Re: The liver and the immune system and cancer etc..

Thanks Rabbitears, Dr. Sutter is a liver cancer survivor, and emphasizes the importance of exactly what all this cleansing article, in particular, is saying.

In some of the little information boxes on the site,

http://www.alternative-cancer-care.com/Cleansing_the_Body.html

it gives this information concerning parasites:

Many cancers are associated with infections (for example, cervical cancer is linked to the human papilloma virus), but there is no stronger link between a human malignancy and a parasitic infection than that between cancer of the bile ducts and a liver fluke called Opisthorchis viverrini. Scientists at the Queensland Institue of Medical Research (QIMR) in Brisbane are part of an international study into the link between cancer and a parasite found in South-East Asia. The Institute's Dr. Alex Loukas says bile duct cancer is prevalent in Thailand and Laos, where people eat raw fish. He says the results could be applied to other cancers caused by parasites. "We know from collaborations with our colleagues in Thailand that the cancer is highly likely to be caused by proteins that this worm secretes into the bile ducts as part of it's feeding process".

Another one says:
Parasites exert Immunosuppressive, antigenic and mitogenic effects on T-cells. Parasites damage the intestinal wall allowing undigested protein in food to get into the blood, causing futher activation of the T-cells because they try to fight this protein, which weakens the immune system. Parasites and associated intestinal damage cause mal-absorption and resulting malnutrition, further weakening the body and the immune system. (Exerpt- Immunology Today, Dr. Richard Bowman Pearce)

So how come we never hear any of this?

According to the US National Cancer Institute. "Being infected with parasites increases the risk of bladder cancer." It is possible that the immune system in a highly parasitised human being is compromised. In attempting to fight off the large amounts of (foreign) parasites, cancer cells that exist in every human being are left alone to multiply- the immune system simply not having enough resources to go around.

AND:

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that over 1.5 million of the total of 10 million new cancer cases a year could be avoided by preventing the infection associated wtih them. WHO states that "Viruses, bacteria, and parasites emerge as the "secret agents" causing millions of cases of cancer each year.