Postby GrouseMan » Sat Feb 16, 2019 10:09 am
I read through this paper you reference and to me the evidence though there is not compelling. Calculations suggest that the amount of extract for a typical Male patient would be about 2.8 grams per day. That's for the extract as prepared in that paper. Seems like a lot to me and could result in GI issues. This paper also suggests 3 particular molecules in the extract are responsible for its effect. But further research showed other tested extracts of dandelion also said to be effective where of completely different chemical class of compounds. So different extracts contain different materials. Also note - the particular preparation of the extract is important. Just using dried dandelion its likely you will never obtain the correct dosage as the extraction and concentration process from the paper used a large amount of dandelion root to produce the extracted components. They do not indicate the amount of starting root they used and how much extracted material they ended up with. This is important.
That said - you can use at your own risk, but personally unless you made your own extract following the procedure from the paper - I think you are wasting your money. There is no way to know what you purchased is anything at all like the extract used by these researchers or even contains significant amounts of the compounds they claim in the published paper.
Here are a couple of additional references I located this morning:
from MSK's web site:
https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integ ... /dandelionNews report from someone doing the research:
http://windsorcancerresearch.com/2017/1 ... ncologist/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dande ... ls-cancer/Even if you want to continue to try this. I suggest you let your oncologist know, as there is the possibility of drug interactions and the extract has shown to interfere with metabolism of other drugs.
Regards,
GrouseMan
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CT mets Liver Spleen lung. IVb CEA~110
Jul 2013 Sig Resct
8/13 FolFox,Avastin 12Tx mild sfx, Ongoing 5-FU Avastin every 3 wks.
CEA: good marker
7/7/14 CT Can't see the spleen Mets.
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1/16 Iri, Erbitux and likely Avastin (Trial) CEA going >.
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