New Cancer Killer ?

Sodium Bicarbonate Cancer Killer

According to the American Cancer Society, sodium bicarbonate is being promoted as an alternative treatment to cancer by an Italian oncologist, Dr. Tullio Simoncini. He believes that cancer is caused by a yeast infection, and sodium bicarbonate has the capacity to kill the yeast. (See Reference 1.) Dr. Simoncini published his research thesis, entitled "Cancer is Fungus," presenting fungal infection as the main cause of cancer .

However, no scientific evidence is available to support that cancer is due to yeast infection and that sodium bicarbonate can directly cure cancers, although studies have been conducted regarding the ability of sodium carbonate to influence the pH levels of cancer cells.

Significance

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  odium bicarbonate is a mainstream treatment for acidosis. Oncologists use it to neutralize the acid properties of most cancer agents in chemotherapy. The Arizona Cancer Center of the University of Arizona, the Department of Pharmacology of Wayne State University in Michigan, and H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in Florida are conducting a study that indicates the capacity of sodium bicarbonate to alter the pH of tumor cells that could inhibit its spread and progression. (See Reference 2.)
  

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  he acid environment  of tumor cells is responsible for allowing them to thrive and spread. Making the tumor cells more alkaline increases the ability of other anti-carcinogenic drugs to become more effective in preventing tumor activities. (See Reference 3.) Tumors are more acidic than other normal cells and tissues. An acidic environment is low in oxygen, and changing the pH to alkaline allows an increase of oxygen supply to the cell. This controls the abnormal function of the tumor and prevents it from metastasizing. (See Resource
  

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Benefits

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  ome chemotherapy agents have a heavy acidic nature that can pose a danger to a patient. Oncologists use the complementary benefit of sodium bicarbonate to neutralize the acid property in anti-carcinogen agents. (See Reference 3.) It also helps in bringing alkalinity to the cellular environment of tumors. Because cancer cells cannot survive in an environment that has high oxygen level, an alkaline environment prevents them from growing and spreading.
  

Considerations

• Although there is lack of substantial evidence to prove that sodium bicarbonate can directly treat cancer, the researches conducted with animal tests provide some therapeutic benefits from the use of sodium bicarbonate for cancer treatment .

ARIZ. U. CLINICAL TRIAL of SODIUM BICARBONATE TUMOR KILLER

Based on the results of animal and lab research, a clinical trial on the effects of sodium bicarbonate against cancer in humans will be started.

Dr. Marty Pagel, PhD, from the University of Arizona Cancer Center, will test the effects of sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) on breast cancer patients. The study will be funded by a $ 2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Cancer grows in an acidic environment (low pH), and the acid helps the cancer to metastasize (spread). Dr. Pagel and his colleagues will measure the pH of a tumour with a new MRI machine, and then test the efficacy of bicarbonate on cancer with the MRI machine. Thus, he hopes to develop a personalized treatment approach for each patient, by knowing what’s going on before and after the bicarbonate drink.

Previous research on mice has shown that oral bicarbonate increases tumour pH and reduces breast and prostate cancer metastasis.

Manipulation of tumour pH with bicarbonate has the potential to enhance survival too, as shown by another recent study on mice. Bicarbonate was administered to mice with breast cancer and compared to dichloroacetate (DCA), a compound that also reduces extracellular acidity. Bicarbonate-based protocols increased survival, while DCA on its own didn’t improve survival. This study was published in the journal BMC Cancer.

Although bicarbonate may hold promise to treat various cancers, patients should not try to drink or inject bicarbonate solution without doctor supervision, because in some patients it could lead to serious side effects.

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