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  • 2016-09-29 (xsd:date)
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  • Dandelion Root Kills 98% of Cancer Cells in 48 Hours? (en)
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  • On 21 September 2016, the Health Eternally web site published an article headlined Scientists Find Root That Kills 98% of Cancer Cells in Only 48 Hours, proclaiming that: No particular research of the type touted by the headline was referenced in the Health Eternally article, and although its wording suggested that the cited case and purported findings were recent, the article's text linked only to a single CBC news report published back in February 2012. That CBC reporting indicated only that researchers hoped to test dandelion root's potential as a treatment for one specific type of cancer, not that dandelion root had actually been established as an effective cancer cure: Interest in dandelion root as a cancer-fighting substance was not new in September 2016, as the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has (among others) been looking at the plant since at least 2010. Sloan-Kettering's web site currently indicates that as yet no data support the claim of dandelion root as an effective cancer preventive or treatment: As for the cured patient and the promise of dandelion root trials referenced in the February 2012 CBC report, a December 2015 update indicated that study was set to commence shortly (and as such, had not yet yielded results): We were not able to locate any published research indicating dandelion root affirmatively demonstrated an anti-cancer effect in humans, much less any information from scientists suggesting it kills 98 percent of cancer cells within 48 hours. As with most bombastic cancer cure claims, the danger is not so much that people will attempt to use inexpensive and fairly harmless dandelion as a supplemental treatment while adhering to accepted protocols, but that patients averse to standard cancer treatments might opt for unproven cures in lieu of science-based therapies (allowing the disease to progress dangerously in the interim). It's also possible that the patient who supposedly saw his leukemia go into remission due to his drinking of dandelion tea simply experienced a phenomenon commonly known as spontaneous remission (or regression), a rare but long-documented outcome wherein cancer resolves on its own. Hard data about its likelihood of occurrence are scant because cancer is infrequently left untreated. (en)
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