cancer
Fermented wheat germ extract (Avemar) in the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases
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Journal
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Release date
2005; 1051:529-42.
Abstract/summary
Avemar, the product of industrial fermentation of wheat germ, possesses unique cancer-fighting characteristics. Taken orally, Avemar can inhibit metastatic tumor dissemination and proliferation during and after chemotherapy, surgery, or radiation. Benefits of Avemar treatment have been shown in various human cancers, in cultures of in vitro grown cancer cells, in the prevention of chemical carcinogenesis, and also in some autoimmune conditions. This document reviews the clinical and experimental results obtained with this extract so far.
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A metabolic hypothesis of cell growth and death in pancreatic cancer
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Journal
Pancreas
Release date
2002; 24(1):26-33.
Abstract/summary
INTRODUCTION: Tumor cells, just as other living cells, possess the potential for proliferation, differentiation, cell cycle arrest, and apoptosis. There is a specific metabolic phenotype associated with each of these conditions, characterized by the production of both energy and special substrates necessary for the cells to function in that particular state. Unlike that of normal living cells, the metabolic phenotype of tumor cells supports the proliferative state.
