Celiac disease and cancer

[ttfndude]

There was a question from “boysmom” that was some years back about what she should do with her breast cancer diagnosis.  As my mother was diagnosed the same but had a very favourable diagnosis considering I want to weigh the reality of using chemo for a celiac.  My mom had two treatments and passed yesterday morning.  Was her body too weak to handle it.  Should we even be attempting chemo.  As a celiac myself I know my time is a bit more limited but if I’m diagnosed I want to know the reality of what chemo does to those of us with celiac disease.   Thank you.  

[Scott Adams]

I'm very sorry to hear about your loss. In general people with treated celiac disease who are on gluten-free diets should be like anyone else who gets chemotherapy, and should obviously undergo recommended cancer treatments. One factor would be making sure that all medications they take are gluten-free.

It sounds like your mother's cancer may have been caught very late, but there is no real way for me to comment on her specific situation. 

You can search this site for prescriptions medications, but will need to know the manufacturer/maker if there is more than one, especially if you use a generic version of the medication:

To see the ingredients you will need to click on the correct version of the medication and maker in the results, then scroll down to "Ingredients and Appearance" and click it, and then look at "Inactive Ingredients," as any gluten ingredients would likely appear there, rather than in the Active Ingredients area.

• https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/ 

 

[knitty kitty]

@ttfndude,

Sorry for your loss.

Some chemotherapy drugs can cause Thiamine deficiency.  Thiamine and the other B vitamins are essential to life and some are needed to fight cancer.  High dose Thiamine has been shown to help fight cancer.  

High Rate of Thiamine Deficiency among Inpatients with Cancer Referred for Psychiatric Consultation: Results of A Single Site Prevalence Study

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3963161/

B Vitamins and Their Role in Immune Regulation and Cancer

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7693142/

The Effects of Thiamine on Breast Cancer Cells

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29914147/

Study on the correlation between B vitamins and breast cancer

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9912611/

Getting sufficient nutrients from the gluten free diet and from supplementation can help keep us healthy so cancer doesn't get a chance.