Simple Physical Process Can Slow Down the Progression of Cancer

If a liquid contains suspended solids and flows out of a perforated pipe, the suspended particles of the right size can accumulate and eventually clog the openings. It is suggested that this physical process could be employed to effectively block the openings of the intercellular gaps in angiogenic capillaries supplying cancer tissues. Clogging the big openings supplying cancer tissues would reduce the nutrition supply, resulting in deprivation. This process predictively could slow down the tumor progression. If the proposed physical process is effective, then societies that drink water containing colloidal-size particles should have fewer occurrences of cancer. Epidemiological data is consistent with this prediction and shows an inverse correlation between the total dissolved solid concentrations in drinking water and the incidence of cancer. The effectiveness of the proposed physical process was tested in a pilot project on six rats. Four of them had suspended kaolinite minerals in the drinking water, and two of them got regular tap water. All the treated rats developed smaller tumors than the untreated control group of two. The average weight of the developed tumors was 42 percent less in the treated group. Doi: 10.28991/SciMedJ-2022-0401-4 Full Text: PDF