Can early breast cancer be halted by forcing a woman into a lactating state? Can the cancer be overridden in cells by giving the cells their original instructions? Have any studies been done on it? One of those odd things that occur to this science fiction writer. To me, it seems logical that the instructions the cancer has given a cell can be overriden by the earlier original instructions. If true, it might be a key in a lot of cancers. Please don't tell me about drugs or websites that don't answer the question. I do not have breast cancer.
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Yes this has happened. I have seen a patient in this setting. We are not yet able to change the DNA instructions within cancerous cells to make them revert back to normal. I am not aware of studies outside of looking at pregnancy in breast cancer specifically. Blessings
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Forcing a woman into a lactating state will not do anything to help their cancer. Considering most women with breast cancer are postmenopausal and breast cancer is hormone related I could see this causing more problems rather than helping. Last year I saw 2 patients in their 30s actively breastfeeding when diagnosed with breast cancer, at the same hospital, in the same month, so yes it happens. I happen to be preparing for a tumor board one week from today where we are focusing on young women with breast cancer and I found that breast cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers during pregnancy, with an estimated incidence of 1 in 3,000. The study I am picking up was by Janerich and Hoff in 1982. I think overriding the cell instructions is a great idea and it sounds logical to me too, but how do we do it? You can’t do a study on something that has not been discovered yet. Science fiction writers usually have these ideas long before real science catches up it’s not like scientist don’t have these ideas too, but they do have the hard part of figuring it out. After all, Maxwell Smart had a shoe phone almost 50 years ago. How long did it take before cell phones were common place? And this is minor compared to changing DNA.
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Yes, most types of breast cancer are hormone related and the lactating hormones either prevent it or stop it growing. Breastmilk itself also kills cancer cells so filling them with milk should stop cancer. There is a lot of anecdotal evidence but I don't think a specific study has been done. (can't make money from free breastmilk)
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