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Anonymous Coward User ID: 659258 Canada 12/08/2009 10:39 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | New Scientist has received an unprecedented amount of interest in this story from readers. If you would like up-to-date information on any plans for clinical trials of DCA in patients with cancer, or would like to donate towards a fund for such trials, please visit the site set up by the University of Alberta and the Alberta Cancer Board. We will also follow events closely and will report any progress as it happens. [link to www.newscientist.com] University of Alberta and the Alberta Cancer Board [link to www.depmed.ualberta.ca] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 836246 United Kingdom 12/08/2009 10:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to en.wikipedia.org] A study published in January 2007 by researchers at the University of Alberta, testing DCA on in vitro cancer cell lines and a rat model, found that DCA restored mitochondrial function, thus restoring apoptosis, killing cancer cells in vitro, and shrinking the tumors in the rats. Quoting: WikipediaThese results received extensive media attention, beginning with an article in New Scientist titled "Cheap, ‘safe’ drug kills most cancers". Subsequently, the American Cancer Society and other medical organizations have received a large volume of public interest and questions regarding DCA. Reports have since pointed out that although the study results are promising, no formal clinical trials in humans with cancer have yet been conducted in the USA and are not yet final in Canada, emphasizing the need for caution in interpreting the preliminary results. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 526155 Canada 12/08/2009 10:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is a band aid and not a "cure" for cancer, which OFTEN (almost always) involves infections that must be treated in order to avoid further oxidative stress and DNA damage. Cancer always comes back later if the infection(s) remain in the body. Different cancers have different infections. So no, this is not a cure for cancer (and I've seen people be cured of their cancer so this is just pharma crap to me). |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 836266 United States 12/08/2009 10:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This evil country won't allow this type of information to be disseminated to the public because it might curb the obscene profits the drug companies are making off treatments that don't really work. If the big boys can't make tons of money it won't ever make it to market. Sad and pathetic, but that's the way it is |
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Smiles99 User ID: 773861 United States 12/08/2009 11:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | DCA is an organic compound, and a byproduct of TCE (trichloroethylene), a chemical that has been a concern in the development of cancer. In January 2007, researchers at the University of Alberta published a study in the journal Cancer Cell suggesting that DCA showed promise in shrinking tumors in lab rats as well as inhibiting growth of cultured human cancer cells. They hypothesized that DCA may be able to change cancer cells back to normal ones by switching them from the aberrant energy pathways they rely on to those used by normal cells. The most important thing you should know about DCA is that it hasn't yet been tested in humans, and we don't even know if it is safe, much less effective as a cancer treatment. Despite all the hype and the researchers' assertions that DCA may be able to make an easy transition from the laboratory to the clinic, I'm skeptical. In his blog on the subject, Len Lichtenfeld, M.D., deputy chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, notes that, "Nothing in translation from the (lab) bench to the bedside is easy." Dr. Lichtenfeld also points out that although reports about DCA have claimed that it is safe, that is not really the case. It has been shown to have potentially dangerous side effects when used for other non-cancer-related conditions. In fact, when added to drinking water, DCA caused liver cancer in laboratory mice. |