Cancer cure 'possible' as scientists find arthritis drug can kill certain tumours
An arthritis drug coupled with a strict diet cutting out meat and dairy could potentially cure some cancers, research suggests.
Scientists demonstrated the treatment killed tumours which rely on fats to survive such as breast, gynaecological and bowel cancers.
Tumour growth was halted in animal studies while human tissue analysis confirmed omega-6 fat was key to cancer cells’ metabolism.
Western diets are high in omega-6 which are found in milk, cheese and cream as well as grain-fed animal meat.
Researchers from Imperial College London and London’s Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) used a new surgical ‘iKnife’ to analyse cancer tissue.
It could pave the way for a host of tailored “drugs and diet” treatments by identifying what different cancers’ cells feed off to survive.
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