Bovine Cartilage as Cancer Therapy
Numerous nutrients that are not essential to our diets have been found worthy of further testing for use in cancer therapy. One such “accessory” nutrient is animal cartilage. Bovine, or cow, cartilage got the attention of researchers about a half-century ago. Bovine tracheal cartilage, or BTC, was administered topically and through injection to a stage IV breast cancer patient. The cancer was healed completely. Shortly thereafter, Dr. William Lane experimented with shark cartilage in anti-angiogenesis therapy (restricting the blood flow to tumors). Dr. Lane’s book, Sharks Don’t Get Cancer, started the use of shark cartilage as a major option among alternative cancer therapies. Subsequent research by Dr. Robert Langer of MIT and Dr. Judah Folkman of Harvard resulted in published works indicating that animal cartilage can in fact stop angiogenesis in cultured tumors.
After an abundance of credible studies supported the case that bovine and shark cartilage killed or slowed the growth of cancer tumors by anti-angiogenesis, Dr. Patrick Quillen, a noted nutrition specialist, said, “Of all the impressive healing agents in nature’s “pharmacy,” none is more safe, cost-effective, versatile, and promising than BTC.” The new strategy for the war on cancer, supported in part by the Connie Thompson Foundation, seeks to increase research in animal cartilage and other promising natural substances as complements to conventional therapy. It is critically important that integrative oncologists have these new options available for use. They need your support.