Abstract:
In this presentation, I will explore the growth of cancer treatment and recognise some of our failures. I will lament that despite the strides made we are unable to find a cure. We will reflect on the papyrus papers in which is a description of the way cancer can be treated but also a conclusion in those very papers that cancer cannot be cured. Now over 5,000 years later, the conclusion appears aprospos. We explore and try to understand why cancers are more common in the west than in the east. We take a deep dive into Okinawa, Japan, a group of islands in southern Japan which is considered among the healthiest in the world. It has the lowest risk of age-related diseases such as diabetes and cancer. I invite you to look at their dietary intake and the active agent in their staple food-fucoidan.
We also explore the AHCC (activated hexose Correlated Compound) and the mechanism by which it is thought to work.
The usefulness of chemotherapy is highlighted but there will be a hint that our approach may not be appropriate. Drawing on information from the known mechanism by which natural Killer cells can conduct their function, through their use of kryptonite and wonder whether our development of chemotherapeutic agents should not function in a similar manner.
We conclude by highlighting the value of the AMAS test and wonder whether a chemotherapeutic agent can be developed which can be deployed once the AMAS test is positive which will be target driven and hence therapeutic. Could this be the development of the vaccines that have long been heralded?
Audience Take Away Notes:
- The usefulness and the need for more wide spread use of AMAS test.
- The change in approach of finding chemotherapeutic agents. This would help to unearth less toxic therapeutic agents and may move the community along in its therapeutic approaches to reduce the morbidity associated with cancer
