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3 cases of spontaneous regression of breast cancer treated with iodine
Courtesy: Article by Jeffrey Dach, MD
David Brownstein, MD reports three cases of spontaneous regression of
breast cancer after women take iodine supplementation
(David
Brownstein MD (2009)
Iodine, Why You Need It , Why You Can’t Live Without It . Fourth Edition,
Medical Alternatives Press. page 63)
Case 1: Joan, an English teacher
Diagnosed with breast cancer in 1989 and declined conventional treatment;
took 50 mg / day of Iodoral® (iodine/iodide). Six weeks later, "all of
the existing tumors were disintegrating". In diagram (Photo: courtesy of
Wikimedia Commons), upper two frames
show PET scan before and after treatment (red arrow points to tumor). Lower
two frames show CAT scan before and after treatment.
Case 2: Delores
73 year old Delores was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003 and declined
treatment with radiation and chemotherapy; took 50 mg / day of Iodoral®(iodine/iodide). A follow-up ultrasound of the breast a8 months later
showed, "It appears that these malignancies have diminished in size since
the last examination. Interval improvement is definitiely seen, . . .".
Two years later, a follow-up mammogram and ultrasound failed to show any
abnormality.
Case 3: Joyce
52 year old Joyce presented 2 two years after breast cancer diagnosis and
began 50 mg / day of Iodoral®(iodine/iodide). Three years later, her
follow-up mammograms and ultrasound exams showed decreasing tumor size with
no progression. (Photo: courtesy of Wikimedia Commons);
India
The Shrivastava group in India reported molecular iodine induces apoptosis
(programmed cell death) in human breast cancer cell cultures. "Iodine
showed cytotoxic effects in the cultured human breast cancer cells". (3)
Mexico
From Mexico, the Carmen Aceves Velasco Group reported Iodine to be
safe, with no harmful effects on thyroid function, and an anti-proliferative
effect on human breast cancer cell cultures. (5)(6)(7) Their 2009 paper
reported the mechanism by which Iodine works as an anti-cancer agent.
Iodine binds to membrane lipids called lactones forming iodo-lactones which
regulate apoptosis (programmed cell death). Iodine causes apoptosis
which makes cancer cells undergo programmed cell death.(4) Dr. Aceves
concluded that continuous molecular iodine treatment has a "potent
antineoplastic effect "on the progression of mammary cancer. (10)
Japan
From Japan, Dr Funahashi reported a common seaweed food containing high
iodine content is more beneficial than chemotherapy on breast cancer .
He found that "administration
of Lugol'siodine or iodine-rich Wakame seaweed to rats treated with the
carcinogen dimethyl benzanthracene suppressed the development of mammary
tumors. The same group demonstrated that seaweed induced apoptosis in human
breast cancer cells with greater potency than that of fluorouracil, a
chemotherapeutic agent used to treat breast cancer." (8)
Fig
2 from Funahashi 2001. Breast cancer induced in rats with DMBA a
carcinogenic chemical. Left column Images are rats pre-treated with Iodine
(mekabu seaweed) showing no breast cancer tumors. Right column Images are
untreated (Control) rats with large breast cancer tumors visible at the
(red arrows) .. From Funahashi_2001_Jpn_Journal_Cancer_Research
(8)
Lung Cancer and Iodine
A 2003 study by Ling Zhang showed that molecular Iodine caused lung cancer
cells to undergo programmed cell death (apoptosis). These lung cancer
cells had been genetically modified to increase iodine uptake.(12)
Interestingly, a 1993 case report describes spontaneous remission of lung
cancer in a patient incidentally treated with Amiodorone which contains
iodine (about 9 mg per day)(13)