Tea tree oil may provide a fast, cheap, and effective treatments for some skin
cancers, according to researchers. The natural remedy commonly used on spots
and insect bites was found to shrink non-melanoma skin cancers in mice in just
one day and wiped them out within three days.
Non-melanoma skin cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in the UK, with around 100,000 new cases diagnosed every year. The best way to prevent skin cancer is to avoid over-exposure to sunlight. The team from the University of Western Australia believes tea tree oil may work by activating the body's immune response.
Study leader Dr Sara Greay, said: 'We are very excited about these results and are hoping to find funding for a small clinical trial of about 50 people with pre-cancerous lesions, with the aim of preventing the development of skin cancers.'
Unlike other clinically approved skin cancer chemotherapies, which have long treatment times of three to 16 weeks and can cause nausea and flu-like symptoms, the tea tree oil formulation only produces mild skin irritation which disappears within days of treatment finishing.
‘We believe the formulation is
crucial to prevent the evaporation and increase the penetration of tea tree oil
through the skin’, Dr Greay said. Tea tree oil is natural, renewable resource
from Melaleuca alternifolia, a tree native to New South Wales in Australia.
Results from the three-year study by Dr Greay and Dr Demelza Ireland are
published online in the journal Cancer Chemotherapy Pharmacology.
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1292074/Tea-tree-oil-offers-hope-new-effective-treatment-skin-cancer.html
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