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Cancer – One in Two Men and One in Three Women Will Get It. What to Do?

November 18th, 2009 admin

There is nothing that puts more fear in people than a diagnosis of Cancer. Statistically speaking, we now have one in two chances (male) or one in three chances (female) of getting cancer before the end of our life (American Cancer Society statistics for the year 2003). At the beginning of the 20th century, statistics gave us one in 500 chances of getting cancer.

All cancers considered, if you have a primary cancer (in one location only) the most optimistic statistics only give you 28% chances of recovery. If you have metastatic cancer (in more than one location) then your chances of recovery are 0. 1% or in other words, one chance in one thousand to recover – (statistics from Dr Philip Binzel book “Alive and Well” published by American Media).

The news is bleak to say the least. However, as we will see later on, this need not be the case.

Ever since I can remember, I have read newspaper articles, heard claims on TV or radio, reporting new “wonder” cures on the war against cancer. Victory against this terrible disease was, according to these reports, just around the corner. Why is it then that so many people are still dying from this disease? Are the 600 UK cancer charities (The largest UK charities being Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Cancer Research Campaign and Institute of Cancer Research) lying to us?

The “American Cancer Society” is the richest charity in the world. All debts paid, it would still have half a billion dollars in the bank!

Linus Pauling, the winner of two Nobel prizes, seemed to think so when he said: “Everyone should know that most cancer research is largely a fraud and that the major cancer research organisations are derelict in their duties to the people who support them. “

What is Cancer?

Modern researchers have for many years been exploring the virus connection at a cost of billions of dollars and pounds. The pitiful result is that “no cancer that was incurable 25 years ago is curable today and that, for the most common cancers that kills 90% of patients today chemotherapy is no better than snake oil” (The Cancer Handbook. What Doctors don’t tell you publication. By Lynne Taggart).

When you are diagnosed with cancer, what the doctor is really saying is that you have one or several tumours in your body and that at least one of the tumours contains some cancer cells. They see the tumours as the enemy that has to be fought and destroyed and all their efforts are directed against eradicating the tumours.

What is a tumour though? A tumour is only a symptom; it shows that something has gone wrong in your body and that your immune system is no longer available to fight it. Many researchers claim that we all have tumours in our body and that several times in our life we get cancer. However, we do not all die from cancer. The reason is that our body’s defence mechanism spring into action when a tumour is formed and gets rid of it or at least neutralises it. If cancer cells are beginning to form, these are killed off by our immune system and all is back to normal.

However if for some reason our immune system is severely deficient and we are unable to fight off the formation of the cancerous cells, then disease spreads.

What needs to be done to fight the tumour is not so much to remove it (surgery), burn it (radiation) or poison it (chemotherapy) as all these will weaken our immune system (damaging both our liver and kidneys to a point where it is difficult for our body to fight off any health problem). But to find out why the tumour formed in the first place and remove the cause.

Fighting it according to Dr Binzel is no good, our body now has in its memory the recipe to form tumours and uses the negative ingredients we feed it with to form new tumours and it will rarely stop doing so unless we remove the cause. The lack of positive ingredients (Vitamins, minerals and essential enzymes) to fight off the tumour is just as important.

Let me compare this reasoning with the simple example of a tooth infection. There is no point in taking painkillers to fix the tooth. I grant you that they will probably relieve the pain but I profess that they will not cure the tooth. What needs to be done is to get rid of the infection with antibiotics or have the tooth removed.

What do cancer cells feed on?

Several factors such as diet, negative emotions/ stress and environmental toxins are usually responsible for the development of cancer. Dietary speaking, cancer cells need food to survive. Dr Otto Warburg received the Nobel Prize for scientifically proving that cancer feed from the fermentation of sugar:

“in cancer cells [the feeding] is replaced by an energy-yielding reaction of the lowest living forms; namely, a fermentation of glucose” (quoted in prevention – May 1968).

According to Macrobiotic medicine theory, cancer cells also feed on animal protein (all types of meat, especially chicken but also very much on dairy, eggs etc. . )

Detecting cancer

Currently, surgeons often perform a biopsy when cancer is suspected. A biopsy is a way of extracting a quantity of matter from a tumour and test it to see if it is cancerous. The problem with this method is that if the tumour is cancerous and the tumour is punctured, there is a definite risk that the cancerous liquid will spread to surrounding cells and spread the cancer around the body (Roger Delin – medical analyst – Philippines.

Breast cancer is often diagnosed using a mammogram. The main manufacturer of mammographic equipment is a company called “Smarlight Mammographics”. They state: “We expected error rates to be around 30%, but the wide range of results (10%-90%) was an eye-opener. ” Amazing admission from the largest manufacturer of what is considered as the ultimate test to detect breast cancer. Unbelievable !

It is interesting to learn that autopsies have shown that many undetected cancers were present in the body of people who died from other causes. This makes a mockery of medical statistics and confirms that in fact a substantial number of cancers are never detected and do not obligatorily cause death.

A Swedish study has revealed that 15% of major cancers were not revealed before death and around half were of a type normally considered fatal (ref: wddty).

Modern approach and progress on cancer

The modern approach to treat cancer is surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, hormones and immunotherapy. The percentage of oncologists (cancer doctors) who would not participate in chemotherapy trials is an alarming 75% (due to its toxicity). (John Robbins

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Breast Cancer – Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

November 17th, 2009 admin

Breast cancer is a malignant (cancerous) growth that begins in the tissues of the breast. Over the course of a lifetime, one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Breast cancer is a cancer of the breast tissue, which can occur in both women and men. Breast cancer may be one of the oldest known forms of cancer tumors in humans. Worldwide, breast cancer is the fifth most common cause of cancer death (after lung cancer, stomach cancer, liver cancer, and colon cancer). Breast cancer kills more women in the United States than any cancer except lung cancer. Today, breast cancer, like other forms of cancer, is considered to be a result of damage to DNA. How this mechanism may occur comes from several known or hypothesized factors (such as exposure to ionizing radiation, or viral mutagenesis). Some factors lead to an increased rate of mutation (exposure to estrogens) and decreased repair (the BRCA1, BRCA2 and p53) genes. Alcohol generally appears to increase the risk of breast cancer.

Breast cancer can also occur in men, although it rarely does. Experts predict 178,000 women and 2,000 men will develop breast cancer in the United States. There are several different types of breast cancer. First is Ductal carcinoma begins in the cells lining the ducts that bring milk to the nipple and accounts for more than 75% of breast cancers. Second is Lobular carcinoma begins in the milk-secreting glands of the breast but is otherwise fairly similar in its behavior to ductal carcinoma. Other varieties of breast cancer can arise from the skin, fat, connective tissues, and other cells present in the breast. Some women have what is known as HER2-positive breast cancer. HER2, short for human epidermal growth factor receptor-2, is a gene that helps control cell growth, division, and repair. When cells have too many copies of this gene, cell growth speeds up.

Causes of Breast Cancer

Simply being a woman is the main risk for breast cancer. While men can also get the disease, it is about 100 times more common in women than in men. The chance of getting breast cancer goes up as a woman gets older. Nearly 8 out of 10 breast cancers are found in women age 50 or older. About 5% to 10% of breast cancers are linked to changes (mutations) in certain genes. The most common gene changes are those of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. Breast cancer risk is higher among women whose close blood relatives have this disease. The relatives can be from either the mother’s or father’s side of the family. Woman with cancer in one breast has a greater chance of getting a new cancer in the other breast or in another part of the same breast. This is different from the first cancer coming back Many experts now believe that the main reason for this is because they have faster growing tumors. Asian, Hispanic, and American Indian women have a lower risk of getting breast cancer. Certain types of abnormal biopsy results can be linked to a slightly higher risk of breast cancer. Women who have had radiation treatment to the chest area (as treatment for another cancer) earlier in life have a greatly increased risk of breast cancer

Some pregnant women were given the drug DES (diethylstilbestrol) because it was thought to lower their chances of losing the baby. Recent studies have shown that these women (and their daughters who were exposed to DES while in the uterus), have a slightly increased risk of getting breast cancer. Use of alcohol is clearly linked to a slightly increased risk of getting breast cancer. Women who have 1 drink a day have a very small increased risk. Those who have 2 to 5 drinks daily have about 1½ times the risk of women who drink no alcohol. The American Cancer Society suggests limiting the amount you drink. Being overweight is linked to a higher risk of breast cancer, especially for women after change of life and if the weight gain took place during adulthood. Also, the risk seems to be higher if the extra fat is in the waist area. Breast-feeding and pregnancy: Some studies have shown that breast-feeding slightly lowers breast cancer risk, especially if the breast-feeding lasts 1½ to 2 years. This could be because breast-feeding lowers a woman’s total number of menstrual periods, as does pregnancy. Women who began having periods early (before 12 years of age) or who went through the change of life (menopause) after the age of 55 have a slightly increased risk of breast cancer.

Symptoms of Breast Cancer

1. Lumps.

2. Rash.

3. Breast Pain.

4. Cysts.

5. Nipple Discharge.

6. Inverted Nipple.

Treatment of Breast Cancer

1. Hormonal therapy (with tamoxifen).

2. Chemotherapy.

3. Radiotherapy.

4. Surgery.

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What is Lung Cancer and What causes

November 16th, 2009 admin

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among women and men in the United States and around the world. Lung cancer has surpassed breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in women.
In the United States in the year 2007 160.390 people were lung cancer, combining more than the number of deaths from colorectal, breast and prostate cancer die.
Only 2% of people with lung cancer that has spread to other body areas diagnosis live five years after diagnosis, although the survival rate for lung cancer diagnosed at an early stage are higher, with about 49% survival at five years or more.
Some lung tumors are metastatic cancer elsewhere in the body. The lungs are a common site of metastasis. If this is the case, the cancer is not like lung cancer. For example, if prostate cancer spreads through the bloodstream to the lungs, prostate cancer is metastatic (secondary cancer) in the lungs and is not like lung cancer.
Cancer occurs when normal cells, a transformation that makes it grow and divide, without undergoing the usual controls. The cells form a mass or growth of surrounding tissue of those who are different. Tumors are dangerous because they carry oxygen, nutrients and space for healthy cells.
About 90% of lung cancer cases caused by consumption of snuff. Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer. Research dating back to the 1950s clearly established this relationship. Cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals, many of which have been identified as causing cancer. A person who smokes more than a pack of cigarettes per day has a risk of lung cancer 20-25 times higher than someone who has never smoked.
However, once a person smokes, their risk of lung cancer gradually decreases. Nearly 15 years after quitting, the risk of lung cancer decreases the level of a person who never smoked. Cigar and pipe smoking also increases the risk of lung cancer, but not as much as smoking cigarettes.
Most are malignant tumors of the lung. This means that they invade and destroy healthy tissue around them and can spread throughout the body.
Tumors can also nearby lymph nodes or the bloodstream to other organs. This process is called metastasis. When cancer metastasizes, the tumor in the lung is a primary tumor, and tumors in other parts of the body are called secondary tumors or metastases.
Adenocarcinoma (an NSCLC) is the most common type of lung cancer, which constitute 30% -40% of cases. A subtype of adenocarcinoma is called bronchoalveolar carcinoma, the occurrence of pneumonia in chest X-rays generated. Squamous (an NSCLC) is the second most common type of lung cancer, which is approximately 30% of cases of lung cancer. Large cell cancer (another NSCLC) represents 10% of cases. SCLC makes 20% of all cases. And finally, carcinoid tumors represent only 1% of all cases.
Lung cancer is divided into two main groups, about 95% of cases. These groupings are based on the type of cells that make up the cancer. About 5% of lung cancers are of rare cell types, including lymphoma, carcinoid, and others.
The two main types of lung cancer by the size of the tumor cells when viewed under a microscope. They are called cancer small cell lung (SCLC) and the cancer non-small cell lung (NSCLC). NSCLC includes several subtypes of tumors. The CPM is less common, but grow faster and are more prone to metastasis of NSCLCs. Often, the CPM has already spread to other parts of the body where cancer is diagnosed.
Up to a quarter of all people with lung cancer may have no symptoms when diagnosed with cancer. These cancers are usually detected incidentally when a chest radiograph performed for another reason. Most people, but symptoms develop. Symptoms are caused by the direct effects of the primary tumor to the effects of metastatic tumors in other parts of the body, or changes in hormones, blood or other systems for cancer.
Symptoms of primary lung cancer, cough, coughing up blood, chest pain and shortness of breath. Symptoms of metastatic lung tumors depend on the location and size. About 30% -40% of people with lung cancer have some symptoms or signs of metastasis.
A cough that does not subside or worsens over time should be evaluated by a medical professional. Even coughing up blood (hemoptysis) occurs in a significant number of people ill with lung cancer. Any amount of coughed blood is cause for concern. Chest pain is a symptom in about a quarter of people with lung cancer. The pain is dull, pain, and persistent and may involve other structures surrounding the lung.
In addition, shortness of breath usually caused by obstruction of airflow in a portion of the lungs, fluid around the lungs (pleural effusion), or proliferation of tumors in the lung. Wheezing or hoarseness may be constipation or inflammation in the lungs, that go along with cancer may be a sign. Finally, frequent respiratory infections such as bronchitis or pneumonia, a sign of lung cancer.

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