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The Full Story

  • Written by Frank Duffy
There was a lady whose daughter was in the advanced stages of brain cancer. She asked her oncologist if it was ok to give her daughter a stuff called "blue green algae".

Her oncologist told her it was ok. and that a lot of his patients had used it successfully.

Of course, it puzzled her that he didn't tell her about this product when they first consulted him. He explained that, unfortunately, he couldn't tell her about any "natural or alternative health therapies" like this Blue Green Algae and stuy in work.His Insurance banned such "Unproven" suggestions. he could also get into administrative trouble by recommending natural,non-drug treatments for cancer.

The drug industry doesn't look favourably on natural supplements or other cancer fighting treatments as they cannot patent them to make high profits. He is controlled by this medical industry that makes mega money from expensive cancer fighting drugs and treatments.

Chemotherapy and other treatments damage cells and lower down and weaken the immune system. But the problem in the first place is that your immune system is already weak, and that your cells are already damaged.

Even if tumours do go into remission, these treatments will have damaged other cells, which are more likely to turn cancerous. The immune system, unless it is supported by supplements and diet to help it recover, will be in worse shape then ever.

Cancer may develop over many years the first time around. Unfortunately, it may only take a few years the secondtime.

The conventional way doctors treat cancer now will probably be regarded by us in the same way as we regard the use of leeches to treat illnesses fifty years ago.

Doctors stick to what they know - just as we all do, it is human nature. They prescribe costly and illogical treatments for cancer that they know, not "Unproven" safe, healthy and sensible treatments.

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Why You Should Consider a Prostate Cancer PSA Test TODAY.

  • Written by Abigail Franks
Prostate Cancer kills if allowed to grow. If ever there was a good reason to have a simple blood test, this is it. The Prostate cancer PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) test is one of the tests given to determine if cancer cells are present in an otherwise healthy prostate. It is a simple blood test to help doctors diagnose and identify the existence of prostate cancer.

The PSA test, although considered a prostate specific test is not really an absolute definitive test for the cancer. Depending on the research conducted, the PSA test is known to be somewhere between 85 and 95% accurate in identifying prostate cancer.

While an elevated PSA test may suggest the presence of prostate cancer, it's not an absolute. If however you have an elevated result, your doctor will probably want to do additional testing for a more complete and accurate assessment of the potential cancer. The last thing you want to do is to allow prostate cancer to grow beyond the prostate gland.

The good news is that BPH or Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, better known as an enlarged prostate can also elevate the PSA test results. Even Prostatitis and Lower Urinary Tract symptoms can show elevated levels of PSA so if you have an elevated test result don't panic! A normal result from a PSA test, doesn't guarantee that your free from cancer, nor does a higher than normal result means you do have cancer

It's critical that you follow your doctor's lead in regard to dealing with the Prostate Specific Antigen test results. The results are an indication in a tool only to develop a complete diagnosis. To complicate matters more, PSA levels can also increase with age. Oh and the relative size of your prostate also plays a factor in interpreting the results.

Remember that as many as two out of three people with elevated the PSA readings DO NOT have a malignancy

Here's a quick list of the benefits and reasons why you should consider getting a PSA test

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An Effective Prostate Cancer Treatment Option

  • Written by Abigail Franks
If you've been told that you have prostate cancer, then you've probably had The Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Test, been physically checked and probably have already had a biopsy performed. Once all this has established your condition, your cancer is then assigned a score.

These scores determine what stage your cancer has progressed. During the biopsy, the lab will assign what's called a Gleason score helps the doctor in determining what stage your prostate cancer is currently in. The appropriateness of any treatment is dependant on the advancement of your prostate cancer. Staging and the Gleason score will help determine which treatment program is right for you.

While a prostate cancer is considered serious, don't forget that it's typically very slow growing. If your cancer has progressed to the stage where intervention is necessary, a procedure known as Brachytherapy may be in order.

Simply put, radioactive material is sealed in small seeds or pellets that are placed directly around a prostate tumor. It is also called an internal radiation or implant radiation. There's no question that this treatment program is effective and does a good job in controlling prostate cancer

Internal radiotherapy or Brachytherapy is usually the recommended prostate cancer treatment when the cancer has dangerously spread beyond the prostate gland of victims. The major benefit of this radiation treatment strategy is that it will help to spare healthy nearby tissues. This in turn will limit the side effects experienced.

This type of treatment plan is not available in all hospitals. Most larger towns and cities however have nuclear medicine options available. Given the high success rate of this prostate cancer treatment, it's well worth your time to locate health resources that specialize in this type of program

Remember that just because you have been diagnosed with prostate cancer, it's not a death sentence. Many people with prostate cancer have followed their doctors advice and went with a treatment known simply as watchful waiting. As the name implies, watchful waiting is a situation where no direct action is taken to treat the prostate cancer. The reason for this is to maintain the quality of life for as long as possible. Direct intervention plans such as Brachytherapy are not without their risks and side effects.

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