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  2. Sharks Don't Get Cancer - Wikipedia

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    Sharks Don't Get Cancer (subtitle: How Shark Cartilage Could Save Your Life) is a 1992 book written by I. William Lane and Linda Comac and published by Avery Publishing. Despite its title, the book does not claim that sharks never get cancer , only that they rarely do so, a fact which has been known since the first malignancy was found in a ...

  3. Shark cartilage - Wikipedia

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    Shark cartilage is a dietary supplement made from the dried and powdered cartilage of a shark; that is, from the tough material that composes a shark's skeleton. Shark cartilage is marketed under a variety of brand names, including Carticin, Cartilade, or BeneFin, and is marketed explicitly or implicitly as a treatment or preventive for various ...

  4. Shark liver oil - Wikipedia

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    Shark liver oil has been misleadingly promoted as a treatment for cancer. In addition, it has been confused with the word "Charcoal" in multiple translations. Despite claims that the alkoxy-glycerols derived from shark liver oil could reduce tumor growth, there is not sufficient evidence to prove this to be a viable treatment option. [15]

  5. List of unproven and disproven cancer treatments - Wikipedia

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    In urine therapy patients attempt to treat cancer by drinking their own urine. Shark cartilage – a dietary supplement made from ground shark skeleton, and promoted as a cancer treatment perhaps because of the mistaken notion that sharks do not get cancer. The Mayo Clinic conducted research and were "unable to demonstrate any suggestion of ...

  6. Cost estimate - Wikipedia

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    A cost estimate is the approximation of the cost of a program, project, or operation. The cost estimate is the product of the cost estimating process. The cost estimate has a single total value and may have identifiable component values. A problem with a cost overrun can be avoided with a credible, reliable, and accurate cost estimate. A cost ...

  7. Squalene - Wikipedia

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    Squalene is an organic compound.It is a triterpene with the formula C 30 H 50.It is a colourless oil, although impure samples appear yellow. It was originally obtained from shark liver oil (hence its name, as Squalus is a genus of sharks).

  8. Elasmobranchii - Wikipedia

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    During the Carboniferous, some ctenacanths would grow to sizes rivalling the modern great white shark with bodies in the region of 7 metres (23 ft) in length. [16] During the Carboniferous and Permian , the xenacanths were abundant in both freshwater and marine environments, and would continue to exist into the Triassic with reduced diversity ...

  9. Talk:Shark cartilage - Wikipedia

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