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THE TRUTH ABOUT CANCER

This Thai initiative is to be highly commended. Conventional cancer therapies are crude, cruel, and becoming more and more discredited. Their whole approach is ILLOGICAL.

Current treatments are not crude or cruel. They extend life and often provide a complete cure. The approach is not illogical - it's based upon the logical approach of trying differentially to kill cancer cells.

1/They treat only the symptoms (the tumors), without addressing the underlying causes (which are complex)

The underlying causes are often environmental and genetic factors. Addressing these factors after the cancer arises does nothing to stop the progression of the already existing cancer.

2/Both Radiation and Chemotherapy actually cause new cancers. So does the damage caused by Mammography.

The incidence from cancer by such treatments is negligible. However, untreated most cancers will inevitably lead to death. It's a small price to pay for the chance of survival.

3/Radiation and Chemo also destroy the body's Immune System, which is the body's main defense mechanism against cancer. ALL CANCER VICTIMS HAVE IMPAIRED IMMUNE SYSTEMS ; Cancer rarely develops in people with strong Immune Systems.

Cancer cells are subverted normal body cells. They typically don't have characteristics which lets the body identify them as alien. The immune system is largely irrelevant.

4/There is increasing evidence that Chemo does not kill Cancer Mother Cells, which is why the disease returns with a vengeance, and spreads .

There is no such thing scientifically as a "cancer mother cell". Obviously the "increasing evidence" you refer to just does not exist.

5/Surgery is also highly undesirable , and often causes the disease to spread.

Not if it's done properly. And if surgery isn't undertaken, then the cancer is virtually guaranteed to spread.

6/ In many cases Chemo actually reduces life expectancy, and it's horrific side effects are worse than the primary Cancer.

Do you really believe that the side effects of chemotherapy are really worse than the almost inevitable end result of cancer, i.e. an often agonising death?

Alternative Holistic Treatments have a far superior track record (well documented), because they treat the underlying causes. Google my heading to find a wealth of information, superbly researched and presented.

There is not any such track record for "holistic" treatment with any scientific credibility or properly documented evidence for the effective treatment of any cancer whatsoever. And googling only brings up links to pseudoscientific quacks, charlatans and snake-oil salesmen who have obviously done a very good job on you.

Your last statement is scary and makes no sense whatsoever. I suggest, if you want to be taken seriously, that you do more research before posting such false statements. It is an insult to everyone who has successfully used alternative methods to rid themselves of the most brutal forms of cancer. Do not ask me how I know. Shame on you for doing your best to spread such disinformation.

I absolutely stand by my last statement. There is no scientific evidence whatsoever that "holistic" treatments for cancer work. Perhaps you'd be so good as to provide even once single shred of credible evidence that what I wrote is a "false statement"? In the entire history of the planet nobody has ever used "alternative methods to rid themselves of the most brutal forms of cancer". And as for "Do not ask me how I know" that just shows that you're not competent to make any meaningful statement on the subject; anyone with solid scientific evidence would be prepared to share that evidence.

Ah, start here...

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK92774/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1661669/

http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajps/1/6/1/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3456845/

http://www.rain-tree.com/plantdrugs.htm#.Vz7Bg5N95P0

Edited May 20, 201610 yr by joeyg

Duplicate sorry don't know why ...

Start with cannabis. Never had to use it myself but have heard its worked well for some people who'd tried everything else.

Not forgetting churches too, miracles have also happened

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THE TRUTH ABOUT CANCER

This Thai initiative is to be highly commended. Conventional cancer therapies are crude, cruel, and becoming more and more discredited. Their whole approach is ILLOGICAL.

Current treatments are not crude or cruel. They extend life and often provide a complete cure. The approach is not illogical - it's based upon the logical approach of trying differentially to kill cancer cells.

1/They treat only the symptoms (the tumors), without addressing the underlying causes (which are complex)

The underlying causes are often environmental and genetic factors. Addressing these factors after the cancer arises does nothing to stop the progression of the already existing cancer.

2/Both Radiation and Chemotherapy actually cause new cancers. So does the damage caused by Mammography.

The incidence from cancer by such treatments is negligible. However, untreated most cancers will inevitably lead to death. It's a small price to pay for the chance of survival.

3/Radiation and Chemo also destroy the body's Immune System, which is the body's main defense mechanism against cancer. ALL CANCER VICTIMS HAVE IMPAIRED IMMUNE SYSTEMS ; Cancer rarely develops in people with strong Immune Systems.

Cancer cells are subverted normal body cells. They typically don't have characteristics which lets the body identify them as alien. The immune system is largely irrelevant.

4/There is increasing evidence that Chemo does not kill Cancer Mother Cells, which is why the disease returns with a vengeance, and spreads .

There is no such thing scientifically as a "cancer mother cell". Obviously the "increasing evidence" you refer to just does not exist.

5/Surgery is also highly undesirable , and often causes the disease to spread.

Not if it's done properly. And if surgery isn't undertaken, then the cancer is virtually guaranteed to spread.

6/ In many cases Chemo actually reduces life expectancy, and it's horrific side effects are worse than the primary Cancer.

Do you really believe that the side effects of chemotherapy are really worse than the almost inevitable end result of cancer, i.e. an often agonising death?

Alternative Holistic Treatments have a far superior track record (well documented), because they treat the underlying causes. Google my heading to find a wealth of information, superbly researched and presented.

There is not any such track record for "holistic" treatment with any scientific credibility or properly documented evidence for the effective treatment of any cancer whatsoever. And googling only brings up links to pseudoscientific quacks, charlatans and snake-oil salesmen who have obviously done a very good job on you.

Your last statement is scary and makes no sense whatsoever. I suggest, if you want to be taken seriously, that you do more research before posting such false statements. It is an insult to everyone who has successfully used alternative methods to rid themselves of the most brutal forms of cancer. Do not ask me how I know. Shame on you for doing your best to spread such disinformation.

I absolutely stand by my last statement. There is no scientific evidence whatsoever that "holistic" treatments for cancer work. Perhaps you'd be so good as to provide even once single shred of credible evidence that what I wrote is a "false statement"? In the entire history of the planet nobody has ever used "alternative methods to rid themselves of the most brutal forms of cancer". And as for "Do not ask me how I know" that just shows that you're not competent to make any meaningful statement on the subject; anyone with solid scientific evidence would be prepared to share that evidence.

I did provide one single shred of credible evidence that what you wrote is a "false statement" and it was your last statement in that post. Again, you are looking for something I can not give you and that is common sense and basic reasoning.

Stuff like this from Thais, who appear to have little real understanding of their education, competence or skillsets, just make me want to shake my head in wonderment.

It's all rather sad really.

Winnie

The confusion and misinformation promulgated by vested interests, i.e. Big Pharma is really a crime against humanity.

Even the Gerson Institute, with a great success rate in holding cancer at bay and ridding the sufferer of tumours was forced to relocate to Mexico. Their treatment is to detox the body from the daily attack we undergo from the environment , as much as one can. How evil is that?

I am sure most in the medical profession have nothing but the best intentions for their patients, but med school is funded by Big Pharma in a lot of cases and things like nutrition are not even covered: Hippocrates "let thy food be thy medicine."

Please take an open minded view to the efficacy of plants in healing, after all that is where most medicines derive from.

Do your own due diligence, get informed and don't dismiss any avenue apart from obvious quackery , easily spotted. You can radically improve your quality of life by some small adjustments and additions to it. After all a high quality life with good health should be more important than anything else you are doing.

The confusion and misinformation promulgated by vested interests, i.e. Big Pharma is really a crime against humanity.

Even the Gerson Institute, with a great success rate in holding cancer at bay and ridding the sufferer of tumours was forced to relocate to Mexico. Their treatment is to detox the body from the daily attack we undergo from the environment , as much as one can. How evil is that?

I am sure most in the medical profession have nothing but the best intentions for their patients, but med school is funded by Big Pharma in a lot of cases and things like nutrition are not even covered: Hippocrates "let thy food be thy medicine."

Please take an open minded view to the efficacy of plants in healing, after all that is where most medicines derive from.

Do your own due diligence, get informed and don't dismiss any avenue apart from obvious quackery , easily spotted. You can radically improve your quality of life by some small adjustments and additions to it. After all a high quality life with good health should be more important than anything else you are doing.

Very well said presburypark, thank you. I've taken my health back a long time ago and my quality of life has drastically improved. We all live in an age now where good information is much more easily obtained, if we search for it, and we are very lucky for that.

Not going to happen. There are several herbal cures for cancer already but pharmaceutical companies block the production of these herbal cures because they would lose billions a year on profits they are making with their non-working chemo therapies that actually make you more sick. It's all a big scam. Google it if you are unaware

What cancers and where is the clinical, peer reviewed evidence?

And go easy on the scaremongering tactics of snake oil medicine practitioners and conspiracy theories! There would be many companies only too happy to shove it up the nose of big pharma if they had the cure and they could make the money themselves!

Is that the only defence you have? Immediately calling my statement a conspiracy theory. That's exactly how big pharma tries to fight all alternative medicine, through scaremongering tactics and their so called expertise. Through in a few guys in white jackets to make it all seem really clever and scientific. Doesn't work anymore. Most people can see through it and thank goodness we have the internet to free our minds with the truth. I know a few people who have cured cancer, arthritis, diabetes and haemophilia with cannabis oil. Do the research yourself. There are lots of studies, videos and blogs on these stories or does it only carry weight when big pharma has done clinical studies?? LOL!

Why do companies not get these alternative cures(rather than medicine that doesn't cure) off the ground? Because the FDA blocks them, that's why! How can a one time cure ever make more money than years of chemo-therapy and other useless pills they have doctors pushing for them? I always ask myself why certain people like yourself defend big pharma so relentlessly. Big pharma has never been in the business of curing people but rather keeping them nice and sick in order to keep them buying their useless medicine.

It seems as if Big Pharma has it's trolls out in numbers today on TV. Either trolls or hardcore old-timers that still believe in all the nonsense their corrupted doctors sell them.

It doesn't matter what evidence we will show them, they will reject it time after time again. They are like that big bird in my profile pic and beyond reason. Up to them, whatever

I was chatting with a leading doctor at the Marsden and she was mentioning turmeric/curcumin as a cancer fighter. Mixed with black pepper it's 10x more powerful, but it's hard for the body to absorb turmeric.

Matcha with citrus fruits is another great combination to fight cancer.

And aspirin is effective as it suppresses/targets a cancer produced chemical which confuses the immune system.

Read up on Immunotherapy.

Edited May 20, 201610 yr by Cook my sock

There's a new product for export. Thai herbal cancer cure. Available in your local supermarket and drugstore. There will be enough people around the world willing to pay for anything that promises to save them... Whatever happened to the Thai ebola cure?

Last thing i heard about it was that the usa asked for the vaccin to test it....Why is there no conclusion wether it works or not?

Asking for it doesn't mean getting it...

Sad.

Herbs to battle full onslaught of cancer, what folly when quite often chemo and latest science does not work.

Homeopathy is such fraud.

Homeopathy seems to work for some people for some medical issues, but I have seen no evidence whatsoever that it works for cancer. Chemo works very well for some cancers (e.g. Hodgkins lymphoma) but less well for others. The latest science is working well in the clinical trials: the signal blockers, the kinase inhibitors, CAR T-cell, etc. I imagine that chemo will be relegated to the dustbin of history for most cancers within a decade or so, and deservedly so. But currently it still remains the best option for a chance of remission for many forms of cancer. The other option is to not treat and die a little sooner, and that is a valid option that more people opt for than the medical community will let you know about, especially in the event of a relapse where a second treatment is available. Exiting stage left is just not as profitable for the hospital administrators and Big Pharma folks as "fighting the disease" and being a "survivor".

Yep. Herbal medicine to cure cancer. Right up there with Thailand's Ebola cure announced last year.

What part don't you understand?

NEJM editor: “No longer possible to believe much of clinical research published”

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Carolyn Thomas

Harvard Medical School’s Dr. Marcia Angell is the author of The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It. But more to the point, she’s also the former Editor-in-Chief at the New England Journal of Medicine, arguably one of the most respected medical journals on earth. But after reading her article in the New York Review of Books called Drug Companies & Doctors: A Story of Corruption, one wonders if any medical journal on earth is worth anybody’s respect anymore.

“It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor of The New England Journal of Medicine.”

Please educate yourself...

https://ethicalnag.org/2009/11/09/nejm-editor/

I mean it just goes on and on. I lectured about this stuff for years before I retired.

No one knows the total amount provided by drug companies to physicians, but I estimate from the annual reports of the top nine US drug companies that it comes to tens of billions of dollars a year. By such means, the pharmaceutical industry has gained enormous control over how doctors evaluate and use its own products. Its extensive ties to physicians, particularly senior faculty at prestigious medical schools, affect the results of research, the way medicine is practiced, and even the definition of what constitutes a disease.

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2009/01/15/drug-companies-doctorsa-story-of-corruption/

Educate yourselves.

In April, 2015 I woke up in the middle of the night coughing blood. Went to the emergency room - a large tumor in my right lung had started hemorrhaging. A surgical team was assembled and in a 6 hour operation removed 1/2 of the lung and 21 lymph nodes in the surrounding area. That saved me from certain death by drowning in my own blood. Diagnosis - stage IV adenocarcinoma that had spread to the liver. After recovering from the surgery, I had 4 cycles of platinum-doublet chemotherapy. Scans showed no presence of cancer in my lungs or chest and no additional spread to other organs, so I started maintenance chemotherapy.

After one year and 19 chemotherapy treatments, the tumors in my liver have completely disappeared. I have experienced virtually no side effects from the chemotherapy other than periods of fatigue after treatment and am able to work and lead a normal life. The latest scans show only one small nodule on my right adrenal gland that may be cancerous. If it starts to grow, it will be treated by non-invasive stereotaxic radiosurgery.

I owe my life to a skilled surgeon and a brilliant oncologist. I urge anyone who has cancer to seek medical advice - Thailand has internationally recognized experts in both curative and palliative treatment. Feel free to PM me if you want information about treatment in Thailand.

In April, 2015 I woke up in the middle of the night coughing blood. Went to the emergency room - a large tumor in my right lung had started hemorrhaging. A surgical team was assembled and in a 6 hour operation removed 1/2 of the lung and 21 lymph nodes in the surrounding area. That saved me from certain death by drowning in my own blood. Diagnosis - stage IV adenocarcinoma that had spread to the liver. After recovering from the surgery, I had 4 cycles of platinum-doublet chemotherapy. Scans showed no presence of cancer in my lungs or chest and no additional spread to other organs, so I started maintenance chemotherapy.

After one year and 19 chemotherapy treatments, the tumors in my liver have completely disappeared. I have experienced virtually no side effects from the chemotherapy other than periods of fatigue after treatment and am able to work and lead a normal life. The latest scans show only one small nodule on my right adrenal gland that may be cancerous. If it starts to grow, it will be treated by non-invasive stereotaxic radiosurgery.

I owe my life to a skilled surgeon and a brilliant oncologist. I urge anyone who has cancer to seek medical advice - Thailand has internationally recognized experts in both curative and palliative treatment. Feel free to PM me if you want information about treatment in Thailand.

Are you sure you are a cancer survivor or somehow involved in Big Pharma/Medicine? Perhaps an oncologist? Your story sounds manufactured by a professional writer, no kidding. Very convincing story.

Of course there are people who survive cancer through very skilled surgeons and oncologists. I don't doubt that at all but please don't forget to mention how many people are just kept alive to keep them buying drugs that will never cure them. It would be good to see realistic figures on that. How many people die of cancer every year that have been on chemo therapy for years? It's millions. It's a cure for a small amount of people and I'm pretty sure that it all comes down to big money in the end.

There are other methods that work better and actually cure. I had a good friend who died last June after a long fight with cancer. She was diagnosed in 2001 with breast cancer and treated 'successfully'. Year after year during her check ups she was diagnosed cancer free until in 2010, when she went for her yearly check up her doctor told her that the cancer had spread throughout her body and nothing could be done anymore to save her but......here comes the good part; the doctor did recommend her to start on chemo asap though because that could perhaps add a few more 'meaningful' months to her life. That time she did the opposite and decided to do absolutely nothing, just one thing; she changed her diet and became a real health freak. No more meat, sugar, processed BS, etc, etc. She became a raw vegan who lived on smoothies, nuts, veggies and fruits and lived another 5 meaningful years while her doctor only gave her several months.

In the end we are all different physically, our digestive systems, how our metabolisms work, etc. What works good for someone may not work good for someone else. To recommend chemo to cancer sufferers because it worked for you is a bit opportunistic to be honest. It would be much better to remain objective and recommend a change of lifestyle and diet because that can't harm anyone, only show benefits.

I was chatting with a leading doctor at the Marsden and she was mentioning turmeric/curcumin as a cancer fighter. Mixed with black pepper it's 10x more powerful, but it's hard for the body to absorb turmeric.

Matcha with citrus fruits is another great combination to fight cancer.

And aspirin is effective as it suppresses/targets a cancer produced chemical which confuses the immune system.

Read up on Immunotherapy.

There are currently studies underway for tumeric/curcumin but at this stage it appears large quantities need to be taken to have some effect.

In April, 2015 I woke up in the middle of the night coughing blood. Went to the emergency room - a large tumor in my right lung had started hemorrhaging. A surgical team was assembled and in a 6 hour operation removed 1/2 of the lung and 21 lymph nodes in the surrounding area. That saved me from certain death by drowning in my own blood. Diagnosis - stage IV adenocarcinoma that had spread to the liver. After recovering from the surgery, I had 4 cycles of platinum-doublet chemotherapy. Scans showed no presence of cancer in my lungs or chest and no additional spread to other organs, so I started maintenance chemotherapy.

After one year and 19 chemotherapy treatments, the tumors in my liver have completely disappeared. I have experienced virtually no side effects from the chemotherapy other than periods of fatigue after treatment and am able to work and lead a normal life. The latest scans show only one small nodule on my right adrenal gland that may be cancerous. If it starts to grow, it will be treated by non-invasive stereotaxic radiosurgery.

I owe my life to a skilled surgeon and a brilliant oncologist. I urge anyone who has cancer to seek medical advice - Thailand has internationally recognized experts in both curative and palliative treatment. Feel free to PM me if you want information about treatment in Thailand.

Are you sure you are a cancer survivor or somehow involved in Big Pharma/Medicine? Perhaps an oncologist? Your story sounds manufactured by a professional writer, no kidding. Very convincing story.

Of course there are people who survive cancer through very skilled surgeons and oncologists. I don't doubt that at all but please don't forget to mention how many people are just kept alive to keep them buying drugs that will never cure them. It would be good to see realistic figures on that. How many people die of cancer every year that have been on chemo therapy for years? It's millions. It's a cure for a small amount of people and I'm pretty sure that it all comes down to big money in the end.

There are other methods that work better and actually cure. I had a good friend who died last June after a long fight with cancer. She was diagnosed in 2001 with breast cancer and treated 'successfully'. Year after year during her check ups she was diagnosed cancer free until in 2010, when she went for her yearly check up her doctor told her that the cancer had spread throughout her body and nothing could be done anymore to save her but......here comes the good part; the doctor did recommend her to start on chemo asap though because that could perhaps add a few more 'meaningful' months to her life. That time she did the opposite and decided to do absolutely nothing, just one thing; she changed her diet and became a real health freak. No more meat, sugar, processed BS, etc, etc. She became a raw vegan who lived on smoothies, nuts, veggies and fruits and lived another 5 meaningful years while her doctor only gave her several months.

In the end we are all different physically, our digestive systems, how our metabolisms work, etc. What works good for someone may not work good for someone else. To recommend chemo to cancer sufferers because it worked for you is a bit opportunistic to be honest. It would be much better to remain objective and recommend a change of lifestyle and diet because that can't harm anyone, only show benefits.

Thank you for the complement on my writing skills. I am indeed a cancer survivor (for 13 months now).

I have no issues with using diet, natural supplements, etc. in the hope of preventing cancer. Nor am I recommending any particular form of treatment if you have cancer, as I am not qualified to do so.

All I'm saying is: if you have cancer, seek expert medical advice before you decide what to do. The range of treatment methodologies is continuously expanding and -- for certain types of cancer -- there are now targeted therapies and non-surgical procedures that are very effective.

Cancer treatment with radiation and chemo therapy hasn't changed in 50 years and even when I was in university I thought this was primitive and not logical. Radiation causes cancer. We learned that in primary school. It may eradicate a target tumor but it will still cause new cancer. Chemo destroys the immune system. Not logical. With the hundreds of billions of dollars donated and spent on cancer cure and research what have the magnificent men in their white lab coats given us? Nothing.

My Father had Prostate cancer for 17 years the men in white coats helped him live that long without any problems until the last 12 months

and dont forget Mickey mouse and Pinnochio

Lets try the holistic way to sew on a severed arm or perhaps the miracle way could also do this

Lets try the holistic way to sew on a severed arm or perhaps the miracle way could also do this

Lets try the big pharma way to poison the body into submission and ignore all natural cures and good nutrition for many ailments and diseases. See, it always works both ways. An open and balanced approach to anything will always be the sensible way.

Cancer treatment with radiation and chemo therapy hasn't changed in 50 years and even when I was in university I thought this was primitive and not logical. Radiation causes cancer. We learned that in primary school. It may eradicate a target tumor but it will still cause new cancer. Chemo destroys the immune system. Not logical. With the hundreds of billions of dollars donated and spent on cancer cure and research what have the magnificent men in their white lab coats given us? Nothing.

My Father had Prostate cancer for 17 years the men in white coats helped him live that long without any problems until the last 12 months

My Uncle had prostate cancer when he was 70 and passed away at 94 from old age. He never had the cancer treated and passed away peacefully in his sleep when his heart stopped beating.

Not going to happen. There are several herbal cures for cancer already but pharmaceutical companies block the production of these herbal cures because they would lose billions a year on profits they are making with their non-working chemo therapies that actually make you more sick. It's all a big scam. Google it if you are unaware

My dear friend did you ever heard of TEVA pharmaceutical company is testing all of them and will love to find one that works. Believe me the will make it also and sell it if the can find one that works

Write you will be doing good and become rich tell the herb that works

In April, 2015 I woke up in the middle of the night coughing blood. Went to the emergency room - a large tumor in my right lung had started hemorrhaging. A surgical team was assembled and in a 6 hour operation removed 1/2 of the lung and 21 lymph nodes in the surrounding area. That saved me from certain death by drowning in my own blood. Diagnosis - stage IV adenocarcinoma that had spread to the liver. After recovering from the surgery, I had 4 cycles of platinum-doublet chemotherapy. Scans showed no presence of cancer in my lungs or chest and no additional spread to other organs, so I started maintenance chemotherapy.

After one year and 19 chemotherapy treatments, the tumors in my liver have completely disappeared. I have experienced virtually no side effects from the chemotherapy other than periods of fatigue after treatment and am able to work and lead a normal life. The latest scans show only one small nodule on my right adrenal gland that may be cancerous. If it starts to grow, it will be treated by non-invasive stereotaxic radiosurgery.

I owe my life to a skilled surgeon and a brilliant oncologist. I urge anyone who has cancer to seek medical advice - Thailand has internationally recognized experts in both curative and palliative treatment. Feel free to PM me if you want information about treatment in Thailand.

Are you sure you are a cancer survivor or somehow involved in Big Pharma/Medicine? Perhaps an oncologist? Your story sounds manufactured by a professional writer, no kidding. Very convincing story.

Of course there are people who survive cancer through very skilled surgeons and oncologists. I don't doubt that at all but please don't forget to mention how many people are just kept alive to keep them buying drugs that will never cure them. It would be good to see realistic figures on that. How many people die of cancer every year that have been on chemo therapy for years? It's millions. It's a cure for a small amount of people and I'm pretty sure that it all comes down to big money in the end.

There are other methods that work better and actually cure. I had a good friend who died last June after a long fight with cancer. She was diagnosed in 2001 with breast cancer and treated 'successfully'. Year after year during her check ups she was diagnosed cancer free until in 2010, when she went for her yearly check up her doctor told her that the cancer had spread throughout her body and nothing could be done anymore to save her but......here comes the good part; the doctor did recommend her to start on chemo asap though because that could perhaps add a few more 'meaningful' months to her life. That time she did the opposite and decided to do absolutely nothing, just one thing; she changed her diet and became a real health freak. No more meat, sugar, processed BS, etc, etc. She became a raw vegan who lived on smoothies, nuts, veggies and fruits and lived another 5 meaningful years while her doctor only gave her several months.

In the end we are all different physically, our digestive systems, how our metabolisms work, etc. What works good for someone may not work good for someone else. To recommend chemo to cancer sufferers because it worked for you is a bit opportunistic to be honest. It would be much better to remain objective and recommend a change of lifestyle and diet because that can't harm anyone, only show benefits.

Thank you for the complement on my writing skills. I am indeed a cancer survivor (for 13 months now).

I have no issues with using diet, natural supplements, etc. in the hope of preventing cancer. Nor am I recommending any particular form of treatment if you have cancer, as I am not qualified to do so.

All I'm saying is: if you have cancer, seek expert medical advice before you decide what to do. The range of treatment methodologies is continuously expanding and -- for certain types of cancer -- there are now targeted therapies and non-surgical procedures that are very effective.

I appreciate your story. A good friend and colleague at UCSD is an oncologist/hematologist/internal medicine. The real art in practicing medicine is knowing what to do when. I have seen chemo/radiation save lives. I've also seen then take lives.

The most successful Docs in San Diego at least are the ones that are open minded and visionary. And suscribe to Integrative Medicine. Like one troll said earlier I wouldn't treat a severed arm with herbs.

Glad you beat "it" man!!!

Even tho chemotherapy is rather barbaric, it's come a long way in terms of the combinations of drugs. Most people don't realize some chemotherapy drugs are derived from nature. Yes that's right. Plant remedies ..

Cancer treatment with radiation and chemo therapy hasn't changed in 50 years and even when I was in university I thought this was primitive and not logical. Radiation causes cancer. We learned that in primary school. It may eradicate a target tumor but it will still cause new cancer. Chemo destroys the immune system. Not logical. With the hundreds of billions of dollars donated and spent on cancer cure and research what have the magnificent men in their white lab coats given us? Nothing.

My Father had Prostate cancer for 17 years the men in white coats helped him live that long without any problems until the last 12 months

My Uncle had prostate cancer when he was 70 and passed away at 94 from old age. He never had the cancer treated and passed away peacefully in his sleep when his heart stopped beating.

When yer number's up. it's up... The most dangerous thing for me now is getting hit by a drunk driver while crossing 2nd or Naklua Rd. Really...

Even tho chemotherapy is rather barbaric, it's come a long way in terms of the combinations of drugs. Most people don't realize some chemotherapy drugs are derived from nature. Yes that's right. Plant remedies ..

Indeed. My oncologist buddy said "with chemo we're waiting to see who's stronger the patient or the cancer."

Edited May 21, 201610 yr by joeyg

Sad.

Herbs to battle full onslaught of cancer, what folly when quite often chemo and latest science does not work.

Homeopathy is such fraud.

You obviously don't know about the chemical compound vincamine and vinblastine which are extracted from Periwinkle plant (Vinca rosea) and save the lives of hundreds-of-thousands of leukemia patients. Nor do you know about the chemical compound taxol which is extracted from the bark of Pacific Yew trees (Taxus brevifolia) and is quite successful in the treatment of breast and other cancers. And there are others.