MEDICAL REFERENCES

 
 
 
Phytoestrogens & Soy
Modified Citrus Pectin
Integrative Oncology
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MEDICAL REFERENCES

Diet & General Integrative Oncology (Miscellany)

Natural Health Products and Cancer Treatment, Hal Gunn, Complementary Corner, Summer 2003 Vol. 4 No. 3 www.abreastinthewest.ca  (BCCA policy re: natural agents)

 

Cancer Therapy – The Independent Consumer’s Guide to Non-toxic Treatment and Prevention , Ralph Moss  1992/6 Equinox Press.

 

Use of Complementary / Integrative Nutritional Therapies During Cancer Treatment: Implications in Clinical Practice,  Kumar et al.,  Canc. Control  2002; 9 (3): 236-243.

 

Complementary Therapies for Cancer-related Symptoms, Deng, Cassileth & Yeung, J. Support Oncol. 2004; 2: 419-429.

 

Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Cancer, Cassileth & Deng, Oncologist 2004; 9: 80-89.

 

Integrative Oncology: Complementary Therapies in Cancer Care, Cassileth, Heitzer & Gubili, Cancer Chemother. Rev. 2008; 3 (4): 204-211.

 

Lifestyle changes and the ‘spontaneous’ regression of cancer: An initial computer analysis  Foster, Int. J. Biosoc. Res., 1988; 10 (1): 17-33.

Molecular Targets of Dietary Agents for Prevention and Therapy of Cancer, Aggarwal & Shishodia, Biochem. Pharmacol. 2006; 71: (10): 1397-1421.

Analysis of Botanicals and Dietary Supplements for Antioxidant Capacity: a Review,  Prior & Cao,  J. AOAC Int. 2000; 83 (4): 950-956.

 

Dietary Fat, Fiber, Vegetable, and Micronutrients are Associated with Overall Survival in Postmenopausal Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer, McEligot, Largent, Ziogas, Peel & Anton-Culver,  Nutr. Cancer. 2006; 55 (2): 132-140.

 

Dietary Influences on Survival After Ovarian Cancer, Nagle, Purdie, Webb, et al., Int. J. Cancer 2003; 106 (2): 264-269.

Association of Dietary Patterns with Cancer Recurrence and Survival in Patients with Stage III Colon Cancer, Meyerhardt , Niedzwiecki , Hollis, et al., J. Amer. Med. Assoc.  2007; 298 (7):754 -764.

Greater Survival After Breast Cancer in Physically Active Women with High Vegetable-Fruit Intake Regardless of Obesity, Pierce, Stefanick, Flatt, et al., J. Clin. Oncol. 2007; 25 (17): 2345-2351.

Influence of a Diet Very High in Vegetables, Fruit and Fiber and Low in Fat on Prognosis Following Treatment for Breast Cancer, J. Amer. Med. Assoc. 2007; 298 (3): 289-298.

Baseline Nutritional Status is Predictive of Response to Treatment and Survival in Patients treated by Definitive Chemo-Radiotherapy for a Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer,Di Fiore, Lecleire, Pop, et al., Am. J. Gastroenterol. 2007; 102 (11): 2557-2563.

Is Voluntary Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation Associated with Better Outcome in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients? Results from the Mayo Clinic Lung Cancer Cohort. Jatoi, Williams, Nichols, et al.,   Lung Cancer. 2005; 49 (1): 77-84.

Cancer and Natural Medicine – a Textbook of Basic Science and Clinical Research , John Boik, 1996 Oregon Medical Press.

 

Naturally There’s Hope – A Handbook for the Naturopathic Care of Cancer Patients, McKinney,Trafford Press, 2003.

 

Survival Impact of Integrative Cancer Care in Advanced Metastatic Breast Cancer,  Block, Gyllenhaal, Tripathy, et al., In press, The Breast Journal 2009; 15 (4).

 

Survival Impact of Integrative Care in Advanced Prostate Cancer, Block, Gyllenhaal, Chodak, et al., Proc. Am. Soc. Clin. Oncol. 2003; 22: abstract 1746.

 

Mind-body Therapies for the Management of Pain,Astin, Clin. J. Pain 2004; 20 (1): 27-32.

 

Pilot Crossover Trial of Reiki vs. Rest for Treating Cancer-related Fatigue, Tsang, Carlson & Olson, Integr. Cancer Ther. 2007; 6 (1): 25-35.

 

Efficacy of Homeopathic Therapy in Cancer Treatment,  Milazzo, Russell & Ernst,  Eur. J. Cancer, 2006; 42 : 282-289.

 

The Hoxsey Treatment: Cancer Quackery or Effective Physiological Adjuvant?, Brinker,  J. Naturopathic Med. 1996; 6(1): 9-23.

 

Broad in vitro Efficacy of Plant-derived Betulinic Acid Against Cell Lines Derived from the Most Prevalent Human Cancer Types, Kessler, Mullauer, dee Roo & Medema, Cancer Lett. 2007; 251 (1): 132-145                                                              

 

Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Larson, Trustee Mag. 2006, Sept.  

Survival Impact of Integrative Care in Advanced Prostate Cancer, Block, Gyllenhaal, Chodak et al.,  Proc. Am Soc Clin Oncol. 2003; 22: abstract 1746.

 

Seronea repens (Permixon, Saw Palmetto)Inhibits the 5-alpha-reductase Activity of Human Prostate Cancer Cell Lines Without Interfering with PSA Expression,Habib, Ross, Ho, et al., Int. J. Cancer 2005; 114 (2); 190-194.

Antioxidants &
Artemisinin
Ashwagandha
Avemar
Boswellia
Breast Cancer
Butyrate
Chinese Medicine (TCM)
Co-enzyme Q10
Curcumin &
Diet & General Integrative
Ginger
Grape Seed Extract &
Green Tea EGCG &
Indole-3-Carbinol
Alkylglycerols
(Withania)
Alpha Lipoic Acid
Herbs & Acupuncture
Resveratrol
Chemotherapy
Inflammation
Oncology  (Miscellany)
Polyphenols

Survival Impact of Integrative Cancer Care in Advanced Metastatic Breast Cancer, Block, Gyllenhaal, Tripathy et al.,  The Breast Journal. 2008; in press.

 

Natural Compounds in Cancer Therapy – Promising Non-toxic Anti-tumor Agents from Plants and Other Natural Sources, John Boik, Oregon Medical Press  2001.

 

An Alternative Medicine Definitive Guide to Cancer, Diamond, Cowden & Goldberg, Future Medicine Publishing, 1997.

 

Genetic Program Linking Cancer to Hemostasis Identified, Boccaccio, et al., Nature2005; 434: 396-400.

 

Metastasis: A Therapeutic Target for Cancer, Steeg & Theodorescu, Nat. Clin. Pract. Oncol. 2008; 5 (4): 206-219.

Effect of Gamma-Linolenic Acid on the Transcritional Activity of the Her-2/neu (erbB-2) Oncogene, Menendez, Vellon, Colomer & Lupu, J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 2005; 97 (2): 1611-1615.

 

Herb-Drug Interactions in Oncology: Focus on Mechanisms of Induction, Meijerman, Bejnen and Schellens, Oncologist 2006; 11: 742-752.

 

Energy-modulating Vitamins – A New Combinatorial Therapy Prevents Cancer Cachexia in Rat Mammary Carcinoma, Perumai, Shanthi & Sachdanandam, Br. J. Nutr. 2005; 93(6): 901-909.

 

P13 Kinase /Akt Pathway as a Therapeutic Target in Multiple Myeloma, Harvey & Lonial, Future Oncol. 2007; 3(6): 639-647.

 

Starvation-dependent Differential Stress Resistance Protects Normal but Not Cancer Cells Against High-dose Chemotherapy, Raffaghello, Lee, Sadfie, et al.,Proc Natl Acad Sci USA  2008; 105 (24): 8215-8220.

 

Adherence to Mediterranean Diet and Health Status: Meta-analysis, Sofe, Cesari, Abbate, et al., BMJ 2008; 337: a1344.

 

Early Hormonal Data from a Multicentre Phase II Trial Using Transdermal Oestrogen Patches as a First-line Hormonal Therapy in Patients with Locally Advanced or Metastatic Prostate Cancer, Langley, Godsland, Kynastn, et al., BJU Int  2008; 102 (4): 442-445.

 

Starvation-dependent Differential Stress Resistance Protects Normal but Not Cancer Cells Against High-dose Chemotherapy, Raffaghello, Lee, Sadfie, et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci USA  2008; 105 (24): 8215-8220.

 

Dietary Alpha-, Beta-, Gamma- and Delta-Tocopherols in Lung Cancer Risk, Mahabir, Schendel, Dong, et al., Int. J. Cancer 2008; 123: 1173-1180.

 

Allergic Pulmonary Inflammation Promotes the Recruitment of Circulating Tumor Cells to the Lung, Taranova, Maldonado, Vachon, et al., Cancer Res.  2008; 68 (20): 8582-8589.

 

Interaction of Warfarin with Drugs, Natural Substances, and Foods, Greenblatt & von Moltke, J. Clin. Pharmacol. 2005; 45 (2): 127-132.

 

Intensive Lifestyle Changes May Affect the Progression of Prostate Cancer, Ornish, Weidner, Fair, et al., J Urol. 2005; 174 (3): 1065-1069.

 

High Casein-Lactalbumin Diet Accelerates Blood Coagulation in Rats, Chan, Lou & Hargrove, J. Nutr. 1993; 123 (6): 1010-1016.

 

Therapeutic Applications of Whey Protein, Marshall, Altern. Med. Rev. 2004; 9 (2): 136-156.

 

Dairy Products, Calcium, and Vitamin D and Risk of Prostate Cancer, Chan & Giovannucci, Epidemiol. Rev. 2001; 23 (1): 87-92.

 

Dairy Products and Breast Cancer: the IGF-I, Estrogen, and bGH Hypothesis, Outwater, Nicholson & Barnard, Med. Hypotheses 1997; 48 (6): 453-461.

 

Prospective Study of Grapefruit Intake and Risk of Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women: the Multi-ethnic Cohort Study, Monroe, Murphy, Kolonel & Pike, Br. J. Cancer 2007; 697 (3): 440-445.

 

Does Grapefruit Juice Increase the Bioavailability of Orally Administered Sex Steroids? Fingerová, Oborná, Petrová, et al., Ceska Gynekol. 2003; 68 (2): 117-121.

 

Gamma-linolenic Acid Therapy of Human Glioma- A Review of in vitro, in vivo, and Clinical Studies, Das,  Med. Sci. Monit. 2007; 13 (7): RA119-131.

 

Gamma Linolenic Acid: An Antiinflammatory Omega-6 Fatty Acid,  Kapoor & Huang, Curr. Pharm. Biotechnol. 2006; 7(6): 531-534.

 

Non-linear Dynamics for Clinicians: Chaos Theory, Fractals, and Complexity at the Bedside, Goldberger, Lancet 1996; 347: 1312–1314.

 

Megadose Vitamins in Bladder Cancer: A Double-blind Clinical Trial, Lamm, Riggs, Shriver et al.,  J. Urol. 1994; 151 (1): 21-26

Health Implications of Mediterranean Diets in Light of Contemporary Knowledge:  Meat, Wine, Fats, and Oils, Kushi, Lenart & Willett, Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 1995; 61 (6Suppl): 1416S-1427S.

Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet Attenuates Inflammation and Coagulation Process in Healthy Adults: The ATTICA Study, Chrysohoou, Panagiotakos, Pitsavos, et al.,J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 2004; 44 (1): 152-158.

Fibrinogen: A Novel Predictor of Responsiveness in Metastatic Melanoma Patients Treated with Bio-chemotherapy: IMI (Italian Melanoma Inter-group) Trial, Guida, Ravaioli, Sileni, et al., J. Transl. Med. 2003; 1 (1): 13. 

 

Analysis of Botanicals and Dietary Supplements for Antioxidant Capacity: A Review, Prior, Cao, Prior &  Cao,   J. AOAC Int. 2000; 83 (4): 950-956.

Melatonin
Milk Thistle
Mistletoe Lectins
Mitochondria
Modified Citrus Pectin
Mushrooms (Reishi,
Omega 3 Oils
Phytoestrogens & Soy
Pomegranate &
Prevention
Quercitin
Radiation
Bibliography
Recommended
Web Resources
Journals
Stem Cells & Immune Cells
Button Mushrooms, etc.)
Ellagic Acid
Sugar, Insulin & IGF
Surgery
Vitamin C
Vitamin D
Vitamin K
Low-Dose
Naltrexone
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