Qualitative Analysis of Cancer Patients' Experiences Using Donated Human Milk

Rough, Susanne M.; Sakamoto, Pauline; Fee, Caroline H.; Hollenbeck, C. B.

doi:10.1177/0890334409333422

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“…Furthermore, there are several case reports where donor milk was used in adults with special medical conditions, e.g. in liver transplanted patients who were IgA deficient to supply extra IgA [25] or in adult cancer patients [26] .…”

Section: Who Are the Recipients Of Donor Milk?mentioning

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Human Milk Banking

Haiden

Ziegler²

2016

Ann Nutr Metab

121

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Human milk banks play an essential role by providing human milk to infants who would otherwise not be able to receive human milk. The largest group of recipients are premature infants who derive very substantial benefits from it. Human milk protects premature infants from necrotizing enterocolitis and from sepsis, two devastating medical conditions. Milk banks collect, screen, store, process, and distribute human milk. Donating women usually nurse their own infants and have a milk supply that exceeds their own infants' needs. Donor women are carefully selected and are screened for HIV-1, HIV-2, human T-cell leukemia virus 1 and 2, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and syphilis. In the milk bank, handling, storing, processing, pooling, and bacterial screening follow standardized algorithms. Heat treatment of human milk diminishes anti-infective properties, cellular components, growth factors, and nutrients. However, the beneficial effects of donor milk remain significant and donor milk is still highly preferable in comparison to formula.

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Section: Who Are the Recipients Of Donor Milk?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Human Milk Banking

Haiden

Ziegler²

2016

Ann Nutr Metab

121

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“…A qualitative retrospective study of 20 cancer patients who drank human milk as a complementary or alternative therapy reported that patients or their proxies found that human milk consumption did not change their disease outcome (215). The patients appear to have received a psychological benefit from the possibility of hope from this unproven therapy (215).…”

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“…The patients appear to have received a psychological benefit from the possibility of hope from this unproven therapy (215). Some patients drank raw human milk.…”

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Structure and Potential Cellular Targets of HAMLET-like Anti-Cancer Compounds made from Milk Components

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-The HAMLET family of compounds (Human Alpha-lactalbumin Made Lethal to Tumours) was discovered during studies on the properties of human milk, and is a class of protein-lipid complexes having broad spectrum anti-cancer, and some specific anti-bacterial properties. The structure of HAMLETlike compounds consists of an aggregation of partially unfolded protein making up the majority of the compound's mass, with fatty acid molecules bound in the hydrophobic core. This is a novel protein-lipid structure and has only recently been derived by small-angle X-ray scattering analysis. The structure is the basis of a novel cytotoxicity mechanism responsible for anti-cancer activity to all of the around 50 different cancer cell types for which the HAMLET family has been trialled. Multiple cytotoxic mechanisms have been hypothesised for the HAMLET-like compounds, but it is not yet clear which of those are the initiating cytotoxic mechanism(s) and which are subsequent activities triggered by the initiating mechanism(s). In addition to the studies into the structure of these compounds, this review presents the state of knowledge of the anti-cancer aspects of HAMLET-like compounds, the HAMLET-induced cytotoxic activities to cancer and non-cancer cells, and the several prospective cell membrane and intracellular targets of the HAMLET family. The emerging picture is that HAMLET-like compounds initiate their cytotoxic effects on what may be a cancer-specific target in the cell membrane that has yet to be identified.

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“…Недавно опубликованы сведения, что терапия донорским грудным молоком улучшает психологическое и духовное восприя-тие качества жизни у группы пациентов с раком различ-ных форм, органов и систем [26].…”

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The Development of Donated Breast Milk Banks in Russia: Necessity and Possibilities. Survey Results Within the Pilot Project of a Donated Breast Milk Bank Powered by the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution «scientific Centre of Children’s Heal

Lukoyanova¹,

Боровик²,

Belyaeva³

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Qualitative Analysis of Cancer Patients' Experiences Using Donated Human Milk

Cited by 15 publications

References 15 publications

Human Milk Banking

Human Milk Banking

Structure and Potential Cellular Targets of HAMLET-like Anti-Cancer Compounds made from Milk Components

The Development of Donated Breast Milk Banks in Russia: Necessity and Possibilities. Survey Results Within the Pilot Project of a Donated Breast Milk Bank Powered by the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution «scientific Centre of Children’s Heal

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