Igf and cancer

[Geoffke]

If you use IGF, you take the risk to develop cancer.
Is this true? Is igf dangerous? Even in normal doses?

Thx

 

[Emmortal]

There was a recent thread about this in which we discussed this very issue. IGF cannot cause cancer, however if you have cancer already or a tumor it can accelerate it's growth.

 

[mike1107]

bro u can do a search here, there was an interesting thread about that a few months ago if I remember

 

[GoneForever]

I think its possible but EXTRMEMELY rare. Even if you were predisposed to cancer or even had it coming someday, that still doesnt mean IGF is going to speed up all types of cancer. I think from the studies i've seen it has only accelerated tumor growth in a few cancer patients. I think Dragonfire has written some stuff on this.

 

[Emmortal]

I think its possible but EXTRMEMELY rare. Even if you were predisposed to cancer or even had it coming someday, that still doesnt mean IGF is going to speed up all types of cancer. I think from the studies i've seen it has only accelerated tumor growth in a few cancer patients. I think Dragonfire has written some stuff on this.

Bump to this. It's not a guarantee that it will accelerate the growth, but it's a possibility. There's little human studies done with IGF-LR3 so it's difficult to say 100% one way or the other, but due to the behavior of the peptide it's a possibility.

 

[aesop]

should not cause cancer