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Early-stage Cervical Cancer- Hysterectomy
This post is trying to make two specific points for the early-stage cervical cancer patient. First, a hysterectomy may be curative. Second, it is worth your while to work with the best possible surgeon
Continue readingBreast Cancer Mistletoe Extract
In my experience as a cancer survivor, oncology discounts the importance of quality of life for cancer patients. According to the meta analysis linked below, mistletoe extract improved the quality of
Continue readingDoes a Healthy Gut Fight Cancer?
Does a healthy gut fight cancer? Yes. Does oncology know how? Not really. The studies linked and excerpted below explain the current understanding as of 2024. I am a long-term cancer survivor. Living
Continue readingCardio-Oncology & the Cancer Survivor
The article titled “Cardio-Oncology…” linked and excerpted below displays its perspective from its very first sentence. The relationship between cardiotoxic chemo and cancer patients’
Continue readingAnti-aging Nutraceuticals
It’s difficult to write about anti-aging nutraceuticals and not come off like you are pushing some sort of skin serum for cosmetic reasons. I’m not plugging either of the two skin care companies
Continue readingDHEA supports Heart Health
The human body secrets less and less dehydroepiandrosterone (DNEA) as it ages. And DHEA supports heart health. Therefore, supplementing with DHEA should help those of us with cardiomyopathy. One of the
Continue readingLung Cancer Prevention
Lung Cancer Prevention takes a different approach to reducing lung cancer deaths than does the article linked and excerpted below. The article below talks about lung cancer screening. Screening for lung
Continue readingAvoid DCIS Radiation?
Why would you want to avoid DCIS radiation? If you’ve been diagnosed with Ductal Carcinoma In-Situ (DCIS) you probably want to do everything possible to prevent a diagnosis of full breast cancer. For
Continue readingAntibiotics cause C Difficile?
Could the administration of common antibiotics cause C-difficile??? The study linked below says the two are “linked” but I am wondering if one causes the other. Gut microbiota is becoming
Continue readingPre-cancers- DCIS, Polyps, PSA, Mole, etc.
Pre-cancers are all about risk. That is to say, a diagnosis of a type of pre-cancer is a diagnosis that tells you that your risk of that type of cancer has increased. The diagnosis says nothing about getting
Continue readingCancer OverDiagnosis- Real or Not?
Does cancer overdiagnosis actually occur? According to the ACS, cancer incidence rates were down during the pandemic. Meaning, fewer people were diagnosed with cancer in 2020 during the pandemic, than
Continue readingHPV Vaccine Risks Vs. Rewards
The most comprehensive study on HPV vaccine side effects followed up on more than 2 million women and reported a statistically non-significant association between exposure to the vaccine and severe adverse
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