Resveratrol

IllinoisNancy
IllinoisNancy Member Posts: 722
edited June 2014 in Complementary and Holistic Medicine and Treatment

New Study Reveals Resveratrol Could Be Used to Fight Breast Cancer

A new study just released by researchers at the Cleveland Clinic reveals that resveratrol, when administered in combination with rapamycin (a drug with immunosuppressant effects considered to be a potentially promising breast cancer treatment), was twice as effective in killing breast cancer cells as when rapamycin was administered alone. In effect, the resveratrol prevented the breast cancer cells from becoming resistant to rapamycin.   According to the study's lead, Charis Eng, MD and Ph.D., "Rapamycin has been used in clinical trials as a cancer treatment.  Unfortunately, after a while, the cancer cells develop resistance to rapamycin...Our findings show that resveratrol seems to mitigate rapamycin-induced drug resistance in breast cancers..."  What's more, the study also administered resveratrol alone (without rapamycin) to the breast cancer cells and found that resveratrol slowed or stopped their growth in a dose dependent manner. This study concluded that resveratrol might be a "powerful integrative medicine adjunct to traditional chemotherapy."  Editor's Note: Past studies have revealed that resveratrol prevents the first step that occurs when estrogen begins the process that leads to breast cancer and that resveratrol also strongly inhibits BRCA1-mutant tumor growth.   

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  • momoschki
    momoschki Member Posts: 682
    edited September 2011

    This is certainly good news-- my integrative onc has me taking resveratrol daily.  Only an ADH Dx here, but hopefully it prevents anything worse.  I am always relieved when I see real clinical evidence that substantiates the many supplements he has me taking.

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  • IllinoisNancy
    IllinoisNancy Member Posts: 722
    edited September 2011

    Hi,

    I just wanted to add that I heard about resveratrol from the doctors office yesterday.  They said there was a biochemical convention in China which was very exciting and was focused on the way resveratrol helped women with breast cancer.  Not only once they had it but also preventing them from ever getting it.  You can get resveratrol by eating red grapes or by taking a supplement sold at many health food stores.  I can't wait to get some since my tumor was all estrogen fed.  I hope it helps me and many other women.

    Take care,

    Nancy

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  • mixin
    mixin Member Posts: 48
    edited September 2011

    Another possible benefit for cancer patients is resveratrol's ability to inhibit influenza replication.

    The findings of recent small study suggested that patients on chemo had significantly lower responses to the influenza vaccine than did the healthy controls. 

     Sooo, eat your grapes Smile

     Also, you can buy Vit D with 200mg of red wine extract and resveratrol.

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  • Hindsfeet
    Hindsfeet Member Posts: 2,456
    edited September 2011

    You can't get enough resveratrol that you need to fight bc by eating grapes. You can get an intense amount by drinking reservatrol drinks or taking reservatrol supplements. I did this for awhile...need to get back to it. Resveratrol is aksi anti-aging.

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