HER2+ and primrose oil

weety

I saw a post on a study done with primrose oil (cancer.northwestern.edu/news/pdfs/2005/EC_Lupu_Primrose_Oil.pdf)  In the study, primrose oil cut the levels of HER2 proteins and also caused a 30-40% increased response to herceptin.  Unfortunately this study was done back in 2005 and I haven't found anything else to support this study.  I'm curious if anyone else has any more knowledge of this herb and anything more recent in terms of research to post.

sylwiamolik

Hi,

I havent heard about primrose but i read many times about olive (omega 9) and flaxseed (omega 3) oils. It also cuts the levels of her2, especially during herceptin treatment. But dont know how much should i drink it daily to do so(???) Here is a link, they even wrote that it could be an alternative pattern to currently used drugs.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17134970