Blocking Cancer Stem Cells Naturally

From The Moss Report: Home  |  Complementary and Alternative Cancer Treatments  |  Cancer Stem Cells  Phytochemicals that Block CSCs Phytochemicals (also called nutriceuticals) comprise several different kinds of agents. Resveratrol, soy isoflavones, sulforaphane, curcumin, and EGCG/green tea are called the “Big Five,” and are the most thoroughly researched blockers of cancer stem cells (CSCs). The following is a discussion of some of…

A Very Important Concept

One theory of cancer that has great importance is the concept of the cancer stem cell (CSC). A consensus panel of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) has defined the CSC as “a cell within a tumor that possesses the capacity to self-renew and to give rise to the heterogeneous lineages of cancer cells…