Squalene's Role in Cancer and Cancer Therapy

Cancer is a term for diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control. Cancer cells can invade nearby tissues and can spread through the bloodstream and lymphatic system to other body parts. Cancer develops over time. It is associated with a complex mix of factors related to lifestyle, heredity and enviroment.

Various epidemiological and laboratory data suggest that Squalene may help prevent cancer at its outset and can also fight established tumors.

It has been found that people in the Mediterranean countries who consume significant quantities of olives and olive oil have been associated with lessened risk of breast and prostate cancers. Olive oil contains a certain percentage of Squalene and several studies have been conducted to examine the substance's possible cancer prophylactic properties. Currently there is an increasing tendency to link the cancer preventive role of olive oil to its high concentration of Squalene.

Published in the October 1985, an issue of the Japan Journal for Cancer Research, describes an experiment showing squalene's ability to enhance the action of anticancer drugs. This research finding strongly suggests several major therapeutic advantages to using Squalene as an adjunct to anticancer chemotherapy and radiotherapy. By inhibiting the development of drug resistance, tumors can be overcome with a decreased dose of anticancer agents. This has the twofold advantage of attacking the cancer more aggressively while causing considerably less side-effect of conventional chemotheraphy and radiotherapy.