I recently read a post on this forum which talked about cancer and diet and I thought I would ask here on the forum if any of you geniuses could help me out as I really think the people here are on to something. The post included an article titled 'You Can’t ‘Starve’ Cancer, but You Might Help Treat It With Food By James Hamblin' which was posted on the Atlantic.
Please excuse me as I'm not the best with science or biology but I try to understand it as best as I can and by asking for advice here I'm hoping to get a bit of ahead start as time isn't on my side. The reason for this question relates to a recent diagnosis of canine carcinoma (transitional cell) near to the prostate and as you can probably guess it's inoperable, so many months to live and there's only chemo and drugs to extended the life by so much etc.
The vet is suggests chemo is the best option but this is going to cost upwards of £6,000+ and it's not financially viable right now and I'm not sure it's going to be worth it in the long run. The second options were the use of NSAID's like Piroxicam and Meloxicam and just ride it out and hope for the best, not great I know but surely there has to be more that can be done from an outside of the box approach.
From my limited understanding, I don't believe there's a one size fits all approach to the cancer jigsaw and certain cancers will need different approaches and I believe that using NSAID's with a good diet is the best option in the case.
My questions are, (1) what is the general metabolic pathways of carcinomas and what can be done to cut them off? (2) Are there any benefits to Piroxicam or Meloxicam over Aspirin or do they all essentially do the same thing in terms of cancer?
The vet hadn't heard about the Warburg effect and has never used Aspirin to treat cancer so he would only discuss Piroxicam or Meloxicam but I'm not 100% sure which of these will have the most benefit.
I appreciate any replies and advice and I'll likely have a few more questions as the replies come through. Thanks.
Please excuse me as I'm not the best with science or biology but I try to understand it as best as I can and by asking for advice here I'm hoping to get a bit of ahead start as time isn't on my side. The reason for this question relates to a recent diagnosis of canine carcinoma (transitional cell) near to the prostate and as you can probably guess it's inoperable, so many months to live and there's only chemo and drugs to extended the life by so much etc.
The vet is suggests chemo is the best option but this is going to cost upwards of £6,000+ and it's not financially viable right now and I'm not sure it's going to be worth it in the long run. The second options were the use of NSAID's like Piroxicam and Meloxicam and just ride it out and hope for the best, not great I know but surely there has to be more that can be done from an outside of the box approach.
From my limited understanding, I don't believe there's a one size fits all approach to the cancer jigsaw and certain cancers will need different approaches and I believe that using NSAID's with a good diet is the best option in the case.
My questions are, (1) what is the general metabolic pathways of carcinomas and what can be done to cut them off? (2) Are there any benefits to Piroxicam or Meloxicam over Aspirin or do they all essentially do the same thing in terms of cancer?
The vet hadn't heard about the Warburg effect and has never used Aspirin to treat cancer so he would only discuss Piroxicam or Meloxicam but I'm not 100% sure which of these will have the most benefit.
I appreciate any replies and advice and I'll likely have a few more questions as the replies come through. Thanks.