Two Cheap Supplements Show Promise in Healing One of the Deadliest Brain Cancers.A new study indicates that glioblastoma becomes less aggressive after treatment with resveratrol and copper, a potentially game-changing finding that could pave the way for a radically new approach to cancer therapy.
Treatments such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy are all designed with a single goal in mind: to destroy cancer. However, what if this long-standing approach is wrong, and the real path to curing cancer lies not in damaging it but in helping it recover?
This is the intriguing possibility being explored by a research team led by Professor Indraneel Mittra at the Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer in Mumbai, India.
The concept traces back to a 1986 article in the New Journal of Medicine, where Dr Harold Dvorak suggested that cancer behaves much like a wound that never heals. The two conditions share several characteristics, and Professor Mittra argues that focusing on healing tumors, instead of attacking them, may be more effective.
In a new study involving patients with glioblastoma, the team has found that two inexpensive nutraceuticals may help trigger this healing response.
Glioblastoma is among the most aggressive and challenging types of brain cancer. It grows rapidly, infiltrates surrounding brain tissue, and is known for its genetic diversity, which makes it extremely difficult to treat.
