Elaine Magee
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 The study showed for the first time that adding a reasonable amount of flaxseed (the study used muffins containing 25 grams of flaxseed) for approximately 38 days reduced tumor growth in patients with breast cancer—similar to the benefits seen when the drug tamoxifen is given to patients before breast surgery.
Since then, many more studies have reported similarly favorable results. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial at the University of Toronto, for example, tested the effects of flaxseed in postmenopausal women with newly diagnosed breast cancer. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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 Patients were stratified based on age, breast surgery, planned target radiation dose, and skin complexion, then randomized to a control group of no treatment or an Aloe vera treated (98% Aloe) group. The medications were applied to the treatment field twice daily starting within 3 days of radiation initiation. If radiation-induced dermatitis occurred, patients were instructed to apply a 1% hydrocortisone cream at least one hour either side of the Aloe or placebo application. |
Andreas Moritz
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 This time, however, the examinations revealed that she had developed bone cancer in her lower spine and left knee. The breast surgery and resulting suppression of the immune system, had, as so often is the case, encouraged millions of cancer cells to develop in other already weakened parts of the body. Therefore, cancer cells began to grow in her lower spine where the resistance to cancer formation was particularly low.
Mary had also been suffering from severe menstrual problems as long as she remembered. In addition, she was diagnosed with having anemia. |
Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D.
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 My major specialties were thyroid, parathyroid, gastrointestinal, and breast surgery, but I was always interested in vascular medicine, and made a point of taking extra training in the subject.
Medicine ran in the family. My father, Caldwell B. Esselstyn, was a distinguished physician, a great innovator in group practice in upstate New York. It was his idea to bring to a rural county all the best in medicine—from dentistry and psychiatry to obstetrics-gynecology and pediatrics—using a rotating roster of specialists. My father-in-law, the late Dr. George Crile, Jr. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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 Some of the treatment options in breast surgery include:
• Lumpectomy, also known as segmental mastectomy or tylectomy. The tumor and a small amount of surrounding tissue are removed. This is the least extensive type of breast cancer surgery. In most cases, a lumpectomy is followed by several weeks of radiation, which is an integral part of breast-conserving treatment.
• Quadrantectomy, also known as partial mastectomy. The quadrant of the breast in which the tumor was found is removed, including some skin and the lining of the chest muscle below the tumor.
• Simple mastectomy. |
T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. and Thomas M. Campbell II
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 In thinking about all the breast surgery he had done, the lumpectomies and mastectomies, he expressed disgust at the idea of "disfiguring somebody when you know that you haven't changed their chances for recovery"
He began to do some soul searching. "What is my epitaph going to be? Five thousand mastectomies! You've disfigured more women than anybody else in Ohio!" Dropping the sarcasm, he said with sincerity, "I think everybody likes to leave the planet thinking that maybe... maybe you've helped a little."
Dr. Esselstyn began studying the literature on the diseases he commonly treated. |
Tanya Harter Pierce
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 Mohr and his colleagues went to the top three surgical hospitals in London and asked them to measure a variety of hormone levels in women at the time of breast surgery for all breast cancer patients in those hospitals. This was done, and the results were fascinating. (Incidentally, all of the women in this study were node-positive cases, meaning their breast cancer had already metastasized.) What Dr. |
The Life Extension Editorial Staff
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 A placebo gel, an estrogen gel, a progesterone gel, or a combination estrogen/progesterone gel was applied to women's breasts for 14 days prior to breast surgery. After surgery, the breast tissue was analyzed. It was found that estradiol increased breast cell proliferation and that progesterone greatly decreased proliferation (Foidart et al. 1998b).
As Dr. John Lee (Lee et al. 1996) explained: "The goal of progesterone supplementation is to restore normal physiologic levels of bioavailable progesterone. |
| According to Minton, abstinence from consuming methylxanthine (a chemical present in foods and beverages that contain caffeine) decreased the need for major breast surgery and breast biopsies because of benign disease (Minton 1979, 1981, 1989).
A 2002 study of the literature on causes of breast pain found that some investigations did find an association between caffeine intake and FBD and breast pain (Norlock 2002). |
| Pseudolumps also result from silicone injections to enlarge the breasts or as a consequence of breast surgery or radiation therapy.
Fat Necrosis
Fat necrosis produces painless, round, firm lumps that form from damaged and disintegrating fatty tissue (National Cancer Institute 2001b). Fat necrosis is more likely to occur in obese women with large breasts. It may also develop in response to a bruise or blow to the breast. Sometimes the skin around these lumps looks red or bruised.
Breast Pain
Mastalgia refers to breast pain that is severe enough to cause a woman to seek medical treatment. |
Susun S. Weed
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 Its trauma healing ability is useful after a lumpectomy or other breast surgery. Application is twice a day, followed-three days of the week—by a poultice of ground: flax seeds, marshmailow root, slippery elm, and fenugreek mixed with water to make a paste. r
Breast Self-Exam Questions
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• Are my breasts the same size and shape as last month? Yes.
• Are the curves of my breasts distorted from their norm? No.
• Is one different from the other in an unusual way? No.
• Is one unusually higher or lower than the other? No.
• Any new bulges, indentations, dimples, or puckers? No. |
Rhonda D. Orin
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 Reconstructive breast surgery on diseased breast as well as any surgical procedure on non diseased breast to achieve symmetry (Sec. 56-7-2507).
Treatment of alcoholism and drug dependency (Sec. 56-7-2602).
Offer of medically appropriate and necessary equipment for treatment of diabetes as certified by the treating physician, insulin, oral hypoglycemic agents, monitors, test strips, syringes, injection aids, lancets, and outpatients self-management training and educational services, subject to coinsurance and deductibles consistent with other benefits (Sec. 56-7-2605). |
| Reconstructive breast surgery resulting form mastectomy, including reconstructive surgery on nondiseased breast to achieve symmetry (Sees. 3216(i)(20); 3221 (k)(10)).
Diagnosis and treatment of alcoholism and substance abuse, to specified minimum limits (Sec. 3221(1)(6)).
Treatment of chiropractic services (Sees. 3216(i)(21); 3221 (k) (11))-
No exclusions for diagnosis and treatment of medical condition solely because condition results in infertility (Sees. 3216(i)(13); 3221(h)(6)).
Home health care (Sees. 3216(i)(16); 3221 (k)(1).
Nursing home and hospice care (Sees. |
| Prosthetic devices and reconstructive breast surgery following mastectomy, including surgery on one or both breasts to reestablish symmetry (Sees. 689A.041; 689B.0375; 695B.191; 695C.171).
Treatment of substance abuse to at least specified levels (Sees. 689A.046; 689B.036; 695B.194; 695C.174).
No exclusion for treatment of the temporomandibular joint (Sees. 689A.0465; 689B.0379; 695B.1931; 695C.1755).
Training and education for self-management of diabetes, subject to same coinsurance and deductibles as for other covered conditions (Sees. 689A.0427; 689B.0357; 695B.1927; 695C.1727). |
| Reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomy, including reconstruction surgery on nondiseased breast to achieve symmetry (Sec. 15-815).
Prosthetic devices and orthopedic braces (Ins. Sees. 15-820; 15-839).
Treatment of substance abuse to specified limits (Sec. 15-802).
Care of Alzheimer's disease, including nursing home care (Sec. 15-801).
Home health care (Sec. 15-808).
Offer of coverage for hospice care (Sec. 15-809).
Equipment, supplies, and self-management training in connection with the treatment of diabetes (Sec. 15-822). |
| Reconstructive breast surgery (Sec. 38.2-3418.4).
Treatment of substance abuse no more restrictively than for other illness (Sec. 38.2-3412.1).
Equipment, supplies, and self-management training and education for the treatment of diabetes (Sec. 38.2-3418.10).
Treatment of TMJ comparable to coverage provided for all skeletal joints (Sec. 38.2-3418.2).
Hemophilia and congenital bleeding disorders (Sec. 38.2-3418.3). |
Susun S. Weed
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| Adhesions are common after abdominal surgery but can form after breast surgery.
For maximum effectiveness, infuse slightly dried calendula blossoms in lard (organic if possible). The animal fat is taken deeper into the tissues than vegetable oils and rapidly dissolves lumps.
Golden calendula oil brings new life to dull skin and is highly recommended for breast self-massage.
Cancerweed root oil [Salvia lyrata)
This uncommon plant contains ursolic acid, and is a folk remedy for cancer. The roots of the more common ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) are similiar in action. |
Michael Lerner
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 Each year, hundreds of thousands of women around the world take doxorubicin at the same time that they undergo breast surgery. They not only undergo the personal loss of part or all of their breast, they also lose their hair. In addition, many end up with heart damage, a known side effect of doxorubicin in many situations. If vitamin E in an admittedly preliminary study was shown to protect against hair loss with doxorubicin, why has this study not been replicated as a real priority in cancer research? |
Susun S. Weed
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| About 163 women will have unnecessary breast surgery due to the program, and roughly 10,000 will have retests because of false positive mammograms.
"Roughly 8 or 9 women will be significandy benefitted by the program because of early detection. . . . About 300 women may benefit indirectly because of the educational and consciousness-raising aspect of the screening program." 2
V carrots (to support your immune system). Season with miso and tamari (to stop the promotion of cancer cells), and thyme, rosemary, and garlic (to further strengthen the immune system). Breathe in, relax, don't worry. |
| Many women said regular use of these oils prevented their irradiated skin from becoming dry, brittle, and
171 VUdL VU11VV1 • hard, and that made it much easier to go through subsequent breast surgery (therapeutic or cosmetic). ir St Joan's wort oil is an extraordinary ally for women with shingles. They use the oil externally—as many times a day as pos-sible-and take 25-40 drops of tincture in some water every couple of hours until the pain is gone. Most continue for at least a week more, some for several more weeks, but using only 3 doses a day. |
Kathi Keville
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 No one knows why one woman who drinks coffee develops cysts and another doesn't, but the results of several studies show that almost 75 percent of the women with fibrocystic breasts who eliminate caffeine from their diets are spared biopsies and breast surgery. In one study, Dr. Minton gave a choice to 47 women with fibrocystic breasts who had imbibed the equivalent of four cups of coffee a day for several years: have a biopsy or go off methylxanthines and see what happens. |
Susun S. Weed
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| Burdock seed oil strengthens cells and quickly relieves bruises caused by fine needle aspirations, biopsies, breast surgery, injections of chemotherapeutic drugs, and other medical procedures. If your breast skin breaks out in a rash (from surgical tapes or drains or nervousness), burdock seed oil offers quick relief.
Calendula blossom oil (Calendula officinalis)
Calendula blossom oil is a reknowned old wives' remedy against breast cancer, yet it's gentle enough for regular use. Older books call it pot marigold, causing some people to confuse it with the unrelated modern garden marigold. |
Rhonda D. Orin
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| Reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomy, including breast reduction of nondiseased breast to make it equal in size after reconstructive surgery on diseased breast is performed (Sees. 48.20.330; 48.20.395; 48.21.230).
Treatment of chemical dependency (Sees. 48.21.180; 48.46.350; 48.44.240).
Appropriate and medically necessary equipment and supplies for diabetes, as prescribed. All plans or contracts shall provide outpatient self-management training and education, including medical nutrition therapy (Sees. 48.20.391; 48.21.143; 48.44.315; 48.46.272).
Treatment of TMJ (Sees. 48. |
John Robbins
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 Studies published in Lancet and elsewhere have even suggested that radiation following breast surgery may increase death rates.2
Many radiation oncologists are growing weary of watching their patients die, and tired of hearing that progress is just around the corner. Seymour M. Brenner, M.D., who treats cancer patients with radiation at Peninsula Hospital in Far Rockaway, New York, recently traveled to Washington, D.C., to make a major public statement: "I am a radiation oncologist who treats cancer in New York," he said. "I've been doing it for 39 years. |
Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D.
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 After breast surgery but before the beginning of tamoxifen therapy, the doctors took a sample of endometrial tissue. After tamoxifen therapy was begun, such biopsies were repeated every four to six months as long as the patients remained asymptomatic. New hyperplastic changes were found in 3 out of 11 patients tested (27 percent). The preliminary results of this small study indicate that tamoxifen "may have some neoplastic effect on the endometrium of postmenopausal patients with breast cancer" (7). |
Dr. Gary Null
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 The results of a 12-year study of 44 women who had breast surgery shows that those who had operations between 7 and 20 days after the start of their last period were four times less likely to have cancer reoccur in comparison to those who had surgery at the very end or beginning of the menstrual cycle. Progesterone levels are high and estrogen levels low at the beginning and end of the menstrual cycle, and studies have shown that cancer cells grow faster at those levels.
"Tinning Is Everything in Breast Cancer Operations," Edell Health Letter 9, no. 3 (March 1990): 7. |
Michael Lerner
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| In physical therapy, massage is frequently a necessary part of the management of lymphedema, in which the protein-rich fluids of the lymph system accumulate in tissue after breast surgery or radiotherapy. One key to the treatment of lymphedema is to spot it and treat it early, since prolonged presence of lymphedema in the tissue can break down the structure of the tissue so that it loses the elasticity necessary to squeeze out lymphatic accumulations. |
Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D.
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 An unexpected source of income is new forms of breast surgery. A study at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center found that when doctors remove only the lump instead of the whole breast, the cost is 37 percent more. The increased cost is largely the result of additional radiation treatments required after the lumpectomy. Of about 500,000 patients who undergo breast cancer surgery in the United States each year, about 100,000 are now having lumpectomies. But according to Dr. |
| When women without lymph node involvement were given chemotherapy after breast surgery, they appeared to experience a small benefit. The problem was that these post-surgical treatments did not result in permanent gains:
All [four studies] find small improvement in disease-free survival but, after follow-up periods of three to four years, no definitive improvement in overall survival—that is, survival with or without disease (Relman, 1989).
This hardly seems like an earth-shattering advance. |
| Such use is becoming more common, critics charge, as more and more women opt for limited breast surgery augmented by radiation. Dr. Bernard Fisher of the University of Pittsburgh has disputed the value of this procedure. In a 1968 study of 3,000 women at over forty institutions, he found that those receiving postoperative radiation did no better than those receiving only surgery in the treatment of breast cancer (Fisher, 1968).
While this use of postoperative radiation is still subject to debate, it has become common practice in the United States. |
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