Liver Cancer Information from http://www.cancertutor.com/Other/Liver_Cancer.html

As long as a person's liver is "alive," there is good reason to be optimistic about dealing with liver cancer. The good news is that just because a person has liver cancer does not mean the liver is dead.

Liver cancer requires a two-pronged approach. First, the liver must be "detoxified," to get toxic chemicals out of the liver. Second, the cancer cells in the liver must be killed. Both approaches will be discussed in this section.

Note: Because liver cancer is primarily an adenocarcinoma, please read my "type of cancer" article on adeoncarcinoma.

Here are some comments about specific alternative cancer treatments.

Grape Cure

"Grapes detoxify all tissues and organs and restore organic integrity to starved cells." Of course purple grapes, with seeds and skin, contain more than a dozen cancer killing nutrients that easily get to liver cancer cells.

Essaic Tea

"(Rene Caisse is the founder of Essiac Tea) [Rene] did little with the Essiac formula until 1924 when her aunt developed stomach and liver cancer. The doctors had given her aunt six months to live. Rene obtained permission from her aunt's physician, Dr. R. O. Fisher, to administer the herbal tea treatment. Rene later said, 'My aunt lived for twenty-one years after being given up by the medical profession. There was no recurrence of cancer.'"
"Rene Caisse's mother was diagnosed with liver cancer in 1935. An internationally known doctor, Roscoe Graham, informed her that her mother had just "days to live." Rene never told her mother of the cancer, but treated her with Essiac for ten days, slowly reducing the dosage. Her mother recovered completely and lived another eighteen years until her death at age ninety of heart failure."
"Although the focus on Essiac has been as a cancer treatment, it alleviated and sometimes cured many chronic and degenerative conditions because it cleanses the blood, the liver and strengthens the immune system." Note: Essaic Tea is so potent, you should follow the advice of your vendor when taking Essiac Tea for liver cancer. In other words, do not assume that "more is better."
By the way, the FTC (a blood brother of the corrupt FDA) shut down an Essiac Tea vendor in Colorado (Michael D. Miller) for telling the truth about what cancers Essiac Tea treats.

Noni Juice

"I am a general Surgeon. My specialty is Cryo Surgery of the Liver. Most of the time when I see the patient they are on the edge of dying unless the surgery works. I got the Noni Juice after speaking with and reading much about Noni sent to me by Priscilla Salazar Martnez, Steven Shields, and Colene Allen, LMT. Whatever it takes, I want my patients to have a chance for healing. One patient had Prostate Cancer, NO MORE. One had Liver Cancer, NO MORE. Three were at the end, but the pain was helped by Noni Juice so that they were and are coherent without heavy drugs. All this is less than eight weeks. I am really going to keep working with this Juice and hope that you will see the results too."
Dr. Owen Fraser

Also see this powerful testimonial on liver cancer and Noni Juice:
http://www.noni-is-good-for-you.com/View.asp?TestID=88

Note the speed with which Noni Juice works.

Budwig Diet

"Scientific studies conducted by Dr. Johanna Budwig in the treatment of seriously ill cancer patients resulted in a gradual recession of tumors, and symptoms of the cancer, liver dysfunction, anemia and diabetes were either partially or completely alleviated." The Budwig diet deals with all types of cancer.

Raw Food

"Farmer Francis Cockram is not the sort of person you would call a crank. Six foot three, his face weathered by years on the land...when Mr. Cockram was told he had liver cancer and only six months to live he felt he had nothing to lose in giving "alternative" medicine a chance. That was in May 1992. More than two years later, he is very much alive. working on the farm... ?NHS doctors, who said there was nothing more they could do for Mr. Cockram, are mystified...a recent scan showed that the 68 year-old farmer's liver is now clear of cancer. Mr Cockram's homeopath in Tiverton told him he could fight the disease by going on a strict diet...eating plenty of fruit, raw vegetables and cereals and drinking nothing but bottled water."
"The effects of carotenoids - alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, lycopene, beta-cryptoxanthin, zeaxanthin, lutein, canthaxanthin, astaxanthin - on the invasion from rat liver tumor cells were investigated. All the carotenoids examined inhibited the invasion in a dose-dependent manner. Cancer cells previously cultured with hypoxanthine (HX) and xanthine oxidase (XO) showed a highly invasive activity. However, the carotenoids, 5 mu M of beta-carotene and astaxanthin, suppressed this free radical invasive capacity. The results suggest that the anti-invasive action toward the tumors be a result of the antioxidant properties of these carotenoids."

Ellagic Acid

"Ellagic acid promotes carcinogen detoxification by stimulating the activity of various isoforms of the enzyme glutathione-S-transferase in hepatoma (liver cancer)(Barch and Rundhaugen, 1992). Another mechanism by which ellagic acid could inhibit tumor initiation is through its potential role as scavenger of the reactive metabolites of carcinogens." "Ellagic acid reduced the number of altered foci and the incidence of hepatocellular neoplasms in rats with liver cancer induced by N-2-fluorenylacetamide (Tanaka)."

Coenzyme Q10 - CoQ10

"Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is an excellent antioxidant that is protective for a liver that has been damaged by ischemia (reduced blood flow). CoQ10 is also an important component of healthy metabolism. It protects the mitochondria and cell membrane from oxidative damage and helps generate ATP, the energy source for cells. CoQ10 is absorbed by the lymphatic system and distributed throughout the body." "It is important to take CoQ10 with some kind of oil such as fish or flaxseed because dry powder CoQ10 is not readily absorbed without it." The oil this quote refers to is part of the Budwig diet.

Other Treatments for Liver Cancers

Raw Beet Juice - "Beet juice is highly beneficial as a liver detoxifier and blood cleanser. In cases of cancer, therefore, it purifies the bloodstream so that the blood can do its work of detoxifying the body and delivering nutrients to starved cells. By detoxifying the liver, it further promotes clean blood, which is filtered by the liver." Raw beet juice is part of the same vegetable juice that includes carrots and other vegetables! Do not drink beet juice by itself, always mix it with carrot juice!

MGN-3 or MGN3 - "...I am a nurse...I found your website by chance when a life long friend of mine called me one day over a year ago to tell me that he had liver cancer. The survival rate for this type of cancer is very poor...You were an answer to a prayer. He started on MGN-3 right away and his cancer went into remission within a couple of months and he is cancer free now." [These comments refer to the book: Cure Your Cancer, by Bill Henderson]

Bitter Melon - "Numerous in vitro studies have also demonstrated the anti-cancerous and anti-leukemic activity of bitter melon against numerous cell lines including liver cancer, human leukemia, melanoma and solid sarcomas."

Breuss Cancer Cure - In the Breuss Cancer Cure literature, special mention is made of liver cancer and the importance of the potato in the Breuss fasting diet. This type of treatment cannot be combined with other alternative cancer treatments.

Water - a person treating liver cancer should drink at least between 1/2 gallon and 1 gallon of natural water per day to help flush the liver. See:
http://www.curezone.com/foods/waterpage.asp

AHCC - "AHCC is an extract of an hybridization of several medical mushrooms, each of which has a long history of medicinal use in Japan. However, AHCC's action is so much more powerful than the mushrooms from which it comes, that studies show it has been effective against liver cancer, prostate cancer, ovarian cancer, multiple myeloma, breast cancer, and AIDS."

Curcumin - "Another study at Wayne State University saw the same apoptosis action on gastrointestinal and colon cancers. An earlier Chinese study demonstrated the death effect when curcumin was introduced in colon cancer, and certain skin, kidney and liver cancer cells in cultures of mouse embryo fibroblasts. (Nutr Cancer 1996;26(1):111-20)" "Curcumin, to be effectively assimilated into the bloodstream must be combined with small amounts of piperine (a component of black pepper). It seems piperine enhances the body?s natural absorption function."

Bee Pollen - "Brad had incurable liver cancer. His wife had given notice to quit work because Brad was to be bedridden, and they planned to take in students in order to have money to live. Twice I offered Brad Bee Pollen, but he refused. One day he said to Dennis, "There's no hope; no medication or treatments work; I'll be finished soon." My reply to Brad was. "Take Bee Pollen every day." Brad has been cancer free for two years now and is presently operating big machinery."

Vitamin D3 - "Additionally, vitamin D3 has demonstrated the ability to inhibit liver cancer cell growth (Majewski et al. 1996). Cancer patients should take 4000-6000 IU of vitamin D3 every day on an empty stomach."

IP-6 or IP6 (Inositol hexaphosphate) - "Vucenik I, Tantivejkul K, Zhang ZS, Cole KE, Saied I, Shamsuddin AM. IP6 in treatment of liver cancer. I. IP6 inhibits growth and reverses transformed phenotype in HepG2 human liver cancer cell line. Anticancer Res.1998;18(6A):4083-4090." "Vucenik I, Zhang ZS, Shamsuddin AM. IP6 in treatment of liver cancer. II. Intra-tumoral injection of IP6 regresses pre-existing human liver cancer xenotransplanted in nude mice. Anticancer Res. 1998;18:4091-4096." "IP -6 has been used against a wide variety of cancers. Blood based cancers such as leukemia are the most sensitive, with solid tumors needing a larger dose. Most studies at this point have used either animals or human cancer cells in vitro, i.e. in a test tube. As an example, adding IP -6 to human liver cancer cells resulted in complete inhibition of tumors. Human liver cancer cells injected into mice resulted in 71% tumors. Cells pretreated with IP -6 resulted in no tumors. Pre-existing liver cancers regressed. In another study with Rhabdomyosarcoma, tumors were suppressed from 25 to 49 fold!" "AbulKalam M. Shamsuddin, MD, PhD., a professor of pathology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, has written a book (Nature's Revolutionary Cancer-Fighter, Kensington Publishing Corp.) about his studies of IP-6. His research has shown that it can slow or stop the growth of liver cancer cells in the laboratory and in mice. Dr. Shamsuddin has reported that while IP-6 doesn't actually kill cancer cells, it makes them behave like normal cells, thus eliminating the danger they pose. A number of laboratory studies have confirmed his findings. Research suggests that IP-6 can boost immune function, help lower cholesterol, prevent formation of kidney stones, reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke, and prevent the complications of diabetes."

Glutathione - "Glutathione is a small protein composed of three amino acids: cysteine, glutamic acid and glycine. It is involved in detoxification of the liver and the body. Glutathione to toxins, such as heavy metals, solvents, and pesticides, and transforms them into a form that can be excreted in urine or bile. Glutathione is also an important antioxidant, counteracting the effects of free radicals produced in the body by oxidation reactions."

ABM (Agaricus Blazei Murill) - "Subsequent studies over the next 25 years have shown the ABM to stimulate the immune system and promote natural mechanisms to battle infectious disease and cancers. ABM stimulates lymphocyte T-cell and Helper T-cell production. The polysaccharide contained in ABM stimulates production of interferon and interleukin that indirectly function to destroy and prevent the proliferation of cancer cells. Additionally, ABM turned out to be a very powerful antiviral agent preventing viruses from entering tissues. Normally, the polysaccharides found in fungus only affect solid cancers, however the polysaccharide in ABM is effective against Ehrich's ascites carcinoma, sigmoid colonic cancer, ovarian cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, and liver cancer as well as against solid cancers."

PMGs (Protomorphogens) - "Any dietary therapy must contain PMGs and eliminate sugars (or to be more specific, all processed foods). The only place you can get PMGs specifically for your organ that has cancer, is from a distributor of Standard Process Labs, or Dr West (my personal supplier). For lung cancer, there is Pneumotrophin, for liver cancer there is Hepatrophin, etc." For more information, see:
http://www.mnwelldir.org/docs/cancer1/altthrpy.htm

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Other Comments

There are two general ways to "stimulate" the liver. One is to have an enema, such as a coffee enema or lemon juice enema. The other is to use herbs, etc. Some of the nutrients that help detoxify and stimulate the liver are mentioned above. For more information about the liver and cancer there are two, free eBooks that can be read online:
http://theherbfinder.com/ (Click on the Biser book)

http://www.jonbarron.com/ (click on Free Download)

Here is a web site that has a complete protocol for liver cancer:
http://www.longlifecatalog.com/longlifecatalog/cantreatar.html

Here is another site with a complete protocol:
http://www.althealth.co.uk/services/info/ailments/liver_cancer1.php