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May 11th, 2012 | 
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We constantly hear the word cancer, and it never fails to bring the chill whenever we do. In fact, cancer is one of the most terrifying verdicts a doctor can hand to a patient. Even just hearing the words chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or surgery already gives us a big fright. Many people, for this reason, have not stopped searching for treatments other than these traditional techniques. But are there really alternative cancer treatments? Before answering this question, let’s have another look at what cancer really is.
Cancer is a disease that’s difficult to prognosticate and is often ravaging. The scenes of my uncle struggling as he was going through the pains and sufferings brought about by lung cancer (a result of his habitual excessive smoking) are still etched in my mind. The devastating effects of this dreaded disease have been shown over and over again in pictures of victims, in their sorry state, that include such well-known personalities as movie stars, athletes, politicians – all figures of prominence and power before the onslaught of cancer.
To a great extent, cancer is a disease that’s still conceived wrongly. It is, for one thing, not a single illness; it, in fact, comprises over a hundred various diseases, which can affect any of the body’s parts. However, all cancers share a common distinguishing quality: the uncontrolled progressive development and rapid production of abnormal cells. For a number of known and unknown reasons, certain cells become malignant or cancerous; they suddenly depart from their normal growth pattern and proliferate uncontrollably.
As the malignant cells increase, they form a lump, or what is known as a primary tumor. From this tumor, cancer cells invade nearby healthy tissues, move to other parts of the body (through the bloodstream or the lymphatic system), and assault tissues and organs far from the initial point of occurrence. Consequently, cancer cells push off and supplant normal cells. The severity of the disease, in general, is contingent on the extent to which malignant cells scatter and wear away normal body functions.
In spite of cancer’s ruinous potential, a verdict of cancer does not necessarily mean an outright death sentence. As a matter of fact, many cancers today can be cured. But this is true only if their presence or existence is determined early enough and treatment is promptly given. This makes one’s awareness to the early warning signs of cancer very important.
A co-worker of my wife has completely recovered from her breast cancer, thanks largely to her early detection of the disease and of certain alternative cancer treatments she used. The answer, therefore, to the question posed earlier here is, yes, there are alternative treatments for cancer. As a matter of fact, there are three hundred and fifty gentle and non-toxic natural cancer treatments that could help save the lives of cancer patients.
Is there really an alternative treatment for cancer? The answer is yes, and there are in fact three hundred and fifty gentle and non-toxic natural cancer treatments that could help save the lives of cancer patients. Visit Natural Cancer Treatments That Work at Alternative Treatment for Cancer.
By: Jim Lorenz
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Jim Lorenz writes informative articles on various subjects, including Are There Really Alternative Cancer Treatments? You are allowed to publish this article in its entirety provided the author’s name, bio, and website links must remain intact and included with every reproduction.
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Tags: Cancer Cells, Cancers, Lung Cancer, Malignant Cells, Onslaught, Progressive Development, Prominence, Sufferings | 
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There are four characteristics with every person who is diagnosed with cancer and they are; a weak immune system, a lack of oxygen in the cells, excessive toxins and acidity. The food we eat everyday causes three of these characteristics.
The food we choose to eat is closely related to cancer, no matter where it appears in the body, faulty nutrition is singularly the most important factor in the development of all cancers. While there have been huge advancements in surgery, there have been many new drugs and the ability to detect cancer early has improved vastly. But unfortunately the only progress they haven’t made is the survival rate of someone diagnosed with cancer.
The reason being they are only addressing the cancer symptoms which is the growths and not the reason why it first grew and that doesn’t help a patient overcome the problem long term. Our three mainstream treatments are toxic and all damage the immune system. What the body is really crying out for is to be healed with good nutrition and the correct choice of food will do that. A healthy body can overcome cancer, even advanced cancer.
The most efficient healer we have is a correctly functioning natural immune system and the only way to achieve that is to use our natural food as medicine. The human body has a remarkable disposition to overcome cancer through our built in immune system. The food we eat everyday does make a lot of sense but unfortunately it doesn’t make a lot of dollars. That’s why we won’t be informed about any natural treatments using food because our mainstream treatments today are all money orientated.
The natural food for human beings is freshly grown fruit and vegetables, most have cancer fighting properties. Recent research has found food such as onions, tomatoes, green and orange vegetables and many fruits including berries in their natural state have an amazing ability to strengthen the body enabling it to overcome cancer and other diseases. The food we are eating today doesn’t have these cancer fighting properties as we are mainly eating food that’s been processed.
Using our natural food as medicine is applying common sense to the cancer problem. That is addressing the reasons why it first grew. Our diets today play a big part why there is so much cancer and it make sense that by correcting the diet which will build up our immunity and will allow the body to fight the cancer to overcome the disease.
It’s important to realize that cancer is a disease of the whole body, not just where the growth appeared. That’s why it just reappears again after someone has undergone any of the orthodox treatments. Cancer first appears because of a condition within the body so by just removing growths, that doesn’t remove the condition that first caused these growths to appear. What is needed is healing of the whole body and good nutrition will do this.
Treating cancer is a billion dollar a year business, where as there’s no huge profit in using food as your medicine. The most powerful weapon against cancer is the food we choose to eat everyday.
By: Alan Wighton
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Alan Wighton is an experienced natural therapist specialising in nutrition. He has researched all aspects of cancer and how our diet is closely related to the disease. For further information on more effective ways to overcome cancer using the powerful natural healing ability of the human body; please visit Cancer Facts & Information. http://www.cancerhealed.com
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Tags: Acidity, Correct Choice, Fruit And Vegetables, Healthy Food, Human Body, Lack Of Oxygen, Onions, Survival Rate |
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Testicular Cancer – It doesn’t matter if your 20 or over 50, you should watch your health for serious matters such as testicular cancer. Truthfully you should start at 15 doing monthly testicular self-exams. Testicular cancer is the most common cancer found in men and can occur any time from the age of 16 on. This is the reason you should do a self-exam every month from age 15 on. Starting at age 15 you will know as soon as something unusual presents itself and go directly to the doctor.
So how do you do a self-exam?
1. Check yourself right after a hot shower. The skin of the scrotum is then relaxed and soft. Become familiar with the normal size, shape and weight of your testicles.
2. Using both hands, gently roll each testicle between your fingers. Identify the epididymis. This is a rope-like structure on the top and back of each testicle. This structure is NOT an abnormal lump.
3. Be on the alert for a tiny lump under the skin, in front or along the sides of either testicle. A lump may remind you of a piece of uncooked rice or a small cooked pea.
4. Report any swelling to your health care provider.
If you have any lumps or swelling, it does not necessarily mean you have cancer, but you must be checked by your health care provider. If detected and treated early , testicular cancer is one of the most curable cancers.
Additionally the following list of vitamins and supplements will help provide over all health.
Vitamin E
Selenium
Zinc
Potassium
Essential Fatty Acids
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Tags: Cancer Testicular, Epididymis, Essential Fatty Acids, Scrotum, Self Exam, Testicular Cancer, Tiny Lump, Vitamins And Supplements |
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The common belief is that lung cancer only affects people who smoke. The truth of the matter is that even innocent people exposed towards the smoke that is generated from smoking. This is often referred to as passive smoking where the burned tobacco leaves would generate harmful fumes that would immediately affect the open lungs of people who are exposed to them.
Lung cancer is an obvious disease that is spreading all over the world. While immediate smokers are prone to such cancer issues, the fact that non-smokers are inhaling the harmful oxidants offers a more risky setting considering that polluted air is a key contributor in affecting people. Some immediate effects of the harmful smoke exposed to such include that of people with sudden cases of cough, asthma and other respiratory to heart related diseases stemming from such exposure.
This is one reason that some establishments have put a line between accommodating customers through their choice of smoking and non-smoking areas. This is similar to containing the smokers into one place while protecting the overall interest of people who simply want a clean bill of living.
Passive smoking is known to be more dangerous compared to that of the actual smoker. Reason of the matter is that lungs are a sensitive part of the human body. Inhaling and breathing normally has no known constraints since the air that anyone would breathe will surely be something that cannot be properly disseminated and classified as far as polluted air intake is concerned.
Allergies can be contracted as well, stemming from unknown sources. One of the more common sources is that of polluted air or passive smoking as well. There would be a wide array of possible diseases that a person may eventually encounter, most of the time needing a thorough examination of the medical history of a person to further trim down the issues with regards to the point of origin.
There are long term effects and short term effects with regards to their connection towards passive smoking. The long term effects are that of heart diseases, birth delivery issues, behavioral problems and a number of infections that can spread all over the body. These are risky instances where the body organs will be affected thoroughly.
Hence the belief that smoking would only affect the respiratory and cardiology related parts is only one aspect that passive smoking caters to. It could go as far as affecting the psychological aspects of human life as well. Behaviors and mental attributes can suffer as well, most of which can be seen as inherent from the children of today.
Short term effects can be generalized into allergies and asthma. The effects of the smoke, will affect exposed skin and inhaled fumes that stick towards the organs and damage known cells of the affected part. Smoking each cigarette or tobacco will always contain harmful elements, most of which cannot be seen since they immediately penetrate and to the damage inside the bodies of people.
By: Dr. Mark Clayson
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Tags: Cough, Harmful Smoke, Human Body, Lung Cancer, Medical History, Non Smoking, Passive Smoking, Smokers |
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In simple terms the cancer is the uncontrolled growth of few cells and the resulting mass of cells produced thereby is tumor. How a biological cell/cells acquire uncontrolled growth and become oncogenic, is a matter of vast research since last several years. The understanding of actual cause of a cell becoming oncogenic and producing a tumor will actually help in preventing and curing the dreaded disease. The most common cause as generally known is the genetical one and the specific DNA sequence are regarded to be responsible for the disease. Environmental factors, intake of some caner stimulants, metabolism related problems etc are also considered for the causal agents of the cancer. The change in DNA structure, function of the protein, changed protein structure and metabolic anomalies are some of the causes which can be attributed to the initiation and further advancements of the cancer and resulting into large sized tumors.
The cancer is not so simple as it seems to be. It is a very complex system. There was an understanding regarding cancer that all the cancerous or oncogenic or malignant cells behave individually and there is no coordination of these cells with one another. But the recent researches have demonstrated that the all the malignant cells behave as an organ or tissue system and the growth of tumor takes place as a result of specific coordination of malignant cells in their own microenvironment/s. Specific biomarkers are needed to diagnose the cancerous cells prevailing in the body of an individual. Samples of DNA and malignant tissues are needed for diagnosis purposes. These clinical samples from diverse resources are covered under biobanking. The interactions of various proteins and their etiology are major things in cancer and tumor research. The cancer specific proteins are treated as biomarkers and are used for cancer diagnosis. The microenvironment of malignant cells as well as normal cell’s environment together is referred to as stroma. For curing the cancer, this stroma is targeted. The integrated system of cancer cure includes the collective efforts of experts of many branches mainly imaging science, medical science, physics, mathematics, information technology and the most important computer technology.
In case of plants, the cancerous or oncogenic or malignant cells are being used in a very positive manner by utilizing the totipotency of the living cells, for producing the new plants from the tumors. In the area of plant tissue culture, for micropropagating a particular plant or species, the cancer is induced in the normal cells of the plants by applying specific amounts of particular hormones. The improper balance of hormones cause the normal cells to act as cancerous and start developing tumor in the normal tissue of the plants. After tumor is formed, application of some specific hormones in specific amounts induces the tumor cells to produce several new plantlets. These plantlets are separated from the tumor cells and after optimization process, each plantlet becomes a new plant. If any how this becomes possible for humans also, the totipotency can be utilized to produce human organs for grafting purposes. This will be a new chapter in the history of medical science.
By: Rakesh K Gupta
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Tags: Biology Of Cancer, Cancer Diagnosis, Cancerous Cells, Causal Agents, Clinical Samples, Dna Structure Function, Etiology, Tissue System |
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Prostate cancer sites are available across the internet. These sites are devoted to displaying information on a wide array of topics that fall into the category of this cancer. These sites give patients, doctors, and others the resources that they need to understand the disease, learn about the disease and how it affects and progresses, among many other things.
These types of cancer sites are a great resource for the cancer community and should be taken advantage of. If you have questions about risk factors, tests, the prognosis, how this cancer is diagnosed, what to expect, and so on, then you need to visit a prostate cancer community site.
Structure of the Sites
A prostate cancer community site may include many different types of subject matter related to prostate cancer. The sites can be large and overwhelming; however, they are easy to navigate, as most sites allow you to start at the beginning (what is prostate cancer? Or, what is cancer?), and then all you have to do is click on the “Next” button, page number located at the bottom of the screen, or the arrow that is located at the bottom of the screen, to be taken to the next topic.
Every site is a little bit different; however, most will walk you step-by-step through the site from the beginning to the end. If there is a question that you have about this cancer, you will likely be able to find the information that you need somewhere on one or more of the sites.
Sometimes, there is a side menu that allows you to see the different subject matter that is available on the topic of prostate cancer. Using the side menu, you can skip the information that you already know about or that you don’t need, so as not to get overwhelmed, and go straight to the information that you have a question about. The topics on the side menu may include:
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Tags: Array, Cancer Diagnosis, Cancer Prostate, Doctors, Risk Factors, Subject Matter, Type Of Cancer, Types Of Cancer |
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