| "Fight cancer", "Beat cancer" are very popular | | | | official medicine: new drugs, radiation, hormones and |
| expressions these days, and it is good so. Although | | | | surgery. And cancer treatments available in hospitals |
| October, the Breast Cancer Awareness Month is | | | | are mainly about giving chemotherapy and such to |
| over, one can still see many people wearing pink | | | | the patients. Can anyone see how adding extra |
| ribbons on their jackets, which is a demonstration of | | | | chemicals into the already overwhelmed and |
| their will to help those women who suffer from this | | | | weakened system would help the body to recover? |
| disease. And this is very much appreciated and should | | | | Because it will not. |
| be acknowledged. Fundraising and information events, | | | | So why then chemotherapy is a preferred and highly |
| websites, donations, merchandise, advertisements all | | | | promoted method, when it has very many known |
| over the media, groups on social networking sites, | | | | harmful side effects? The answer is easy: |
| individuals spreading the word - attention is certainly | | | | pharmaceutical companies have vast interests in |
| given to the subject and considerable amount of | | | | introducing and marketing drugs. As Clinical Study |
| money is collected. | | | | Results.org openly admits: "Clinical studies designed for |
| However, looking a little bit closer, as a cancer | | | | approval of a new drug are sponsored primarily by |
| survivor myself who studied the subject from the | | | | pharmaceutical and biotech companies." Surprise, |
| most various resources available for public, I | | | | surprise! One can predict the outcome of a clinical |
| personally have some questions, doubts and | | | | study on breast cancer treatment, if one-fifth of the |
| reservations about these research programs and | | | | Swedish Cancer Society researches are financed by |
| might be a bad person, but I did not donate one | | | | Pfizer - can you guess from what pharma company |
| single cent and not intend to do so. Tell you why. | | | | will they recommend medicine to the patients? |
| Fight. A key word when talking about cancer. | | | | (Latest news: Pfizer Hid Evidence That HRT Causes |
| How do you best fight so that you win? You know | | | | Cancer) |
| your enemy. | | | | Another suggested treatment is hormonal therapy. |
| A problem - any problem - can be only handled if one | | | | About that, only one word: "Hormonal therapy can |
| knows the exact cause of it. This should be clear - | | | | cause a variety of side effects including:... Increased |
| how else do you solve a situation, if you don't know | | | | risk for cancer of the uterus" - from the information |
| what is it exactly? | | | | video on the National Breast Cancer.org site. Pardon |
| Let's take breast cancer, it looks like this: each year $ | | | | me??? Treating one cancer by increasing the risk for |
| millions are spent to find out the causes of cancer | | | | another one??? Someone must be kidding here and |
| AND more importantly, develop new treatments. Let | | | | it's a very ugly joke. |
| me suggest: treatments can be only effective when | | | | Same for radiation therapy. |
| they target the root of the problem... "The exact | | | | So what's the solution? To invest more money in |
| causes of breast cancer are not known." In fact, | | | | research? The above mentioned Swedish Cancer |
| according to the publicly available statements, causes | | | | Society (Cancerfonden) held a nice event in |
| of cancer are a mystery for the medical profession. | | | | Stockholm in October where people bought ten |
| The theory of changed or damaged genes is wide | | | | thousand candles or so and contributed to the |
| spread, and an information video on the Medical | | | | funding. This organization alone has a target to spend |
| News Today site gives a little hint on why does it | | | | more then 400 million SEK each year on research. |
| occur: "Damage or change in the genetic material of | | | | That's a nice sum of money ($57M approx. and it's |
| cells by environmental of internal factors sometimes | | | | only in one country), one can imagine to do great |
| results in cells that do not die and continue to multiply | | | | things with it. I wonder though why does cancer |
| until a massive cancer cell or tumor develops." | | | | research need so much money to find out for |
| Excellent. The next step would be then to investigate | | | | example that tobacco or alcohol is not good for your |
| these environmental or internal factors that damage | | | | health and there are certain vitamins that are vital for |
| or change the genetic material of cells, wouldn't it? | | | | the normal operation of cells, when this has been |
| The environmental factors are pretty much known | | | | already known for a good while. |
| for the scientists and for the public: bad nutrition, | | | | I am more inclined to listen to what the so-called |
| tobacco, certain chemicals that we use, etc. Cancer | | | | alternative methods recommend, because I believe |
| research should go then in the direction of eliminating | | | | that by well-balanced nutrition with supplements if |
| these factors: educating the population on correct | | | | needed and a general good care of the body |
| eating habits, cutting back the use of harmful | | | | physically and mentally, one does not need to be |
| chemicals, and so on. And cancer treatment would | | | | afraid of even such a threatening disease as cancer. |
| primarily consist of targeting the cause of cancer, the | | | | Therefore I intentionally didn't referred here to |
| reason why those genes got changed or damaged: | | | | alternative practices, natural remedies, viewpoints or |
| increasing certain vitamins and other nutrition | | | | products, only mentioned information provided by the |
| supplements, cleansing and physical exercise that | | | | standard medicine, which is adopted and promoted |
| helps the body push out the accumulated toxins, | | | | by governments of the developed countries. |
| boosting the own self defense of the body, the | | | | Well, I am inviting you, dear reader, to look at the |
| immune system and so on. | | | | facts and the controversies they are giving and |
| But this is not how it goes. Cancer researches deal | | | | make up your own mind about it. |
| mostly with developing the standard therapies by | | | | |