Big Shift on Mammography
On November 16, 2009, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) revised its previous position and came out against annual screening mammograms. The new recommendations included the following...
Breast Cancer Lobular and LCIS
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Big Blow to Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer
Adjuvant Treatment Radiation is widely used as an adjuvant treatment after surgery for breast cancer. It is primarily administered to prevent recurrences and is quite effective at doing so. But...
The Potential Danger of Mammograms
Screening Mammography can be used either to diagnose a known condition or, more commonly, to screen a general population that has no signs or symptoms of disease. There is little argument that...
Why Some Docs Give Too Frequent Radiation
Two Competing Forms of Radiation It is often claimed that decisions in oncology are made solely on the basis of the effectiveness of treatments. I cannot tell you how many times I have been...
The Abscopal Effect and Immune Resistance
The Abscopal Effect and Immune Resistance It is sometimes asserted, as a matter of dogma, that a local treatment cannot have any systemic effects. However, sometimes damaging or removing a tumor...
Northern California CAM Cancer Clinics
CAM in CA The CAM situation in northern California is favorable. In other words, the chances of finding a CAM practitioner to provide intelligent help with cancer are good in this region....
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in Houston, Texas
CAM in Houston Houston is America's fourth largest city, and its metropolitan area encompasses more than 5.7 million people. It is home to the largest medical complex on earth, the Texas Medical...
Hope4Cancer -Tony Jimenez
Vigorous Adoption of New Methods Hope4Cancer is an inpatient facility in the Playas section of Tijuana, across the street from the Pacific Ocean. When we last visited Antonio Jimenez, MD—“Dr....
Resveratrol
Resveratrol: A Natural Phytoalexin Found in Grapes Chemical Complexity Grapes are chemically complex but have been better studied than most other plants. There are hundreds of separate...
Curcumin – Turmeric
Studies Are Conclusive “Most data published on curcumin are very promising. In cancer research, the majority of data has been obtained in vitro [in test tubes]. Less frequently, researchers used...
Green Tea (EGCG)
One of the Big Five Green tea is one of the “Big Five” nutraceuticals that kill cancer stem cells (per Naujokat and McKee’s excellent paper on the topic). EGCG (the main solid ingredient in green...
Flax and Flaxseed Oil
Myth, Reality, and The Budwig Diet A comprehensive review by Bangladeshi scientists showed that flaxseeds (Linum. usitatissimum) contain many constituents, such as omega-3 fatty acids, lignans,...
Calorie Restriction and Related Topics
Autophagy and “Peak Fasting” The concept of autophagy supports the reason for prolonging the (standard) nightly fast. Toshinori Ohsumi, MD, received the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology...
Milk, Dairy and Cancer
Heavy Whipping Cream, Fatty Cheeses, Fresh Ricotta … The first thing that some people do when they learn they have cancer is to swear off all milk and dairy products. Prof. Colin Campbell’s...
Soy and Cancer
A Compound (or isoflavone) Called Genistein “Genistein, the most prevalent phytoestrogen in soy, is a potent endocrine disruptor and tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) that causes apoptosis in many...
Breast Cancer and Fiber
Eat More Fiber Chinese scientists have taken a fresh look at dietary fiber and concluded that women who eat more fiber are less likely to develop breast cancer (BC). In a retrospective review of...
High Fructose Corn Syrup HFCS and Cancer
A Harmful Invasion HFCS is a manufactured form of fructose that has invaded an astonishing number of supermarket foods. Those foods that do not contain HFCS may contain chemically similar but...
Does Red Wine Prevent Breast Cancer?
3 to 6 Glasses of Wine Per Week At first sight, the data on the effect of wine on the risk of breast cancer (BC) appear contradictory. For example, in November 2011 there was a report in the New...
Broccoli and Cancer
Is Broccoli Suspect?Indole-3-carbinolOne drug-nutrient interaction of relevance to cancer patients is the use of indole-3-carbinol, derived from broccoli, with erlotinib (Tarceva®), a drug used...
Intermittent Fasting and Breast Cancer
Win-Win at Zero CostThe subjects of an important study on intermittent fasting were 2,413 women with breast cancer, aged 27 to 70 years, who participated in the Women’s Healthy Eating and Living...
Poultry and Cancer
What does the science show? Many vegetarian authors similarly claim that any form of meat, including chicken, duck, or other poultry, is harmful to those seeking to prevent the occurrence or...
Soy and Breast Cancer
Soy-Breast Cancer Controversy Here is a good summary of the soy-breast cancer controversy from the Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University: “The results of cell culture and animal...
Fish and Cancer
Fish Oil and Seafood a Plus Total vegetarians or vegans discourage the consumption of all animal flesh, including fish. Others, such as Keith I. Block, MD, advocates “pescetarianism,” and allows...
Soy and Breast Cancer
Soy Exhibits Anti-Estrogenic Properties Soy isoflavones consumption is associated overall with an 11% reduction in breast cancer incidence. However, the protective effect was primarily observed...
Pomegranate Extract and POMI-T
Pomegranate, Broccoli, Turmeric, and Green TeaScientists at the University at Albany, SUNY, showed that a pomegranate extract (PE) killed breast cancer stem cells. They concluded that pomegranate...
Flax and Breast Cancer
Flaxseed and Tamoxifen There is a similarity between flaxseed (or soy) and the drug tamoxifen, used in the treatment of premenopausal women with breast cancer. This is because: “Tamoxifen...
Grape Seed Extract
Waste to Want Grape seeds are a byproduct of the wine industry, a waste material turned into a valuable health supplement. This is because grape seeds contain proanthocyanidins, which are valued...
Cat’s Claw May Be Beneficial in Breast Cancer
Impact on the Immune System Recently, there was a small, randomized controlled trial (RCT) on the effects of cat’s claw (Uncaria tomentosa) on the immune system of women with stage II invasive...
Artemisia Annua – Artemisinin and Artesunate
Sweet Wormwood/Sweet Annie “This safe and cheap drug class that saves lives at risk from malaria can also have important potential in oncology.” Prof. Sanjeev Krishna, St. George’s University of...
BreastDefend
A Dietary SupplementA paper on a new dietary supplement for breast cancer has appeared in the online version of Integrative Cancer Therapies (https://ict.sagepub.com). BreastDefend (BD) is a...
Cat’s Claw – Uncaria Tomentosa
Uña de Gato Uncaria tomentosa (also called Uña de Gato or cat’s claw) is a vine that grows wild, primarily in the highlands of Peru. Cat’s claw (named for the shape of its thorns) has been used...
Sea Vegetables
An Area of Interest for Scientists There are numerous scientific articles on sea vegetables (proponents object to the term seaweed) and cancer, but few clinical trials. A study from South Korea...
Chlorella and Other “Superfoods”
High Concentrations of Phytonutrients “Superfoods” are health products that contain exceptionally high concentrations of phytonutrients (plant chemicals). These are concentrated when green plants...
R-Alpha-Lipoic Acid
Effect on Cancer Metabolism R-alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) can be taken orally, by a nebulizer, or intravenously. Neil McKinney, BSc, ND, in Naturopathic Oncology: An Encyclopedic Guide For Patients...
Graviola and Pawpaw
Traditional Medicine for Inflammation and Infection Graviola (Annona muricata) is a tree prevalent in the rain forests of Africa, South America, and Southeast Asia. The fruit (sometimes called...
Mistletoe – Viscum Album
A Semi-Parasitic PlantMistletoe (Viscum album) is a semi-parasitic plant found throughout most of Europe. Because it is considered harmful to the tree, its importation is banned in the U.S. (A...