About alcohol again, you may not want to know..
There was no ref but it said:
"Does alcohol affect the immune system?
Alcohol impairs their normal function of the B-lymphocytes. They produce antibodies in the blood. It takes only two drinks to reduce antibody production by two-thirds.
A group of white blood cells called Natural Killer cells (NK cells) are also weakened by alcoholic drinks.
Rats were injected with breast cancer cells.
Some drank alcoholic drinks to produce a blood alcohol level of 0.15% about equal to a human adult drinking four or five drinks per hour.
Others drank more producing a 0.25% blood alcohol level.
A third group drank no alcohol.
Those that drank at the lower level had twice as many cancerous tumors as the non-drinking rats.
The higher level drinkers had 8 times as many tumors."
http://www.newstarthealthcare.com/article.php?id=73
But it seems that alittle red wine might be ok:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0806074512.htm
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35 y/o
June 06: BC stage I
Grade 3; ER/PR neg
Her-2+++; lumpectomies
Aug 06: Stage IV
liver mets: 6 tumours
July 06 to Jan 07: 2*FEC+6*Taxotere; 3*TACE; LITT
March 07- Sept 07: Vaccination trial (phase 2, peptide based) at the UW (Seattle).
Herceptin since 2006
NED til Oct 09
Recurrence Oct 2009: to internal mammary gland since October 2009 missed on Oct and March 2010 scan.. palpable nodes in May 2010 when I realised..
Nov 2011:7 mets to lungs progressing fast failed hercp/tykerb/xeloda combo..
superior vena cava blocked: stent but face remains puffy
April 2012: Teresa Trial, randomised to TDM1
Nov 2012 progressing on TDM1
Dec 2012 blockage of my airways by tumours, obliteration of these blocking tumours breathing better but hoping for more- at mo too many tumours to count in the lungs and nodes.
Dec 2012 Starting new trial S-222611 phase 1b dual egfr her2+ inhibitor.
'Under no circumstances should you lose hope..' Dalai Lama
Last edited by fullofbeans; 05-30-2008 at 05:57 PM..
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