their own research to refute Dr. Sadetzki.
However, I think I will use either a bluetooth device or an earpiece with a long wire.
References:
Tel Aviv University (2008, February 15). Heavy Cell Phone Use Linked To Cancer, Study Suggests.
For more information on alternative medicine, natural healing and wellness as well as free podcast downloads visit my site:
www.informationalhealing.com
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New Technology in Tracing Cancer Cells
This came as welcome news to me--albeit too late for a loved one--that a new form of technology has now hit the forefront in medical research that may provide a much-needed breakthrough in stopping cancer from doing what it does so well:kil...
The technology comes in the form of a device that researchers say can detect, isolate and analyze the tiniest fragments of tumor cells still circulating in the blood. The cells, called CTC's are crucial in the occurrence of metastatic disease, because they have been extremely difficult to detect and trap, until it was too late for the patient. According to the research team responsible for developing the device, "Nine out of 10 deaths in cancer are due to the metastatic process...These are really the cells that end up killing people."
The technology will be significant in helping to arrest the disease, because the ability to monitor the existence and rate of growth of these cells would give doctors a significant advantage in detecting remaining disease following surgery or drug treatment.
Too late for my niece who waged...and lost...an eleven-year war against breast cancer--but possibly a ray of hope for those currently fighting the fight.
Access the complete Reuters article here.
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Breast cancer cells recycle to e...
Breast cancer cells recycle to escape death by hormonal therapyDr. Patricia V. Schoenlein, cancer researcher in the Medical College of Georgia Schools of Medicine and Graduate Studies. 04 oct 2008--Many breast cancer cells facing potentiall...
Breast cancer cells recycle to escape death by hormonal therapy
Dr. Patricia V. Schoenlein, cancer researcher in the Medical College of Georgia Schools of Medicine and Graduate Studies.
04 oct 2008--Many breast cancer cells facing potentially lethal antiestrogen therapy recycle to survive, researchers say.
About 70 percent of breast cancer cells have receptors for the hormone estrogen, which acts as a nutrient and stimulates their growth. Patients typically get an antiestrogen such as tamoxifen for five years to try to starve them to death, says Dr. Patricia V. Schoenlein, cancer researcher in the Medical College of Georgia Schools of Medicine and Graduate Studies.
%26quot;About 50 to 60 percent of these women really benefit from hormonal therapy,%26quot; says Dr. Schoenlein. Why others don't has been asked for at least two decades.
One reason may be breast cancer cells switch into a survival mode that normal cells also use when faced with starvation, according to research published in the September issue of Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. Dr. Schoenlein also is reporting on the research during the 2nd World Conference on Magic Bullets (Ehrlich II) Oct. 3-5 in N%26uuml;renberg, Germany.
It's called macroautophagy %26ndash; autophagy means %26quot;self eating%26quot; %26ndash; and within a week, breast cancer cells can reorganize component parts, degrade non-essentials and live in this state until antiestrogen therapy is stopped or the cells mutate and resume proliferation in the presence of tamoxifen. %26quot;It's like taking your foot off of the gas pedal of your car,%26quot; says Dr. Schoenlein, corresponding author on the study. %26quot;The cancer cell is in idle, unable to grow or replicate. But the cell is smart enough to use component parts generated by macroautophagy for the most necessary things required for survival.%26quot; She notes that macroautophagy can't be maintained indefinitely; cells can actually self-digest. %26quot;This is a time-buying strategy.%26quot;
Chemotherapeutic drugs are more direct killers but also kill healthy cells and can be tolerated by patients only for relatively short periods. Antiestrogen therapy is more specific, targeting breast cancer cells that express estrogen receptors.
In the laboratory, 20-25 percent of breast cancer cells died when Dr. Schoenlein and colleagues gave antiestrogen continuously over time %26ndash; similar to how patients get it. More typically, the cells expressed increasing levels of macroautophagy and survived. %26quot;They don't grow, but they survive the therapy. They will grow if you take away the therapy.%26quot; Adding a macroautophagy inhibitor promoted robust cell death.
%26quot;We believe targeting the autophagosome function will significantly improve the efficacy of hormonal treatment for estrogen-positive breast cancer,%26quot; says the researcher. She recently received a three-year, $1.1 million National Cancer Institute grant to pursue that strategy.
She'll now look for ways to block macroautophagy in an animal model, including using chloroquine, a drug used to treat malaria. %26quot;We know patients can take it with few side effects,%26quot; she says. If it works in animals, the drug, in combination with an antiestrogen, could move relatively quickly into human testing.
During autophagy, the internal pH for the recycling center of the reorganized cell gets acidic and chloroquine increases pH. %26quot;If you add this particular inhibitor of the recycling center, you alter the pH and block its ability to do what it is supposed to do,%26quot; says Dr. Schoenlein.
A University of Pennsylvania team led by Dr. Craig Thompson reported in 2007 in The Journal of Clinical Investigation that chloroquine increased death of suicide-resistant lymphoma cells being treated with chemotherapy. Dr. Schoenlein will give chloroquine along with an antiestrogen and measure cell death.
%26quot;Most cancers probably use autophagy as a survival mechanism. You can either block the autophagosome with your therapy or you can make the cell eat itself to the point of no return and the cell self-destructs. You have to push it either way,%26quot; she says. Although there are no known compounds in clinical use to induce self-destruction by autophagy, there is some evidence arsenic trioxide, a compound used in China to treat some aggressive cancers, prompts cancer cells to die from self digestion, she says. That and other compounds will no doubt be studied further, she says.
Dr. Schoenlein believes breast cancer survival during macroautophagy requires high activity of the tumor suppressor protein Rb and low levels of the lipid ceramide. Ceramide is vital but causes cell death at high levels. MCG researcher Erhard Bieberich and colleague Dr. Brian G. Condie at the University of Georgia showed in 2003 that high levels of ceramide kill cells that are unnecessary to the developing brain. The new studies will further explore the roles of Rb and ceramide in breast cancer survival during macroautophagy and determine if chloroquine can change their balance.
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