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Is new detoxification product safe?

Page last modified on: October 2, 2008
Question from Fighter: There is a new product called DME Natural which is “generally recognized as safe” by the FDA which is supposed to take heavy metals, toxins etc. out of the body in a totally safe way. It is patented as “Epithelial Cell Cancer Drug” patent # 6,288,045. What do you know about this product?
Answer —Sue Heffelfinger, M.D., Ph.D.: Safety and efficacy for any compound, nutraceutical or pharmaceutical, can only be assessed in a clinical trial. To my knowledge, there have been no clinical trials for this particular product, therefore we have no data at all on safety or efficacy.

On Wednesday, August 17, 2005, our Ask-the-Expert Online Conference was called Environmental Issues and Breast Cancer. Devra Lee Davis, Ph.D., M.P.H., Sue Heffelfinger, M.D., Ph.D., and moderator Jennifer Griggs, M.D., M.P.H. answered your questions about which environmental hazards may increase your risk for breast cancer and how you can reduce them in the home and workplace.


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Devra Lee Davis, Ph.D., MPHDevra Lee-Davis, Ph.D., M.P.H. directs the Environmental Oncology Center at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute.

Sue Heffelfinger, M.D., Ph.D.Sue Heffelfinger, M.D., Ph.D. is director of an NIH Center for Breast Cancer and the Environment at the University of Cincinnati and also associate professor in the department of pathology and laboratory medicine.

Jennifer Griggs, M.D., M.P.H.Jennifer Griggs, M.D., M.P.H. is a medical oncologist specializing in the treatment of breast cancer, with a a special interest in cancer survivorship, patient-physician communication, and quality of care for women with breast cancer.

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