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Originally Posted by Grimalkin
I'm having trouble finding it; what is the chapter or page no?
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It is in Protein Power LIFEPLAN, the second book that came out in 2000, not Protein Power that came out in 1995. Look in the index under Cancer, there are references in several chapters. Page 241 in PPLP in the chapter Sunshine Superman, starts a section called Sunlight and Cancer Prevention.
While carb restriction helps I don't believe that that is enough on its own. Carb restriction reduces the available energy to the cancer, but it is still going to get some glucose since the red blood cells MUST have it so the liver will make enough to keep the blood glucose levels "in range" from protein. My "take" on how my cancer went into remission is that the combination of reduced energy and anti cancer supplements/vitamins/minerals kept the cancer from growing as it would have otherwise. Just keeping the cancer from growing, partially because of the lack of energy to do so, gives the supplements a chance to work at killing off more cancer cells per time unit than new cells are being created in the same time period.
There is some indication that the supplements do not "KILL" the cancer cells directly but instead "repair" the defective mitochondria which then commits apoptosis ("programed" cell death) as it would if it was normal. Apoptosis is what keeps cell division in check, especially in places like the skin that is constantly growing. The cells that die are pushed to the outside to protect the inner layer of skin and constantly sluff or are worn off. The mitochondria in the cell is the "regulator" of apoptosis and stops working when the cell becomes cancerous. I think that vitamin D is a major player in the "repair" of the mitochondria even in normal cells.
Cosmic radiation has been present through out the existence of the earth. Most people don't know about it but I worked on a project for a group that were studying cosmic radiation. Cosmic radiation is not really radiation like light or TV signals, but is fully ionized atoms that have very high energies. When they hit other atoms on earth they destroy that atom, which if it is in the DNA of a cell will alter or ruin that DNA strand. There are enzymes that "patrol" up and down the DNA looking for damage which they will try to repair. This process must have started very early in the evolution of life and was instrumental in the success of the early cells. ** At least that is my synthesis from a number of diverse sources that I have read.
Back to your cancer. One thing that I found very helpful was a support group. I strongly suggest that you find one, check the local hospitals, etc. They can give a lot of direct experience and information.
Do you have an oncologist besides the surgeon? If not GET ONE! I say that because my experience with listening to a lot of doctors that come and talk to the support group, is the surgeons are so busy that they cannot keep up on the latest cancer research as well as an oncologist since cancer is just one of the things they treat. If you are close enough to the Virginia suburbs of D.C. I could check and get a recommendation from my support group.
EDIT to add:
Objective measurement of remission and progression in metastatic breast cancer by the use of serum tumour markers. This is something that an oncologist should know about and be able to tell you if it has gotten to the practicing clinicians. If it has you could use it to track your progress if you want to try supplements - esp. vit D.
Activated leukocyte cell adhesion molecule: a novel biomarker for breast cancer. Here is another one that I picked from the related articles box as another sample of how much research is going on.
EDIT to add some more that I found:
http://www.apjohncancerinstitute.or...er/breast-c.htm
This has a good synopsis of breast cancer, what it is, how it acts and the stage definitions which the doctors use. It also has a list of supplements that are used with the treatment plan that the doctors at this site/clinic have developed. A number of them are ones that I took/still take with the rational for taking them. If you think that one looks like you would take it, then you can check for papers on it at pubmed.
Start here:
Then click on the tab at the top of the white area that says Preview/Index. In the window now will be an entry box that you can enter search terms and to the left is a field selection box so you can specify which of the many data fields is the one you want searched. The TEXT field is what I use the most so a search line might look like, breast[Text Word] AND cancer[Text Word] AND Selenium[Text Word] and you might want to use Publication Date as a field to get recent papers which would look like, 2008[Publication Date]
Then you add each "term" by clicking on the AND button until you have built up your search line. Then up under the black line where your search is being entered and to the right of it are three buttons. I use the Preview one to quickly see if there are any hits and how many. A new page with appear showing your search string and at the right how many hits. The number of hits is a link to the listing of the hits. The page that is linked shows the title of the paper, the authors, where is was published and then at the bottom of each citation are links to either an abstract or the full text (if available). Have "fun" searching.
OH, yes, DO NOT let all the medical/statical jargon put you off. Just read past it since you are just trying to get the gist of what it says NOT the full detail. The more you do the more comfortable you will be with it.
http://www.vci.org/thermoradiotherapy.htm
Interesting alternative approach paper that claims good results. There is a lot more on this site including some gross photos of cancers that look to me like stage 20, i.e. I wonder HOW the person let the cancer get this advanced before they got treatment. These are not lumps underneath the skin but what best could be called eruptions of the cancer through the skin. HOWEVER, two show the progression to cure, so you should come away with the feeling, "if these people can beat cancer, so should I."