| It’s been three months since an article on dichloroacetate (DCA), the chemotherapeutic agent that selectively inhibits cancer cell growth in lung, breast and brain tumor cells grown in culture and lung tumors grown in immunocompromised rats, was published on Highlight HEALTH. Since then, thousands of people have read the article. Indeed, the blogosphere has been buzzing about DCA, unfortunately focusing on a conspiracy theory accusing big pharma of suppressing a cure for cancer instead of recognizing the study for what it is - a preliminary study in cell culture and rats that cannot be translated to humans without further research and clinical trials.
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I was curious to see if there were any new developments regarding DCA use in either cancer prevention or the treatment of cancer. A Google search for “dichloroacetate” returned 340,000 pages, but before I had a chance to start browsing, one of the Sponsored Links at the top of the page caught my ... |
