I really haven't heard much from the researcher in Sweden, the last being that her research assistant was in the US doing some work, but that was a few years ago. I can tell you from my experience at the Milk Bank, that adult cancer patients who received Milk Bank milk, had an improved end of life experience, with less and reduced secondary infections. Most patients survived longer then their expected period of survival. All families were very grateful for the milk. The Chicago Tribune had an article about one recepient. I personally had a friend who died of brain cancer. Her daughter was breastfeeding during the last 2 months, and gave her mom fresh breastmilk each day. Again, there were no secondary infections, and her overall health, aside from the brain cancer, was excellent. She attended church up to 2 weeks before her death, although very confused and weak. She lose most functions very quickly over the last 2 weeks, but the family felt the breastmilk helped to sustain her nutritional status and boost her immune system. I don't know if any of the milk banks have collected the incidental data relating to cancer recipients but that may be helpful in providing data to support the validity of donor milk from banks. Barbara Whitehead, BS, IBCLC, RLC eastern NC *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html