Belangrijk om te weten doordat je met kanker geconfronteerd wordt.

De meeste mensen worden zelf of via een bekende of geliefde met kanker geconfronteerd. Ik denk dat het heel belangrijk is om voorbereid te zijn en om, als het gebeurt, niet door angst gedreven, vaak verkeerde, beslissingen neemt. De druk van het medische circuit is ook altijd enorm om snel te beslissen. Je denk dat je geen tijd hebt om af te wachten, wat echt niet het geval is. Als er belangstelling voor is, zal ik onderstaand artikel vertalen. Laat dan even een reactie achter onder dit bericht. Je kunt ook een van de vele goede boeken lezen die geschreven zijn over de alternatieve mogelijkheden bij kanker.

http://www.thedoctorwithin.com/cancer/to-the-cancer-patient/

HRT-hormoonsuppletietherapie

 Wat artsen je niet vertellen jaargang 4, nr. 10 2002)

HRT oftewel hormoonsuppletietherapie (niet bio-identieke hormonen) werd 10 jaar geleden nog als een wonderbaarlijk middel beschouwd voor vrouwen in de overgang. Er kleefden,dacht men, nauwelijks nadelen aan. Wat is nu prettiger voor een vrouw dan niet of nauwelijks last te hebben van overgangsverschijnselen. Vrouwen zouden jong van lichaam en geest blijven. Bovendien zou HRT preventief werken tegen hartstilstand, broze botten en zelfs bepaalde vormen van kanker.

De onderzoeksresultaten echter zijn niet echt betrouwbaar. De gevaren van HRT werden genegeerd, er werd nauwelijks ruchtbaarheid aangegeven. Dit zou immers onnodige paniek bij vrouwen oproepen.

De meest recente onderzoeken die wel zorgvuldig zijn uitgevoerd, tonen aan dat exogene hormonen, dat wil zeggen hormonen die niet worden aangemaakt door het lichaam zelf broze botten en/of hartaanvallen niet kunnen voorkomen. Sterker nog, zij kunnen kanker veroorzaken bij overigens gezonde vrouwen. Vrouwen die 5 jaar of langer hormonen gebruikten, hadden 46% meer kans om borstkanker te ontwikkelen dan vrouwen die geen hormonen gebruikten. Deze zienswijze wordt onderbouwd door de publicatie van het International Position Paper on Women’s Health and Menopause. (Een door de Amerikaanse Centers of Disease Control gefinancierd en op onderzoeksgegevens gebaseerd rapport.) 28 wetenschappers en artsen uit diverse landen werkten aan dit rapport en waarschuwden dat HRT mogelijk tegen opvliegers en zweetaanvallen zou kunnen werken, maar dat recente klinische studies twijfels oproepen over de effectiviteit van de therapie bij de behandeling van hartziekten, Alzheimer, depressie en osteoporose (broze botten).

Alles over bio-identiek progesteron:

Menopauze, alles wat je dokter je niet vertelt:
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Melk en kanker (Engels)

In dit interessante artikel kun je lezen hoe het drinken van melk hormoon-gerelateerde kanker kan veroorzaken.

MILK AND CANCER

Voorkom metastasering van kanker veroorzaakt door chirurgie

 Steven Nemeroff ND

The cornerstone of treatment for the great majority of cancers is the surgical removal of the primary tumor. The rationale for this approach is straightforward: if you can get rid of the cancer by simply removing it from the body, then a cure can likely be achieved. Unfortunately, this approach does not take into account that after surgery the cancer will frequently metastasize (spread to different organs). Quite often the metastatic recurrence is far more serious than the original tumor. In fact, for many cancers it is the metastatic recurrence - and not the primary tumor - that ultimately proves to be fatal.

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Belangenconflicten van veel kankerstudies

Review finds conflicts of interest in many cancer studies

Published: Sunday, May 10, 2009 – 23:42 in Psychology & Sociology

A new analysis finds that a considerable number of clinical cancer studies published in respected medical journals have financial connections to pharmaceutical companies. Published in the June 15, 2009 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study indicates that conflicts of interest may cause some researchers to report biased results that are favorable to companies. Ties between clinical researchers and companies that make medical devices and drugs have become increasingly complex and controversial, particularly as more researchers compete for scarce federal research funds. In addition to using industry money to support their research, some investigators receive consulting fees, own stock and hold positions within companies that profit from selling the very products they are investigating. These conflicts of interest have raised concerns that studies with ties to industry are biased and are not designed to provide a true test of medical therapies. Many medical journals now require researchers to disclose potential conflicts of interest in the articles they submit for publication.

To get sense of the frequency and impact of conflicts of interest in clinical cancer research, Dr. Reshma Jagsi of the University of Michigan and colleagues reviewed cancer studies appearing in eight highly regarded journals in 2006. These journals included the New England Journal of Medicine; JAMA; the Lancet; the Journal of Clinical Oncology; the Journal of the National Cancer Institute; Lancet Oncology; Clinical Cancer Research; and CANCER.

Of the 1,534 cancer studies identified in these journals, 29 percent had conflicts of interest that were apparent from review of published author declarations and authorship lists (including industry funding, consulting fees to authors, co-authorship by industry employees, etc.), and 17 percent declared industry funding. Conflicts of interest were most often found in articles with primary authors from departments in medical oncology (45 percent), those from North America (33 percent), and those with male first and senior authors (37 percent).

According to the authors, randomized clinical trials that assessed patient survival were more likely to report a survival advantage associated with the intervention when a conflict of interest was present. These trials are the foundation by which drugs, technologies, diagnostic tests, etc. get approved for use in the clinic and therefore shape the way oncologists practice medicine.

The findings also show that studies with industry funding were more likely to focus on treatment than studies without industry funding (62 percent vs. 36 percent). They were less likely than studies not declaring industry funding to focus on epidemiology, prevention, risk factors, screening or diagnostic methods (20 percent vs. 47 percent).

This analysis revealed that conflicts of interest exist in a considerable number of clinical cancer research articles published in important journals. The authors noted that “attempts to disentangle the cancer research effort from industry merit further attention, and journals should embrace both rigorous standards of disclosure and heightened scrutiny when conflicts exist.”

Source: American Cancer Society

Kan het dragen van een BH kanker veroorzaken?

Can Wearing Your Bra Cause Cancer?

By Dr. Mercola

There's little doubt that a bra is an important support device, particularly for women with large breasts who may suffer serious discomfort and even pain otherwise.

However, wearing certain types of bras might not be in your best interest. In fact, if you're in the habit of wearing the most popular styles, you may be setting yourself up for some potentially serious health problems.

Is Your Bra Helping or Harming Your Body?

There are several potential problems with bras. And while some types of bras are worse than others, simply wearing an ill-fitting bra could spell trouble.

Many physicians and researchers now agree that wearing a tight fitting bra can cut off lymph drainage, which can contribute to the development of breast cancer,[1] as your body will be less able to excrete all the toxins you're exposed to on a daily basis. Aluminum from antiperspirants, for example, is one potentially dangerous source of toxins that can accumulate if your lymph drainage is impaired.

Says Dr. Michael Schacter, M.D. in his article, The Prevention and Complementary Treatment of Breast Cancer[2]:

"Over 85 percent of the lymph fluid flowing from the breast drains to the armpit lymph nodes. Most of the rest drains to the nodes along the breast bone. Bras and other external tight clothing can impede flow.

The nature of the bra, the tightness, and the length of time worn, will all influence the degree of blockage of lymphatic drainage. Thus, wearing a bra might contribute to the development of breast cancer as a result of cutting off lymphatic drainage, so that toxic chemicals are trapped in the breast."

Constricting bras have also been implicated in the rise of benign (non-cancerous) but often painful breast cysts and lumps. Says Dr. John McDougall, M.D., in his book titled The McDougall Program for a Healthy Heart:

"After repeated bouts of inflammation, the breasts develop scar tissue in many places, and some of the milk ducts become plugged, forming cysts. Fibrocystic breast disease, not surprisingly, is associated with a higher risk of breast cancer[3]."

You can avoid some of the improper drainage issues if you wear a bra that is properly fitted. Many, many women simply wear bras that do not fit. The website Linda's Bra School offers plenty of guidance on proper bra fitting and can help you find a more appropriate bra style.

The Underwire Bra — A Cancer-Causing Device?

But far worse for your health than tight or ill-fitting bras is the most popular type of all — the underwire bra.

It's important to realize that nearly all underwire bras contain metal underwires, coated with plastic. And it is the metal that could ruin your long-term health.

In his 1975 article, Chinese Lessons For Modern Chiropractors, Dr. George Goodheart - known "the father of Applied Kinesiology" — explained what he calls the "Antenna Effect."  Essentially, he discovered that by taping a small metal ball over an acupuncture point, you could achieve longer-term stimulation to that point in question. This discovery led to what are now known as AcuAids — small magnetic patches that are used by thousands of doctors across the world.

However, just like a small metal ball, any metal constantly applied to any given energy channel or point on your body can have the same stimulating effect.

As described by John D. Andre, D.C., N.D.[4], below your breasts are two important neuro-lymphatic reflex points.  The one below your right breast corresponds to your liver and gallbladder. The one below your left breast goes to your stomach.

He goes on to say:

"These reflexes, like all acupuncture points, follow the Law of Stimulation. In the beginning of stimulating a point, it is stimulated – often causing an increase in associated function. Later on, this continued stimulation causes sedation of that point and a subsequent decrease in its associated function. It’s a mechanical thing. 

If a woman keeps the metal underwires on top of those reflex points, over time that WILL mess up the functioning of the associated circuits: Liver, gallbladder, and stomach. 

Bottom Line: It will likely make her sick; slowly and quietly."

In addition to that, the metal wire can also act as an antenna attracting electromagnetic fields, which can also increase your risk of breast cancer.

Bra Wearers May Face Up to 125-Fold Higher Cancer Risk

Medical anthropologists Sydney Singer and Soma Grismaijer — authors of Dressed to Kill: The Link Between Breast Cancer and Bras — conducted a study of over 4,000 women, and found that women who do not wear bras have a much lower risk of breast cancer.[5]

Their findings included:

• Women who wore their bras 24 hours per day had a 3 out of 4 chance of developing breast cancer
• Women who wore bras more than 12 hour per day, but not to bed, had a 1 out of 7 risk
• Women who wore their bras less than 12 hours per day had a 1 out of 52 risk
• Women who wore bras rarely or never had a 1 out of 168 chance of getting breast cancer

The overall difference between women who wore their bras 24-hours a day and those who did not wear bras at all was a 125-fold difference. Based on the results of this study, the link between bras and breast cancer is about three times greater than the link between cigarette smoking and cancer.

Singer and Grismaijer also found that about 90 percent of fibrocystic patients improve when they quit wearing bras.

I believe the results of this study are compelling, despite the fact that it was not a controlled study for other risk factors. There are few solid studies on bra wearing and breast cancer, but research showing links between the two is not entirely nonexistent.

For example, one 1991 study, published in the European Journal of Cancer, found that premenopausal women who did not wear bras had half the risk of breast cancer compared with bra users.[6]

Another group of Japanese researchers discovered that wearing a girdle or bra can lower your levels of melatonin by 60 percent.[7] The hormone melatonin is intimately involved with the regulation of your sleep cycles, and numerous studies have shown that melatonin has anti-cancer activities.[8] It's also a powerful antioxidant, and can prevent DNA damage and bind to T-helper cells. Furthermore, researchers in

Spain

published a study detailing the possible use of melatonin in breast cancer prevention and treatment.[9]

Healthier Options are Available 

Wearing metal on your body is something you generally want to avoid, and since many women wear their bras for the better part of the day, it would be sensible to find a healthier alternative to your metal underwire bras.

If you feel you need the underwire, please consider switching out the metal wire in your favorite bra for a plastic wire. You may be able to find them in your local fabric store, or you can purchase them online.BraMakersSupply.com is a great resource.

Simply replacing your metal underwires with plastic ones are your best alternative solution if you don't want to forego the underwire entirely.

You can easily do this on your own simply by snipping a tiny hole in the fabric at the end of the underwire, on the inside of your bra. Slide the old wire out and replace it with the plastic wire, which can easily be cut to the correct length to fit. Then throw a few stitches across the hole to keep the wire from sliding out of the casing.

BraMakersSupply.com is one of the few companies that carry the whole range of plastic wire sizes and ship across the world. And at $2 per pair, protecting your long-term health couldn't be much more affordable.

An even better option is to opt for a wireless style bra, which are now available in most brands, and for various levels of support. Sports bras and camisoles with a built-in shelf bra are other options that can work well, especially if your bust is on the smaller side.

A Healthy Life Depends on Healthy Choices

Life comes down to the choices you make, and then living with the results.  It's important to remember that you almost always have options — healthier options. Some require more work than others, but in this case it really won't take much to make a meaningful change that can help you have a healthier body and life.

Switching out your bras won't replace the need for an otherwise healthy lifestyle to avoid breast cancer. But it may be a very useful adjunct.