Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Cancer / April 2004
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Table of Contents Introduction Alimta® Arimidex® Avastin® Bexxar® Erbitux® Eloxatin Faslodex® Gleevec for CML Gleevec for Pediatric CML GLIADEL® Wafer Iressa® Mesnex® Sterile Talc Powder Taxotere® Velcade®
Are You Experienced - 14 Apr 2004 14:52 GMT How many don't have side effects?
> (some are dated last year) > See the web page for details on each. http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/developments/newly-approved-treatments
> Table of Contents > Introduction [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Taxotere? > Velcade? DRDUCASSE - 14 Apr 2004 15:05 GMT NATURAL TREATMENTS POISONS OF?DICOS IN THE TREATMENT OF THE CANCER
B. Cobraminol?tico: Solution Gal?nica Antitumoral
"the concentrated protoenzim?tico arsenal in the of?dico poison, denominated Direct L?tico Factor technically, responds to digestive necessities exclusively"
The poisons drive according to a "strategy" in which two different although synchronous effects can be distinguished clearly: "the curarizantes" tractions of the effect (neurotoxinas), that immobilizes the prey, which is swallowed whole (not chewed nor salivada); and the fractions of the poison of proteolytic effect, which have a specific predilection by certain visceral weaves, depending this selectivity to the sort to which ofidio belongs.
Although the chemical structure of poisons has an enzymatic composition common, present in all of them, each of?dico sort has catalytic concentrating that distinguishes them.
Thus for example, the Crotoxina is a polypeptide structure with a basic component and another only present acid in the Crotalidae; which outside defined chemically like L-Arginina ?sterhidrolasa (TAME: this one methylic one of the toluensulfonil L-Arginina), Peptide-peptide hidrolasa (3.4.4)
The numbers indicate the number of order of the of?dicos biocatalizadores in the Classification the International of the Enzyme Committee of the Union the Biochemical International.
In the course in which doctor Calmette and doctor Guerin worked associate, which among other advances even resulted in vaccine BCG, by Calmette-Guer?n Bacillus, used in Melanomas, was developed a febrile international investigation, initiated in fact to principle of century in France, on chemistry, biochemistry and pharmacology of of?dicos poisons.
Although already in 1883 doctor Ameden used successful the poison of Cr?talus to prevent the convulsions caused by the Tetanuz, was just until 1915 when the antielap?dico serum was standardized like "isof?nica solution of the hyperimmunized equino animal globulins".
He was in the years 20 that doctors Vital Brazil and Monoelesser developed exhaustive investigations on the action of the of?dico poison in the treatment of the Leprosy.
The clinical conclusions, casuistry and the enzymatic segments used by these investigators, Brazilian and North American respectively, were communicated doctor Calmette who was excited by the full effects obtained on lepers in Cuba.
By then Calmette already had finalized him clinical experimentation in hundreds of patients, as much with the "fractions of Curarizante effect", like with those of Selective Proteolytic effect of the poison of Elapidae - Naja attenuated Tripudians- 1/100.000. Obtaining by a powerful side analgesia without toxicity nor secundarismos, as well as remission in the great majority of the patients with cancer, mainly in which they presented/displayed carcinoma of ovary, intestine and prostate.
Monoelesser and Taguet summarize all the aspects of these investigations in a communication that outside presented/displayed in the Medicine Academy by illustrious professor Dr. Gassel the 14 of March of 1933.
The same Gassel 1? of April of 1933 presented/displayed the confirmation of the capacity analgesic, discovered years before, experienced in more than 1200 cases of patients with nonatenuables pains not even with injectable morphine.
But the beginning of 2da. World war interrupted and darkened all these efforts and advances; mainly so that some fractions of of?dicos poisons became "strategic factors" like antidotes against the chemical and bactereol?gica war. In addition to the irruption at the end of the war of "panacoa" metil bis (2 cloroetil) amine (nitrogenadas mustards) and its manifold variant in the treatment of the cancer.
In 50 years doctor Vital Brazil (son) next to doctor Avelino District (eminent Argentine doctor), made important investigations on poison of Cr?talus durissus terr?ficus discovering the Veratr?nicas properties of these.
At the moment many deprived international laboratories make use of the most valuable of?dica investigation, in the drug design for human use.
For this specific enzyme separation, of the total mosaic that constitutes the poison, we did not use chemical reagent some, but a novel methodology of automatically controlled emptiness and a rank of condensation that goes of the room temperature to -20? C, separating selectively the looked for enzymes.
The rank of purity of each of each fraction we identified it with spectrometer equipped with a registry of aspects that registers above of 17000 active principles, although in some phases of the process we must make use to the GCD - chromatography with mass spectrometry -.
Although all the saying until is secondary here in relation to the high-priority thing, that means the sterility of the atmosphere in which it is processed, as well as the temperature in the same one, our sterile area works to controlled atmosphere, all the air happens through activated-carbon filters, which maintains the atmosphere free of esporas, they polen, steam of water and to 5? C, but even so the manipulations must be made under Flow Laminate Horizontal.
These are, we say, single some of the salient aspects of the complex methodology of elaboration.
ACTIVE PRINCIPLES OF OFIDEOS:
COBRA: Citol?tico, analgesic, regulating par excellence metabolic, because fosfolipasas A2 of naja is a fraction purified in this case one naja, when entering the organism "sticks" to the tumorlike cell very "loaded" this one of phospholipids and it begins it to lisar of this form: it does not touch any other affected cell.
BELL: Analgesic - Citol?tico, but of greater being able analgesic. It is also a purified fraction chromatographically of Crotalus Durissus Terrificus, happening to become one fosfolipasa A2 of crotalus.
INDICATIONS CLINICAS
ONCOLOG?A
Tumors of head and neck Tumors of breast Tumors of the urogenital apparatus (masculine and feminine) Hematol?gicos tumors Tumors of soft parts (Melanomas-Sarcomas-Cordomas, etc.) Tumors of lung and esophagus Tumors of the gastrointestinal apparatus Tumors of skin
COLGENOPAT?AS
Sist?mico erythematous lupus Reumatoidea arthritis Progressive sist?mica sclerosis Knotted Poliartritis Anquilosante Espondilitis Syndrome of Reiter Psoriasica arthritis Youthful reumatoidea arthritis
NEUROLOGICAL
Sclerosis in plate Angioesclerosis or disease of Alzehimer Idiop?tica acute Polineuritis Progressive muscular atrophy
The Morning of the South - (regional Information of Neuquen and Ri'o Negro.) EXTERNAL RECOGNITION FOR CROTOXINA; CREOLE POVERTY
PARANA. - The magazine Clinical Cancer Research, official organ of the American College of Clinical Cancer Research of the United States, by the end of published the results of a faced investigation the decade last in Parana, over the effects of the crotoxina in the cure of the cancer. In his conclusions it is specified almost that the drug demonstrated statistically, in the 80 percent of the oncol?gicos patients treated experimentally, a diminution or disappearance of the pains, and a greater general well-being of the patients. Nevertheless, it was not possible here to be followed with the investigation by the lack of resources. The mentioned magazine put under the work of the Argentine scientists an evaluation in which, due to the specificity of the subject, they also participated like investigating consultants of the Research laboratory of the General Massachussets Hospital of Boston (University of Harvard). After a detailed analysis, the magazine decided to publish the work with the title "Phase I and Pharmacokinetics Study of Crotoxin in Patients UIT Advanced Cancer (vol. 8, 10033-1041), - Phase I. Farmacocin?tico Study of the Crotoxina in Patients with Advanced Cancer granting thus international recognition to him to the investigation developed in our country, that had to be suspended by lack of resources. The studies on the effects of the crotoxina, a mediation that some years ago appeared as an alternative for the cure of the cancer, were made in the hospital San Mart?n of Parana and were in charge of an equipment directed by the technical associate of the Conicet and director of Medicine the Educational Unit of Parana (UDAM), Jorge Cures.
THE STUDY OF THE POISON OF THE BELL SERPENT CAN LEAD DRUG ANTI-CANCER
Subject of study: The surprising molecular similarity of enzymes of the poison of bell serpent and the cells of the human cancer can help naturally to destroy the disease with new powerful drugs.
Batimastat, a manufactured experimental drug in England, was found to stop the invasion of the cells. "Like putting a sticky tape in the mouth of a lizard" according to the Dr Edgar Meyer, a biochemist of the Experimental Department of Agriculture of Texas. The findings of the equipment of investigation of Meyer are reported in the "April Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences". The work was a collaboration between the University of Texas and the Dr Sends to Liotta of the laboratory of pathologies of the National Cancer Institute de Betheseda, Md.
The previous observation of Meyer on the molecular structure of enzymes of the bell poison, that is almost identical to the cell of human cancer, has helped the finding of ways to block the extension of the cancer leaving the search of new inhibitors.
"When the poison is injected the human who is pricked by a serpent the fluid it penetrates around the weave to enter the blood" explained Meyer. "In the same way the cell of the tumorlike met?stasis penetrates around the membrane to enter the circulatory system".
It says that the maquillaje of enzymes of the poison differs but the molecules have the same structure fundamentally that have the cancerous cells. Its model constructed in 3? dimension with a program of special computer shows to the structure with a mouth opened with a Zinc atom and a water molecule in means. This present Zinc in both (cancerous cell and poison of serpent) begins to destroy the healthy weave.
The scientific challenge has been to find a form to block the opening, thus this way prepares the process from the beginning. "If You Want to control the degenerative process, You Must go behind Zinc," said "" This is the action mechanism ".
"This is a powerful chain that makes a first cut in a link. This is debilitated and the hole can be made more and greater until the chain becomes broken completely "Meyer added. The biochemist noticed that the cancer is an extremely complex disease, "but these are steps that they define that it happens and when. Soon You See inhibitors that are good to stop this process ".
To understand this process was possible behind Dachuan Zhang, one of the students graduated as Meyer, that found a way to let grow crystals of the enzyme of the poison. This it gave to the equipment an atom puzzle him that was located together in a molecular structure in 3? dimension within a computer.
Using eyeglasses of 3? dimension in the laboratory of Meyer in the University of Texas, the equipment can visualize "a unique cavity within which the inhibitor has entered" as ring the finger ".
The investigation showed that Batimastat, deeply thus ties to the structure, this way coming up that the poison or the cell of the tumor begins their destructive work.
Meyer said that the hard enzymes of human cancer are available, the viper poison enzyme was useful in this test because it is a very stable molecule available and quickly susceptible to be cloneada easily.
A difference with the new experimental drug, said he, is that the present methods of chemotherapy "poison" the body filling first by a fast growth of the cancerous cells but causing indirect effect on the other side in the healthy system of the body, Batimastat is an example of a new developed drug generation to go direct to the problem and to close those detrimental enzymes without affecting the others.
In experiments with humans the drug has been injected in a solid form, which slowly goes within the solution, he said.
"This is another challenge (to administer the drug orally). This has passed secretly the system digestive and circulatory to turn it the target "Meyer it added.
It said that these new discoveries are promising, but some questions are still without responding like doing that the process "to chew the healthy cells" begins, and once the process begins how to make stop it.
The equipment has designed drugs of pending proposals with the U.S. National Cancer Institute Cooperative Drug Discovery Group, said he.
STRUCTURE OF COMPLEX CROTOXINA
Jaap Brink and Wah chiu
Center W. M. Keck for Computerized Biology and the Department of Biochemistry Verna and Marrs McLean, School Baylor de Medicina.
The Crotoxina complex is the main neurotoxina of the South American serpent of bell, Crotalus durissus terrificus with a molecular weight of 24 kDa. The protein is to heterodimer of the subunits To and B, with the subunit To assigned to a function of chaperone and the B drive that the neurotoxic activity takes. This last activity is exerted in both sides of the neuro-muscular functions. Still they lack to determine solely the physiological and farmacol?gicos aspects of the protein for a structural base. The crotoxina complex crystallizes easily in two dimensions (2D) and thin crystals of three dimensions (3D) that are treatable in a cristalogr?fico electronic study. Series Inclined with patterns of electronic crystal diffraction absorbed in glucose of 128 ? of thickness were reunited in 400 an electron microscope JEOL4000EX kV using a camera CCD of scanned slow Gatan 679. This profit is useful because it facilitates combined information of several crystals, which can be difficult to obtain due to the variation of thickness between crystals, or due to the lack of plain of crystals. The combination of 6 series inclined with patterns of diffraction 353 was complimented with scale of PROTEIN use and computerized factors of temperature from found reflections common in any film game. The refinement of the direction of the patterns of individual diffraction in the information game took place 3D combined by variation of the azimuth and rakes using MERGEDIFF. The continuous diffraction in z * of the information game 3D refined was fixed using a function sinc with a wide one of 17196.A1 using SYNCFIT. The game of intensity information combined 3D was included/understood by 55.000 reflections corresponding to 75% of 3,3 integrity and extended to ? in hk0 and 4,2 the plane ? in direction z *. the total of Rmerg is 0,26 with a Rsym of 0.15. Some curves turned out to adjust enough good with a Rmerg of 0.16, inasmuch as others combined poorly enough to Rmerg 0.45. the analysis of individual inclined series revealed the absence of the symmetry waited for in plane. These observations suggest a problem in the packing of the crystals, that we hoped to direct negatively by means of the processing of inclined series of colored complex crystal images of crotoxina.
FEEDING
The pharmacy is in verduler?a
Prog. Cientifica and Tecnica de Fundacion Campomar
Source: Cancer Research Vol. 52,7 - April 1992 Cience Vol. 257 - September 1992
The investigations agree: as the grandmother said, the health begins in the table.
For the specialists in nutrition, the nourishing habits of most of people let so much wish, as far as the quality and composition of the diet, that some have gotten to perhaps affirm - somewhat exaggerated that "the man digs his tomb with his own teeth". But, what has of the many foods that, on the contrary, they are beneficial for the health? For a long time studies have been known epidemiologists who demonstrate the existence of a direct correlation between the habitual consumption of determined vegetal and the diminution the risk of contracting certain types of cancer. However, recent scientific researches have been able to determine or the active principles responsible for the anticancerigenic action of such, in agreement with a report published in the magazine Cancer Research.
Green and healthy The list of vegetables and fruits that conform the arsenal of "enemies of the cancer" is as extensive as varied. A place of privilege in the same one occupies vegetables pertaining to the group of the cruc?feras. Among them we found to the coliflor, repollo and br?coli. An equipment of investigators of the American Foundation for the health, of New York, found that comjunto of known compounds as organosulfurados - present in these vegetables they can inhibit the cancer of laboratory animal colon, according to the Science magazine. This finding has individual importance for the Americans, considering who such disease represents the second cause of death by c?nceren the United States. The cruc?feras also could be effective to prevent the development with the lung cancer, in individual in people smokers, in agreement with Fung-Lung Chung, chemistry of the same foundation. One of the main people in charge of the damages produced by the tobacco at pulmonary level is a group of chemical substances - the nitrosaminas - of which most injurious is well-known generically like NNK. The expert of Chinese origin found that a set of compound - called isotiocianatos-, presents in the coliflor and its relatives, they inhibit the production of the cancer of animal lung exposed in experimental form to the NNK. Equal property demonstrates certain extracts of citrus (D-limonenos); of vegetables of the family of the lili?ceas - garlic, onion, puerro, ?chalotte- (also organosulfurados), and of the plant of the tea. For that they are not used to incorporating no of these vegetables in the daily diet still is left the soybean sauce. Michael Pariza, an investigator of the University of Wisconsin, discovered that this condimento has the property to inhibit the cancer of laboratory animal stomach. According to the scientist, the active principle responsible for such action would be a well-known chemical substance by the experts like HEMF. "Only one small portion of the pure extract of HEMF -25 parts by million in the diet of the animals - it was sufficient to reduce to a 75% the number of stomach tumors", affirms Pariza.
Moment of action The specific mechanisms of anticancerigenic action of many of vegetables are not still well included/understood by the specialists. According to Lee Wattenberg, of the University of Minnesota, the contained antitumorlike compounds in vegetables can be classified in three categories, in agreement with the moment for exerting their activity. In this sense, a first group is conformed by those substances that prevent the development with a tumor inhibiting to precursory chemical compounds of this process. Secondly are those that they prevent that the carcinogen agents can arrive or react with the cells "white" of each corporal weave. Finally they are those substances that act suppressing the tumorlike growth of cells that previously have been exposed to carcinogen doses of sufficient to develop the disease. Beyond the determination of the reasons by which certain vegetables have anticancerigenic properties, the nutricionistas experts recommend to consume generous rations of vegetables and fruits with the daily diet. Something that stops the Argentineans seems to be a custom difficult to incorporate in "Mecca of the garlic sausage steak".
GRASS And IMMUNITY
Citrus (Citric)
Citrus (several species)
Here is a good well-known oil class with many properties just discovered. D-limonene is the main component of the essential oil of the orange and other citric fruits. Also it happens coarsely in the vegetal kingdom, particularly in those species that produce essential oils, flavors and aromas. This compound belongs to a known natural compound class like terpenos, that next will equal to the carotenoid bioflavonoides and in their applications. Near ten animal studies they have been published, which demonstrate that d-limonene in medicinal diets is able to reduce the incidence of the chemically induced cancer as well as to delay its appearance. Elson and some colleagues of the University of Wisconsin are at the moment the leaders in this field. In several studies, they demonstrated that d-limonene in medicinal diets reduced the cancer of breast noticeably induced by dimetil-benzatraceno. The used dose is this study was of 1000 parts by million, or 1 gram by kg of diet. Using the same system model, later they demonstrated that the essential oil of orange (85% d-limonene) was more effective than d-limonene pure in the prevention of the formation of the tumor. Thus, the natural occurrence of terpenos in the oil of orange more than in d-lomonenes also has activity anticancer. Deeper investigations of this group revealed that d-limonene in medicinal diets is effective to revert preformed tumors, as were demonstrated by an increase of the regime of regression of the tumor. Finally, Elson and its associate observed recently that d-lomonene in medicinal diets was effective to reduce the number of chemically induced mammary tumors in rats when was provided so much during the phase with initiation like during the phase of promoci?n/progreso. The mechanisms of action of d-limonene against the cancer well are not included/understood, but they can involve the improvement of the systems of metabilizaci?n of drugs like glutathione-S-transferases. The capacity of d-limonene to revert tunores preformed and to inhibit the growth of the tumor during the phase of promoci?n/progreso of the cancer suggests a inmunoestimulante action, and some recent evidence maintains east concept. As an extra benefit, d-limonene is a powerful reducing natural compound of the cholesterol. It acts inhibiting the same enzyme (HMG-coenzima To reductasa) that prescriptas of the cholesterol is object of several reducing drugs such as lovostatin. If these actions will not be sufficient, d-limonene is also powerful a dissolvent agent of calculations.
- Presentation: In bottles of 60 500 soft capsules of mg. Of essential Oil of orange, certificate in a harassing concentration of d-limonene of 85% each one.
- Recommended Use: 1-2 daily capsules preferredly during the meals.
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su-texas, susan - 24 Apr 2004 16:40 GMT > (some are dated last year) > See the web page for details on each. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Taxotere® > Velcade® ====================
Arimidex = Harmful
After chemotherapy & before radiation treatment for breast cancer, I was put on Arimidex.
It caused extreme depression, tiredness & dizziness, difficulty standing & walking, short term memory loss, nausea, extreme inflammation in muscles/joints/etc, extreme itching & burning all over the body (which got worse & worse).
While I was taking it, Arimidex was a chemical lobotomy. There was no quality of life. No good emotions or feelings. Only overwhelming exhaustion, weakness & illness, physical pain & suffering, weakness & illness.
After about a year or so, Arimidex caused sudden acute lymphedema (massive swelling) in my left arm, & extreme burning & itching, which kept getting worse until I stopped taking Arimidex.
Much of the severe damage that Arimidex does to the body, is permanent.
The chemotherapy & radiation were nothing, when compared to the major symptoms, adverse reactions & damage from taking Arimidex.
The researchers & doctors refuse to do good testing & diagnosis first, to see which women this drug might benefit, ... & which it will damage & destroy their health. & cause extreme suffering. And the doctors push this, & the other estrogen blocking drugs, very hard. They refuse to see or acknowledge the serious damage this drug does.
Most doctors do NOT seem to be very smart or savvy, & will just blindly do whatever they're told by the drug companies, the govt & medical societies, ... no matter how illogical, irrational, cold & cruel it is.
I can't say in words, exactly how horrible this experience has been, or the damage the bad drug Arimidex has now done to my health.
The company that makes it, & the doctors who overly-push this drug, despite the obvious damage it does, should be sued & often, ... but unfortunately the legal system is now rigged/fixed, so we can't get lawyers to help us.
The drug companies & docs are knowingly & willfully harming us, maiming & murdering us with bad drugs.
I contacted the company repeatedly, to let them know about this, & I offer to be tested to see why I've had such adverse reactions to Arimidex, ... but the company didn't respond. They don't care.
After about a year & a half, I had to stop taking Arimidex, no matter how badly the docs tried to frighten me about it, because the drug had almost killed me by then.
Afterwards, the doc said that my symptoms are typical, very common in those women who react badly to Arimidex. Before that, he'd kept saying it wasn't the Arimidex. ??? It's a major betrayal.
The docs probably get paid for each victim they can deliver, to the clinical trials run by drug companies, such as those being done on Arimidex.
I'd been very specific that I didn't want to be part of any clinical trials, but I later learned the docs make you part of them, without your knowledge.
The docs probably lose some of their bounty payment from the drug company, for each victim that refuses to (or can't) keep taking the drug, to the conclusion of the trial.
There's something seriously wrong, with the way that women with breast cancer are being treated (mis-treated), by doctors & the medical system.
Susan, Su_Texas my opinions
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