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In a message dated 3/9/2010 11:10:27 AM Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > CajunMike &Zena Mungovan Cell: 503. 501. 8579 > > http://www.eAmega.com/ILLUVISTAR > > > > > --- On Mon, 3/8/10, J &J McNeil <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> From: J &J McNeil <[email protected]> >> Subject: CANCER CODE IS CRACKED >> To: "Cajun Mike Mungovan 08" <[email protected]> >> Date: Monday, March 8, 2010, 4:01 AM >> >> CANCER CODE IS CRACKED >> >> >> >> Researchers believe they have succeeded in halting the spread of advanced >> cancer >> >> >> >> Sunday March 7,2010 >> >> By Lucy Johnston >> >> >> >> Comment Speech Bubble Have your say(8) >> >> >> >> SCIENTISTS believe they have made a major breakthrough in cancer >> treatment after cracking the “code” behind the disease. >> >> >> >> They have discovered the body’s immune system can kill cancer cells >> within a window occurring every 12 to 14 days. >> >> >> >> By giving low-dose treatment at exactly the right time, researchers >> believe they have, against the odds, succeeded in halting the spread of >> advanced cancer. >> >> >> >> Professor Michael Quinn has led the trial in patients with advanced >> ovarian cancer and suggests it could signal the most exciting development >> since >> the introduction of chemotherapy in the Fifties. >> >> >> >> While he points out that it is still a theory, he said: “This is >> astonishing and could infl uence the treatment of all solid tumours in the >> future. >> We hope it will revolutionise the treatment of cancer.” Professor Quinn >> and his team reviewed 63 papers involving more than 1,200 patients since >> 2000. >> >> >> >> They discovered that sufferers had about a 1-in-12 chance of responding >> to chemotherapy. ­During further studies they found the body has a >> fortnightly immune cycle during which it “switches on and off”. >> >> >> >> When the immune system turns off, it releases “inhibitory cells” which >> prevent it fighting disease, including cancer. >> >> >> >> Professor Quinn and his team in Melbourne, Australia, target chemotherapy >> when the immune system is not working to knock out “inhibitory cells”, >> dramatically improving patients’ chances of recovery. >> >> >> >> The treatment is in pill form and patients avoid almost all the >> debilitating chemotherapy side effects. >> >> >> >> SEARCH UK NEWS for: >> >> >> >> >> >> Professor Quinn, originally from Glasgow, said: “Everyone, including >> non-cancer patients, has an immune cycle which fluctuates every 12 to 14 >> days. >> >> >> >> “That’s why if someone in the family comes in with a cough or cold, only >> some members of the family will develop it. The immune system also >> attacks cancer cells, which is why we need to give chemotherapy on the right >> day." >> >> >> >> “The concept is sensational. If you can treat people at the right time it >> could dramatically improve their chance of a successful outcome. The >> research is still in its early stages, however if we are proved right this >> method of treatment could be applied to all cancers and in fact all >> diseases.” >> >> >> >> >> Since last year Professor Quinn and his team at Royal Women’s Hospital >> and Monash University, Melbourne, have given the therapy to seven women. >> Their advanced, recurrent ­ovarian cancer is almost impossible to treat >> successfully. Several responded positively and their tumours have stopped >> growing. Professor Quinn added: “These are very, very promising results.” >> >> >> >> One patient, Melissa Campbell, went to her doctor four years ago with >> back pain and a bloated stomach, and was diagnosed with advanced ovarian >> cancer. >> >> >> >> The disease recurred twice, and she has endured surgery, chemotherapy and >> radiotherapy, as well as severe side effects from another experimental >> drug. >> >> >> >> The 44-year-old said the new treatment had been a totally different >> experience: “It’s keeping it under control, and fingers crossed it will get >> rid of it down the track. It’s so much easier compared with the other times.” >> >> >> >> >> The treatment is a pill taken for a few days every fortnight rather than >> the patient being attached to a drip in hospital. Blood tests are also >> carried out every two days to assess the immune system. >> >> >> >> Preliminary work is now underway to use the same methods to treat >> patients with skin cancer. Professor Peter Johnson, Cancer Research UK’s >> chief >> clinician, ­welcomed the news: “We know the immune system may be >> influential in treating many cancers. >> >> >> >> “Any research that helps our understanding may hold promise for the >> future.” >> >> >> >> >> >
