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Article: Cancer patients rely on breast milk to help relieve symptoms.
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- San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)
- Article date:
- December 29, 2004
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Byline: Barbara Feder Ostrov
SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Breast milk isn't just for babies at the Mothers' Milk Bank in San Jose, which quietly offers it to adults with cancer and other serious illnesses to ease their symptoms.
The milk bank is one of just six in the United States. It distributes donated breast milk primarily to premature and low-birth-weight babies. However, it also will provide breast milk to adults with a doctor's prescription.
Adult use of breast milk is rare, according to Pauline Sakamoto of the milk bank in San Jose, which has served 28 adult patients in the past four years. Adults with cancer, digestive disorders and immune ...