Missouri Mulls Animal Rights Law WVC Enhancements Include Exhibit Hall Park, Zumba Workouts Vermont Ponders Pet Death Damages Bill Pfizer’s FFA/AABP Support Program Returns Today Merck to Relocate Animal Health HQ to U.S.

Herb-Drug Interactions for Cancer

July Footnotes

By Narda G. Robinson, DO, DVM, MS, FAAMA

1. The Associated Press. “Judge rules family can’t refuse chemo for boy.” Updated May 19, 2009. Accessed at www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30763438/ on May 22, 2009. 

2. The Associated Press. “Teen cancer patient, mom on the run.” Posted May 21, 2009.  Accessed at news.aol.ca/article/teen-cancer-patient-mom-on-the-run/628206/ on May 23, 2009.

3. Hwang S-W, Han H-S, and Lim KY. “Drug interaction between complementary herbal medicines and gefitinib.”  Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 2008;3(8):942.

4. Engdal S, Klepp O, and Nilsen OG. “Identification and exploration of herb-drug combinations used by cancer patients.” Integrative Cancer Therapies. 2009;8(1):29-36.

5-6. Michaud LB, Karpinski JP, Jones KL, et al. “Dietary supplements in patients with cancer: Risks and key concepts, Part 1.” Am J Health-Syst Pharm.  2007;64:369-381.

7. Bairati I, Meyer F, Jobin E, et al. “Antioxidant vitamins supplementation and mortality: A randomized trial in head and neck cancer patients.” Int J Cancer. 2006;119:2221-2224.

8. Meyer F, Bairati I, Jobin E, et al. “Acute adverse effects of radiation therapy and local recurrence in relation to dietary and plasma beta carotene and alpha tocopherol in head and neck cancer patients.” Nutrition and Cancer. 2007;59(1):29-35.

9-11. Michaud LB, Karpinski JP, Jones KL, et al. “Dietary supplements in patients with cancer: Risks and key concepts, Part 1.” Am J Health-Syst Pharm.  2007;64:369-381.

12-13. Hardy ML. “Dietary supplement use in cancer care: Help or harm.” Hematol Oncol Clin North Am.  2008;22(4):581-617, vii.  Review.

14. Griessmayr PC, Gautheir M, Barber LG, et al. “Mushroom-derived maitake PETfraction as a single agent for the treatment of lymphoma in dogs.” Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. 2007;21(6):1409-1412.

15-16. Hardy ML. “Dietary supplement use in cancer care: Help or harm.” Hematol Oncol Clin North Am.  2008;22(4):581-617, vii.  Review.

17. Biondo PD, Brindley DN, Sawyer MB, et al. “The potential for treatment with dietary long-chain polyunsaturated n-3 fatty acids during chemotherapy.” Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. 2008;19:787-796.

18. Selting KA, Ogilvie GK, Gustafson DL, et al. “Evaluation of the effects of dietary n-3 fatty acid supplementation on the pharmacokinetics of doxorubicin in dogs with lymphoma.” American Journal of Veterinary Research. 2006;67(1):145-151.

 Give us your opinion on
Herb-Drug Interactions for Cancer

Industry Professional Site: Comments from non-industry professionals will be removed.

How about cancer prevention? My daughter is living in acancer cluster and a recent public forum gave no prevention suggestions. So for example: Find a source of clean water to drink and shower in even if it means a camper set up and trucking shower water. Learn how to shower with two to five gallons of water. I have been looking for a couple decades at the hormone (seem to be mainly estrogen) mimickers produced by the agriculture and petrochemical industry. The space administration has done some cool stuff on reducing contaminates for space travel with plants. The problem is practical application. I have built a solar battery driven computer fan devise to suck air thru a flower pot that has charcoal and moss layer under the soil. Spider plant seem to be ones they showed removed toxins hundreds of times more efficiently than any other devise. The roots (bacteria and other friendly microbes) use the waste for food. The fan allows 500 X or more to the plants ability to do this wonderful service. There is a “commercial” variety but it is a designer type item and very cool but not at all practical. It could obviously be regular AC powered. I did it as part of my power independence project for future hurricanes. My bedroom is now 90% solar powered if you do not factor in the AC I steal from the rest of the house by ceiling fan. If you’re interested I can send you some files on the air cleaner. The organic issue is very significant. I belong to the Rachael Carson Council and several organic farming groups. One in Colorado has data showing children switched to organic foods very rapidly drop retention levels. I personally feel how organic foods are processed or better under processed and keeping the natural fibers and their various seed layers is critical to dropping contaminates. An organic cookie made from refined organic flour and sugar is useless. Storage of organic is critical also. Rancidity produces carcinogens that are as powerful as any known. So being organic and eating seeds or nuts that are somehow old or not protected (packaged) from oxygen have their oils degraded. I can taste and smell this at a very low level but toxic effects start hundreds of times lower than human ability to detect the culprits. Yet to find a Delta peanut not rancid. I again think this killed Linda McCartney. Being an entertainer and an avid health food person are not very compatible do to travel. So I feel she packed a supply of “health foods” and the industry or even the organic advocates fail to talk about proper storage and rancidity. So low and behold chronic rancid chemical exposure. I have a power point presentation I just gave a group of organic professors, farmers and want to bee’s in NE. Be glad to share that also. Greg, Palm Beach, FL Posted: 8/3/2009 7:54:37 AM