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Liver Cancer
As long as a person's liver is "alive," there is good reason to be
optimistic about dealing with liver cancer. The good news is that just
because a person has liver cancer does not mean the liver is dead.
Liver cancer requires a two-pronged approach. First, the liver must be
"detoxified," to get toxic chemicals out of the liver. Second, the cancer
cells in the liver must be killed. Both approaches will be discussed in this
section.
Note: Because liver cancer is primarily an adenocarcinoma, please read my
"type of cancer" article on adeoncarcinoma.
Adenocarcinoma Article
Here are some comments about specific alternative cancer treatments.
Brandt Grape Cure
"Grapes detoxify all tissues and organs and restore organic integrity to
starved cells." Of course purple grapes, with seeds and skin, contain more
than a dozen cancer killing nutrients that easily get to liver cancer cells.
Here is an article on the Brandt Grape Cure:
Brandt Grape Cure
Essaic Tea
"(Rene Caisse is the founder of Essiac Tea) [Rene] did little with the
Essiac formula until 1924 when her aunt developed stomach and liver cancer.
The doctors had given her aunt six months to live. Rene obtained permission
from her aunt's physician, Dr. R. O. Fisher, to administer the herbal tea
treatment. Rene later said, 'My aunt lived for twenty-one years after being
given up by the medical profession. There was no recurrence of cancer.'"
"Rene Caisse's mother was diagnosed with liver cancer in 1935. An
internationally known doctor, Roscoe Graham, informed her that her mother
had just "days to live." Rene never told her mother of the cancer, but
treated her with Essiac for ten days, slowly reducing the dosage. Her mother
recovered completely and lived another eighteen years until her death at age
ninety of heart failure."
"Although the focus on Essiac has been as a cancer treatment, it alleviated
and sometimes cured many chronic and degenerative conditions because it
cleanses the blood, the liver and strengthens the immune system."
Note: Essaic Tea is so potent, you should follow the advice of your vendor
when taking Essiac Tea for liver cancer. In other words, do not assume that
"more is better."
Essiac Tea can be combined with the Brandt Grape Cure.
See this article:
Essiac Tea
Noni Juice
"I am a general Surgeon. My specialty is Cryo Surgery of the Liver. Most of
the time when I see the patient they are on the edge of dying unless the
surgery works. I got the Noni Juice after speaking with and reading much
about Noni sent to me by Priscilla Salazar Martnez, Steven Shields, and
Colene Allen, LMT. Whatever it takes, I want my patients to have a chance
for healing. One patient had Prostate Cancer, NO MORE. One had Liver Cancer,
NO MORE. Three were at the end, but the pain was helped by Noni Juice so
that they were and are coherent without heavy drugs. All this is less than
eight weeks. I am really going to keep working with this Juice and hope that
you will see the results too."
Dr. Owen Fraser
Also see this powerful testimonial on liver cancer and Noni Juice:
http://www.noni-is-good-for-you.com/View.asp?TestID=88
Some Noni Juice can be combined with the Brandt Grape Cure and Essiac Tea,
if desired. See this article:
Noni Juice
Bill Henderson Protocol
For those, who for one reason or another, do not want to go on the Brandt
Grape Cure or cannot go on the Brandt Grape Cure, there is another treatment
that can be combined with Essiac Tea. That is the Bill Henderson Protocol,
which has at its core the Budwig Diet.
"Scientific studies conducted by Dr. Johanna Budwig in the treatment of
seriously ill cancer patients resulted in a gradual recession of tumors, and
symptoms of the cancer, liver dysfunction, anemia and diabetes were either
partially or completely alleviated." The Budwig diet deals with all types of
cancer.
Here is Bill Henderson's Protocol:
Bill Henderson Protocol
Brandt Grape Cure using Vegetable Juices INSTEAD OF GRAPES
The concept of a "juice fast" in the Brandt Grape Cure can also be used by
SUBSTITUTING vegetables juices, headed by carrots, instead of the grape
juice.
"Farmer Francis Cockram is not the sort of person you would call a crank.
Six foot three, his face weathered by years on the land...when Mr. Cockram
was told he had liver cancer and only six months to live he felt he had
nothing to lose in giving "alternative" medicine a chance. That was in May
1992. More than two years later, he is very much alive. working on the
farm...
NHS doctors, who said there was nothing more they could do for Mr. Cockram,
are mystified...a recent scan showed that the 68 year-old farmer's liver is
now clear of cancer. Mr Cockram's homeopath in Tiverton told him he could
fight the disease by going on a strict diet...eating plenty of fruit, raw
vegetables and cereals and drinking nothing but bottled water."
"The effects of carotenoids - alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, lycopene,
beta-cryptoxanthin, zeaxanthin, lutein, canthaxanthin, astaxanthin - on the
invasion from rat liver tumor cells were investigated. All the carotenoids
examined inhibited the invasion in a dose-dependent manner. Cancer cells
previously cultured with hypoxanthine (HX) and xanthine oxidase (XO) showed
a highly invasive activity. However, the carotenoids, 5 mu M of
beta-carotene and astaxanthin, suppressed this free radical invasive
capacity. The results suggest that the anti-invasive action toward the
tumors be a result of the antioxidant properties of these carotenoids."
In addition to the Brandt Grape Cure, see this article on how to design the
vegetable juice:
Raw Food - Vegetable Juice
Other Comments
Ellagic Acid
"Ellagic acid promotes carcinogen detoxification by stimulating the activity
of various isoforms of the enzyme glutathione-S-transferase in hepatoma
(liver cancer)(Barch and Rundhaugen, 1992). Another mechanism by which
ellagic acid could inhibit tumor initiation is through its potential role as
scavenger of the reactive metabolites of carcinogens." "Ellagic acid reduced
the number of altered foci and the incidence of hepatocellular neoplasms in
rats with liver cancer induced by N-2-fluorenylacetamide (Tanaka)."
Coenzyme Q10 - CoQ10
"Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is an excellent antioxidant that is protective for a
liver that has been damaged by ischemia (reduced blood flow). CoQ10 is also
an important component of healthy metabolism. It protects the mitochondria
and cell membrane from oxidative damage and helps generate ATP, the energy
source for cells. CoQ10 is absorbed by the lymphatic system and distributed
throughout the body." "It is important to take CoQ10 with some kind of oil
such as fish or flaxseed because dry powder CoQ10 is not readily absorbed
without it." The oil this quote refers to is part of the Budwig diet.
Other Treatments for Liver Cancers
Raw Beet Juice - "Beet juice is highly beneficial as a liver detoxifier and
blood cleanser. In cases of cancer, therefore, it purifies the bloodstream
so that the blood can do its work of detoxifying the body and delivering
nutrients to starved cells. By detoxifying the liver, it further promotes
clean blood, which is filtered by the liver." Raw beet juice is part of the
same vegetable juice that includes carrots and other vegetables! Do not
drink beet juice by itself, always mix it with carrot juice!
MGN-3 or MGN3 - "...I am a nurse...I found your website by chance when a
life long friend of mine called me one day over a year ago to tell me that
he had liver cancer. The survival rate for this type of cancer is very
poor...You were an answer to a prayer. He started on MGN-3 right away and
his cancer went into remission within a couple of months and he is cancer
free now." [These comments refer to the book: Cure Your Cancer, by Bill
Henderson]
Bitter Melon - "Numerous in vitro studies have also demonstrated the
anti-cancerous and anti-leukemic activity of bitter melon against numerous
cell lines including liver cancer, human leukemia, melanoma and solid
sarcomas."
Breuss Cancer Cure - In the Breuss Cancer Cure literature, special mention
is made of liver cancer and the importance of the potato in the Breuss
fasting diet. This type of treatment cannot be combined with other
alternative cancer treatments.
Water - a person treating liver cancer should drink at least between 1/2
gallon and 1 gallon of natural water per day to help flush the liver. See:
http://www.curezone.com/foods/waterpage.asp
AHCC - "AHCC is an extract of an hybridization of several medical mushrooms,
each of which has a long history of medicinal use in Japan. However, AHCC's
action is so much more powerful than the mushrooms from which it comes, that
studies show it has been effective against liver cancer, prostate cancer,
ovarian cancer, multiple myeloma, breast cancer, and AIDS."
Curcumin - "Another study at Wayne State University saw the same apoptosis
action on gastrointestinal and colon cancers. An earlier Chinese study
demonstrated the death effect when curcumin was introduced in colon cancer,
and certain skin, kidney and liver cancer cells in cultures of mouse embryo
fibroblasts. (Nutr Cancer 1996;26(1):111-20)" "Curcumin, to be effectively
assimilated into the bloodstream must be combined with small amounts of
piperine (a component of black pepper). It seems piperine enhances the
body?s natural absorption function."
Bee Pollen - "Brad had incurable liver cancer. His wife had given notice to
quit work because Brad was to be bedridden, and they planned to take in
students in order to have money to live. Twice I offered Brad Bee Pollen,
but he refused. One day he said to Dennis, "There's no hope; no medication
or treatments work; I'll be finished soon." My reply to Brad was. "Take Bee
Pollen every day." Brad has been cancer free for two years now and is
presently operating big machinery."
Vitamin D3 - "Additionally, vitamin D3 has demonstrated the ability to
inhibit liver cancer cell growth (Majewski et al. 1996). Cancer patients
should take 4000-6000 IU of vitamin D3 every day on an empty stomach."
IP-6 or IP6 (Inositol hexaphosphate) - "Vucenik I, Tantivejkul K, Zhang ZS,
Cole KE, Saied I, Shamsuddin AM. IP6 in treatment of liver cancer. I. IP6
inhibits growth and reverses transformed phenotype in HepG2 human liver
cancer cell line. Anticancer Res.1998;18(6A):4083-4090." "Vucenik I, Zhang
ZS, Shamsuddin AM. IP6 in treatment of liver cancer. II. Intra-tumoral
injection of IP6 regresses pre-existing human liver cancer xenotransplanted
in nude mice. Anticancer Res. 1998;18:4091-4096." "IP -6 has been used
against a wide variety of cancers. Blood based cancers such as leukemia are
the most sensitive, with solid tumors needing a larger dose. Most studies at
this point have used either animals or human cancer cells in vitro, i.e. in
a test tube. As an example, adding IP -6 to human liver cancer cells
resulted in complete inhibition of tumors. Human liver cancer cells injected
into mice resulted in 71% tumors. Cells pretreated with IP -6 resulted in no
tumors. Pre-existing liver cancers regressed. In another study with
Rhabdomyosarcoma, tumors were suppressed from 25 to 49 fold!" "AbulKalam M.
Shamsuddin, MD, PhD., a professor of pathology at the University of Maryland
School of Medicine in Baltimore, has written a book (Nature's Revolutionary
Cancer-Fighter, Kensington Publishing Corp.) about his studies of IP-6. His
research has shown that it can slow or stop the growth of liver cancer cells
in the laboratory and in mice. Dr. Shamsuddin has reported that while IP-6
doesn't actually kill cancer cells, it makes them behave like normal cells,
thus eliminating the danger they pose. A number of laboratory studies have
confirmed his findings. Research suggests that IP-6 can boost immune
function, help lower cholesterol, prevent formation of kidney stones, reduce
the risk of heart disease and stroke, and prevent the complications of
diabetes."
Glutathione - "Glutathione is a small protein composed of three amino acids:
cysteine, glutamic acid and glycine. It is involved in detoxification of the
liver and the body. Glutathione to toxins, such as heavy metals, solvents,
and pesticides, and transforms them into a form that can be excreted in
urine or bile. Glutathione is also an important antioxidant, counteracting
the effects of free radicals produced in the body by oxidation reactions."
ABM (Agaricus Blazei Murill) - "Subsequent studies over the next 25 years
have shown the ABM to stimulate the immune system and promote natural
mechanisms to battle infectious disease and cancers. ABM stimulates
lymphocyte T-cell and Helper T-cell production. The polysaccharide contained
in ABM stimulates production of interferon and interleukin that indirectly
function to destroy and prevent the proliferation of cancer cells.
Additionally, ABM turned out to be a very powerful antiviral agent
preventing viruses from entering tissues. Normally, the polysaccharides
found in fungus only affect solid cancers, however the polysaccharide in ABM
is effective against Ehrich's ascites carcinoma, sigmoid colonic cancer,
ovarian cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, and liver cancer as well as
against solid cancers."
PMGs (Protomorphogens) - "Any dietary therapy must contain PMGs and
eliminate sugars (or to be more specific, all processed foods). The only
place you can get PMGs specifically for your organ that has cancer, is from
a distributor of Standard Process Labs, or Dr West (my personal supplier).
For lung cancer, there is Pneumotrophin, for liver cancer there is
Hepatrophin, etc." For more information, see:
http://www.mnwelldir.org/docs/cancer1/altthrpy.htm
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Other Comments
There are two general ways to "stimulate" the liver. One is to have an
enema, such as a coffee enema or lemon juice enema. The other is to use
herbs, etc. Some of the nutrients that help detoxify and stimulate the liver
are mentioned above. For more information about the liver and cancer there
are two, free eBooks that can be read online:
http://theherbfinder.com/ (Click on the Biser book)
http://www.jonbarron.com/ (click on Free Download)
Here is a web site that has a complete protocol for liver cancer:
http://www.longlifecatalog.com/longl...antreatar.html
Here is another site with a complete protocol:
http://www.althealth.co.uk/services/...er_cancer1.php
Here is a list of books that talk about liver cancer (I am not sure I agree
with some of their choices):
http://www.curezone.com/books/best/c...yx.asp?CAT=782
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