Guest guest Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 I am skeptical about the effectiveness of DCA and the side-effects it may have. Testimonials I have seen so far have been pretty weak. It seems that it's greatest successes have been in mice studies, and the medical trash bins are full of highly touted drugs that had good results against mice, but cratered against people. Treating mice in the laboratory is a long way from proving a cancer drug not only kills cancer cells, but actually improves survival. There are a lot of drugs that shrink tumors, but don't improve survival. When DCA was used in humans in 1983, it effectively reduced lactic acidosis and normalized blood pressure. The drug itself produced no known toxicity, but 12 of 13 DCA-treated patients still died. [New England Journal Medicine 309: 390–96, 1983] In animals, DCA induces liver toxicity and neoplasia (yep, cancer!). DCA is actually a by-product of water chlorination, chlorine being one of the most toxic molecules on the planet. [Environmental Health Perspectives 106 (Suppl 4): 989–994, 1998] Just my two cents, oleander soup , <toreadpeoplehealthinfo wrote: > > > Rhoda, > > I just learned about DCA for brain and skin cancers and when I went to this site: > > http://www.thedcasite.com/ > > i saw info on it being used for other types of cancer ty, endometrial as well (which you have, right?). Thought I'd pass it along to you. > > Dichloroacetate induces apoptosis in endometrial cancer cells. > link to full text > CONCLUSIONS: Dichloroacetate effectively sensitizes most endometrial cancer cell lines to apoptosis via mitochondrial, NFAT-Kv1.5, and PUMA-mediated mechanisms. Further investigation > > > > Angel > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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