You may not be able to change things much, but you will not be able to change anything at all, unless you know the facts behind the influences in your life, and the lives of your children. Read Dr. Mary’s Monkey, by Edward T. Haslam.

Prior to 1955 the disease called Polio was a curse on the world, crippling and killing many people, mostly children. After 1955 a workable vaccine was developed, and children were vaccinated against this terrible disease at an early age.

Unfortunately, this polio vaccine was initially grown on the kidneys of monkeys, and it was not until a few years after the polio vaccine was invented that the first cancer-causing monkey virus was detected; to the horror of all involved it soon became evident that there were multiple cancer-causing monkey viruses tainting the new polio vaccines. This caused the medical establishment to begin looking for cancer cures right away, which were going to be needed once the recipients of the polio vaccines came of age. Richard Nixon declared war on cancer and huge funds were made available to combat what was expected to be a future cancer epidemic.

During this time several of the new polio vaccines were removed from the market because of tainting with cancer-causing monkey viruses, though very little mention was made of the problem in the media. Albert Sabin, developer of the first working polio vaccine, was quoted thus, concerning the tainted vaccines and the need to keep it mum:

“…Theres too much scaring the public unnecessarily. Oh your children were injected with a cancer virus and all that. Thats not very good!”

Regardless of what was said at the time though, the cancer epidemic that was perceived and expected way back when has now become a reality. The figures of cancer increases in the last 50+ years bear all this out, which means that 50 years after this virally tainted vaccine was used, soft tissue cancers are indeed epidemic, with over one million (And counting!) new cases reported each year. Consider the fact that prior to 1955, or earlier, many of these cancers were virtually UNKNOWN, and one begins to see some truth, however disconcerting.

Even more unfortunate than all that bad news is this: once the cancer causing monkey viruses were discovered via the polio vaccine, they then became objects of study by weapons makers, not least of who were involved in a vendetta against the Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Great efforts were made by many people in the government and the medical industry in New Orleans, Louisiana, to mutate these cancer causing monkey viruses with radiation, so that they could be used as a weapon against Castro. Their efforts paid off big and fast, with one subject, a federal prisoner who had volunteered for the experiment, being killed in 28 days! The prisoner of course had not been told the test was fatal.

Some of these weapons are now on the loose as well. According to the Center For Disease Control, ten of the top twelve bioterror agents used in modern warfare manifest as skin cancers, or other incurable and deadly soft tissue cancers! Cancer has been weaponised, and that fact has been hidden well. It is time to wake up. Time to smell the pork.

Among the players in this bio-charade and soap opera of disease were many high power medical names, including one of the worlds top specialists in cancer research, Dr. Mary Sherman, who died during this research in a very unnatural way. Also involved in this Get-Castro-Program were David Ferrie, Lee Harvey Oswald, Alton Ochsner, and many others whose names appear regularly in most investigations of the Kennedy assassination. Yes, this cancer weapon program has also been inextricably linked to the Kennedy assassination, and the ties that bind? Spell That C-I-A.

This book by Edward T. Haslam covers all of the above, and much much more, with documentation and great detail, from an insiders perspective. Mr. Haslam’s father was a doctor and a teacher at Tulane in New Orleans, and it was from this source that Mr. Haslam began his lifelong investigation. Dr. Marys Monkey is a distillation of information and evidence concerning what can only be called a long term attack on the American people. It is, by all means, a Must Read.

After reading this book, I began to see certain patterns of history, if you will, and it seemed to me that the War On Cancer was just the first of many wars declared, then lost, by these foreign clowns and criminals who have infiltrated American Government, Medicine, Media, and Education. These wars which have been declared ad nauseum by the treasonous politico freaks and liars, whose latest versions are the war on drugs and the war on terror, do nothing so much as nurture the very forces that war is supposedly being made on.

I have also detected other patterns by reading this work, and have wondered several times if this was not an engineered happening, this sowing of cancer; was it a created circumstance, along the lines of 911, or Colombian cocaine?

This creation of a cancer epidemic seems more than anything just a very good way to A) make Americans and their insurance moneys accessible to the medical industry forever and ever; and B) nurture a nazi-like program of culling/eugenics, which is a hallmark of certain administrations who have been passing the football back and forth amongst each other now for over 50 years; and C) It is a perfect way to cover up an expected and accelerated increase in cancer which would of course erupt in conjunction with increased wireless and broadcast technologies; and D) It is a way to obtain stem cells, because even though great noise had been made over the foetal stem cell issue, the real truth of the matter is that most stem cells are derived from cancer tumors. Some cancer tumors sell for many thousands of dollars per slice, and collection activities are well developed, cryogenic, mobile, and these tumors are kept in what is called Tumor BANKS. FYI.

So.

Was the creation of this cancer epidemic used to foster a malignant, galloping growth in technical medicine which would never have transpired without? Are we seeing the real value of Human Life, as equated to paper money by doctors?

Hmmmmm?

Do get the book. See for yourself what kind of fetid and odorous intellectual dungeon you have been born into. One need only look around oneself in order to obtain a sense of the diabolical, to learn about the true devil, and all his preachers.

I suggest you start with the president, and then his closest advisors, if it is your wish to come face to face with diabolism. They are the true inheritors of this state of affairs, and it can actually be said that all this was prepared for them, to further their ends, and to further the ends of their families. The deceit, the cheating, the stealing: the seeming relish for pain and suffering and torture and hate. It is everywhere these days, and the media as well embraces this glamor of suffering and shame with gaiety and gnashing teeth. Do not believe any of them, they worship the father of lies, and America will be better off without them, when that great day comes.

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Probably no cancer is more difficult to treat than asbestosis-induced mesothelioma, but not everyone who is exposed to asbestos develops cancer.

Could differences in diet explain why some people who have heavy exposure to asbestos do not develop mesothelioma, but other people who have minimal exposure to asbestos get the cancer? Could identifying the foods and nutrients that lower the risk of mesothelioma lead to a safe and effective treatment for the disease?

These are questions a group of investigators at the National Cancer Institute and Louisiana State University in the USA set out to answer nearly 20 years ago. Their answers have lain in the research literature for almost two decades, important but largely ignored.

In Louisiana, refinery workers, sugar plantation workers, pipefitters, boilermakers, and shipbuilders were for many years regularly exposed to asbestos. Since there was some evidence that fruit and vegetables might prevent lung cancer, the Diet and Mesothelioma task force located 58 people who had mesothelioma and 58 people who had similar asbestos exposure, income, and use of tobacco but who had escaped the disease. The researchers tried to find a connection between mesothelioma and eating three popular snacks, two kinds of sweets, three dairy products, seven kinds of fruit, seven sea foods, eleven kinds of meat, and sixteen kinds of vegetables.

Their findings?

• People exposed to asbestos who stayed cancer-free ate, on average, twice as many servings of home-grown or locally grown fruits and vegetables per week as those who developed mesothelioma.

• People who remained free of mesothelioma ate about twice as many servings of cruciferous vegetables (turnip greens, mustard greens, collards, cabbage, brussels sprouts, and broccoli) as those who did not, about three servings a week, compared to zero to two.

• People who developed mesothelioma ate more cake, candy, and pie than those who stayed cancer-free.

Like a later study in New York, the Louisiana researchers found that getting enough beta-carotene from orange vegetables (primarily carrots, acorn squash, and pumpkin) reduced risk of mesothelioma, but getting a whole lot of beta-carotene had no added benefit. About 4 servings a week, preferably with some kind of oil to enhance absorption of the beta-carotene, was optimal.

But the one dietary element that increased risk of cancer more than any other was sugar. Study participants who developed mesothelioma were eight times as likely to have eaten dessert every day as those who did not. Sugar seems somehow to accelerate the development of the cancer.

Those who stayed cancer-free also ate some desserts, occasionally, but an average of one serving once or twice a week.

This preliminary evidence tells us that the best bet for preventing mesothelioma by diet is to eat the right foods, and your favorite foods, in moderation. Eating regular servings of locally grown fruits and vegetables, at least a few of them yellow or orange, along with eating sugary desserts as occasional treat, may greatly enhance long-term health. And should you develop mesothelioma, there are a few kinds of supplements that may help.

Robert Rister is the author or co-author of nine books on natural health including the critically acclaimed Complete German Commission E Monographs and Healing without Medication. Visit his growing collection of evidence-based articles on natural self-healing at http://www.homeremedycompanion.com

Mesothelioma can either be malignant (cancerous) or benign (non-cancerous) in nature. Mesothelioma affects the mesothelium, hence mesothelioma. What is the mesothelium?

The mesothelium is a type of tissue lined with special cells referred to as mesothelial cells. The mesothelial cells typically line the abdominal cavity, heart cavity, chest cavity, and the outer surface of most internal organs. Each cavity has a specific name for the mesothelial covered cavity which is:

• Peritoneum: abdominal cavity
• Pleura: chest cavity
• Pericardium: heart cavity

The mesothelium has a specific purpose in the body. The mesothelium produces a lubricating fluid that allows easy movement of the organs. The pleural mesothelium for example, allows the lungs to move easily with each breath that is taken. Without this, breathing would be a difficult and possibly painful process.

Many refer to malignant mesothelioma as simply, mesothelioma. There are three main types of malignant mesothelioma ranked from less likely to more commonly seen:

1. Sarcomatoid
2. Mixed/Biphasic
3. Epithelioid

Malignant mesothelioma more commonly begins in the chest cavity (pleural mesothelioma). Approximately 10-20% of the cases of malignant mesothelioma will begin in the abdominal cavity (peritoneal mesothelioma). Malignant mesothelioma rarely begins in the cavity surrounding the heart (pericardial mesothelioma).

Malignant Mesothelioma Statistics:

Mesothelioma is a very rare cancer estimated to affect 2,000-3,000 newly diagnosed cases annually in the U.S. The United States reported an increased rate of mesothelioma from 1970 to 1990, which has currently stabilized and possibly decreased. However, European countries continue to see an increase in the rate of mesothelioma.

Mesothelioma is commonly seen in the ages 65 years and older but increases with age. Mesothelioma is 5 times more likely to affect men than women. Mesothelioma is more common in the Caucasian nationality than African American.

Mesothelioma is a very serious cancer. Symptoms commonly do not appear early which causes mesothelioma to be diagnosed at an advanced stage. For this reason, mesothelioma has a low survival rate that is about 1-2 years. However, cancer research is slowly changing this statistic. Learn more about what risk factors predispose you to mesothelioma.

Kristy is a mother and experienced nurse. She has a Bachelor in Biology and Chemistry and writes to inform individuals interested in health information.

Detected in its early stages, prostate cancer can be effectively treated and cured. In most men, prostate cancer grows very slowly: most men will never know they have the condition. Prostate cancer is deadly but can be cured if it’s caught early enough.

At an advanced age, the risks of surgery for prostate cancer or other more radical treatments may actually be worse than the disease. It’s estimated that approximately 234,460 men in the U.S. will be diagnosed with it this year, and approximately 27,350 will die of the disease. The prostate gland is located directly beneath the bladder and in front of the rectum.

One of the most common symptoms is the inability to urinate at all. Additional symptoms that may be associated with this disease are bone pain or tenderness, and abdominal pain. Because symptoms can mimic other diseases or disorders, men who experience any of these symptoms should undergo a thorough work-up to determine the underlying cause of the symptoms.

Some men will experience symptoms that might indicate the presence of prostate cancer. Having one or more cancer symptoms does not necessarily mean that you have prostate cancer. If cancer is caught at its earliest stages, most men will not experience any symptoms.

The decision about whether to pursue a PSA test should be based on a discussion between you and your doctor. A PSA test with a high level can also be from a non-cancerous enlargement of the prostate gland. A number of tests may be done to confirm a diagnosis.

There are several potential downsides to PSA testing; for example a high PSA does not always mean a patient has prostate cancer. What is called a free PSA may help tell the difference between BPH (benign prostatic hypertrophy), an enlargement of the prostate gland, and prostate cancer. A prostate biopsy usually confirms the diagnosis.

Be aware that some men chose natural treatment options and forgo any surgery, radiation or chemotherapy. Prostate cancer that has spread (metastasized) may be treated conventionally with drugs to reduce testosterone levels, surgery to remove the testes, chemotherapy or nothing at all. Recent improvements in surgical procedures have made complications occur less often.

Anyone considering surgery should be aware of the benefits, risks and the extent of the procedure. Medicines can be used to adjust the levels of testosterone; called hormonal manipulation. In the early stages, surgery and radiation may be used to remove or attempt to kill the cancer cells or shrink the tumor.

In patients whose health makes the risk of surgery unacceptably high, radiation therapy is often the chosen conventional alternative. Besides hormonal drugs, hormone manipulation may also be done by surgically removing the testes. If chemotherapy is decided upon after the first round of chemotherapy, most men receive further doses on an outpatient basis at a clinic or physician’s office.

Other medications used for hormonal therapy, with side effects, include androgen-blocking agents, which prevent testosterone from attaching to prostate cells. Hormone manipulation is mainly used as a treatment to relieve symptoms in men whose cancer has spread. Surgery, called a radical prostatectomy, removes the entire prostate gland and some of the surrounding tissues.

What you can do now is begin to understand what exactly your treatment options are and where you’re going to begin. Medications can have many side effects, including hot flashes and loss of sexual desire.

Just about all men with prostate cancer survive at least five years after their diagnosis, 93% survive at least 10 years, and 67% survive more than 15 years.

As new research comes out adjust your treatment options accordingly. Because it’s a slow-growing disease, many men with this disease will die from other causes before they die from prostate cancer.

For more information on prostate cancer treatments and prostate cancer symptoms go to http://www.BestProstateHealthTips.com Helen Hecker R.N.’s website specializing in prostate and prostate cancer tips, advice and resources, including information on prostate tests and natural prostate cancer treatments

50 years ago asbestos was hailed by many as a miracle product, they said nearly anything could be made from this mineral. It is used as additive to reinforce mortar and plastics. Asbestos fibers can also be separated into fine threads that do not conduct electricity and are unaffected by heat or chemicals.

In the 1970’s, following the discoveries of the health dangers of asbestos dust inhalation, the U.S Consumer Product Safety Commission prohibited the use of asbestos in several products that could liberate asbestos fibers into the environment during use.

Asbestos can cause dangerous diseases that call Mesothelioma cancer. These fibers lodge themselves in the lining of the lung and infected mesothelium tissue. Asbestos can trigger tumors growth between 30 to 40 years after they are inhaled.

When asbestos fibers enter the body, by either breathing in the tiny asbestos fibers or by swallowing them, they can cause healthy cells to mutate into cancer. Asbestos may also cause coughing, lung damage, and shortness of breath in the short period for inhaled this.

According to one survey, one out of seven general public who came into contact with asbestos may develop any of the poles a part types of asbestos-related cancer, including mesothelioma.

Today it is understood that anyone working with or near asbestos has an increased risk of developing mesothelioma, so there are strictly controlled limits of exposure in the work place. But since the dormancy period of mesothelioma can often be 30 or 40 years, there are millions of workers who are at risk because of their exposure in the decades before the safety controls were put in place.

Dwi Madik is a Webmaster of Mesothelioma Cancer Information site. That brings you Free Mesothelioma Cancer Articles for you who wants to discover all information about this disease.

A friend sent me a newspaper cutting from Indonesia written by Bondan Winarno in memory of his dear friend Ken Sudarto, entitled “Mimpi Tak-Mungkin” (A Crashed Dream). The author related the story of Ken’s battle against cancer. Ken was the founder of an all-Indonesian advertising company after having been inspired by Joe Darion’s “The Impossible Dream.” In short, he was a successful businessman who built this empire from scratch after having dreamt a dream.

“To dream the impossible dream,

To fight the unbeatable foe,

To bear with the unbearable sorrow,

To run where the brave dare not go.”

Ken’s battle against the “unbeatable foe” started shortly after Chinese New Year 2004, when he suddenly fell ill. The doctors in his country did not know what had gone wrong with him. Ken and his wife went to Singapore and after two weeks of intensive investigations, Ken was diagnosed with Stage 4 lymphoma. It was said that this cancer was rather unique, since it only attacked his backbone leaving other organs intact. Ken underwent chemotherapy in Singapore and within six months he was said to have conquered his cancer. “Cancer-free”, Ken returned to his country feeling satisfied and grateful.

However, the victory was short-lived! Two months later Ken suffered a relapse and he needed his oncologist again. The next option for Ken was to undergo bone marrow transplant (BMT). He was made to understand that BMT is the state-of-the-art procedure - the most modern of medical technology against cancer! Elated, Ken agreed and underwent a high-dose chemotherapy in preparation of his BMT. Unfortunately, the BMT did not cure him. Ken suffered a second relapse. The author said that Ken had to sell his first house to pay for his medical treatment in Singapore. A second BMT was recommended and Ken again agreed to it.

In early September 2004, the author had an opportunity to visit Ken in Singapore where he was still undergoing medical treatment. Ken invited the author to the “Top of the M”, a revolving restaurant in a famous hotel. At that time Ken was fitted with a state-of-the art “chemo-pump” which he carried around with him, Ken proudly told his friend: “This is the mother of chemotherapy” that he was wearing! While dining, Ken expressed his vision that one day, in the years to come, he would like to publish a bulletin giving information about how patients can fight this cancer war. Now that he had himself gone through this “fight” and had learnt a lot. Ken figured out that it would be of great help to others if he shared his experience. In this way, others too could follow his “path.”

Two days after this “great and wonderful” dinner at the posh restaurant, Ken had to be admitted to the CCU (critical care unit). Ken died soon afterwards.

Comments: The song above was only half sung. There are many more meaning lines to the lyrics.

“To right the unrightable wrong

This is my quest, No matter how hopeless, no matter how far

To fight for the right without question or pause

To be willing to pass into hell for a heavenly cause

And the world will be better for this.”

Ken went into battle against cancer seemingly “to right the unrightable wrong, to fight the unbeatable foe.” I dare suggest that he had been misled. To me, the metaphor used in this adventure was and is wrong. Take a pause and ask these questions: In any war, be it Vietnam or Iraq, who or where is the winner? Who died? What are being destroyed? What is the net result? Cancer that dwelled in Ken’s body is not a foe. Cancer is a process that tells us that something had gone wrong in our body over the years, possibly due to a constant, long-term abuse - again, I say, it is never a foe. “To right that unrightable wrong” is not to fight with highly poisonous drugs or to use the killing technology of war. These are too destructive. At the end of it all, patients die because of the treatment rather than the cancer. This is not only true in the case of Ken, but also many numerous other cases which I know or have come across.

Randall Fitzegerald (in: The hundred-year lie) wrote: “Effective natural-health solutions DO exist. But unfortunately for many people who grew up by and dependent on technology and the laboratory drugs of Western medicine, breaking free of that paradigm, … requires a leap of faith.” This is especially true with the many so called educated or rich. To them only science and technology have the answers to all human ills. In the book, Hope or Hype - the obsession with medical advances and the high cost of false promises, Professors Richard Devo and Donald Patrick, of the University of Washington, USA, wrote: We develop “our own blind trust in a medical establishment that preys on our deepest fear, all the while purporting to ride to our rescue with miracle cure. The combination of industry greed, media hype, political expediency and our own techno-consumption mindset is leading more and more often to a reliance on costly treatments that are marginally effective at best - and sometimes downright dangerous.”

Guy B. Faguet, medical doctor and researcher of 28 years and author of more than 140 peer-reviewed articles, wrote (in: The War on Cancer: An Anatomy of Failure - A Blueprint for the Future): ” The objective analysis of cancer chemotherapy outcomes over the last three decades reveals that, despite vast human and financial expenditure, the cell-killing paradigm has failed to achieve its objective … and the conquest of cancer remains a distant and elusive goal.” The bullet of this war is inefficacious and highly toxic and its model is ” based on flawed premises with an unattainable goal. Cytotoxic chemotherapy in its present form will neither eradicate cancer nor alleviate suffering. Recurrent announcements of breakthrough in the War on Cancer is designed to impress the public but little progress has been made in the treatment of cancer since 1971.”

Three doctors in Australia - Graeme Morgan, associate Professor and radiotherapist at the Royal North Shore Hospital; Robyn Ward, senior specialist in Medical Oncology and Associate Professor of Medicine at St Vincent’s Hospital; and Michael Barton, Research Director Associate Collaboration for Cancer Outcomes Research and Evaluation, wrote this in the Journal of Clinical Oncology: The “overall contribution of curative and adjuvant cytotoxic chemotherapy to 5-year survival in adults was estimated to be 2.3% in Australia and 2.1% in the USA. Chemotherapy has been OVER SOLD and the responses of the treatment have been EXAGGERATED.”

Clifton Leaf, CEO of Fortune Magazine, suffered from Hodgkin’s Disease but fortunately survived the ordeal. In an article, The War on Cancer: changing the way we think about cancer (March 2004), he pointed out that the mass media all too often come out with reports of “medical breakthroughs” - Avastin, Erbitux, Gleevec… these are touted as “wonder” drugs that fight cancer. The question is: “are we truly winning the cancer war?” Leaf said: “We’re not. We are far from winning the war against cancer.”

A respected magazine in Germany, Der Spiegel of 4 October 2004, had this article: Giftkur ohne Nutzen (The Useless Poisonous Cures). This article said: “Increasingly sophisticated and expensive cellular poisons are being given to seriously ill patients … patients do not actually live a day longer.”

Let not the death of Ken be yet another meaningless death. Let this message lives on and let us hope that many others who are in a similar situation can learn a lesson from the above episode, if at all they have eyes to see, ears to hear and brain to think. Cancer is better handled by a natural, holistic way of healing, not through waging a war! Is this not what righting “the unrightable” wrong is all about? The whole world needs to know this lesson.

For more information about complementary cancer therapy visit: http://www.cacare.com, http://www.NaturalHealingForYou.com, http://www.BookOnCancer.com

The prostate gland is located directly beneath the bladder and in front of the rectum. About one man in six will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime, but only one man in 34 will die of the disease. Men have traditionally been less likely to seek medical attention than women, especially for minor problems which often serve as warning signs for more serious underlying illness.

The male hormone testosterone contributes to the growth of cancer. The most common cancer in American men, excluding skin cancer, is prostate cancer. The prostate is a small, walnut-sized structure that makes up part of a man’s reproductive system; it wraps around the urethra, the tube that carries urine out of the body.

There are several symptoms to be aware of. Some men will experience symptoms that might indicate the presence of prostate cancer. One prostate cancer symptom is difficulty starting urination or holding back urine.

If you have one or more prostate cancer symptoms, you should see a qualified doctor as soon as possible. One of the most common symptoms is the inability to urinate at all. One symptom is a need to urinate frequently, especially at night.

A PSA test with a high level can also be from a non-cancerous enlargement of the prostate gland. A chest x-ray may be done to see if there’s a spread of cancer. CT scans may be done to see if the cancer has spread.

What is called a free PSA may help tell the difference between BPH (benign prostatic hypertrophy), an enlargement of the prostate gland, and prostate cancer. Your doctor may use either one or two of the most common tests for prostate cancer detection. The decision about whether to pursue a PSA test should be based on a discussion between you and your doctor.

Other medications used for hormonal therapy, with side effects, include androgen-blocking agents, which prevent testosterone from attaching to prostate cells. Recent improvements in surgical procedures have made complications occur less often. Surgery, radiation, hormonal therapy and chemotherapy all have significant side effects; know fully what they are before you proceed.

Surgery, called a radical prostatectomy, removes the entire prostate gland and some of the surrounding tissues. Besides hormonal drugs, hormone manipulation may also be done by surgically removing the testes. Impotence is a potential complication after the prostatectomy or after radiation therapy.

What you can do now is begin to understand what exactly your treatment options are and where you’re going to begin. Medications can have many side effects, including hot flashes and loss of sexual desire. In patients whose health makes the risk of surgery unacceptably high, radiation therapy is often the chosen conventional alternative.

Hormone manipulation is mainly used as a treatment to relieve symptoms in men whose cancer has spread. Whether radiation is as good as removing the prostate is debatable and the decision about which to choose, if any, can be difficult. Urinary incontinence can be a possible complication of surgery.

Some drugs with numerous side effects are being used to treat advanced prostate cancer, blocking the production of testosterone, called chemical castration; it has the same result as surgical removal of the testes. Be aware that some men chose natural treatment options and forgo any surgery, radiation or chemotherapy.

Just about all men with prostate cancer survive at least five years after their diagnosis, 93% survive at least 10 years, and 67% survive more than 15 years. Consider sites, such as this one, just a starting point where you can begin to learn about prostate cancer. The one thing that you should not do however is rely on any information obtained from the Internet to make your final decision.

For more information on prostate cancer treatments and prostate cancer symptoms go to http://www.BestProstateHealthTips.com Helen Hecker R.N.’s website specializing in prostate and prostate cancer tips, advice and resources, including information on prostate tests and natural prostate cancer treatments

Lin (T498) is a 50-year-old female. Sometime in March 2006 she felt nauseous and was unable to eat. Every time she ate, she vomited. Lin was admitted to a private hospital. The medical report written by her surgeon dated 6 April 2006, revealed her problems. “She was referred to me on 10 March 2006 for upper GIT obstruction and Ix revealed D3 obstruction. By pass surgery had been done on 14 March 06 … with biopsies of nodes and tumor. She has recovered surgically and now eating well and stable.”

The histopathology report dated 16 March 2006 stated: “The primary site is not apparent … any adenocarcinoma from the gastrointestinal tract, hepatobiliary system or female genital tract could be possible.” It was suggested that Lin had cancer - D3 retroperitoneum and (?) body pancreas.

After the surgery, Lin was referred to an oncologist for chemotherapy. This is what her oncologist wrote on 8 February 2007. “The patient suffers from locally advance cancer of pancreas. She was referred to me … for treatment of her disease in 2006 April. Patient was then told of her illness with her husband and agrees to palliative chemotherapy 5FU/FA based for a total of 6 cycles.”

“Post chemotherapy she was well and disease was under control till she come back again to see me with abdominal fullness on 18 September 2006. Investigation showed that the disease has again recurred.”

“Patient was then started on II line chemotherapy Ciplatinum and Gemcitabine for her illness. She had so far 2 cycles. She was admitted to the ward again on 7 February 2007 for abdominal fullness and I had performed a therapeutic tap for her. Took out 1.8 liters of serous fluid and started patient on Spironolactone.”

“Patient had been told about her illness but did not seem understand it well.”

“I hope you can help follow her up for her palliative care as I think her disease is resistant to the IInd line chemotherapy.”

Lin and her daughter came to see me on 22 December 2006 and told me that so far Lin already had four cycles of the second line chemo-drugs and she still had two more cycles to go. Each chemo-shot cost her about RM 3,000 plus.

Lin was prescribed some herbs and a week later she came back and reported that:

1. She was able to sleep better.

2. She was more energetic.

3. The problem of her stomach wind (which bothered her very much) had improved.

4. Her breathing was better.

She came to see us again on 19 January 2007 and that was the last time we saw her. Unfortunately she did not continue taking the herbs.

On 2 April 2007, Lin’s daughter came to see me again and she appeared very upset. She explained that due to lack of money she continued to receive the 5th cycle of chemotherapy at a government hospital in Kuala Lumpur (KL). After this shot of chemotherapy, Lin’s condition deteriorated and as a result she had to be warded in the KL hospital for about a month. Lin had severe pains and this made her cry all the time. Her stomach was bloated and both legs were swollen. She was not able to eat at all and she also vomited very frequently. After a month in the KL hospital the family requested that she be transferred to the Palliative Care Unit of the government hospital in her hometown. In this hospital she was on painkillers and injections of antibiotics. The anti-vomiting medication administered to her was not effective and she still continued to vomit frequently.

The daughter came to seek my help again. The family was told that as far as the doctors are concerned they could not do anything anymore. At present the immediate problems that need attention are: to stop the vomiting, swelling of the legs and severe distension of the abdomen.

Comments: This is indeed a sad case. If we were to read the reports written by those who cared for her, it is most frustrating to say the least. A surgery was carried out. Perhaps there was some justification to do this procedure given the fact that the tumor was blocking the food passageway. But what about all the follow up treatments? It is not for me to say or judge. The answers much depend on your perception, bias, personality and educational upbringing. But let me point out some salient facts:

1. It is almost always the case that after surgery you will be asked to do chemotherapy! This is because after surgery there is nothing else that medicine can offer except chemothrapy or radiotherapy.

2. Now, ask this question: “chemotherapy for what cancer?” Is it for pancreas cancer? The pathological report put a (?) against this. The primary cancer that Lin had can be from any source - biliary system, ovary, colon, etc. So, is the chemo-drug used in the treatment a shot in the dark?

3. Did chemotherapy work for this patient? Yes, it seemed to work - but only for two months! After the first round of six cycles of chemotherapy, Lin was well for a while and then according to Lin’s daughter, her mother had pains again after two months - meaning, the cancer recurred. Why did I say chemotherapy worked for her? The doctor said so! Read what the oncologist wrote: “Post chemotherapy she was well and disease was under control till she come back again to see me with abdominal fullness on 18 September 2006.” Yes, according to the oncologist, she was well and the disease was under control! This is the perception of the medical people - the chemothrapy made her well for two months and the disease was also under control for two months and then it recurred.

4. The oncologist also wrote: “Patient was then told of her illness with her husband and agrees to palliative chemotherapy … but did not seem (to) understand it well.” Sad. Again this is a problem of perception. To the oncologist the treatment is only palliative. I wonder how many patients fully understand what this word means! Obviously even the doctor sensed that the patient and her husband did not understand the meaning of this word. To the patients, to undergo chemotherapy is to cure the disease! Yes, that is the perception of most (or all?) patients.

5. Anyway, second line chemo-drugs were used after the first liner had failed (oop, it did not fail. It worked for two months, remember?). These drugs, Ciplatinum and Gemcitabine, are very toxic! When Lin and daughter came to see me, I did caution her on this but they said they wanted to proceed with the additional two cycles of chemotherapy. We respect that decision. But it was not to be. That additional shot of chemotherapy sent Lin rolling downhill.

6. Question: After the surgery, Lin had chemotherapy and the disease was under control for two months, said the oncologist. If Lin did not have chemotherapy after the surgery, do you think the disease is NOT under control for 2 months? To be more blunt do you really think that chemotherapy controlled the disease at all?

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According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), in its World Cancer Report, by the year 2020, the number of cancer cases will increase by 50%. One-third of these cancers can be prevented, and only one-third can be cured!

Ever since President Nixon first declared the “War On Cancer” in 1971, the Cancer Establishment has been “fighting” a losing battle against cancer. As the WHO’s report said, today only one-third of cancer can be cured. The US government spent more than US$2 billion each year trying to find the “elusive magic bullet” to cure cancer. So far no cure is in sight! On the other hand, it allocates less than 5% of its budget - i.e. less than US$50 million to research on preventive measures. According to the WHO, one-third of cancers can be prevented - but why are people not interested to learn and know more about preventive measures? Obviously Somebody-Up-There have got their priority mixed up - understandably for a good reason - to protect Vested Interests.

Rachel Carson wrote in: Silent Spring, “For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of conception until death … We are living in the sea of carcinogens.” Zillah Eisenstein, professor of politics, in her book: Man-made Breast Cancers, wrote: “One is not born with breast cancer. One develops it. It grows over time … Breast tissues appears to be more vulnerable to damage from carcinogens, pesticides, radiation, biopsy needles, etc.” Quoting Sharon Thomson, she wrote: “What is happening to our earth is happening to our breasts.” Studies show that the blood in breast cancer patients contains 35% more DDE (a metabolite of DDT) than that of healthy women.”

If it takes billions and billions of dollars to cure only 33% of cancers, how much does it take to prevent 33% of cancers? Dirt cheap by any comparison! The New Straits Times, 16 December 2006, carried a report by Donald Berry of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Centre which said that: “Breast cancer rates plunged an unprecedented 7% in 2003; the year after millions of women stopped taking menopause hormones.” NOT taking HRT/ERT pills costs NO money and by doing just that breast cancer rate dropped by 7%.

After spending billions of dollars trying to make new chemo-drugs, this is what experts say about the benefits of chemotherapy for cancer cure. Doctors in Australia, Graeme Morgan, Robyn Ward and Michael Baton wrote that in Australia, of the 10,661 people who had breast cancer and underwent chemotherapy, only 164 people survived 5 years. This works out to be 1.5% contribution of chemotherapy to five-year survival. This is a classical case of big money chasing after elusive outcomes!

Look at the figures again. Don’t you think that prevention - i.e. just by not taking ERT/HRT, is far cheaper and safer than getting cancer first and going for chemotherapy after that?

But why are people not interested in Prevention? As I have said many times before, prevention makes no money. It supports no industry. On the contrary it hurts industries of all nature. Take for example, if there is a fall in cancer rates, there would be less hospitals to build (the building contractors are not happy!), we don’t need more oncologists, the radiation machines will be less in use, there would be less need for chemo-drugs, less of X-ray films, and even there would be less tourists coming to the country seeking medical treatments (even the tourism industry is affected!). Prevention does not only affect the medical-pharmaceutical industries, equally hurt are the numerous industries that generate chemicals and by-products that pollute Planet Earth.

What can we do about it? The key is education - dissemination of honest, unbiased knowledge to all. We have a choice to either flow with the stream and become sick, or take responsibility of our health and say no to anything that pollute our body and our environment. Learn for ourselves and take preventive measures.

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Albert Einstein, the Great Man of Science wrote: “It is theory that decides what we can observe.” If our mind is set (biased by the theory that we have learnt in school) then “that is all” that we can see - we can’t see anything beyond what we have learnt or been taught! It needs an open-minded person to “see” what others do not want to see or fail to see.

For twenty-six years, I devoted two lectures in my physiology class to teaching university students understand the Scientific Method. The first step for any scientific discovery is OBSERVATION of a phenomenon. If you cannot or don’t want to “see” how can you ever discover anything new?

After more than a decade working with cancer patients there is one phenomenon that I had observed: ” breast cancer patients tend to suffer metastasis (spread) to their lungs, bones, etc. pretty soon after undergoing medical treatments.” Of course, some doctors may scream at such a suggestion! I wonder if this “hunch” is an illusion? The answer came on 7 April 2007, in the form of a small, insignificant column in The Star. It had this heading: “Study: Treatment may fuel cancer’s spread.” The study reported in the Journal of Clinical Investigation by Dr. Carlos Arteaga and colleagues at Vanderbilt University, USA, showed that treating cancer with surgery, chemotherapy or radiation may sometimes cause tumours to spread. In their work they used doxorubicin (a common chemo-drug used for breast cancer) or radiation and found that these treatments raised levels of TGF-beta, which in turn helped breast cancer tumours to spread to the lung. The researchers wrote: “The repopulation and progression of tumours after anti-cancer therapy (such as radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgery) is a well-recognised phenomenon.”

How many of us (doctors and patients alike) know this? If doctors know, do they tell their patients? If patients know, what is their response?

After reading this report, I spent a whole morning surfing the web to learn more about this phenomenon. This is what I learnt. The key to our understanding is a biological protein called Transforming Growth Factor beta (TGF-beta). TGF-beta exists in at least five (iso)forms, known as TGF beta 1, beta 2, beta 3, beta 4 and beta 5. The roles of TGF-beta in cancer are very complex and often confusing indeed. TGF-beta controls cell proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis (cell death) and motility. At the early stage of carcinogenesis (cancer process) TGF-beta is a potent inhibitor of cell proliferation but at later stages of carcinogenesis the levels of TGF-beta increase with tumour progression. It is not known how TGF-beta switches it role from being a tumour suppressor to being a promoter during the course of cancer progression.

Many disease processes are associated with loss of normal TGF-beta function, such as cancer, atherosclerosis, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Excessive TGF-beta production have been implicated in the formation of scar tissues or fibrosis (in lung and liver), development of pulmonary edema (fluid in lung), immunosuppression and successful parasite infection.

TGF-beta has been said to cause chronic pulmonary (lung) fibrosis in rats and mice exposed to chemo-drugs, bleomycin or cyclophosphamide, and in the development of hepatic (liver) fibrosis in rats exposed to radiation.

TGF-beta has been shown to promote breast cancer metastasis by acting directly on the tumour cells. TGF-beta is also shown to enhance parathyroid-hormone-related protein (PTHrP) and subsequently resulted in bone destruction in breast cancer patients. Advanced breast cancer patients have been shown to have increased plasma TGF-beta levels after chemotherapy and TGF-beta is positively associated with disease progression.

Dr. Carlos Arteaga and colleagues showed that when mice infected with human breast cancer were treated with radiation or doxorubicin, they had higher levels of TGF-beta in their blood. They also had more tiny tumour cells in their blood and these cells spread to the lungs. When the mice were treated with antibody that suppresses TGF-beta, the spread stopped. The spreading process did not occur at all in mice bred to lack TFG-beta.

Comments: What are the implications of the above? When you are asked to do chemo or radiation, ask first what is the main objective of such a treatment - to cure? to prevent cancer from spreading? or what. This study showed that treatments like chemotherapy or radiation cause the spread of cancer. This report is a direct opposite of what you are often told about the purpose of chemotherapy or radiotherapy - i.e., to kill the cancer cells or stop them from spreading!

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