Breast Milk for treating cancer?

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hungryguy - 19 Jan 2006 03:46 GMT

Has anyone heard of or is anyone currently using breast milk to aid in
treatment? I did a search and found articles on the research a doctor (I
believe in Sweden) has been doing using breast milk. The article was also in
Discover some time back and there had been some more recent stories about a
man in California who's been using it with success. I ask because my son who
was born prematurely passed away a few months ago and we have a freezer full
that my wife had been saving. If it might help someone it would be better
than throwing it away. I live in N.E. PA so if you read up on it and get an
ok from your Doctor you might want to contact me to give some a try.

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J - 19 Jan 2006 10:47 GMT

> Has anyone heard of or is anyone currently using breast milk to aid in
> treatment? I did a search and found articles on the research a doctor (I
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> than throwing it away. I live in N.E. PA so if you read up on it and get an
> ok from your Doctor you might want to contact me to give some a try.

I'm very sorry for your loss.

"The problem with anecdotal evidence is that it is simply not possible to
evaluate the efficacy of something in this way."
re: Howard Cohen in California
<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_article
_id=334361&in_page_id=1774>

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4187697.stm
There's no details on either (or anywhere) that I can find, about his PSA level
(whether high), his Gleason scores (whether high) or whether he has a frank
tumor or just microscopic cells.
If the latter, he's doing an expensive watchful waiting (to avoid treatment),
but these loonie theories must be rejected for situations (in the former) if the
patient wants to survive the cancer.
J

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