Red yeast rice is especially useful when all other nutritional and lifestyle interventions did not adjust cholesterol and other blood lipids to optimal levels, ratios, and profiles.  Red yeast rice may also be needed when there is a genetic tendency to have high cholesterol.  But for cancer the purpose is not only to lower cholesterol but also to reduce mevalonate, a compound that is made along the same pathway as cholesterol, because both are needed by the cancer cells to thrive.  So, in summary, when the enzyme HMG-CoA reductase is inhibited by red yeast rice or a statin, both cholesterol and mevalonate will be reduced at the same time.  Many studies have shown that reducing mevalonate availability impairs cancer progression.

SS:  Anything else we can do to stop these crazy cancer cells?
CP:  Yes, we can take in nutritional factors from foods and/or supplements that can slow down cell proliferation, as well as angiogenesis, which is the formation of new blood vessels that are brought in to feed the cancerous cells.  That is Intervention G.

Intervention G: Complex mechanisms of slowing down cancer cell proliferation such as : may affect genetic expressions of factors that may control cancer, may reduce certain cancer cells proliferation and inflammation (inhibit COX enzymes), may enhance cancer cell death (apoptosis), may slow down angiogenesis (blood vessels formed to feed the cancer) as well as other complex mechanisms.

Potentially beneficial nutrients. 
-Vitamin D has been shown to reduce cancer risk and development.  It is believed that it does this by reducing excessive cell proliferation.  But if supplementing with D, you must also make sure that the body’s vitamin K status is adequate, from diet and/or supplements.  This is because vitamin D works together with vitamin K as a tag team in distributing calcium to the right places in the body, specifically into the bones and away from arteries or kidneys.  When vitamin D levels in the body are increased (through diet, sun, and/or supplements) while vitamin K status is deficient, studies have shown that this situation may lead to increased arterial stiffness and arterial calcification.  The bottom line is that vitamin D and vitamin K are a great team in reducing cancer risk and have a multitude of additional health benefits for osteoporosis and heart health.
-Calcium is believed to reduce colon cancer risk.
-COQ10 was shown in some case studies to be associated with remission of breast cancer Weather that was the actual reason for complete remission is not known but we do know that COQ10 supports energy production in every cell and may stimulate the immune system to work more efficiently.
-Iodine deficiency may have a complex role in the risk of breast and thyroid cancer

Potentially beneficial botanicals.  Various botanicals reduce cancer cell proliferation and may actually induce them to die.  Here is a list of the ones that I see the most compelling evidence for:
-resveratrol supplement or a little bit of red wine (not in excess);
-curcumin as a supplement or from turmeric used in cooking
-green tea extract or brewed green tea;
-broccoli (mature plant and sprouts) as food or as extracts in a form of a supplement (sulforaphane, DIM);
-a moderate quantity of grapes (while the grape skin is most concentrated in the beneficial compounds the juice is not and it is very high in sugar, so your best bet would be to just eat the skins); grape seed extract;
- pomegranate extract or juice in moderation;
-quercetin extract (also found in onions, apples, grapes);
-CLA (conjugated linoleic acid, as a supplement or found in grass-fed beef and its dairy);
-luteolin (found in onions, broccoli, carrots, radish, celery, olives);
-ginger (as extract, supplement, or tea).
-Perillyl alcohol, found in cherries; similar in structure to limonene (found in citrus peel), they were shown to inhibit some cancer pathways.
-Garlic, effective against leukemia cells (onions contain anticancer compounds as well)

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