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"Women who, for example, walked more than one hour a week after their cancer diagnosis were less likely to die of their breast cancer. In another study of 573 women, those who followed a moderate exercise program for more than six hours a week after a colon cancer diagnosis were 61% less likely to die of cancer-specific causes than women who exercised less than one hour per week. In all cases, exercise was found to be a protective factor regardless of the patient's age, stage of cancer, or weight." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"We see warnings all the time that substances "may cause cancer," and if and when we hear about a cancer diagnosis in our families or in ourselves, we naturally focus on the tumor itself. Thousands of studies prove the links between cancer and toxins, even though we may not have all the answers yet about how cancer starts or how we can stop it dead. The body is a puzzling piece of machinery. A substance doesn't necessarily have to be a "carcinogen" to have a toxic effect somewhere that eventually manifests itself as cancer somewhere else." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"In another study of 573 women, those who followed a moderate exercise program for more than six hours a week after a colon cancer diagnosis were 61% less likely to die of cancer-specific causes than women who exercised less than one hour per week. In all cases, exercise was found to be a protective factor regardless of the patient's age, stage of cancer, or weight. A third study, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, confirmed the above findings after examining the effects of exercise on 832 men and women with stage III colon cancer." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.) "It's not recommended that you begin an intense, new exercise regimen while undergoing chemotherapy, but if you exercised before your cancer diagnosis, try and maintain some level of activity," says Deborah Armstrong, M.D., Associate Professor of Oncology, Gynecology, and Obstetrics at Johns Hopkins. "If you haven't been exercising, try low-level exercise, such as walking or swimming." The benefits of exercise are not limited to helping treatment-related fatigue. In fact, they actively contribute to curing cancer. Several groundbreaking studies attest to this fact." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Women who, for example, walked more than one hour a week after their cancer diagnosis were less likely to die of their breast cancer. In another study of 573 women with colon cancer, women who followed a moderate exercise program for more than six hours a week after their colon cancer diagnosis were 61% less likely to die of cancer-specific causes than women who exercised less than one hour a week. In all cases, exercise was found to be protective regardless of the patient's age, stage of cancer, or weight." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"Longitudinal patterns of weight gain after breast cancer diagnosis: Observations beyond the first year. Breast J. 13, 258-265. 187. de Waard, F., Ramlau, R., Mulders, Y., de Vries, T., and van Waveren, S. (1993). A feasibility study on weight reduction in obese postmenopausal breast cancer patients. Eur. J. Cancer Prev, 2, 233-238. 188. Djuric, Z., DiLaura, N. M., Jenkins, I., et al. (2002). Combining weight-loss counseling with the Weight Watchers plan for obese breast cancer survivors. Obes. Res. 10, 657-665. 189. Goodwin, P., Esplen, M. J., Butler, K., et al. (1998)." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"A 1961 survey of physicians in a particular region of the United States found that more than 90 percent of them usually did not reveal a cancer diagnosis to the patient. A 1979 survey of physicians working in the same geographical region found, in contrast, that 97 percent of physicians now did so." - Anne Harrington, The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine (Get the book.) "These, it was acknowledged, were valuable ways of helping patients deal more effectively with the initial trauma of a cancer diagnosis, with the chronic anxiety, depression, and pain that typically persisted as treatment began, and with the possibility of a foreshortened future. In part, this new interest in social support reflected broader social changes in the 1970s, including the rise of consumerist approaches in medicine and the emergence of powerful patient-advocacy groups." - Anne Harrington, The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine (Get the book.)

"THE COLD, HARD NUMBERS Most of us, at some juncture in our lives, have played out in our minds how devastating it would be to have our doctor hand down a cancer diagnosis or to warn us that we are at risk for a heart attack or stroke. Magazine articles, television dramas, and news headlines all bring such images home. But consider an equally devastating health crisis scenario, one that you rarely hear spoken about openly, one that receives almost no media attention." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"Health, Stanford University Like Holland, Spiegel believed passionately in the importance of offering patients opportunities to improve their coping skills and enhance their quality of life as they learned to live with their cancer diagnosis. His own approach to that professional task had its origins in an experimental form of psychotherapy undertaken in the 1970s in collaboration with an older psychiatric colleague named Irvin Yalom." - Anne Harrington, The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine (Get the book.)

"Myth: It's okay to keep smoking after a lung cancer diagnosis. Some people believe that because the damage is done, they don't have to quit smoking—but those who continue to smoke after a lung cancer diagnosis have significantly poorer outcomes than those who quit. There's also evidence that the chemicals in cigarette smoke interfere with radiation and chemotherapy. Lung cancer patients who quit smoking respond better to the treatments. Important: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in men and women. Lung tissue gradually returns to normal when people quit smoking." - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.)

"Or, as in the case of a cancer diagnosis, it might provide a death sentence. Whatever the effect, "belief and meaning are at the center of the thetapeutic encounter."15 Perhaps the best way to think about placebos is that they are ritualized healing, in which an object with symbol meaning initiates a complex set of effects, be they physiological, neurological, or immunological. Those symbols may be behaviors or spoken words, or even written words. In the classic study of aspirin, it seems that the aspirin label works independently of the drug inside the bottle." - Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea, What If Medicine Disappeared? (Get the book.)

"Body mass and mortality after breast cancer diagnosis. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 14, 2009-2014. 159. Enger, S. M., Greif, J. M., Polikoff, J., and Press, M. (2004). Body weight correlates with mortality in early-stage breast cancer. Arch. Surg. 139, 954-958, discussion 958-960. 160. Caan, B. J., Emond, J. A., Natarajan, L., et al. (2006). Post-diagnosis weight gain and breast cancer recurrence in women with early stage breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res. Treat. 99, 47-57. 161. Enger, S. M., and Bernstein, L. (2004)." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Dietary patterns and survival after breast cancer diagnosis. J. Clin. Oncol. 23, 9295-9303. 208. Chlebowski, R. T., Blackburn, G. L., Buzzard, I. M., et al. (1993). Adherence to a dietary fat intake reduction program in postmenopausal women receiving therapy for early breast cancer. The Women's Intervention Nutrition Study. J. Clin. Oncol. 11, 2072-2080. 209. Chlebowski, R. T., Blackburn, G. L., Thomson, C. A., et al. (2006). Dietary fat reduction and breast cancer outcome: Interim efficacy results from the Women's Intervention Nutrition Study. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 98, 1767-1776. 210." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Reduction in fat intake is not associated with weight loss in most women after breast cancer diagnosis: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial. Cancer 91, 25-34. 213. Hale, G. E., Hughes, C. L., and Cline, J. M. (2002). Endometrial cancer: Hormonal factors, the perimenopausal "window of risk," and isoflavones. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 87, 3-15. 214. Kaaks, R., Lukanova, A., and Kurzer, M. S. (2002). Obesity, endogenous hormones, and endometrial cancer risk: A synthetic review. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 11, 1531-1543. 215. Affenito, S., Lambert-Lagace, L., Kerstetter, J." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Journal Inorganic Biochemistry 99: 1912-19, 2005] However, a study of young women found that the frequency and early use of antiperspirants/deodorants with underarm shaving were associated with an earlier age of breast cancer diagnosis. The exact agents involved have not been identified. [European Journal Cancer Prevention 12: 479-85, 2003] Aluminum is a metallic metal and is thus generally of concern. Studies show the brains of Alzheimer's patients have higher levels of aluminum and lower amounts of magnesium." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.) "Among 50 lung cancer patients surveyed, 8 were smokers (3 continued to smoke after cancer diagnosis; 3 others attempted to quit but later relapsed), 26 were ex-smokers and 16 never smokers. All but one patient had made prior attempts to quit using tobacco. In a survey of cancer patients, here is how they ranked, in order, the importance of risk factors for cancer: 1. Stress 2. Bad luck 3. Heredity 4. Pollution 5. Smoking 6. Dietary fat 7. Passive smoking 8. Dietary fiber 9. Alcohol 'WWWmiLIJWWW|WllJJiJUIi." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.)

"In another study of 573 women with colon cancer, women who followed a moderate exercise program for more than six hours a week after their colon cancer diagnosis were 61% less likely to die of cancer-specific causes than women who exercised less than one hour a week. In all cases, exercise was found to be protective regardless of the patient's age, stage of cancer, or weight. A third study, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, confirmed the above findings after examining the effects of exercise on 832 men and women with stage III colon cancer." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"They concluded, "These results suggest estrogen plus progestin may stimulate breast cancer growth and hinder breast cancer diagnosis."725 As a result of these new findings, doctors may also be feeling betrayed. They too were sold a bill of goods that did not turn out to be as advertised. It is now clear to all that HRT is not a panacea for the miseries of menopause. But what remains unclear is exactly how women should cope with hot flashes, night sweats, sleep disruption, and vaginal dryness." - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.)

"Woman B, on the other hand, is being added to the "mortality" list because she died 3 years after her cancer diagnosis. The net result of this number game is that, with early detection of cancers, mortality rates seem to go down, although the exact opposite is true. More and more people develop cancer each day, and this trend remains unchanged. The cancer industry uses early detection methods as a way to "extend" the number of years of cancer survival after treatment to beyond the crucial 5-year benchmark and thereby "lower" mortality rates and "increase" the number of survivors." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"That was Andrea Martin, who founded the Breast Cancer Fund in her living room after getting her second breast cancer diagnosis. At age 42, Andrea was diagnosed with stage-three breast cancer that had spread to her lymph nodes. She was told she had little chance of survival and advised to put her affairs in order. But after a year of grueling treatment, Andrea was in recovery. She took a job as deputy finance director for Diane Feinstein's 1992 campaign for the US Senate. Two months into the campaign, Andrea found the lump in her remaining breast." - Stacy Malkan, Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry (Get the book.)

"Some people believe that because the damage is done, they don't have to quit smoking—but those who continue to smoke after a lung cancer diagnosis have significantly poorer outcomes than those who quit. There's also evidence that the chemicals in cigarette smoke interfere with radiation and chemotherapy. Lung cancer patients who quit smoking respond better to the treatments. Important: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in men and women. Lung tissue gradually returns to normal when people quit smoking." - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.) "I interviewed a woman who received a cancer diagnosis on a Friday. She had all weekend to worry before she saw her doctor again on Monday, so to make herself feel better, she went to a video store and rented a bunch of comedies. Going through cancer is not all about fear. There's always room for humor and joy. DON'T HARP ON POSITIVE THINKING It's normal to be angry, depressed or sad when you have cancer. No one feels positive all the time." - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.) "An estimated one in six men will receive a prostate cancer diagnosis in his lifetime, and more than 30,000 Americans die of the disease each year. The ACS now recommends an annual prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test as well as a digital rectal exam (DRE) for healthy men older than 50. The organization advises that men at higher risk—such as African-Americans and patients who have a history of prostate cancer in their family—begin such testing at age 45." - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.)

"One surgeon explains, "I think of my cancer diagnosis like a rare object kept in a box on a shelf in a museum I rarely go to. Occasionally, late at night, I will take the box down, open the various tests and residuals of my cancer treatment, look at them, and think how lucky I am to have this in a box. Then I close the box, put it back, and never think about it again, until another late at night time, when I remember that I too have been there." He has an extraordinary capacity to listen to patients rail at him. " - Devra Davis, The Secret History of the War on Cancer (Get the book.) "When confronting a cancer diagnosis, doctors and scientists, including oncologists, take the approach that many patients do: they deny it. After recovering from the shock of the pronouncement, doctors with cancer turn the microscopes on themselves and ask the familiar question: Why? Searching for what they hope isn't there, they probe deep into every tissue and cell, into spaces and places that were once only imagined. We have an entire arsenal of weapons for detecting and combating cancer." - Devra Davis, The Secret History of the War on Cancer (Get the book.)

"A cancer survivor is defined as an individual who is still alive five years after his or her cancer diagnosis. Today, about 64 percent of cancer patients survive five years after being diagnosed, a rate that has been climbing since the 1970s, when only half as many lived that long. Breast cancer survivors make up 22 percent of the 64 percent, while prostate cancer survivors total 17 percent, followed by colorectal survivors at 11 percent. Sixty-one percent of survivors are age sixty-five and older, where an estimated one in six people over sixty-five is a cancer survivor." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"Both drugs reduced their likelihood of a breast cancer diagnosis by about 50 percent. Women who took raloxifene were less likely to experience blood clots, cataracts, or uterine cancer than those given tamoxifen. The investigators concluded that women who had already taken tamoxifen for 5 years following treatment for breast cancer would get no further benefit from taking raloxifene. Women who had not taken tamoxifen but were at high risk of breast cancer could get two benefits—breast cancer prevention and osteoporosis treatment—in one pill if they took raloxifene instead." - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.)

"It's not recommended that you begin an intense, new exercise regimen while undergoing chemotherapy, but if you exercised before your cancer diagnosis, try and maintain some level of activity," says Deborah Armstrong, M.D., Associate Professor of Oncology, Gynecology, and Obstetrics at Johns Hopkins, "If you haven't been exercising, try low-level exercise, such as walking or swimming." The benefits of exercise are not limited to helping treatment-related fatigue, but they are actively contributing to curing cancer. Several groundbreaking studies attest to that." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"With a cancer diagnosis, whether you approach it traditionally or alternatively, turning it around is the hardest work I've ever done. We need to remember: balance and prevention are everything. Nothing else is more important. The medical profession, the doctors, and the pharmaceuticals are not the cure. Their results with cancer are dismal at best, and if you survive their treatments, it's a tribute to the strength of your body to overcome adversity." - Timothy Brantley, The Cure: Heal Your Body, Save Your Life (Get the book.)

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