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Apparent
partial remission of breast cancer in 'high risk' patients supplemented with
nutritional antioxidants, essential fatty acids and coenzyme Q10
Lockwood
K, Moesgaard S, Hanioka T, Folkers K
Private
Outpatient Clinic, Copenhagen, Denmark
Thirty-two
typical patients with breast cancer, aged 32-81 years and classified 'high risk'
because of tumor spread to the lymph nodes in the axilla, were studied for 18
months following an Adjuvant Nutritional Intervention in Cancer protocol (ANICA
protocol).
The nutritional protocol was added to the surgical and therapeutic treatment of
breast cancer, as required by regulations in Denmark.
The added treatment was a combination of nutritional antioxidants (Vitamin C:
2850 mg, Vitamin E: 2500 iu, beta-carotene 32.5 iu, selenium 387 micrograms plus
secondary vitamins and minerals), essential fatty acids (1.2 g gamma linolenic
acid and 3.5 g n-3 fatty acids) and Coenzyme Q10 (90 mg per day).
The ANICA protocol is based on the concept of testing the synergistic effect of
those categories of nutritional supplements, including vitamin Q10, previously
having shown deficiency and/or therapeutic value as single elements in diverse
forms of cancer, as cancer may be synergistically related to diverse biochemical
dysfunctions and vitamin deficiencies.
Biochemical markers, clinical condition, tumor spread, quality of life
parameters and survival were followed during the trial.
Compliance was excellent.
The main observations were:
(1) none of the patients died during the study period. (the expected number was
four.)
(2) none of the patients showed signs of further distant metastases.
(3) quality of life was improved (no weight loss, reduced use of pain killers).
(4) six patients showed apparent partial remission.
PMID:
7752835 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=7752835&dopt=Abstract
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