The Truth about Cancer

they corrected that stat to 2.6

I know that this is a thread for alternative treatments, so I hope you don't mind me posting here.  I just wanted to point out that statistics stated above about oncologists taking chemo is simply not true.  If you do a little research you will find that is an often misrepresented study mentioned in Dr Susan Day's book.

Several full-time scientsts at the McGill Center sent to 118 doctors, all experts on lung cancer, a questionnaire to determine the level of trust they had in the therapies they were applying; they were asked to imagine that they themselves had contracted the disease and which of the six current experimental therapies they would choose. 79 doctors answered, 64 of them said that they would not consent to undergo any treatment containing cis-platinum – one of the common chemotherapy drugs they used – while 58 out of 79 believed that all the experimental therapies above were not accepted because of the ineffectiveness and the elevated level of toxicity of chemotherapy.” (Philip Day, “Cancer: Why we’re still dying to know the truth”, Credence Publications, 20

These drs were considering a particularly difficult chemo drug - cisplatin, which had many SEs.  The 58/79 drs were considering experimental drugs.  The question also pertained to the use of cisplatin as a palliative treatment for “symptomatic metastatic bone disease,” i.e. for incurable (non-small-cell) lung cancer. The 1985 survey found that about one-third of physicians and oncology nurses would have consented to chemotherapy in a situation like this.

A more current study, which pertains not just to lung cancer, but to many kinds of cancer and cancer stages, from early stage to terminal, as well as to experimental therapies shows percentages as high as 98% of doctors willing to undergo chemotherapy, while the remaining 2 % were uncertain, and none answered “definitely no” or “probably no” to chemotherapy.

I think the point needs to be made that based on all the hype of early detection blah, blah, breast cancer SHOULD NOT reach the terminal stage....but it does, all the time. I suspect if those doctors were asked specifically about breast cancer, the answers would differ, in as much as they would differ when posed to a male or female onc who is well versed in the disease. Catching it early doesn't mean squat. I wish they'd admit that in all the propoganda. 

I always have to give my head a shake when people think that chemos dispensed 30 years ago are going to suddenly start saving lives now. A quick read of the angels thread will certainly show that chemo is not as effective as they want us to think. I swear, sometimes the cancer agencies must think they're talking to morons.

Well said Leggo, it's a crap shoot.

And let's not forget some chemos are the same old, same old....with a fancy new name. When one onc told me chemo is soooo much better now because we know so much more about dosage and mitigating side-effects, I wanted to puke. 

Edited to remove my sarcasm.

what do they mean by "worked"?  5 year survival?  In a dr google I finally had the nerve to read yesterday, he says these tumors are late stage.  So I was already "late stage" when I noticed the change, 7 months or sao before the red began.  from there I'm going on 4 years & 7 months.

well that's good.  the site & photo of a nigerian woman was horrifying.  & horrifying of how they bullied her to have finally a radical mastectomy just to make her last days more comfortable (???).  my lesion has never gotten nearly as bad but I forget how long it was before she got medical attention.  someone asked here "if it smelled".  it outgassed once over a year ago when people were fleeying from me rappidly.  I as soon as I could got help from the pharmacist worker  (a long time acquaintance turned to friend)..she showed me the dressings & how to do it.  the first one had a tube of coloidal silver.  that was july of 2012.  I use menuka honey from new zealand, & various essential oils.  it gets a bit bad in that way after a day or so, but never like then.  & I keep at it.  not easy.  a hassle  takes about an hr a day  someone said it was now open enrollment.  so I tried to do the online thing again.  ended with a phone number as usual.  I actually used the number & the voice kept saying go online & you can do it by mail.  right.  so afte 20 minutes I wrote the us social security office.  will mail that one w.

JunePing - thanks for posting - I've been watching the series. They are very very insightful.

We are all here very being brave and proactive with our health problems, but I think these people facing stage IV going through alternative therapies are the bravest of all.

BTW - Like recommended several times in the series and by Chris (Wark) I started rebounding a couple of weeks ago after fat grafting surgery- LOVE IT! So easy- I wore a heart monitor and I burned 600 calories in 30 mins. - wasn't going crazy the whole time - just moderate activity. I cannot help but smile most of the time when I am bouncing. Does not aggravate old injuries, sprains etc.