Evidence for cell wall deficient bacteria causing a form of skin cancer.More scope for CS. BW Sheila
http://www.joimr.org/phorum/read.php?f=2&i=42&t=42 JOURNAL OF INDEPENDENT MEDICALRESEARCH COLLABORATIVE PUBLISHING FOR THE 21^st CENTURY Author: Alan R Cantwell, Jr (---.vnnyca.adelphia.net) Date: 08-26-03 23:03 *Cell-Wall-Deficient Bacteria as a Possible Cause of Basal Cell Carcinoma* Author: Alan R. Cantwell, Jr., M.D., Los Angeles, CA Received: 8 Aug 2003 Published: 26 August 2003 *ABSTRACT* Basal cell carcinoma is the most common form of skin cancer, as well as the most common malignant tumor of human beings. The purpose of this study was to determine if so called "cancer microbes" could be demonstrated within the histopathologic tissue sections from this tumor. Variably acid-fast extracellular and intracellular coccoid forms, suggestive of cell-wall-deficient bacteria, were observed within the fibrous stroma and within the tumor cell nests in microscopic tissue sections from 35/37 cases (96%) of basal cell carcinomas studied. These coccoid and granular forms /in vivo/ were similar in size and shape to coccal and granular elements of /Staphylococcus epidermidis/ and /Propionobacterium acnes/ isolated in thioglycollate broth culture from biopsy material of several basal cell carcinomas. The histologic presence of these coccoid and granular forms suggests that these microbes might be implicated in the pathogenesis of basal cell carcinoma. The idea of bacteria as causative agents in cancer is generally considered anathema by cancer researchers. However, continuing microbiologic studies suggest that latent hematologic infection with cell-wall-deficient bacteria may be present in the blood of all human beings. Just as viruses have been long thought to be implicated in the pathogenesis of cancer, it is not unreasonable to suspect that newly-discovered cryptic cell-wall-deficient bacteria harbored in the blood, along with their possible effect on the immune system, may play some pathogenic role in the production of cancer as well. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.581 / Virus Database: 368 - Release Date: 09/02/04 -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
