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Breast Cancer – Prevention And Cure Basics

Breast cancer, the growth of malignant cells in the breast, is the most common cancer among women. It is rare but does occur in men breast cancer usually originates in the milk carrying ducts, although it may arise in the milk producing lobules or, more rarely, in the dense connective tissue of the breast. A breast tumor is not in itself life threatening, but there is a high risk that the cancer will spread to other organs via the lymph nodes or the bloodstream, so early detection is imperative. In 90 percent of cases, only one breast is affected, although those who have had cancer in one breast are at increased risk of eventually developing it in the other. In all cases, early detection treatment and cure improve the outlook significantly.

You must accept the fact that not all patients who undergo breast cancer treatments are able to survive. It is but natural for you to want to know about the breast cancer survival rate before you decide to go for a particular treatment.

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death, second only to lung cancer. One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during her lifetime. Fortunately, there are measures you can take to help reduce your risk of developing breast cancer.

Breast cancer risk factors:

Menstrual cycle is other factor that should be considered; common in the ladies who have a longer menstrual life, i.e. the onset of menarche is earlier and cessation of menstruation is late.

- The women that smoke and drink alcohol increase the risk of developing breast cancer.

- Breast cancer is developed more frequently in spinsters and married woman that have not given birth to children, or if given birth then have not breast fed their offspring.

- The women that have had a breast cancer on one side have greater risk to develop cancer on the opposite side, and if there are antecedents of breast cancer in their families (mother, sisters and daughters), there are greatest risks too.

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More choices – more freedom to fight cancer

More people use alternative cancer therapies.
Although Americans may complain about the high cost of health care, they’re willing to shell out roughly $34 billion a year on alternative therapies that aren’t covered by insurance, according to a survey released Thursday.
That’s a growth of more than 25% in the past decade, says a survey of 23,000 American adults by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Alternative therapies, which range from herbs to yoga classes, account for 11% of the total amount that Americans spend personally on all health care.

These unconventional approaches are popular with people of all ages: 38% of adults and 12% of children have used them in the past year, according to previous research cited in the CDC/NIH survey.
Americans don’t always use these treatments under a doctor’s guidance.
The bulk of these expenses, $22 billion, goes to “self-care,” or treatments such as homeopathic medications and fish oil capsules that people buy without necessarily seeking a doctor’s advice, the survey says.

Linda Lee, director of the Johns Hopkins Integrative Medicine & Digestive Center near Baltimore, says she’s concerned about patients who “self-prescribe” alternative therapies, often without telling their doctors.
“An open dialogue with our patients only improves our ability to care for them,” Lee says.

She points out that the high use of alternative therapies doesn’t mean that these patients reject conventional medical treatment.

Many people combine conventional and complementary approaches, Lee says. For example, cancer patients may undergo chemotherapy at a hospital, but also use acupuncture for chronic pain.

The study shows that conventional doctors need to learn as much as possible about alternative therapies, Lee says, “not so they can necessarily prescribe or profit from them, but so they understand what it is their patients are hoping to gain and advise patients as to their appropriate use.”
The study’s results also show the importance of rigorous scientific research into alternative therapies, says Josephine Briggs, director of the NIH’s National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

Source: National Health Interview Survey, 2007, of 23,000 adults

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How vitamin D can help you to build good health

Sponsored by the National Breast Cancer Institute, the research suggests that women with breast cancer and low levels of vitamin D show an increased risk of the cancer spreading and lower rates of survival, as compared to women with breast cancer and adequate vitamin D.

According to the study, only 24 percent of the 512 subjects with breast cancer had adequate levels of vitamin D at the time of diagnosis. For those with low levels of this critical vitamin, overall survival was 73 percent worse, and the rate of cancer spread was 94 percent worse than those women with adequate vitamin D.

The Recommended Dietary Intake (RDI) for vitamin D is 200 IU up to age 50, 400 IU up to age 70 and 600 IU for those age 70 and older. The National Osteoporosis Foundation recommends greater intake — 400 to 800 IU up to age 50, then 800 to 1,000 IU for those age 50 and beyond.

From bone health and diabetes to blood pressure and depression, vitamin D plays a vital role in overall health.

In the winter months, throughout much of North America, the conversion of sunlight to vitamin D does not occur in efficient way so food and vitamin supplements must be used.

It looks as though most everyone should be supplementing their diet with vitamin D to achieve adequate intakes.

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Hypnosis Eases Cancer Survivor Hot Flashes

Hypnosis can help reduce hot flashes among breast cancer survivors, new research published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology shows.

The authors of the report note that “hot flashes are a significant problem for many breast cancer survivors.” The new findings are particularly important because the current best treatment for hot flashes, estrogen therapy, is off limits for most women who have had breast cancer. Furthermore, many women must take estrogen-blocking drugs like tamoxifen for years after breast cancer treatment, but “hot flashes can be so severe that some women make a decision to not continue those medications,” Dr. Gary Elkins told Reuters Health.

Based on some small studies that found hypnosis benefited women suffering from hot flashes, Elkins of Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and his team randomly assigned 60 breast cancer survivors to hypnosis once a week for five weeks or no treatment.

The hypnosis sessions, which lasted about 50 minutes, involved helping the patient to reach a deeply relaxed state, and then offering suggestions for mental imagery to help her relax and feel cool. This could mean having a woman imagine herself walking down a cool mountain path, for example. Women also received instructions on how to practice hypnosis on their own.

Among the 51 women who completed the study, those who had hypnosis reported a 68% reduction in the severity and frequency of their hot flashes. This translated to 4.39 fewer hot flashes a day, on average, for women in the hypnosis group, while there was little change in the control group.

The mechanism behind hot flashes is still poorly understood, Elkins noted. “We know that they are related to decreases in estrogen, however that relationship is not direct in the sense that hot flashes lessen over time even though estrogen levels remain low,” he explained.

Hot weather, spicy food and stress can also trigger hot flashes, he added, so it’s possible that women undergoing menopause may have a more difficult time regulating their body temperature in response to these triggers. Hypnosis treatment can reduce stress by helping women to relax, Elkins explained, and may also give them a sense of control that allows them to keep their body temperature more stable.

SOURCE: Journal of Clinical Oncology, online September 22, 2008.

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Sodium bicarbonate Simonchini therapy case study

Dr.Simoncini is Italian surgeon, specialised in oncology, diabetology and in metabolic disorders. He uses Sodium bicarbonate therapy to treat cancer. His theory that cancer is a fungus and you treat it like you would treat fungus. When I listen to this case study I feel that something real is here.

She is really well informed about medical procedures. I wish i could ask her couple of questions.

Let me know also what you think about the video and this information.

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