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Cancer: A Treatable Disease
by John AustenA few decades ago, if you had heart disease, your chances of survival were slim. Today, through prevention, natural therapies and high tech diagnostics, having the disease no longer points inevitably to a poor outcome. The same is now becoming true for cancer. Cancer is not only preventable, it's curable.
However, similar to heart disease, a more enlightened mindset must be taken toward cancer to truly understand the disease. Surviving cancer is about personal empowerment and engagement in your own health through nutrition, exercise, emotional support and natural therapies. To support your healing journey, you need a personalized cancer care plan which considers aspects of your illness, your health and your lifestyle. And though surgery plays a very important role in cancer treatment, it doesn't address the underlying factors that predispose you to the disease and even prevent your healing.
In today's fight against cancer
we may be losing sight of the fact that the disease is not an alien being that has inhabited the body, but a growth of the body. It needs to be handled in a way that heals, rather than drastically trying to eradicate the invader at great expense to the rest of the body. Given the side effects and inconclusive results of chemotherapy and radiation, our best hope may be in therapies that enhance the body's own immune protection and the way it responds to cancer cells.
Dr. Mamdooh Ghoneum, PhD, Chief of Research, Department of Otolaryngology, Charles Drew University of Medicine in Los Angeles, has spent 20 years studying substances that effect immune response. He discovered that compounds found in nature may be just as effective as drugs for cancer treatment. While experimenting with extracts from mushrooms, herbs, fungi and bacteria, he stumbled across a substance that interested him enough to abandon all other projects, including government-funded research, in order to focus on it. The substance, MGN-3, is an extract of rice bran, modified by enzymes from shiitake mushrooms.
In studies involving 72 patients, the efficacy of MGN-3 equaled or surpassed all commonly used immune-modulating drugs (those that effect the body 's immune response) but, in stark contrast, showed no toxicity or negative side effects. The data regarding MGN-3 was published in technical journals and presented at international research conferences, but the information remains largely unknown to oncologists and other health professionals dealing with cancer patients.What is its role in cancer treatment?
Our immune system's natural killer (NK) cells are white blood cells which fight infection and disease. They work independently to recognize and attack a foreign cell and are considered to be the body's first line of defense against cancer. Once activated, the NK cells begin aggressive search-and-destroy activities. Upon encountering a tumour cell, the NK cell injects a substance that quickly dissolves it. In less than five minutes, the cancer cell is dead and the NK moves to its next victim. A single NK cell can destroy up to 27 cancer cells before it dies. However, the number of NK cells present doesn't indicate the efficiency of the body's immune system. Instead, it is the activity - how well NK cells are recognizing and binding to tumour cells - that is important. In a healthy person, NK cell activity is from 60 to 75 percent, and in cancer patients, activity ranges from near 0 to 30 percent. Most substances that affect the immune system including MGN-3 do not increase the number of NK cells, but increase their function.
This data offers compelling evidence that MGN-3 may positively affect the immune system and is free of side effects, and therefore shows promise in the treatment of cancer. Supporting your overall health and your immune system facilitates the healing process, improves your quality of life and enhances full recovery.