Postcard from Buenos Aires

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Date:Tue, 16 Mar 2004 08:11:19 -0500" HSI - Jenny Thompson "

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Postcard from Buenos Aires Health Sciences Institute e-AlertMarch 16,

2004************************************************************** Dear Reader,I

have an important message for all men, and for any woman who has a man in her

life (husband, father, brother, friend) she cares about: The prostate-specific

antigen (PSA) test is a useful tool for predicting the potential for prostate

cancer, but a positive result should NOT be considered an automatic green light

to go ahead with a biopsy. In last week's e-Alert " Getting Specific " (3/2/04), I

told you how PSA levels can fluctuate, making a positive result of a single test

an unreliable basis on which to proceed with a biopsy. And any man who's had a

prostate biopsy knows why this is significant: It's a painful procedure that can

result in bleeding and infection. Because prostate cancer is a slow-growing

cancer, the most prudent reaction to a positive PSA test is to take at least one

additional test. So... if you've just received a

positive result on a PSA test, and you've told your doctor that you'll be back

in a couple of weeks for a follow-up test... what now? Needless to say, you're

concerned. On the chance that you may have prostate cancer, is there anything

proactive you can do? Fortunately, there is.

-----------------------------Calcium

cutter-----------------------------A 2002 study

from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle demonstrated how men

in the early stages of prostate cancer who reduce their calcium intake may

significantly lower the chances of the cancer progressing to an advanced stage.

This is an important point because a man who takes a vitamin supplement that

contains calcium may already be getting plenty of calcium from dietary sources

such as dairy products, dark leafy green vegetables, and fortified cereal and

bread products. The study wasn't able to recommend an ideal calcium intake

level, but strongly

encouraged calcium moderation for those with prostate cancer. The study also

revealed: *An association between a high calorie diet and significantly

increased risk of advanced prostate cancer *An association between saturated and

monounsaturated fat intake and increased risk of advanced prostate cancer * NO

association between polyunsaturated fat and omega-3 fatty acid intake and

increased risk of prostate cancer Also, a Stanford University study concluded

that men with low blood levels of selenium are four to five times more likely to

develop prostate cancer than men with normal levels of the mineral. Brazil nuts

have a high selenium content, with tuna, flounder, sole, oysters and turkey

providing good levels as well.

-----------------------------Personalized

vaccines -----------------------------For those

men who proceed with a biopsy and are diagnosed with prostate cancer, there are

three treatment options offered

by mainstream medicine: surgery to remove the prostate, radiation therapy, and

monitoring the disease with " watchful waiting. " But there is an alternative. I

recently received an e-mail from an HSI member who shared some interesting

information about an experimental prostate cancer therapy. He writes: " I'm in

Buenos Aires, in treatment with a brilliant, U.S. trained research scientist and

physician, Gustavo Moviglia. His treatment is a modification of Dendritic Cell

Therapy, which is now being FDA tested in the U.S. on early stage prostate

cancer patients. " Moviglia's protocol is quite different in that it's

autologous, meaning that dendritic cells are extracted and used to create a

vaccine from the patient's own blood, rather than using a foreign source.

Moreover, since Moviglia isn't bound by FDA guidelines, he can administer other

treatments adjunctively, and he does. For instance, they extract CD8 lymphocyte

cells from the patient's own blood. This is the most powerful of the

so-called killer cells that haven't tried to kill the tumor because the body

for some reason failed to recognize the tumor as a foreign invader. " What

Moviglia does is to inject the lymphocyte INSIDE the tumor, killing it from the

inside out. This creates a hell of a war within the body, massive inflammation

and pain, but boy, does it kill the tumors. Every patient in this program is

individually treated and varies from patient to patient. " I tell you, Jenny,

I've seen the evidence with my own eyes, of patients who came here within the

past two years now coming back for booster shots and essentially cancer free. I

don't really expect to ever get to that point because of how advanced my disease

is, but what might happen is that I can use this treatment ongoing to stabilize

the disease and let me live out my allotted time that way. " Write down the

name, 'Moviglia.' I think it will be well known to your grandchildren. "

-----------------------------Tracking the

future -----------------------------After

receiving this remarkable e-mail I did some additional reading about Dr.

Moviglia's work. One doctor, whose wife had been successfully treated for breast

cancer that had metastasized to her spine and liver, said that the vaccination's

success rate for treating breast cancer is about 50 percent, and about 30

percent for other cancers. Those rates are markedly higher than standard

radiation and chemotherapy treatments. You can find more information about Dr.

Moviglia's Autologous Dendritic Cell Vaccination on the web site for the

American Society of Clinical Oncologists (asco.org). And as this member

suggested, I've made a special note to follow Dr. Moviglia's work. When his

research makes further advances in the treatment of prostate and other cancers,

I'll report them to you here.

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another thingIf you've been diagnosed with any type of cancer - or if you have

reason to suspect that you might have cancer (from a positive PSA test, for

instance) - then there's a very important nutritional note you should be aware

of. Seventy years ago, Otto Warburg, Ph.D., won the Nobel Prize in medicine when

he discovered that cancer cells use glucose (sugar) for growth. All cells have a

requirement for glucose, but cancer cells consume as much as 4 to 5 times more

glucose than normal, healthy cells. In fact, they're unable to multiply rapidly

without it. I asked HSI Panelist Allan Spreen, M.D., if he could tell us a

little more about this

process, and here's what he had to say: " Nutritionally oriented doctors have

known about the refined sugar/cancer association for decades. Dr. Warburg was

about as brilliant as they come, right up there with Hans Nieper, M.D., Linus

Pauling, Ph.D., and possibly even the incomparable Nikola Tesla (no doctorate...

just plain super-humanly brilliant). His medical insight was amazing. " It's

pretty easy to figure that the cells that are dividing (multiplying) the fastest

have the highest requirement for energy (to sustain such accelerated growth).

Cutting out the source is similar to cutting off the blood supply - though not

quite as drastic, it's certainly a step worth taking. " Another issue is the fact

that refined sugars are not nutrient-dense... they contain none of the

nutrients necessary for the assimilation of the sugar ingested. Therefore, the

body must drain body stores (if any are present) to handle the job, leaving less

(or none) for other tasks. " Obviously giving up sugar

isn't the cure for cancer. But I'd recommend the tactic STRONGLY to anyone with

cancer (or, actually, any other illness). " To Your Good Health,Jenny

ThompsonHealth Sciences

Institute************************************************************** Sources:

" Dietary Change May Prevent the Most Serious Form of Prostate Cancer " Press

Release, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 8/6/02, fhcrc.org " Cancer

Vaccine Helps Locals " Medford Mail Tribune 1/18/04, mailtribune.com Copyright

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