If you all can stand another supplement, quercitin,which is derived
from citrus and onions, looks like it can be very helpful in all
cancers.
Marilyn just forwarded some information on Multiple Myeloma, which
contains the following information, that could be of use to everybody:
Quercetin has “the potential to revert a cancerous cell back to a
normal healthy cell, called prodifferentation.” (44) Quercetin also
induces apoptosis or programmed cell death in otherwise “immortal”
cancer cells. (24) It inhibits inflammation by reducing histamine
release (24) and reduces tumour cell proliferation. (24) Quillin also
refers to new studies which show that quercetin “may be one of the most
potent anticarcinogens in nature.” (45) Amongst the reasons for this
may be the fact that quercetin “competes with oestrogen for binding
sites, thus defusing the damaging effects of oestrogen,” in breast
cancer. Quercetin is also “a potent antioxidant”. It “inhibits
capillary fragility which protects connective tissue against breakdown
by tumours,” in angiogenesis and metastasis. Quercetin also interferes
with metastasis by reducing cell aggregation or ‘stickiness’. It “helps
to eliminate toxic metals through chelation.” (24)
44 Middleton E et al, Anticancer and Anticarcinogenic properties of
plant flavonoids, Adjuvant Nutrition in Cancer, Quillin P. (eds),
Arlington Heights, IL, 1994;319-30.
45 Stavric B, Quercetin in our diet: from potent mutagen to probable
anticarginogen. Clin Biochem 1994;27(4):245-8.
24 Quillin P, Williams RM, eds, Adjuvant Nutrition in Cancer, Arlington
Heights IL, 1993: pp380.