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Melanoma- Integrative – Enhance Outcomes
Integrative Therapy for Malignant Melanoma- Enhance the Efficacy of Conventional Chemotherapy While Reducing Toxicity Depending on your stage at diagnosis, the outlook for malignant melanoma (mel) is
Continue readingPrognosis/Treatment for Young Myeloma Patient
“Cure vs control is debated because the strategies currently being tested are not truly curative but rather are intended to maximize response rates in the hope that they will translate into an operational
Continue readingEnhance Conventional Treatment of Metastatic Melanoma
Evidence-based Integrative Therapies are More Effective Against Metastatic Melanoma Than Dacarbazine Alone If you are reading this post then you probably already know that metastatic melanoma is an aggressive
Continue readingMultiple Myeloma- Foods that Kill MM!
Foods that starve Multiple Myeloma? Foods that build my blood? Foods that clean my liver/kidneys? Shakes vs. Smoothies? Help! It is in the best interest of multiple myeloma (MM) patients and survivors
Continue readingSolitary Plasmacytoma on Rib w/ Amyloidosis
“The Bortezomib/Dexamethasone regimen induced high rates of rapid hematologic and organ responses in AL amyloidosis patients.” Hi David- My wife is newly diagnosed with a solitary plasmacytoma
Continue readingChemo does NOT help Smoldering Myeloma
Based on the current evidence, early treatment didn’t significantly affect mortality and response rate… The diagnosis of an incurable cancer like multiple myeloma is awful. Patients feel as if
Continue readingFolate/B12, Vitamin D3, Magnesium Deficiency = Dementia
I blog about both brain health and dementia. I believe that optimizing brain health is the best therapy to prevent Alzheimer’s Disease. I am stating this at the beginning of this post because the studies
Continue readingWhat Does CRAB Mean In Multiple Myeloma?
“Most patients with MM present with signs or symptoms related to the infiltration of plasma cells into the bone or other organs or to kidney damage from excess light chains. (CRAB)” Explanation
Continue readingMonoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance (MGUS) and HPV
What Does It Mean for MGUS and HPV to be “Associated?” Actionable Non-Toxic Therapy is For the Pre-Myeloma Patient- The study linked and excerpted below cites a small study of MGUS patients,
Continue readingMultiple Myeloma Diagnostic Criteria
Prognosis for Multiple Myeloma- Learn from your Multiple Myeloma diagnostic criteria to inform your therapy plan – stage, CRAB symptoms, risk of progression… Diagnosing multiple myeloma
Continue readingLytic Lesions, Bone Health, Myeloma-
In (MM) patients receiving long-term therapy (dexamethasone), glucocorticoids induce fractures in 30 to 50% and osteonecrosis in 9 to 40%… You have been diagnosed with a blood cancer called multiple
Continue readingReduce Dementia Risk- Non-Toxic
“There is growing evidence of a link between regular participation in mental, cognitive, or intellectual activities and a reduced risk of cognitive decline…” “a polyphenol pattern
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