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trasia · 04-21-2011, 08:13 PM

Jackie07:
One way to find out is perhaps to contact Dr. Dennis Slamon, the inventor of Herceptin. I would assume that before he figured out how Herceptin could be of benefit to Her2 positive breast cancer patients, he had already tested/studied curcumin as it is a known popular ingredient used in India. Again, my assumption is of no value here...

Trasia:
I tried to contact Dr. Aggrawal—one of Dr. Slamon’s colleagues who helped him develop Herceptin, but no response yet. Interestingly, Dr. Aggrawal joined MD Anderson and conducted research on Curcumin for pancreatic cancer (human trials) and he has proven it to be effective. Based on one of his other interviews, he is also conducting research on Curcumin for breast cancer patients.

I agree that if Dr. Slamon knew that Curcumin works the same way or even better than Herceptin, he should have been more ethically inclined to tell the world—that there is a cheaper and even better way of curing Her2+ cancer, however, would it also contradict his own research/findings/years of research on Herceptin?—which will all be flushed down the toilet.. anyway, just a wild guess.

04-21-2011, 08:13 PM	#8
trasia Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 37	Re: In vitro/vivo trial Curcumin and/or Herceptin Jackie07: One way to find out is perhaps to contact Dr. Dennis Slamon, the inventor of Herceptin. I would assume that before he figured out how Herceptin could be of benefit to Her2 positive breast cancer patients, he had already tested/studied curcumin as it is a known popular ingredient used in India. Again, my assumption is of no value here... Trasia: I tried to contact Dr. Aggrawal—one of Dr. Slamon’s colleagues who helped him develop Herceptin, but no response yet. Interestingly, Dr. Aggrawal joined MD Anderson and conducted research on Curcumin for pancreatic cancer (human trials) and he has proven it to be effective. Based on one of his other interviews, he is also conducting research on Curcumin for breast cancer patients. I agree that if Dr. Slamon knew that Curcumin works the same way or even better than Herceptin, he should have been more ethically inclined to tell the world—that there is a cheaper and even better way of curing Her2+ cancer, however, would it also contradict his own research/findings/years of research on Herceptin?—which will all be flushed down the toilet.. anyway, just a wild guess. __________________ I learned to hold myself with dignity, respect and humility. My mother taught me to love and care for humanity, and a compassion that I have never seen matched. She is brilliant, and more generous than any person I have ever met. I know my mother loves me more than life itself. Her latest lesson is Courage as WE seek treatment for her condition and she enter the great unknown, and faces her inner demons…And I promised her that I will be her strength when she needs it, and her patience when she cannot bear it anymore.. ~trasia (primary caregiver of her 60 year old mother- IDC Stage 2B ER+ 90% PR- Her2+++ 3/25 lymph node involvement (Diagnosed Jan 2010- BMX- Feb 2010)