http://cancerwife.com/taxonomy/term/26/0 en http://cancerwife.com/content/boosting-your-immune-system <!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>This newscientist article talks about <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/cancer/mg19626243.800-reprogrammed-immune-system-fights-cancer.html" target="_blank">how a cancer patient's macrophages can be transformed from tumor feeders into tumor killers</a>. It seems this is done by inhibition of NF-kB. Of interest is to note that Curcumin is widely known to do exactly that. Could it be that this is one mode of action for Curcumin's anti-cancer properties?</p><!-- google_ad_section_end --> http://cancerwife.com/content/boosting-your-immune-system#comments curcumin immune system Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:43:40 +0000 CancerHusband 55 at http://cancerwife.com http://cancerwife.com/content/curcumin-cancer <!-- google_ad_section_start --><ul><li><a href="http://clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/14/14/4491.full">Phase II Trial of Curcumin in Patients with Advanced Pancreatic Cancer</a><br />Two patients (out of 25) showed clinical biological activity. One had ongoing stable disease for &gt;18 months; interestingly, one additional patient had a brief, but marked, tumor regression (73%) accompanied by significant increases (4- to 35-fold) in serum cytokine levels.<br type="_moz" />&nbsp;</li><li><a href="http://www.goodhealth.nu/News_Articles/050111-curcumin-anti-cancer-US.htm" title="http://www.goodhealth.nu/News_Articles/050111-curcumin-anti-cancer-US.htm">http://www.goodhealth.nu/News_Articles/050111-curcumin-anti-cancer-US.htm</a></li></ul><!-- google_ad_section_end --><p><a href="http://cancerwife.com/content/curcumin-cancer" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://cancerwife.com/content/curcumin-cancer#comments cancer supplements curcumin immune system Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:59:11 +0000 CancerHusband 52 at http://cancerwife.com