Best news in two years!

Just received the official report back from my recent MRI on March 30th, 2007 and it said "No change in the appearance of the spiculated mass in the medial aspect of the right breast when compared to the prior studies from 2006" and then this most important sentence:

"The mass and its spiculation are compatible with the presence of a neoplasm but lack of interval growth and the progressive bright enhancement pattern favor SCAR TISSUE. There are no other suspicious finding seen in either breast"

To say that I had an emotional release from 2 years of holding my breath over this lump is an understatement. I actually received the voicemail message last night from my doctor saying "no problems at all" and of course I was surprised and shocked and happy to hear that but I had seen the MRI myself and I saw the lump still there.. it did not appear larger which I thought was good but I figured.. well it's still there...

So.. for me.. this is a victory of huge proportions and should be encouraging for all who are told they have cancer. You don't always have to take the toxic treatments. I will not stop with my new diet and lifestyle EVER because this proves that my body can handle cancer and can recover from cancer (if it ever WAS cancer in the first place)

My health regimen basically included mostly whole foods, no microwaving, no teflon, no processed food (canned or frozen) unless it is 100% organic such as Amy's. I take Juice Plus and many other whole food supplements. I take 1200 iu Vitamin D3 per day. I have been taking Artemisinin and also Laetrile but not large amounts in any way.. just regular intake. I really think the loss of 20 pounds of excess weight was a big factor and the diet that got me there is also one that discourages cancer - less meat, practically NO sugar unless from sweet vegetables. Only the very occasional desert and a small amount when I need to eat a birthday cake. I refuse most candy or deserts, never add sugar to anything and use Stevia instead.

I recently added Olive Leaf Extract which is a terrific natural antibiotic and natural anti-viral.

So ... hoping my story can encourage others to take control of their own health and don't blindly trust the conventional medicine. They have their place but it is not always the place to go FIRST. Improve your health FIRST - then if you still need help then conventional medicine may be the next step. Never choose the toxic treatments FIRST. Become educated about your health - you are your best doctor.

Stopping Breast Cancer Tumors from Spreading

I find this study very interesting indeed - especially the part about standard treatments doing more harm than good.. umm.. YEAH.. we need to see more info on that get to the public at large. I believe chemo and/or radiation should only be used as a last resort but instead we see both being used ROUTINELY and that is the travesty in modern cancer treatment. First treatment option should ALWAYS be to correct the underlying imbalance through nutrition and stress reduction - lifestyle changes.


Stopping Breast Cancer Tumors From Spreading
Ivanhoe Newswire

By Betsy Lievense, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent

ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Previous studies have shown chemotherapy and radiation can sometimes do more harm than good for cancer patients as treatments have been linked to tumor spread. Now, researchers at Vanderbilt University are working hard to develop neutralizing antibodies that could stop treatment-induced tumors in their tracks.

In order to determine the relationship between anti-cancer treatments and tumor spread, researchers at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., studied the effects of radiation and a chemotherapeutic drug called doxorubicin on mice. Study authors report both of these treatments led to two-fold increases in transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta levels as well as an increase in cancer cell proliferation and lung metastases. In subsequent trials, researchers administered a TGF-beta-neutralizing antibody into mice prior to radiation. They found irradiated mice treated with TGF-beta antibodies had fewer tumors after therapy than their antibody-free counterparts, which means TGF-beta could play a key role in tumor spread.

"In my opinion, the overwhelming evidence is in established tumors, tumors we can see in an X-ray, TGF-beta is, in general, a tumor promoter," Carlos Arteaga, M.D., a professor of medicine and cancer biology and the director of the breast cancer program at the Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, Tenn., told Ivanhoe. "Before a cell turns into a cancer cell, TGF-beta is probably a heck of a tumor suppressor, but we're talking about patients with established tumors or cancers. TGF beta and other growth factors may act as a survival factor to [pre-established] tumor cells and inadvertently protect them."

Dr. Arteaga said TGF-beta inhibitors could represent a promising solution to tumor metastases, but more clinical research is necessary to determine the toxicity, dosage and potential combinations of TGF-beta antibodies. "TGF-beta inhibitors are currently in a very early phase of development, not in therapeutic studies," he said. Dr. Arteaga also said he hopes the results of this study will lead to alternative treatment options for cancer patients.

This article was reported by Ivanhoe.com, which offers Medical Alerts by e-mail every day of the week. To subscribe, click on: http://www.ivanhoe.com/newsalert/.

SOURCE: Ivanhoe interview with Carlos Arteaga, M.D.; The Journal of Clinical Investigation, published online April 5, 2007