The video presentation by Dr Jeanne Wallace (see Shemay's post for the link) is long and somewhat technical, but an excellent presentation.
Dr Wallace's web site is: http://www.nutritional-solutions.net/index.html
This is an highly technical but excellent medical extract from her site about the importance of nutrition as adjunctive therapy to cancer treatment, specifically brain cancer, but applicable to all cancers in general:
http://www.nutritional-solutions.net/Articles/ICTarticleinfl
from the FAQ section on her web site:
"Where do you get your information? I sometimes hear doctors dismiss nutritional therapies as "unproven". This criticism is untrue. Rather, doctors are unfamiliar with the large volume of research that supports nutritional therapies. The information I utilize comes from research published in scientific journals, medical textbooks and trade publications. To keep current in the field, I regularly attend medical conferences, review published research studies and interview prominent researchers about promising new cancer treatments and clinical trials."
There have been a number of articles published in the Cancer Compass newsletter about the importance of nutrition and botanical therapy as an adjunct to cancer treatment in the past several months alone, plus articles emphasizing certain foods, giving recipes, etc. Curcumin has been given attention by the Cancer Compass editors as have vitamin C, and broccoli (for the sulforaphanes - I might not have spelled that correctly!). These are just a few of the things that Cancer Compass and CTCA have brought to notice. The past week saw information about including pumpkin and winter squash as important part of the diet. A search of past issues of the newsletter would reveal a great many more similar topics. Nutrition is one of the main issues addressed by cancer patients who have turned to CTCA for help in combatting this dread disease.
There have literally been hundred of studies done on the benefits of nutrition in treatment of cancer. Many are still on-going. To say that any one reference can present ALL of the available literature on prospective studies does gross injustice to the thousands of dedicated health care professionals and scientific researchers who are devoting/have devoted their time and energy to the treatment of cancer. A systematic review of the literature is indeed a good thing, but a bogus claim of an all-inclusive review of the literature should not be used to discredit the very real proven beneficial effects of dietary adjunctive treatment of cancer.
Linus Carl Pauling (February 28, 1901 – August 19, 1994) was an American scientist, peace activist, author and educator. He was one of the most influential chemists
in history and ranks among the most important scientists in any field
of the 20th century. Pauling was among the first scientists to work in
the fields of quantum chemistry, molecular biology and orthomolecular medicine. He is one of only 4 individuals to have won multiple Nobel prizes, the only one to win two in unrelated fields, and the only person to have been awarded each of his prizes without sharing it with another recipient. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Pauling
Dr Pauling devoted the latter years of his life to studying the relationship between nutrition and treatment of disease, especially cancer. Of monumental note was his successful work on using Vitamin C in the treatment of cancer. Many noted scientists have carried on Dr Pauling's researcg and continue to make huge strides in both the realm of empirical data and applied science. Significant research advances have been made at the Linus Pauling Institute at the University of Oregon. If you go to their website, you can get reliable scientific data on nutrients and their valid use in treatment of disease, including cancer. I have used their site, among many others, repeatedly in my own research on using foods, herbs and botanicals as regards improving and maintaining health.
LPI is just one of many highly respected research bodies that are releasing positive data about the role of nutrition as an adjunct to medical treatment across the board, including cancer. There is a tremendous wealth of documentation of the positive effect of nutrition on health, including cancer. While not every person will be cured or put into remission through natural means alone, there is plenty of irrefutable evidence, both empirical and anecdotal, that some people have benefited from the botanical and supplemental approach alone. There is an astoundingly even greater body of evidence that nutrition and biochemical inclusion as adjunct treatment is an important part of cancer treatment for all concerned. To put it quite simply: if the body lacks the basic biochemical building blocks to carry out disease fighting processes, no amount of medicine in the world is going to make it happen. It just plain makes sense to at least supplement conventional treatment with good food, and supplements to make up for what the diet lacks.
People who say that fruits and vegetables, proteins, vitamins, minerals, anti-oxidants, numerous phytosterols and phytochemicals, etc, have no place in treatment of cancer other than to provide us food to eat are wearing huge blinders to the truth. Natural therapy may not be the entire answer, but it must be seen at least as part of the answer if the great majority of those seeking victory over this vicious beast are to truly realize their goals.
Sincerely,
Tre