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"To simply remove the tumor does nothing to address the causes of why the body formed the tumor in the first place. Tumors are not body mistakes. They are examples of body wisdom at work, making a desperate stand to protect us from the effects of poisons we have allowed into our bodies. Nevertheless, if we do not take corrective action to help the body, sooner or later the tumor will be unable to contain the growing number of cancer cells; they will metastasize, or spread, to other parts of the body and eventually take over." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"BRAIN TUMORS Each year, more than 32,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with a brain tumor. The brain is composed of three major parts: the cerebrum, the cerebellum, and the brain stem. Brain tumors can be benign, which means that they do not contain cancer cells but can cause symptoms similar to malignant tumors, which may interfere with vital brain functions and are life-threatening. Treatment for brain tumors depends on the type, location, and size as well as the patient's age and general health. Brain tumors are treated with surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy." - Jeff Berman, Fran Fleegler, John Hanc, The Force Program: The Proven Way to Fight Cancer Through Physical Activity and Exercise (Get the book.)

"In breast cancer, tumor growth is stimulated by estrogen. Fiber actually binds with estrogen and escorts it out of the body through normal bowel elimination. Hence, the theory goes that fiber can slow down the growth of breast tumors because it binds to estrogen and lowers the body's levels of this hormone, which can worsen tumor growth. This has been shown in numerous laboratory tests. What's more, fiber may help push out cancerous substances that have reached the intestines before they can cause serious damage." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"In hormone-dependent cancers, a tumor requires hormones, specifically estrogen, in order to grow. The medical term for such tumors is estrogen receptor-positive.) In men, estrogen dominance has been linked to an increased risk of hormone-dependent prostate cancer. An increasing number of studies link exposure to environmental estrogens to an increased risk of cancer." - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.)

"Cancer is systemic, and if it has been in your body, or your breast tissues, long enough for a tumor to grow to a size noticeable on a mammogram, then you have already had cancer for at least a decade; you are in the late stages of cancer, and it is a systemic problem that cannot be reversed by surgery alone. Thus, mammograms mislead people into thinking that a tumor is, itself, cancer, and therefore the solution is to physically remove the tumor through surgery, and that is grossly misleading." - Mike Adams, Spam Filters for Your Brain (Get the book.)

"I even worried I might have a brain tumor. A week later my doctor called. "I have good news and bad news," she told me. "The good news is that you are not in menopause and you don't have a brain tumor. The bad news is that I don't know what is happening. Your lab tests and your physical exam results are all normal." Frustrated and depressed, Emily came into my private practice in Addictive Nutrition. She told me she was a recovering alcoholic with nine years of successful sobriety and had heard that I was using nutrition to help people with her symptoms." - Kathleen DesMaisons, Potatoes Not Prozac: Solutions for Sugar Sensitivity (Get the book.)

"Scientists at the Catholic University in Leuven, Belgium, have found that the herb's hypericin may be helpful in photodynamic therapy, which is used to render tumor tissues more vulnerable to radiation. In the study, scientists injected mice with tumor cells and then divided the animals into two groups. One group got hypericin followed by radiation at the site of tumor injection. The other group received radiation, but no hypericin. As expected, tumors appeared in the control group, but no tumors grew in the mice treated with the hypericin/radiation combo." - Carol Turkington, The Hypericum Handbook: Nature's Antidepressant (Get the book.)

"Vitamin D suppresses tumor growth and promotes differentiation in prostate cancer similar to the way it works with breast cancer. In prostate cancer cell lines, vitamin D stimulates the tumor-suppressor genes that increase the production of proteins that slow the cell life cycle. Vitamin D in prostate cancer cell lines increases the concentration of growth factors that promote normal division of prostate cells. Conversely, vitamin D decreases the concentrations of growth factors that speed cell life cycles." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"Horsman MR, Chaplin DJ, Brown JM. tumor radiosensitization by nicotinamide: A result of improved perfusion and oxygenation. Radiation Research 1989;118:139-50. Chen G, Pan QC. Potentiation of the antitumor activity of cisplatin in mice by 3-aminobenzamide and nicotinamide. Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology i988;22:303-307. 23 Streffer C. The biosynthesis of NAD in the liver of irradiated mice. J of Vitaminology 1968;14:130-34. 24 Gotoh H, Nomura T, Nakajima C, Hasegawa C, Sakamoto Y. Inhibiting effects of nicotinamide on urethane-induced malformations and tumors in mice." - Dr. Abram Hoffer, MD, FRCP (C) and Dr. Harold D. Foster, PhD, Feel Better, Live Longer with Vitamin B-3 (Get the book.)

"Currently on the market for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease are classes of drugs that remove or inactivate certain immune activity, such as tumor necrosis factor, or TNF. tumor necrosis factor, which belongs to a group of proteins that communicate with cells, is essential in maintaining cell life and death decisions and control of T-cell populations. The thought has been that if you could prevent TNF from signaling the release of joint-damaging substances in diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, you could go a long way in treating the disease." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"Studies show that the hippocampus shrinks because of an adrenal (or pituitary) tumor that produces too much Cortisol (Cushing's disease), which leads to depression and impaired memory and cognitive function.12 But the researchers found that by removing the adrenal gland tumor and lowering the Cortisol levels, the hippocampus increases in size1' and memory and mood improve." - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.)

"University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, found compounds in the berries that were toxic to a variety of cancer tumor cells. "The tumor cell lines that these compounds inhibited most in our assays included lung, cervical, prostate, breast, and leukemia," she says. Debating the Dose Different doses and formulations of cranberries have been used in studies on UTIs, and some researchers have argued that we don't really know the optimal dose, which is probably true." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"If you have a parathyroid tumor, you probably will be referred to a head and neck surgeon, who can remove this tumor. One reason why it's important to identify other causes of high blood calcium levels is that sometimes bone pain related to cancer is accompanied by high calcium levels. Lung cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, and multiple myeloma all can cause bone pain and elevated calcium levels. Sarcoidosis—an immune-mediated disease?can cause elevated calcium levels, too." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"Hence, the theory goes that fiber can slow down the growth of breast tumors because it binds to estrogen and lowers the body's levels of this hormone, which can worsen tumor growth. This has been shown in numerous laboratory tests. What's more, fiber may help push out cancerous substances that have reached the intestines before they can cause serious damage. It's important to get both types of fiber naturally found in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and legumes." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"If the tumor appears aggressive, radical treatment is indicated; if not, the question is this: What should be done? Should the patient still be subject to prostatectomy or radiation? The first leads to difficult surgery and recovery; both cause urinary and sexual dysfunction in a substantial proportion of men. These serious side effects notwithstanding, there are other issues. A large proportion of cancers detected by PSA may be so-called indolent tumors, ones that are unlikely to produce clinical symptoms or affect survival." - Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea, What If Medicine Disappeared? (Get the book.)

"Also in 1988, the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine fed tumor-prone mice one of five different refined fats and studied the rate of spontaneous tumor formation. Mice that were fed flax seed oil produced two spontaneous tumors. Those fed fish oil produced six. Mice fed lard (saturated) produced thirty two tumors. Those fed corn oil produced sixty tumors, and those fed safflower produced sixty six.18 This study shows both the importance of having a balance of Omega-3 and Omega-6 fats, and of using unrefined oils in the prevention and treatment of cancer." - John Finnegan, The Facts about Fats: A Consumer's Guide to Good Oils (Get the book.)

"Also, according to a 2001 report in Cancer Metastasis Review, substances that inhibit 5-LO "cause tumor cell apop-tosis, reduce tumor cell motility and invasiveness, or decrease tumor angiogenesis and growth."7 So one smart thing for men and women alike would be to modify their diets to include low-inflammation foods such as wild salmon, organic vegetables and fruits, and the elimination of fried, greasy foods. In other words, by moderating the COX-2 and 5-LO inflammatory cascade, we can do everything possible to stop cancer cells in their tracks." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"In all but one instance, the substances only increased the photons from tumor cells, making it even more deadly to the body. The single success story was mistletoe, which seemed to help the body to 'resocialize' the photon emission of tumor cells back to normal. In one of numerous cases, Popp came across a woman in her thirties with breast and vaginal cancer. Popp tried mistletoe and other plant extracts on samples of her cancerous tissue and found that one particular mistletoe remedy created coherence in the tissue similar to that of the body." - Lynne Mctaggart, The Field - The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe (Get the book.)

"When she was about seven, her younger brother developed a pituitary tumor that almost caused his death. The tumor and the subsequent radiation treatment partially blinded him. An "easy child," Jennie wasn't a squeaky wheel and her brother's illness preoccupied the parents at her expense. Jennie was a courteous child, performed well in school, dressed neatly, and took good care of herself. She had fun and especially loved her horse, Chestnut, who was kept on her grandmother's farm. One day when Jennie was twelve, she was having as good a time as a child could have." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"The animals who experienced this tumor regression were those who initially had tumors under a certain size. Animals with tumors over this size did not improve.15 Regression of aggressive lung cancer: Another important study was carried out on lung cancer by Dr. Vimal Patel at Indiana University in collaboration with myself and others. Dr. Patel deliberately chose a challenging type of cancer, Lewis lung carcinoma. This is known to be a cancer which aggressively metastasizes—spreading rapidly to other organs of the body. Rapidly metastasizing cancer is ordinarily the most life-threatening type." - Hari Sharma, Freedom from Disease: How to Control Free Radicals, a Major Cause of Aging and Disease (Get the book.)

"When she was about seven, her younger brother developed a pituitary tumor that almost caused his death. The tumor and the subsequent radiation treatment partially blinded him. An "easy child," Jennie wasn't a squeaky wheel and her brother's illness preoccupied the parents at her expense. Jennie was a courteous child, performed well in school, dressed neatly, and took good care of herself. She had fun and especially loved her horse, Chestnut, who was kept on her grandmother's farm. One day when Jennie was twelve, she was having as good a time as a child could have." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"The information that is being suppressed is the absolute fact that in every single cancer tumor that Sloan-Kettering takes out of a patient there are massive amounts of pesticides. That's right. There is known evidence that is being suppressed that all cancer tumors are loaded with pesticides. Not 99 percent, but all. Does it mean that pesticides cause tumors and cancer? Well, it certainly would appear that pesticides are at least a contributing factor, although most people can now conclude that pesticides are a significant cause of skin cancer." - Kevin Trudeau, More Natural Cures Revealed: Previously Censored Brand Name Products That Cure Disease (Get the book.)

"Although paroxysmal hypertension fits the textbook symptoms of a pheo, fewer than 2 percent turn out to have the tumor. Hundreds of papers have been written about this rare tumor, with fewer than twenty papers written about the other 98 percent who don't have the tumor. Studies have failed to provide an explanation or approach to treatment for this 98 percent, leaving suffering patients to consult doctor after doctor after doctor." - John E. Sarno, M.D., The Divided Mind: The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders (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.)

"She wrote the following account of a typical case: Sylvia was fifty-five years old when doctors discovered a malignant gastric tumor growing right at the joint between her esophagus and her stomach. With the shock of this news resonating wildly throughout her system, she listened as they recommended chemotherapy and radiation to shrink the tumor followed by surgery to remove what was left behind. Feeling nervous about the outcome, but not knowing what else to do, she followed all of their protocols and underwent the surgery as soon as it was indicated." - Dawson Church, The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Intention (Get the book.)

"Besides my concern with the rare instance of heart irregularities, we have no idea how high dosages will influence tumor formation especially of the prostate gland, breast, ovary, and other tissues. You can go up to 15 or 20, but on a regular basis, stay on the very low dosages. —Dr. Ray Sahelian Dr. Sahelian continues his words of caution. About ten years ago, "I attended a natural health show where I walked around the hundreds of booths set up by vitamin companies." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.) "This article reports on the case of a child with a germ cell tumor involving the pineal region experiencing a melatonin secretion suppression associated with severe insomnia. Supplementation with 3 mg per night for two weeks of normalized sleep. Sleep-inducing Effects of Low Doses of Melatonin Ingested in the Evening. ZhdanovalV; etal. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapy, 1995, 57(5):552-558. In this double-blind, placebo-controlled study, healthy volunteers received either 0.3 or 1.0 mg of melatonin at 6,8, or 9 p.m." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

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