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Does anyone know about VN/14-1?
It is supposedly a new treatment being studied but only works during injection period.
As for diet and behaviour, I believe they do help alot. Sugar supposedly feeds the tumour and Vitamin C augments the immune system to fight as long a s it can.
If anyone has new info,PLEASE let me know.
It is supposedly a new treatment being studied but only works during injection period.
As for diet and behaviour, I believe they do help alot. Sugar supposedly feeds the tumour and Vitamin C augments the immune system to fight as long a s it can.
If anyone has new info,PLEASE let me know.
Hi.
The published material on VN/14-1 as of 2007 involves human cancer cell lines grafted onto mice. This is not the same as human trials. Its always great that there is work being done, but we must accept that science moves in leaps and bounds, and the power of information technology is making science seem slower.
The agent seems to target multiple pathways that involve cancer. One involves a mechanism associated with Vitamin A metabolism (A derivative of Vit A is involved in maintaining proliferation of cells in general, and hence inhibiting these derivatives may translate into anti-cancer benefits). Other agents (targeting Vit A pathways) have been tried in humans in the past to inhibit development of oral cancers with limited success. The inhibition was temporary and the drug was barely tolerable. The toxicity thus raises concern, most people automatically think that since it involves a dietary Vitamin, that there should be no fear of adverse reactions, but history has not supported this notion.
Another pathway involves producing factors that promote cellular death.
The published material on VN/14-1 as of 2007 involves human cancer cell lines grafted onto mice. This is not the same as human trials. Its always great that there is work being done, but we must accept that science moves in leaps and bounds, and the power of information technology is making science seem slower.
The agent seems to target multiple pathways that involve cancer. One involves a mechanism associated with Vitamin A metabolism (A derivative of Vit A is involved in maintaining proliferation of cells in general, and hence inhibiting these derivatives may translate into anti-cancer benefits). Other agents (targeting Vit A pathways) have been tried in humans in the past to inhibit development of oral cancers with limited success. The inhibition was temporary and the drug was barely tolerable. The toxicity thus raises concern, most people automatically think that since it involves a dietary Vitamin, that there should be no fear of adverse reactions, but history has not supported this notion.
Another pathway involves producing factors that promote cellular death.
Hi,
you had raised a query about VN/14-1 as mode of treatment options in prostate cancer.This drug has just been into the market and hence not many clinical studies are present which were conducted on humans. This drug is supposed to act in conjunction with Vitamin A in a manner like anti aging agents. Still the exact mechanism of drug action is unexplainable.
you had raised a query about VN/14-1 as mode of treatment options in prostate cancer.This drug has just been into the market and hence not many clinical studies are present which were conducted on humans. This drug is supposed to act in conjunction with Vitamin A in a manner like anti aging agents. Still the exact mechanism of drug action is unexplainable.
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