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See book keywords and concepts |  Dermatitis, Radiation-Induced
Many women undergoing radiotherapy after breast cancer surgery develop mild- to- severe dermatitis. The effectiveness of Calendula ointment was compared to that of trolamine, a commonly used topical nonsteroidal compound for enhancing skin healing, in preventing radiation-induced dermatitis in a phase III study involving 254 women undergoing radiation treatment after breast cancer surgery. The women were randomly divided into two groups. |
Bill Sardi
See book keywords and concepts |  After two and a half decades of attempts, studies do show that radiation therapy applied after breast cancer surgery, chemotherapy and anti-estrogen drugs (Tamoxifen), slightly increases survival of women with early-stage breast cancer. The new data shows breast cancer mortality rates were reduced by only 5%. [Lancet 366: 2087-2106, 2005]
For women who underwent a mastectomy, but whose cancer had spread to the lymph nodes under their arms, the 15-year breast cancer mortality risk was 54.7% with radiation vs. 60.1%t without - a reduction of 5.4 percentage points. |
Melody Petersen
See book keywords and concepts |  Pfizer then spent millions of dollars hiring celebrities to promote its new pill, beginning with the aging Bob Dole, who admitted to having sexual problems after prostate cancer surgery. To expand the market to younger and healthier men, Pfizer later hired thirty-seven-year-old Rafael Palmeiro, the first baseman for the Texas Rangers. With the hiring of Palmeiro in 2002, the theme of the Viagra campaign became one about enhancing performance, whether on the baseball field or in bed. It had little to do with treating a medical condition. |
Bottom Line Health
See book keywords and concepts | | Anew head-to-head study has found that the chemotherapy drug docetaxel (Tax-otere) is more effective than vinorelbine (Navelbine) in helping extend patient survival after breast cancer surgery. The Finnish study also found that patients who received infusions of trastuzumab (Herceptin) were less likely to get recurrences than those who received a placebo. THE STUDY
For this study, Dr. |
Bill Sardi
See book keywords and concepts | | Breast cancer surgery, when performed among younger premenopausal women, can provoke the growth and spread of remaining tumor cells. Researchers have noted that 20 percent of pre-menopausal breast cancer patients undergoing surgery, whose cancer had spread to lymph nodes, experienced relapse within 10 months of surgery to remove the primary tumor. [Breast Cancer Research 6:R689-96, 2004]
Breast cancer researchers from Britain say that:
"A new crisis is upon us now in that trials of early detection have resulted in unexpected disadvantages to certain subgroups... |
Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews
See book keywords and concepts |  Surgery was the first established treatment for cancer, and it remains the most widely used approach to dealing with cancer. cancer surgery may have one or more of the folloxving goals:
• to determine whether a cancer is malignant by biopsy examination.
• to remove a cancerous growth from the body.
• to learn whether malignant cells have spread to other parts of the body.
Surgery is most effective in cases in which the cancer has not spread. This is most effectively associated with early detection. |
Craig Pepin-Donat
See book keywords and concepts |  I am not suggesting that people with cancer avoid chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or cancer surgery. If you have cancer, you should consult a physician to determine the best course of treatment for your particular form of cancer. Unfortunately, the current course of treatment is toxic drugs that kill disease-fighting white blood cells, harmful radiation that damages living tissue and surgery to cut out body parts. These methods of treatment expose the patient to more disease. |
Bill Sardi
See book keywords and concepts | | Breast cancer surgery - Mastectomy ... 251 Survival and chemotherapy... 251 Treatment decision making ... 252
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Selection of surgeon ... 252 The milk duct caper... 253
Where does the calcium come from? ... 255 Confused? So's your doctor... 256
NUTRIENTS AND BREAST CANCER Breast cancer and diet... 257
Sugar, Milk, Fats, Oils, Fiber, Alcohol, Plant estrogens (phytoestrogens), flaxseed, lignans, whole grain, iron, estrogen, flax lignans and iron control
Summary... 274
Melatonin and breast cancer... 276 Coenzyme Q10 and breast cancer... | | Smokers, people at high risk such as those who have had polyps removed or have undergone colon cancer surgery, and people with a genetic predisposition for colon cancer, should probably supplement their diet with more than 2,000 mg of vitamin C per day.
Vitamin E
In animals, a vitamin E deficiency increases cellular markers of pre-cancerous conditions in the colon. [Biochemical Society Transactions 32:979-81, 2004]
In an experiment with rodents, half the animals were given a normal level of iron in their diet and the other half had eight times more iron added to their diet. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  It's the men who eat barbequed ribs, pizza, fried foods and processed foods that end up firing blanks at the fertility center or having prostate cancer surgery (which leaves you in a state that can hardly be called "manly," by the way). Processed foods devastate reproductive capacity in both men and women, and from a medical viewpoint, nothing takes away the manliness of men faster than following a diet of processed foods. Except, perhaps, surgical castration. But nutritional castration is the next quickest route. |
Bill Sardi
See book keywords and concepts | | But many patients end up with no benefit from chemotherapy as a secondary treatment after cancer surgery. A shocking study shows that just 4% of patients undergoing chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer experienced prolonged survival. In fact, the 5-year survival for patients who elected not to undergo chemotherapy was 39%. [New England Journal Medicine 355: 983-91, 2006]
5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) is the most commonly used drug to treat colon cancer. Virtually every colon cancer patient receives a course of 5-FU. It has been used for decades. | | Journal Urology 150: 1169-71, 1993] Prostate cancer surgery including biopsies can "seed' cancer elsewhere. [Lancet 346: 1528-30, 1995; Journal Surgical Oncology 35: 184-91, 1987]
The seeding of malignant cells from the prostate to the anal region can occur during prostate biopsy. The tumor may not be apparent for years and never directly related to the perfor-manceof a biopsy years earlier. [Urology51:158-60,1998]
Treatments for prostate cancer continue to be performed with little, if any, proven value, and patients are generally kept in the dark about this. |
Joseph E. Mario
See book keywords and concepts |  Coriolus extract prevents liver injuries; reactivates depressed immunity, increases thymus weight, matures Macrophages, stimulates PolyMorphoNuclear/PMN Leucocytes, B-Lymphocytes white blood, T-cells, natural Killer T-cells, normalizes T-cell Helper/Suppressor ratio; improves IL-2, IgG, C-3, and Interferon; scavenges Oxygen-2 hypochlorite radicals (as do Lignins); counters hepatitis, herpes; inhibits tumors, raises Tumor Necrosing Factor/TNF, improved colon cancer surgery survival from 10 to 30%, extends survival time in leukemia, for A.I.D.S. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
See book keywords and concepts |  Some women whose lymph nodes are removed during breast cancer surgery have a problem with swelling of the arm, or lymphedema, on that side due to an accumulation of lymphatic fluid. This is not unusual. It can develop just after surgery, or months or even years later, and can be brought on by an injury to (or overuse of) the arm or an infection. To reduce the risk of developing lymphedema, do not have any blood work, chemotherapy, or blood pressure work done on the affected arm. Certain arm exercises are usually prescribed to keep the arm from becoming stiff and to assist in healing. |
Joseph E. Mario
See book keywords and concepts | | In Ileostomy, colon or rectal cancer surgery requires fashioning of a new outlet from the intestine bowels through the skin of the abdomen to the rear. Constraints: less fluid resorption; irritating digestive juices; bag odors; if the small bowel near the cecum is removed, Vitamin B-12 absorption is lost, and 1000 meg. I.M. shots ofB-12 will be needed for life. Endometrial Cancer SEE under Women's Health. |
Michael Friedman, ND
See book keywords and concepts |  CLINICAL STUDIES
Estrogen and Cancer Risk
Dr Henry Lemon (MD) observed that women with higher levels of estriol as opposed to estrone or estradiol were more likely to be long-term survivors after breast cancer surgery. This corresponds to a great deal of laboratory research showing estriol to be anti-carcinogenic.
Epidemiological studies have also shown an inverse relationship between estriol and breast cancer. Lemon introduced the "Estrogen Quotient" (EQ), which is equal to the estriol level (urine or serum) divided by the sum of the values for estrone and estradiol. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
See book keywords and concepts | | This procedure was once the standard in breast cancer surgery, but today, women with breast cancer rarely undergo this type of surgery because doctors believe that a modified radical mastectomy is just as effective.
• Bilateral prophylactic mastectomy. This type of surgery is done in a small percentage of women who are at particularly high risk for breast cancer. In this procedure, both healthy breasts are removed to prevent breast cancer from forming. | | In any type of breast cancer surgery, some or all of the underarm lymph nodes may be removed. This is done to check for possible spread of the cancer. If the cancer has spread to the lymph nodes, postoperative therapy may include radiation, chemotherapy, or hormonal therapy. Radiation is always required after a lumpectomy or quadran-tectomy to ensure that no more cancer cells remain. Q After surgery, women are usually advised to avoid moving or carrying heavy objects, to wear loose-fitting clothes and gloves, and to avoid overexposure to the sun. | | 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. The entire breast is removed and a sample of the underarm lymph nodes is taken.
• Modified radical mastectomy, also known as total mastectomy. |
Walter Last
See book keywords and concepts |  I am convinced that this is the main reason why one patient is cured by cancer surgery, whife another with the same condition dies afterwards. impressed by something that inspires awe, by authority, ritual, the unusual, and especially enthusiasm. Whatever impresses you as a potential cure, embrace it enthusiastically. Anything that you just try to see if it works is not likely to work.
Get to Know the Lower Self: In order to heal our mind and use it more efficiently, we need to have a basic understanding of our lower emotional self. |
The Life Extension Editorial Staff
See book keywords and concepts |  Antiangiogenesis drugs given prior to cancer surgery may improve the chances of a long-term remission. These drugs would also theoretically be of value in the postoperation setting, though they may slow the rate of healing.
Surgery suppresses important immune functions needed to kill metastatic tumor cells. The patient should consider taking supplements that enhance immune function, such as melatonin, lactoferrin, and MGN-3, before and after surgery.
Avoiding analgesic drugs, such as morphine and other opiates, helps prevent immune suppression and the development of angiogensis. | | If standard therapies such as radiation 01 chemotherapy are being contemplated, please refer to the cancer surgery, Cancer Radiation and/or Cancer Chemotherapy protocols.
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STAYING INFORMED
The information published in this protocol is only as current as the day the book was sent to the printer. This cancer protocol raises many issues that are subject to change as new data emerges. | | For more information on specific types of cancer, refer to the protocols on Breast Cancer, Cancer Chemotherapy Therapy, cancer surgery, Colon Cancer, Leukemia and Lymphoma, Pancreatic Cancer, and Prostate Cancer. | | For more information on specific types of cancer, see the following protocols: Breast Cancer, Cancer Radiation Therapy, cancer surgery, Colorectal Cancer, Leukemia/ Lymphoma/N on-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Pancreatic Cancer, and Prostate Cancer. We suggest you check www.lef.org regularly for the latest updates regarding cancer chemotherapy and related subjects.
CAUTION
There is continuing controversy concerning the use of antioxidant nutrients during conventional cancer therapy. Refer to the protocol entitled Cancer: Should Patients Take Dietary Supplements? |
James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  A 10-year, randomized, double-blind trial was performed by administering coriolus (PSK) to 56 patients and a placebo to another group of 55 patients after surgical operations on their colorectal cancers. The rate of patients in remission (or disease-free) was significantly higher (more than doubled) in the PSK group than in the placebo group. Researchers also found that the white blood cells for the PSK group showed "remarkable enhancement in their activities."
Maitake Cancer Study
A total of 33 cancer patients in stages II, III, and IV, ages 33 to 68, participated in this trial. |
Tanya Harter Pierce
See book keywords and concepts |  The immense amount of data, which was collected from nine studies over a 30-year period, actually showed the two-year survival rate after lung cancer surgery to be 48 percent for patients who got post-surgical radiation treatments, and 55 percent for patients who underwent surgery alone. In other words, more patients who did not receive radiation treatments after surgery lived to the two-year mark than those who did receive radiation after surgery. | | In other words, if you are a woman preparing to undergo breast cancer surgery, Dr. Lee says, "You double your survival rate just by having your progesterone level satisfactory on the day of your surgery!"
Dr. Mohr's study looked at women whose progesterone levels were high or low on the day of surgery simply due to part of their menstrual cycle they were in. Dr. Lee believes that if these women had been supplemented with natural progesterone at ages when their own levels began to drop, it is possible that they would have done even better. |
Walter Last
See book keywords and concepts | | British breast cancer surgeon, found that breast cancer surgery tends to increase the risk of relapse or death within three years. He also linked surgery to the accelerated spread of cancer, which it does by forming metastases in other parts of the body.42
This conclusion confirms an earlier finding by Ernst Krokowski, a German professor of radiology. He demonstrated conclusively that metastasis is commonly triggered by medical intervention, including sometimes even by a biopsy or surgery unrelated to the cancer. |
Tanya Harter Pierce
See book keywords and concepts | | Mohr's study showed was that those women whose breast cancer surgery was performed in the second half of their menstrual cycle (which is when their own production of progesterone was at its highest) were much less likely to have their breast cancer recur later on.
This study showed that, of the women who had higher levels of progesterone in their bodies at the time of surgery, about 65 percent were still alive 18 years later. But of those women who had low levels of progesterone on the day of their surgery, only about 35 percent were still alive 18 years later. |
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