Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Can Breast Milk Help Treat Cancer? (Click2Houston.com)

BALTIMORE -- In the war against cancer, chemotherapy is often the weapon of choice. But one woman believes an unconventional and controversial therapy has added months to her life, Baltimore television station WBAL reported.

With every delivery of human breast milk comes a package of hope for Dorothy and Liston George. Dorothy was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in January 2005.

"We were told, initially, that the chemo would give us a few months," Liston George said.

"At that point, I was ready to change anything," Dorothy George said.

WBAL reported the milk is prescribed from the Breast Milk Bank at Christiana Hospital in Delaware, where it is screened and processed for safety.

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