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conomyself · 04-25-2013, 07:32 AM

"organic SeMet and MSA supplements provided more potent growth inhibition"
"organic Se supplementation may reduce/delay breast cancer metastasis"

Good! "SeMet" is the kind I take.

The comparison of selenium sufficient and deficient diets would suggest to me that maybe dietary selenium isn't enough, but the supplementation of MSA or SeMet is enough to really help.

I didn't take care to choose my selenium forms, but I just looked at my multivitamin and my individual selenium (bargain brand) and they both happen to be selenomethionine (SeMet), so it's not like the "good" forms are hard to come by.

Thanks for this information Lani!

Rachael

04-25-2013, 07:32 AM	#2
conomyself Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 111	Re: at least in mice, playing with selenium supplements may be playing with fire! "organic SeMet and MSA supplements provided more potent growth inhibition" "organic Se supplementation may reduce/delay breast cancer metastasis" Good! "SeMet" is the kind I take. The comparison of selenium sufficient and deficient diets would suggest to me that maybe dietary selenium isn't enough, but the supplementation of MSA or SeMet is enough to really help. I didn't take care to choose my selenium forms, but I just looked at my multivitamin and my individual selenium (bargain brand) and they both happen to be selenomethionine (SeMet), so it's not like the "good" forms are hard to come by. Thanks for this information Lani! Rachael __________________ 7/30/2012 Diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer 8/3/2012 CT scan mets to liver (major!!), lungs, spine, and skin 8/8/2012 Biopsy results: invasive ductal carcinoma ER+/PR+/HER2+ amplification 4.8 (whatever that means) 8/13/2012 Brain MRI (clear); bone scan verified CT scan 8/14/12 started Taxotere/Carboplatin/Herceptin, 2 rounds (added Neulasta after 9/4 treatment) 9/4/12 CA 15-3: >3000 9/15/12 CA 15-3: 840 9/15/12 started Taxotere/Perjeta/Herceptin, 4 rounds (no Neulasta) 10/29/12 CT scan showed dramatic improvement in all areas - largest liver met 2.5 cm, largest lung met 10 cm 12/17/12 Started Perjeta/Herceptin, 2 rounds 12/17/12 CA 15-3: 17 Yay!!! 1/21/13 CT scan showed improvement - largest liver met 1.9 cm, largest lung met 2 mm 1/29/13 CA 15-3: 12 Started Herceptin only 3/12/13 CA 15-3: still 12 yay!! Back to Perjeta/Herceptin 3/29/13 CT scan more improvement - largest liver met 1.2 cm, some lung mets disappeared! 3/7/14 started Tamoxifen 6/27/13 - 1/2015 CT scan stable Began a diet of only single ingredient foods and went nearly NED excepts for some tiny lung spots - ask me if you want to know more... 1/2015 - 1/2017 CT scan stable