Each day some 1,500 people lose their lives to cancer, and the American Cancer Society estimates that more than 1.2 million people will develop the disease this year. Thirty years after the war on cancer was declared, some of the most brilliant scientific and medical minds have yet to fully unravel this enigmatic killer.
What is understood is that cancer cells' ability to metastasize, or spread, to other parts of the body is what makes them so deadly. Cancer cells produce excessive levels of enzymes called matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) to digest the extracellular matrix surrounding tissue. This allows cancer cells to spread and invade new organs. Surgery, chemotherapy and radiation cannot prevent metastasis, and the side effects are often physically and emotionally devastating. This frustrating reality has led to a rise in the number of people turning to natural therapies.
A study of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in patients with different types of cancer was published in the July 2000 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. That study found that 63% of cancer patients had used vitamins and herbs as part of their cancer treatment. And now, groundbreaking natural health research by one company has uncovered a group of natural compounds that, in the laboratory, have stopped cold the spread of cancer cells. A scientific breakthrough made by one of Europe's foremost medical pioneers, Matthias Rath, M.D., provides new evidence that the spread of cancer cells can be inhibited with specific nutrients.
