Thousands of compounds have been investigated for their ant-cancer property.
Cytotoxic drugs are not acceptable in Alternative Therapy which demands that the
regimen must be safe, effectives, non-toxic and most of all able in improve the
quality of life.
However, to gain public confidence and approval, the regimen must have
scientific backing.
The patient’s compliance is also an important issue. For instance, if a patient
is taking shark’s cartilage he or she has to consume at least 60-70 gm. a day.
The fishy and nauseating smell and taste are sufficient to put off even the most
determined patient. Many herbs are effective against cancer, but they too have
to be consumed in large quantities and that makes it difficult for a patient to
comply.
This author believes that Alternative Medicine has reached a milestone as far as
cancer treatment is concerned. A workable regimen for Cancer Therapy, based on
the researches of Linus Pauling, Matthias Rath, Gold and various investigators
of anti-oxidants and polysaccharides, can now be formulated, that is safe,
non-toxic, easy to consume and effective.
Linus Pauling was adamant that Vitamin C could cure cancer in dosages of 10gr.
or more. Matthias Rath using a cocktail of Vitamin C, L-Lysine, L-Proline and
Epigallocatechin Gallate(EGCG) has brought the theory one step further.
Based on the premise that cancer cells spread by dissolving the basement
membrane and ECM with proteolytic collagenases, he demonstrated, in vitro, his
cocktail of nutrients could block the collegenase activity of cancer cells.See Figure 1
Figure 1 shows the effects of a mixture of collagenase inhibitors
In (A), cancer cells dissolve the collagen membrane and migrate from the
upper chamber to the lower chamber.
In (B), in the presence of ascorbic acid, praline, lysine and
epigallocatechingallate, cancer cells are unable to migrate from the upper
chamber to the lower chamber. In clinical studies, Dr. Rath has been successful
in using the mixture to treat breast, uterus, ovary, lung, stomach, colon and
skin cancers.
