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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 361148" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Thanks for the tip, Janet. I'll look into it.</p><p></p><p>I've been told that I have to avoid large doses of antioxidants while I'm on radiation treatment, because the antioxidants actually "save" all cells, including cancer cells, from damage. And the whole idea of radiation treatment is to kill off the cancer cells. So if the asparagus helps because of antioxidants, I'll have to wait until the radiation treatment is done.</p><p></p><p>I also have to keep the research team informed of any other things that are happening, so I don't inadvertently do something that upsets the statistics. I have been given a referral for a bone scan, for example, which involved injection of radioactive isotope tracer. I meant to telephone today and organise it but forgot. I had to get the OK from the oncologist, but he said ti was a good idea and he wants to see the results.</p><p></p><p>It's the shoulder specialist who wants the bone scan - he doesn't think it's likely, but he wants to make sure my shoulder pain isn't more cancer. Because my sentinel lymph nodes were negative, it's most unlikely. A b one scan will be useful though, because the radiation to a lesser extent, but the pills I will have to take afterwards to a greater extent, cause osteoporosis. So a scan now will give us a baseline.</p><p></p><p>I just went looking for information on asparagus and cancer, to see if it was antioxidants. Seems like the email is unconfirmed. Sorry, Janet. Thanks for the help though.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/medical/a/asparagus_cancer_2.htm" target="_blank">http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/medical/a/asparagus_cancer_2.htm</a></p><p></p><p>After reading it, Urban Legends describe this as unconfirmed, but the way it is written, as it stands it has no scientific credibility. It's all anecdotal and the author has no other professional publications known anywhere, which indicates he may not even exist, he could be a fabrication. A pity - we need good stuff like this, but we need it to be true, tried and tested for real.</p><p></p><p>I do like asparagus, though. Especially fresh, steamed, with bearnaise saice...</p><p></p><p>I've been told to eat a healthy diet with a wide range of different foods in season, to give my therapy the best chance of helping to its maximum.</p><p></p><p>I'm continuing to dig - once I start, it is often interesting to follow links and follow links and... and I just found that a drug used to treat acute leukemia in some cases is an enzyme found in asparagus. It works in these few cases because the cancer cells (again, only in those few cases) are either growing because the enzyme is absent in those patients, or the cancer is blocking that enzyme, and when the enzyme is back there, those cancer cells begin to get knocked off. But for most cancers, if the patient doesn't have a problem with the enzyme (and most cancers don't involve that enzyme) then asparagus or that medication won't work.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.cancerdecisions.com/content/view/391/2/lang,english/" target="_blank">http://www.cancerdecisions.com/content/view/391/2/lang,english/</a></p><p></p><p>Some interesting information. </p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 361148, member: 1991"] Thanks for the tip, Janet. I'll look into it. I've been told that I have to avoid large doses of antioxidants while I'm on radiation treatment, because the antioxidants actually "save" all cells, including cancer cells, from damage. And the whole idea of radiation treatment is to kill off the cancer cells. So if the asparagus helps because of antioxidants, I'll have to wait until the radiation treatment is done. I also have to keep the research team informed of any other things that are happening, so I don't inadvertently do something that upsets the statistics. I have been given a referral for a bone scan, for example, which involved injection of radioactive isotope tracer. I meant to telephone today and organise it but forgot. I had to get the OK from the oncologist, but he said ti was a good idea and he wants to see the results. It's the shoulder specialist who wants the bone scan - he doesn't think it's likely, but he wants to make sure my shoulder pain isn't more cancer. Because my sentinel lymph nodes were negative, it's most unlikely. A b one scan will be useful though, because the radiation to a lesser extent, but the pills I will have to take afterwards to a greater extent, cause osteoporosis. So a scan now will give us a baseline. I just went looking for information on asparagus and cancer, to see if it was antioxidants. Seems like the email is unconfirmed. Sorry, Janet. Thanks for the help though. [url]http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/medical/a/asparagus_cancer_2.htm[/url] After reading it, Urban Legends describe this as unconfirmed, but the way it is written, as it stands it has no scientific credibility. It's all anecdotal and the author has no other professional publications known anywhere, which indicates he may not even exist, he could be a fabrication. A pity - we need good stuff like this, but we need it to be true, tried and tested for real. I do like asparagus, though. Especially fresh, steamed, with bearnaise saice... I've been told to eat a healthy diet with a wide range of different foods in season, to give my therapy the best chance of helping to its maximum. I'm continuing to dig - once I start, it is often interesting to follow links and follow links and... and I just found that a drug used to treat acute leukemia in some cases is an enzyme found in asparagus. It works in these few cases because the cancer cells (again, only in those few cases) are either growing because the enzyme is absent in those patients, or the cancer is blocking that enzyme, and when the enzyme is back there, those cancer cells begin to get knocked off. But for most cancers, if the patient doesn't have a problem with the enzyme (and most cancers don't involve that enzyme) then asparagus or that medication won't work. [url]http://www.cancerdecisions.com/content/view/391/2/lang,english/[/url] Some interesting information. Marg [/QUOTE]
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