A potential breakthrough on liver cancer

[The_PS]

(1) A potential breakthrough on liver cancer

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-09-potential-breakthrough-liver-cancer.html

(2) Milk-maker hormone may help liver regenerate

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-10-milk-maker-hormone-liver-regenerate.html#inlRlv

and

(3) Prolactin prevents hepatocellular carcinoma by restricting innate immune activation of c-Myc in mice

http://www.pnas.org/content/111/31/11455

[StephenCastlecrag]

This is potentially a great discovery. The differences in gender risk for HCC in HBV patients are well known. The following article gives an more easy read:
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-09-potential-breakthrough-liver-cancer.html
"So it's as exciting as it is rare when a breakthrough occurs that may lead to more immediate relief for patients. Such may be the case with liver cancer, thanks to research by Arlin Rogers, an associate professor and head of pathology at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, who has found that prolactin, a hormone that helps nursing mothers produce milk, may help prevent the disease."

“We don’t think this is going to cure liver cancer, but it might help prevent it,” says Arlin Rogers.

Notice, the keywords are  PREVENT and IMMEDIATE.

[veteranB]

But mice is 90% genetically similar to us. Which is why they test drugs on them in the first place.

The reason we dont get lung cancer with etv immediately or at all is because of dose body weight ratio.  

[stef2011]

when they ll test on humans and show hcc cure they will have a value, a study on mice alone has very little value...entecavir makes lung tumors immediately in mice but this is not a 100% proof it makes tumors in humans

[stef2011]

do they have patients cured from HCC by their theories?No just rats, this is as valuable as toilet paper