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“Their data showed in a leukemia model, the ketogenic diet seemed to make cancer more aggressive in mice who were not also given a PI3K inhibiting drug. However, the combination of a PI3K inhibitor and ketogenic diet showed efficacy in many different cancer types (in mice).”

“FTA: > Obesity in black men substantially increases the risk of low- and high-grade prostate cancer, while obesity in white men moderately reduces the risk of low-grade cancer and only slightly increases the risk of high-grade cancer, according to the first large, prospective study to examine how race and obesity jointly affect prostate cancer risk.”

“Some of the mechanisms by which exercise protects against cancer and sensitizes cancer cells to death include: •Increased blood flow, shear stress on the vascular bed, temperature increases, sympathetic activation and endocrine (release of catecholamines and exercise hormones, myokine secretion) •Increased tumor perfusion, oxygen delivery, •Metabolic stress within the tumor, cellular damage…”

“Roughly one-tenth of postmenopausal breast cancers are linked to high body mass index (BMI)—a measure of excess body fat. However, BMI is unreliable, especially in older women, because it doesn’t account for age, sex, or ethnicity.”

“They found that the modified tumor cells killed glioblastoma tumor cells by inducing apoptosis (cell death) and turning off the activity of cancer growth factors. The modified cells also turned on normal anti-cancer immune cell activities and signaling, improving the animals' survival and promoting their long-term immunity.”

“Intravenous vitamin C increases blood levels that are 100-500 times higher than levels that can be achieved with oral ingestion. It is this VERY-high concentration of vitamin C in the blood that generates hydrogen peroxide that selectively kills cancer cells.”

“Evidence suggests that dietary interventions improve breast cancer outcomes and enhance survival. Findings from a recent study indicate that consumption of an isothiocyanate-rich broccoli sprout extract may improve outcomes in women with breast cancer.”

“Another study found that prostate cancer patients randomized to either active monitoring, surgery or radiation therapy all had the same risk of death from the cancer after 10 years. These results suggest that active monitoring of prostate cancer patients may be as good as early radical treatment and may cause fewer side effects.”

“FTA: > One way many cancers grow resistant to treatment is by generating a web of blood vessels that are so jumbled they fail to provide adequate oxygen to the tumor. With oxygen starvation, the tumor gains a sort of cloaking device that protects it from the toxic effects of chemotherapy drugs and radiation, which are designed to seek out well-oxygenated tissue.”

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