DHA Improved Breast Cancer ChemotherapyWritten by Keith D. Bishop, Clinical Nutritionist, B.Sc. Pharmacy, - February 12, 2010
DHA appears to improve survival by sensitizing tumours to chemotherapy.
The American Cancer Society (ASC) states that every year about 1.3 million women are diagnosed with breast cancer
around the world. The incidence of breast cancer has increased by about 30 per cent over the past 25 years in the
western world while death rates have declined due to improved detection and treatments.
Study Details
Researchers recruited 25 women with metastatic breast cancer to participate in their open-label single-arm phase II
study. This patient population had a poor prognosis as 68 per cent had liver metastases in addition to other sites
of metastases. As part of their anthracycline-based chemotherapy regimen women were given additional DHA, 1.8 grams
per day, for 2 to 6 months. Women with the highest DHA levels in their blood lived an average of 12 months longer
than the women with the lowest DHA levels.
The DHA supplements during chemotherapy were not associated with any adverse side effects. Click here to email this page to a friend.
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Notice that researchers gave the women 1.8 grams of DHA each day. DHA and EPA are omega-3 fatty acids found in
traditional fish oil products. Fish oil omega-3 fatty acids should be taken with food to increase
absorption.
Concentrated DHA doses are available in Cod Pure Plus or High DHA.
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