A publication in the February 29, 2012 issue of the British Journal of Cancer contains a previously unexplored etiology for Pancreatic Cancer's growth. (Br J Cancer. 2012 Feb 28;106(5):1004-10)
The study measured levels of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP) in 844 subjects; 422 patients with pancreatic cancer, and 422 subjects without cancer which made up the control group.
The researchers did not find a relationship with IGF-I levels and pancreatic cancer, or with IGFBP levels and pancreatic cancer, but they did find a fascinating relationship between possible dairy consumption and pancreatic cancer.
IGF-I has been identified as a key factor in the growth of every human cancer. We naturally produce IGF-I in many of our tissues and organs. We also manufacture the binding site receptors for these growth hormones to attach.
IGF-I is identical in humans and cows.
Bovine growth hormone (bGH) human growth hormone (hGH) both have exactly 191 amino acids making up their structure, but the sequence of those amino acids differs between the two species by a factor of 35 percent.
Human IGF-I and bovine IGF-1 both have 70 amino acids in their structure, and miraculously, the sequence of amino acids on their protein chains is identical!
When we humans consume IGF-I in cow's milk, we do so without also consuming the binding proteins which are located within a cow's body.
So, our bodies become flooded with additional IGF-1 which we manufacture, and there becomes a dramatic proportional increase of IGF-I to IGFBP in our own systems.
Here is the remarkable finding from the British Journal of Cancer study.
Scientists found that pancreatic cancer patients had extremely low levels of IGF binding protein in relation to circulating IGF-1. These patients did indeed have a statistically significant risk factor for developing pancreatic cancer because of that proportion of IGF-1 to IGFBP.
Robert Cohen
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