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Hyperthermia may be a promising treatment for basal cell carcinoma and melanoma, bypassing the antiapoptotic defenses concentrated in the intrinsic and extrinsic apoptosis pathways…”
I am a long-term cancer survivor who has an increased risk of both melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers. My risks come from everything from an autologous stem cell transplant to frequent sun burns as a teen (bad decision-making…).
And there was the mole that was removed from my face a few years ago too.
Therefore I keep an eye on my skin and have undergone cryotherapy, saunas, curcumin, vitamin D, etc. meaning many therapies to manage my skin and increased risk of skin cancers.
When I launched PeopleBeatingCancer in 2004 I began researching both conventional and non-conventional cancer therapies to blog about. The research linked and excerpted below was a real ah-ha moment for me. I have been taking saunas regularly for years.
But a casual sauna may last only about 10-15 minutes. Once I read the article below I decided to take my saunas more seriously. I began taking my temperature after my weekly sauna to find out if my internal body temperature was changing.
Long story short, when I take a sauna for more than 15 minutes at a temperature ranging from 190-21o degree fahrenheit my internal body temperature increases to about 100-101 degrees fahrenheit. I give myself a temporary fever which, according to the study below, kills melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer cells.
It turns out that whole body hyperthermia, nutrition and supplementation such as vitamin D3 are anti-cancer, heart healthy, brain healthy, lowers my blood pressure and detoxifies my body of heavy metals. Jennifer Aniston and Gwyneth Paltrow say that saunas are good for my skin too.
Read the posts linked below to learn more about basal cell carcinoma-
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“Hyperthermia is elevated body temperature due to failed thermoregulation that occurs when a body produces or absorbs more heat than it dissipates…
In humans, hyperthermia is defined as a temperature greater than 37.5–38.3 °C (99.5–100.9 °F), depending on the reference used, that occurs without a change in the body’s temperature set point…
The normal human body temperature can be as high as 37.7 °C (99.9 °F) in the late afternoon.[7] Hyperthermia requires an elevation from the temperature that would otherwise be expected…
Hyperthermia can also be deliberately induced using drugs or medical devices and is being studied and applied in clinical routine as a treatment of some kinds of cancer.”
“Thus, hyperthermia induced apoptosis in two types of skin cancer cells through endoplasmic reticulum-mediated apoptosis and not through the classical intrinsic or extrinsic apoptosis pathways. Hyperthermia may be a promising treatment for basal cell carcinoma and melanoma, bypassing the antiapoptotic defenses concentrated in the intrinsic and extrinsic apoptosis pathways…”
“Vitamin D levels affect overall survival for melanoma (skin cancer) patients, a new study presented at the 31st European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Congress has shown.
Dermatology researchers discovered that those who were deficient in vitamin D (lower than 10ng/mL) following their melanoma diagnosis were twice as likely (hazard ratio 2.3) to have lower overall survival than those with vitamin D levels equal/greater than 10ng/mL.
The study investigated the differences in overall survival and melanoma-specific survival between groups using statistical analysis techniques, such as Kaplan-Meir curves and cox regression models to control for confounding variables…
Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that develops when melanocytes (the cells that give skin colour) grow uncontrollably. In 2020 it was estimated that melanomas accounted for 4% of all new cancer diagnoses and 1.3 % of all cancer deaths in the EU-27. Of these cases, 50,972 were diagnosed in women and 55,597 were diagnosed in men. There were 7,031 deaths in women and 9,457 in men in the EU-27 in 2020.2
Dr Gracia-Darder added: “Although the mechanisms underlying the association between vitamin D and melanoma overall survival still require further investigation, this study will hopefully encourage further research examining whether vitamin D supplements may have the ability to improve the prognosis for vitamin D deficient melanoma patients and increase their overall survival.”
Mounting evidence suggests that diet and nutrition play a promising role in the fight against cancer. Cancers are not an inevitable cause of aging, but rather, a disease that can be preventable, largely through lifestyle changes [33].
This review brings to light the importance of adding spice or spice-derived nutraceuticals in one’s diet. Spices are known to have a plethora of health benefits. Many of the spices mentioned in this article have been regarded as an integral component of many different cultures around the world. They have been used for a variety of purposes, such as flavoring agents, coloring agents, and as preservatives.
In addition, spices have been used as herbal therapies for centuries. Numerous studies have documented the
Since oxidative stress, inflammatory stress and immune system stress have been associated with the genesis, progression, proliferation and metastasis of cancer [56], spices could be used to prevent and/or treat cancer [36–37, 40–41]. With a growing body of evidence, spices have begun to receive more attention as potential anti-cancer agents. This review summarizes the recent studies on some spice-derived nutraceuticals for treatment of skin cancer.
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I had a basal cell carcinoma, small spot, removed by my doctor yesterday. She told me to keep it clean daily with soap and water, then keeping it covered for a couple weeks, with vaseline and a bandaid, so the healing will occur within, and once the tissue is at the skin level, I can begin to keep it uncovered, but carefully keeping it clean. I have an ifared sauna and forgot to ask her if it’s ok to get in the sauna after I clean the area, and will this help healing? I usually get the heat up to 120 degrees, sitting in it for 30 min – 45 min. Then I found your site! I hope you are doing well and not cancer free. Can you answer my question of if it’s ok to get in the sauna recently after this surgery?’
Thank you,
I will be honest. Your question stumped me. So I googled “sauna after surgery” and the link below takes you to a bunch of articles on the issue. Not sure if you fit the definition of surgery. I’m assuming mild Mohes surgery. But still. Hope this helps.
Tried to email- but ur email link doesn’t work. This study is from 2008- found anything more recent? Really want to use my sauna but fear recurrent skin cancer. Thank u!!
The link below takes you to a page of search results talking about WBH as a cancer therapy. I can’t find a specific study re WBH and skin cancer but I will say that I sauna weekly and have been in complete remission from my own cancer since 1999. Yes, hydrate, yes, check with your doctor if you have heart issues.
