Here’s Why Radiation and Chemotherapy Should Not Be The Only Two Approved Treatments For Cancer
by Arjun Walia
In the United States there are only two approved treatments for cancer – radiation and chemotherapy. Despite the fact that chemotherapy fuels cancer growth and kills the patient more quickly, nothing has changed. Despite numerous alternative treatments that are now coming to the forefront, the medical industry continues to promote and push radiation, chemotherapy and surgery as the only viable options for cancer treatment, this is simply not true.
Major studies within cancer research have been proven as false which also suggests that the mainstream treatments we use are based on fraudulent findings and false science. It’s usually the treatments not heavily publicized and promoted that we should keep our eye on. More researchers are catching on, not to long ago University of Michigan researchers suggested increasing public funding of research to decrease potential bias from industry ties. You can read more about that here.
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Many people believe that mainstream cancer treatment is rarely effective and exists primarily for the benefit of the cancer industry itself. A study published in the journal Cancer by researchers from the department of Radiation Oncology at the UCLA Johnson Comprehensive Cancer Center reports that radiation drives breast cancer cells into greater malignancy. (1)(2) Malignancy is a term used to describe the tendency of tumors and their potential to become progressively worse, ultimately resulting in death.
In many cases, cancer stem cells are generated by the therapy itself, and they are resistant to conventional treatment, this may play a critical role in the development of tumors. Cancer stem sells are tumorigenic (tumor-forming) and are capable of both initiation and sustaining cancer. They are also increasingly recognized to be the cause of relapse and metastasis following conventional treatment.
Cannabis
One of the biggest alternative treatments that’s used today to treat cancer is cannabis. Why cannabis is still not an approved and recognized form of cancer treatment remains a mystery to many, especially since the anti-tumor effects of cannabinoids and THC have been demonstrated time and time again since the 1980s.
When scientists discovered cannabinoid receptors in the human brain, it became obvious that our body has to synthesize something that binds to these receptors. Our bodies produce these compounds in our own endocannabinoid system, which is now known to be responsible for a number of biological functions. This is why the plant has such a wide therapeutic potential for multiple diseases, including cancer.
There is study after study proving the fact that cannabis can cure cancer.*(3)* Despite the fact that human trials have not been conducted (ask yourself, why?), there are numerous examples of patients healing themselves with cannabis. One great example is Mykayla Comstock, a young lady who has been treating her leukaemia with cannabis. She is Oregon’s youngest medical cannabis patient, and she is curing her cancer. You can read more about her story and the details of it here.
In Oregon, when you are an adult with cancer, you have the choice to use the two recommended options or refuse them and select other methods. When you are a child, your parents do not have the option to refuse the approved way without facing legal repercussions, this is what happened to Mykayla’s parents.
Collective Evolution has also been it touch with doctors in Toronto who recently published a case study where they used cannabis to treat leukemia in a teenage girl. (4) This patient underwent standard treatments of acute and aggressive chemotherapy as well as bone marrow transplants. It was found that none of these treatments were not effective which led the family to explore alternatives. The alternative they chose was to treat her with cannabinoids administered orally in the form of hemp oil. You can read more about this story here
The list of examples goes on and on, below is a video of Molecular Biologist Dr. Christina Sanchez explaining how THC (one ingredient within cannabis out of multiple ingredients that kill cancer) completely kill cancer cells.
*Don’t forget to review the studies in source # 3 to help you further your research.
Royal Rife
It was in 1920 that Royal Rife first identified the human cancer virus using the world’s most powerful microscope. After identifying and isolating the virus, he decided to culture it on salted pork. At the time this was a very good method for culturing a virus. He then took the culture and injected it into 400 rats which as you might expect, created cancer in all 400 rats very quickly. The next step for Rife is where things took an interesting turn. He later found a frequency of electromagnetic energy that would cause the cancer virus to diminish completely when entered into the energy field. The great discovery led Rife to create a device that could be tuned to output the frequency that would destruct the cancer. He was then able to treat the cancer within both rats and patients who were within close proximity of the device.
To read more about this device, click here.
Dichloroacetate
Dichloroacetate (DCA) is a small molecule drug that has long been used to treat congenital mitochondrial abnormalities. The mitochondria (cell power source), is vital for several reasons. One of them is acting as oxygen sensors and control, as well as controlling programmed cell death. This process is known as apoptosis. The significance here is that this process is suppressed in cancer, a disease that’s characterized by uncontrolled cell growth. Dr. Evengelos Michelakis, associate chair and medical researcher at the University of Alberta’s faculty of medicine and his team of researchers discovered DCA as a possible cure for cancer more than 10 years ago. Since then, it has received very little attention from the medical industry,
To view these studies and read more about DCA, click here. Clinical trials (finally) are under way, and the estimated date for completion is March 2015. You can read more about the clinical trial details here.
Diet
Rarely do we consider the importance of natural, non-GMO organic fruits and vegetables. A number of them have been proven to limit cancer growth. For example, broccoli fights cancer by cleaning bad tumor suppressors. (5)
Studies have shown that raw garlic cuts lung cancer risk in half. (6) Celery and artichokes contain flavonoids that kill human pancreatic cancer cells.(7) The list literally goes on and on.
I am a big believer that diet alone can heal us from any type of cancer. So many different fruits and vegetables have a wide range of anti-tumoral effects. Taking notice of what you put into your body can play a large role in cancer treatment/prevention. We are so quick to jump to the approved treatments that we fail to realize many other factors that play very significant roles, specifically, what exactly are we putting into our bodies.
Many people have had success with cancer prevention and treatment by switching to a completely raw, vegan diet full of anti-cancer fruits and vegetables. It’s definitely something worth researching.
I could go on and on with this article, but the main point I wanted to illustrate was the fact that chemotherapy and radiation should not be the only two approved treatments for cancer.
Here’s a great video that gives us all something to think about, and some possible insight as to why multiple alternative cures have been proven effective, but don’t really see the light of day. The fact remains, there are a number of proven options out there to treat cancer, not just radiation, chemotherapy and surgery.
Cancer is a great example of how we don’t need to wait for our governing medical authorities to tell us what’s true and what isn’t. We need to turn our heads to those who have our best health interests in hand, and we need to do the research for ourselves. You always have a choice.
For more articles on cancer by CE, click here.
Sources:
(1) http://www.cancer.ucla.edu/Index.aspx?page=644&recordid=560
(2) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cncr.27701/full
(3) Current Research Concerning Cannabis and LeukemiaEffects of cannabinoids on L1210 murine leukemia. 1. Inhibition of DNA synthesis. (abst – 1977)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=Retrieve&list_uids=897352&dopt=abstractplus
Cannabinoids induce incomplete maturation of cultured human leukemia cells (full – 1987)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC298868/?tool=pmcentrez&page=1
Fatal aspergillosis associated with smoking contaminated marijuana, in a marrow transplant recipient. (full – 1988) http://chestjournal.chestpubs.org/content/94/2/432.long
Anandamide Induces Apoptosis in Human Cells via Vanilloid Receptors (full – 2000)
http://www.jbc.org/content/275/41/31938.full
Targeting CB2 cannabinoid receptors as a novel therapy to treat malignant lymphoblastic disease (full – 2002) http://bloodjournal.hematologylibrary.org/cgi/reprint/100/2/627.pdf
Gamma-irradiation enhances apoptosis induced by cannabidiol, a non-psychotropic cannabinoid, in cultured HL-60 myeloblastic leukemia cells. (abst – 2003)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=Retrieve&list_uids=14692532&dopt=abstractplus
Cannabis-induced cytotoxicity in leukemic cell lines: the role of the cannabinoid receptors and the MAPK pathway (full – 2005) http://bloodjournal.hematologylibrary.org/cgi/content/full/105/3/1214
Cannabidiol-Induced Apoptosis in Human Leukemia Cells : A Novel Role of Cannabidiol in the Regulation of p22phox and Nox4 Expression (full-2006)
http://molpharm.aspetjournals.org/cgi/content/full/70/3/897
{Delta}9-Tetrahydrocannabinol-Induced Apoptosis in Jurkat Leukemia T Cells Is Regulated by Translocation of Bad to Mitochondria (full – 2006)
http://mcr.aacrjournals.org/content/4/8/549.full
Is there a temperature-dependent uptake of anandamide into cells? (full – 2006)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1629410/
Parental marijuana use and risk of childhood acute myeloid leukaemia: a report from the Children’s Cancer Group (United States and Canada). (abst – 2006)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16466429
The effects of cannabinoids on P-glycoprotein transport and expression in multidrug resistant cells. (abst – 2006) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16458258
Cannabis destroys cancer cells (news – 2006)
http://www.news-medical.net/news/2006/03/01/16340.aspx220
Cannabidiol inhibits tumour growth in leukaemia and breast cancer in animal studies (news – 2006)
http://www.cannabis-med.org/english/bulletin/ww_en_db_cannabis_artikel.php?id=220#2
HU-331, a novel cannabinoid-based anticancer topoisomerase II inhibitor (full – 2007)
http://mct.aacrjournals.org/content/6/1/173.long
Medical Marijuana Use and Research Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Statement (full – 2008)
http://www.maps.org/mmj/lnls-res.pdf
Enhancing the in vitro cytotoxic activity of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol in leukemic cells through a combinatorial approach (abst – 2008)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18608861
Marijuana’s Active Ingredient Kills Leukemia Cells (news – 2009)
http://medicalmarijuanadoctors.org/marijuana-active-ingredient-kills-leukemia-cells
Substance use and survival after treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) or myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). (full – 2010)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2847847/?tool=pubmed
Cannabidiol induced a contrasting pro-apoptotic effect between freshly isolated and precultured human monocytes. (abst – 2011)
http://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/ebm/record/20471992/abstract
Tumor necrosis factor activation of vagal afferent terminal calcium is blocked by cannabinoids. (abst – 2012) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22496569
Marijuana compound could stop aggressive cancer metastasis (news – 2012)
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Can marijuana stop cancer? (news – 2012)
http://www.examiner.com/article/can-marijuana-stop-cancer
Brain Cancer
1. A study published in the British Journal of Cancer, conducted by the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Complutense University in Madrid, this study determined that Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and other cannabinoids inhibit tumour growth. They were responsible for the first clinical study aimed at assessing cannabinoid antitumoral action. Cannabinoid delivery was safe and was achieved with zero psychoactive effects. THC was found to decrease tumour cells in two out of the nine patients.
2. A study published in The Journal of Neuroscience examined the biochemical events in both acute neuronal damage and in slowly progressive, neurodegenerative diseases. They conducted a magnetic resonance imaging study that looked at THC (the main active compound in marijuana) and found that it reduced neuronal injury in rats. The results of this study provide evidence that the cannabinoid system can serve to protect the brain against neurodegeneration.
3. A study published in The Journal of Pharmacology And Experimental Therapeutics already acknowledged the fact that cannabinoids have been shown to possess antitumor properties. This study examined the effect of cannabidiol (CBD, non psychoactive cannabinoid compound) on human glioma cell lines. The addition of cannabidiol led to a dramatic drop in the viability of glioma cells. Glioma is the word used to describe brain tumour. The study concluded that cannabidiol was able to produce a significant antitumor activity.
4. A study published in the journal Molecular Cancer Therapeutics outlines how brain tumours are highly resistant to current anticancer treatments, which makes it crucial to find new therapeutic strategies aimed at improving the poor prognosis of patients suffering from this disease. This study also demonstrated the reversal of tumour activity in Glioblastoma multiforme.
Breast Cancer
5. A study published in the US National Library of Medicine, conducted by the California Pacific Medical Centre determined that cannabidiol (CBD) inhibits human breast cancer cell proliferation and invasion. They also demonstrated that CBD significantly reduces tumour mass.
6. A study published in The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics determined that THC as well as cannabidiol dramatically reduced breast cancer cell growth. They confirmed the potency and effectiveness of these compounds.
7. A study published in the Journal Molecular Cancer showed that THC reduced tumour growth and tumour numbers. They determined that cannabinoids inhibit cancer cell proliferation, induce cancer cell apoptosis and impair tumour angiogenesis (all good things). This study provides strong evidence for the use of cannabinoid based therapies for the management of breast cancer.
8. A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) determined that cannabinoids inhibit human breast cancer cell proliferation.
Lung Cancer
9. A study published in the journal Oncogene, by Harvard Medical Schools Experimental Medicine Department determined that THC inhibits epithelial growth factor induced lung cancer cell migration and more. They go on to state that THC should be explored as novel therapeutic molecules in controlling the growth and metastasis of certain lung cancers.
10. A study published by the US National Library of Medicine by the Institute of Toxicology and Pharmacology, from the Department of General Surgery in Germany determined that cannabinoids inhibit cancer cell invasion. Effects were confirmed in primary tumour cells from a lung cancer patient. Overall, data indicated that cannabinoids decrease cancer cell invasiveness.
11. A study published by the US National Library of Medicine, conducted by Harvard Medical School investigated the role of cannabinoid receptors in lung cancer cells. They determined its effectiveness and suggested that it should be used for treatment against lung cancer cells.
Prostate Cancer
12. A study published in the US National Library of Medicine illustrates a decrease in prostatic cancer cells by acting through cannabinoid receptors.
13. A study published in the US National Library of Medicine outlined multiple studies proving the effectiveness of cannabis on prostate cancer.
14. Another study published by the US National Library of Medicine determined that clinical testing of CBD against prostate carcinoma is a must. That cannabinoid receptor activation induces prostate carcinoma cell apoptosis. They determined that cannabidiol significantly inhibited cell viability.
Blood Cancer
15. A study published in the journal Molecular Pharmacology recently showed that cannabinoids induce growth inhibition and apoptosis in matle cell lymphoma. The study was supported by grants from the Swedish Cancer Society, The Swedish Research Council and the Cancer Society in Stockholm.
16. A study published in the International Journal of Cancer also determined and illustrated that cannabinoids exert antiproliferative and proapoptotic effects in various types of cancer and in mantle cell lymphoma.
17. A study published in the US National Library of Medicine conducted by the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology by Virginia Commonwealth University determined that cannabinoids induce apoptosis in leukemia cells.
Oral Cancer
18. A study published by the US National Library of Medicine results show cannabinoids are potent inhibitors of cellular respiration and are toxic to highly malignant oral Tumours.
Liver Cancer
19. A study published by the US National Library of Medicine determined that THC reduces the viability of human HCC cell lines (Human hepatocellular liver carcinoma cell line) and reduced the growth.
Pancreatic Cancer
20. A study published in The American Journal of Cancer determined that cannabinoid receptors are expressed in human pancreatic tumor cell lines and tumour biopsies at much higher levels than in normal pancreatic tissue. Results showed that cannabinoid administration induced apoptosis. They also reduced the growth of tumour cells, and inhibited the spreading of pancreatic tumour cells.
(4) http://karger.com/Article/FullText/356446#AC
(5) http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/broccoli-fights-cancer-by-clearing-11-01-27/
(6) http://cancerpreventionresearch.aacrjournals.org/content/6/7/711.abstract
Arjun Walia writes for Collective Evolution, where this first appeared.
