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Category: Cancer

  • My Husband Has Lung And Brain Cancer – What To Do?

    It seems that this has been "cancer question month" here at The Wellness Club, and folks love to write us with very specific medical questions even though we have said many times, here and on our website, that it is not appropriate, ethical, or legal for us to provide medical advice to someone who is not an established patient of Dr. Myatt.

    Folks, let me repeat: We cannot provide detailed medical advice or recommendations to anyone who is not a patient. We will do our best to provide general, generic information, but without having all available information about someone it is not fair to the person for us (or anyone else for that matter!) to make specific medical recommendations and it is not fair for someone to expect us to give out medical advice – this request puts us in a very difficult position, as we certainly recognize the desperate nature of many of these requests – letters like this one recently received are heart-wrenching!

    Sue Writes: (these notes are reproduced as they were received…)

    MY HUSBAND HAS LUNG CANCER,ALSO BRAIN.I AM LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO HELP.IS FLAXSEED SAFE TO USE WHEN TAKING RADIATION FOR BRAIN AND ALSO CHEMO EVERY 3 WEEKS.I NEED HELP AND ANYTHING YOU CAN TELL ME WILL BE SO VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.ALSO,DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ZEOLITE TO HELP CANCER.THANK YOU SO MUCH.SUE

    Our answer:

    Hi Sue,

    This is very serious business – and I wish that there were one simple thing (like Zeolite) that I could recommend for you that would be effective. As you have seen on our website at Dr. Myatt’s consultation pages, we are often the "Doctor of Last Resort" for folks who have been given up on or written off by conventional medicine – we make a lot of saves, but we need a lot of information to do that – information that is only available to us when your husband is a patient of Dr. Myatt so that she has access to all of his medical records. Why not consider booking a consultation?

    There should be no contraindication to using flax – but again, without FULL knowledge of your husband’s situation we cannot even say that for certain. In terms of nutrition, generally, a very low carbohydrate diet – The Myatt Diet – is best in most cancers, especially fast growing or aggressive cancers. There are other nutritional supplements that may be of value, but again, we need far more information to give fair, proper, and appropriate advice.

    Cheers,
    Nurse Mark

    Sue wrote again:

    THANK ;YOU VERY MUCH. WHERE ARE YOU LOCATED.MY HUSBAND IS NOT ABLE TO TRAVEL AND GETTING WEAKER EACH DAY.HE GOES IN FOR CHEMO TOMORROW. RADIATION ON BRAIN NEXT MONDAY. I READ THAT BLACK CHERRY JUICE CAN BE BENIFICAL,I BOUGHT THAT ALONG WITH VITAMIN D AND CO10.I HAVE TO HELP BUT WITH NOTHING THAT WILL HARM HIM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ANY AND ALL HELP.I HAVE READ OF THE FLAX AND COTTAGE CHEESE BUT LEERY OF THE RADIATION AND CHEMO.AGAIN THANKS SO MUCH.SUE 

    And this was our reply:

    Hi Sue,

    Dr. Myatt is located in Arizona, but she helps patients all across the country and around the world as well – she does her consultations by telephone.

    Please see her consultation brochure here: http://www.drmyattswellnessclub.com/consultations.htm and here: http://www.drmyattswellnessclub.com/consultbrochure.htm

    Cherry pits contain the substance Laetril which may, in some cases, be useful in the treatment of cancer. Unfortunately, many fruit juices also contain large amounts of sugar which is contraindicated in cancer as sugar is the primary fuel for cancer cells.

    Vitamin D may or may not be helpful – it is contraindicated in some cancers. CoQ10 is a very valuable antioxidant – but antioxidant levels must be carefully managed, as some oxidative stress (free radicals) may be desirable in order to stress / damage the cancer cells.

    As you can see, this is a complicated situation and considerable skill is needed to make proper recommendations.

    If you search the internet you will find hundreds of websites, each purporting to offer the one true cure for cancer – and you will make yourself crazy. As you have undoubtedly discovered, everyone you talk to – your neighbor, the butcher, your hairdresser, your accountant, your plumber, the lady down the street who sells MLM vitamins – all have advice for you – and none of them are really qualified to be giving advice the way someone like Dr. Myatt is.

    Additionally, Dr. Myatt is very skilled at working in concert with your conventional doctor’s treatments to help you get the very best benefit with the least unpleasant side effects – and can help you cut through the confusion and uncertainty that often surrounds a serious condition like this.

    Hope this helps,
    Cheers,
    Nurse Mark

    Folks, I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Cancer treatment is NOT a Do-It-Yourself proposition! Please, Please, Please – work with a qualified, experienced physician who can guide you and assist you in treating this potentially life threatening disease. Don’t try to "go-it-alone" no matter what you read on the internet or hear from your well-meaning neighbor / friend / relative / other person. The stakes are too high!

  • Got Cancer? Two Reasons You Have My Deep Sympathy

    Got Cancer? Two Reasons You Have My Deep Sympathy

    By Dr. Dana Myatt

    I feel sorry for my cancer patients and not just because of the diagnosis. In terms of "outcomes," even advanced cancers are usually controllable when treated correctly. I’ve had over 20 years of medical practice and many patients still alive and well 10+ years after a "two months to live" diagnosis to vouch for this.

    No, it’s not the diagnosis itself that makes me feel bad for cancer patients. It’s what happens to friends, family and even total strangers when they hear someone has "the ‘C’ word." Apparently totally sane people get absolutely stupid and make the cancer patient bear the brunt of their foolishness.

    Here are two big reasons my heart goes out to cancer patients:

    1.) "Everybody is an Expert." I don’t know why this applies to cancer and not other equally serious diseases, but it seems that Aunt Martha, the dog-groomer next door, your car mechanic, the clerk at the health food store and EVERY SECOND PERSON you bump into is a "cancer expert" when they hear of your diagnosis.

    People with not one single day of medical training magically become authorities when they hear you have cancer. They know which chemotherapy you should have (or that you should absolutely avoid any conventional treatment altogether), what diet you should be on (an "alkalinizing" diet is a popular recommendation among people who know absolutely nothing of what they’re talking about), juice fasting, blah, blah, blah.

    I don’t know what to tell you if you have cancer and are on the receiving end such blatant stupidity. Maybe it’s better not to announce your diagnosis to the entire world, only close friends and family? (Even then, you’ll still encounter a lot of "experts"). You can tell them you’re working with a fine team of REAL medical experts, but that usually doesn’t slow them down one iota.

    If it were me, I think I’d say something like, "I appreciate your concern, but I make my treatment decisions with a top-notch team of medical experts including a naturopathic physician who specializes in cancer treatment (that would be ME), and I really don’t feel I need any additional input at this time. Can we talk about something else?"

    Just a thought.

    2.) The "I had an uncle who…." cancer stories. (I got this just yesterday from a patient, and it’s worth passing on).

    When the hoi polloi hear you’ve got cancer, they often jump in with a story about a friend or family member who suffered and died from the disease.

    HELLO? What the He#! are they thinking?

    You don’t need stories of people who didn’t make it — you need stories about all the ones who DID make it. (I’ve got lots of these, by the way. My favorites are the "advanced cancer" patients who buck the odds for years or decades…).

    But success stories are usually not what you’re going to get. It’s truly mind-boggling how stupid even smart people can get when confronted with an acquaintance (or total stranger!) who has cancer.

    What would I do? Probably look at them like they just got off a spaceship from Mars and say something like, "Gee, thanks for sharing a ‘cancer death story,’ but I’d prefer to hear a cancer success story. In fact, that’s the only kind of cancer story my naturopathic cancer doctor advises me to listen to. Do you have one of those?"

    Pause for a moment (believe, me, this will be a pregnant pause), and wait for their reply.

    Oh, and don’t feel bad if they don’t have a "success story." When people are treated with conventional therapy alone, the treatment usually kills them LONG before the disease would have, and that’s the only story most people are familiar with.

    I’m sorry you’ll be dealing with human stupidity along with your diagnosis, but it’s a fact of life. Like everything else in life, you’ll have to deal with it. So let’s do this:

    Write and tell me what YOU would say in each of the above scenarios. We’ll post the possible retorts in an upcoming edition of HealthBeat.

  • 7 Simple Ways to Decrease Your Cancer Risk:

    By Dr. Dana Myatt

    7 Simple Ways to Decrease Your Cancer Risk

    Modern medical science knows a lot about the causes of cancer — much more, in fact, than we know about its cure. "Carcinogens," or factors that cause cancer, abound in the environment. Avoiding them is one way to prevent cancer. Other factors are protective, helping shield us from getting cancer.

    Here are seven simple steps you can take to greatly reduce your cancer risk.

    1. Take a hike. Even modest amounts of weekly activity have been associated with decreased risk of breast, colon, prostate, kidney, esophageal and perhaps other types of cancers. So get out those walking shoes and take a brisk walk — or any other form of your favorite activity that gets your blood pumping — for at least 30 minutes, three times a week.

    2. Spice up your life. Many common spices have proven anti-cancer benefits. Liberal use of herbs and spices, especially turmeric, garlic and onions, cayenne pepper, ginger, caraway, orange and lemon zest (grated orange or lemon peel), basil, rosemary and mint will not only add more flavor to food, but also help keep cancer away.

    3. Let the sun shine in. Rates of skin cancer (malignant melanoma) are rising 7% per years in the U.S. Yet for thousands of years "B.S." (before sunscreen), skin cancer was not a major problem. Skin cancers are NOT caused by moderate sun exposure. In fact, the vitamin D created in our bodies in response to sunlight is highly cancer-protective. For those who have trouble getting sufficient sunlight to manufacture a healthy dose of vitamin D (about 12 minutes of sunlight per day), vitamin D supplements appear to be nearly as protective. The recommended supplemental dose is 2,000-3,000IU of vitamin D3 per day.

    4. Kick butt. That’s right, don’t smoke (or chew) tobacco. Tobacco smoke (cigarettes, cigars, pipes) is associated with a LONG list of cancers, including oral cavity/pharynx, larynx, esophagus, bladder, bowel, stomach, pancreatic, cervical and uterine cancer — oh yes, and lung cancer. (See Smoking: Just the Facts on the Wellness Club website or page 26 of your Holistic Health Handbook for a complete list of problems caused by exposure to tobacco smoke). Tobacco in any form (smoked, chewed) is a proven risk factor for cancer. Even second-hand smoke appears to increase risk of some cancers. Kick butt while the kickin’ is good.

    5. Stay "lean and keen." Maintain a normal weight. Statistics released April 2003 by the American Cancer Society estimate that at least 90,000 cancer deaths annually are attributable to overweight and obesity. Cancers known to be associated with increased body (fat) weight include: breast, prostate, colon, endometrial, and multiple myeloma.

    6. Don’t over-expose yourself. (Avoid environmental exposure to carcinogens).

      Environmental exposure: cancer-causing agents are all around us; most are man-made but some are naturally occurring. Evaluate your surroundings for these known cancer-causing substances:

      A.) Radon: a naturally occurring, odorless gas that comes out of the ground and can infiltrate a house through the basement. If you have a basement in your home, inexpensive tests will tell you if your level is above 4 picocuries per liter (the minimum safe level). Correction is as easy as ensuring adequate ventilation. Radon causes lung cancer.

      B.) Asbestos: Homes built before 1980 may have asbestos insulation. Either leave it alone or have it removed by a qualified contractor. Asbestos causes lung cancer.

      C.) Workplace hazards: If you work with chemicals, including construction materials (paints, thinners, etc.), be sure to wear protective masks, gloves and other clothing. If you are unsure of your exposure, find out what chemicals you are handling and take appropriate precautions.

      D.) Water. I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again: water is a common source of carcinogens and other disease-causing contaminants. Check your water report yearly. If you use city-supplied water, ask for a water report that will be provided for free. If you use well water, have your water tested annually. Go to www.epa.gov/safewater/faq/sco.html to find a local lab for water testing or use the service that we use: E-watertest provides easy and accurate water quality testing This service is convenient, inexpensive and well (!) worth the cost!

      E.) Cosmetics: from shampoo to deodorant to face powder, cosmetics contain a wide array of cancer-causing substances. Even BABY SHAMPOOS and creams contain known carcinogens! Evaluate your cosmetic ingredients at this link: http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/index.php?nothanks=1

      F.) Minimize "food hazards," including antibiotics and hormones in meat and dairy (organic is preferred). "Buy organic" for those fruits and vegetables on "The Dirty Dozen" list (produce that is highest in insecticides, herbicides and other carcinogenic chemicals). Review THE DIRTY DOZEN fruits and vegetables here: http://www.foodnews.org

    7. Eat "Super Foods." Some foods are healthy, but others are super-healthy. Vegetables including broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage, kale, onion and garlic contain potent anti-cancer substances. Pacific (wild) salmon and flax seed (and oil) are high in Omega-3 fatty acids. Flax seed also contains an anti-cancer form of fiber called lignin. Concentrated tomato products are high in lycopene, a protective carotene. Add these foods to your daily "must have" list of cancer prevention foods.

    Estimates suggest that 70-90% of all cancers are preventable by making these few lifestyle changes and taking precautions.

    References

    Exercise:
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    * Health benefits of physical activity: the evidence.CMAJ. 2006 Mar 14;174(6):801-9.
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    * Exercise and colon cancer: primary and secondary prevention. Curr Sports Med Rep. 2007 Apr;6(2):120-4. Links
    Spices:
    * Botanicals in cancer chemoprevention. Cancer Metastasis Rev. 200
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    * Curcumin inhibits human colon cancer cell growth by suppressing gene expression of epidermal growth factor receptor through reducing the activity of the transcription factor Egr-1. Oncogene. 2006 Jan 12;25(2):278-87.
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    * Garlic-derived organosulfides induce cytotoxicity, apoptosis, cell cycle arrest and oxidative stress in human colon carcinoma cell lines. Neoplasma. 2006;53(3):191-9.
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    * Garlic – A Natural Source of Cancer Preventive Compounds. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2002;3(4):305-311.
    * Capsaicin inhibits growth of adult T-cell leukemia cells. Leuk Res. 2003 Mar;27(3):275-83.
    * Chemoprotective effects of capsaicin and diallyl sulfide against mutagenesis or tumorigenesis by vinyl carbamate and N-nitrosodimethylamine. Carcinogenesis. 1995 Oct;16(10):2467-71.
    * Chemoprotective properties of some pungent ingredients present in red pepper and ginger. Mutat Res. 1998 Jun 18;402(1-2):259-67.
    * Anti-tumor-promoting activities of selected pungent phenolic substances present in ginger. J Environ Pathol Toxicol Oncol. 1999;18(2):131-9.
    * Chemopreventive efficacy of ginger, a naturally occurring anticarcinogen during the initiation, post-initiation stages of 1,2 dimethylhydrazine-induced colon cancer. Clin Chim Acta. 2005 Aug;358(1-2):60-7.
    * Effect of dietary caraway (Carum carvi L.) on aberrant crypt foci development, fecal steroids, and intestinal alkaline phosphatase activities in 1,2-dimethylhydrazine-induced colon carcinogenesis. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2006 Aug 1;214(3):290-6. Epub 2006 Feb 17.
    * Prevention and therapy of cancer by dietary monoterpenes. J Nutr. 1999 Mar;129(3):775S-778S.
    * Citrus peel use is associated with reduced risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. Nutr Cancer. 2000;37(2):161-8.
    * Chemoprevention and therapy of cancer by d-limonene. Crit Rev Oncog. 1994;5(1):1-22.
    * Chemomodulatory efficacy of basil leaf (Ocimum basilicum) on drug metabolizing and antioxidant enzymes, and on carcinogen-induced skin and forestomach papillomagenesis. Phytomedicine. 2004 Feb;11(2-3):139-51.
    * Anticancer and radioprotective potentials of Mentha piperita. Biofactors. 2004;22(1-4):87-91.
    Sunshine (vit D)
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    * Vitamin D status and cancer: new insights. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2007 Jan;10(1):6-11.
    * The epidemiology of vitamin D and colorectal cancer: recent findings. Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2006 Jan;22(1):24-9.
    * Vitamin D and prevention of breast cancer: pooled analysis. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2007 Mar;103(3-5):708-11.
    * Cancer chemoprevention using natural vitamin D and synthetic analogs. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol. 2001;41:421-42.
    * Vitamin D and vitamin D analogs as cancer chemopreventive agents. Nutr Rev. 2003 Jul;61(7):227-38.
    * Vitamin D and reduced risk of breast cancer: a population-based case-control study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007 Mar;16(3):422-9.
    Smoking
    * Cigar smoking in men and risk of death from tobacco-related cancers. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2000 Feb 16;92(4):333-7.
    * Cigarette smoking and bladder cancer in men: a pooled analysis of 11 case-control studies. Int J Cancer. 2000 Apr 15;86(2):289-94.
    * Cigarette smoking, use of other tobacco products and stomach cancer mortality in US adults: The Cancer Prevention Study II. Int J Cancer. 2002 Oct 1;101(4):380-9.
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    * Smokeless and other noncigarette tobacco use and pancreatic cancer: a case-control study based on direct interviews.Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2004 Jan;13(1):55-8.
    * Lung cancer among cigar and pipe smokers.Prev Med. 1988 Jan;17(1):116-28.
    * Risk of bladder cancer by source and type of tobacco exposure: a case-control study. Int J Cancer. 1989 Oct 15;44(4):622-8.
    * Tobacco use in relation to renal cell carcinoma. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 1998 May;7(5):429-33.
    * Cigarette smoking and cervical cancer: Part I: a meta-analysis.Biomed Pharmacother. 2003 Mar;57(2):67-77.
    * Passive cigarette smoking is a risk factor in cervical neoplasia. Gynecol Oncol. 2004 Apr;93(1):116-20.
    * Can the number of cigarettes smoked predict high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia among women with mildly abnormal cervical smears? Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1998 Aug;179(2):399-402.
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    * The fragile histidine triad gene: a molecular link between cigarette smoking and cervical cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2005 Aug 15;11(16):5756-63.
    Weight:
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    * Anthropometric characteristics and risk of multiple myeloma. Epidemiology. 2005 Sep;16(5):691-4.
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    * Body size and breast cancer risk: findings from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer And Nutrition (EPIC).Int J Cancer. 2004 Sep 20;111(5):762-71.
    Environmental Toxins
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    * Asbestos-related lung disease. Am Fam Physician. 2007 Mar 1;75(5):683-8.
    * Worker exposure and health risks from volatile organic compounds utilized in the paint manufacturing industry of Kenya. Appl Occup Environ Hyg. 2001 Nov;16(11):1035-42.
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    * EWG’s interactive product safety guide to find cosmetics free of cancer-causing impurities.
    * From Campaign for Safe Cosmetics – Read about Dr. David Steinman’s new product tests for a cancer-causing impurity [PDF] called 1,4-dioxane, including tests of children’s products.
    * Branched fatty acids in dairy and beef products markedly enhance alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase expression in prostate cancer cells in vitro. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2003 Aug;12(8):775-83.
    * Estrogen: one of the risk factors in milk for prostate cancer. Med Hypotheses. 2004;62(1):133-42.
    * The possible role of female sex hormones in milk from pregnant cows in the development of breast, ovarian and corpus uteri cancers. Med Hypotheses. 2005;65(6):1028-37. Epub 2005 Aug 24.
    * Diet and cancer prevention: where we are, where we are going. Nutr Cancer. 2006;56(2):225-31.
    * Dietary isothiocyanate iberin inhibits growth and induces apoptosis in human glioblastoma cells. J Pharmacol Sci. 2007 Feb;103(2):247-51.
    * Tea and lycopene protect against prostate cancer. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2007;16 Suppl 1:453-7.
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    1. Skin Answer by Lane Labs is Back – as SunSpot Gel!

      A very popular and useful product is back! Skin Answer cream, once available from Lane Labs until it was banned by the FDA, has now returned under a new name – SunSpot Gel. We are told that this is the same formulation as the old Skin Answer, but that the packaging is different in order to avoid the wrath of the FDA – it is now sold as an Anti-Aging exfoliant and NOT as any sort of treatment for cancer.

      Regular readers of HealthBeat News will remember my description of the FDA’s heavy-handed treatment of Lane labs in the HealthBeat FDA Outlaws Vitamins: Closer By The Minute.

      More information about this great product can be found here: Skin Answer

    2. Please – Tell Me What Pill Will Cure My Cancer!

      Conventional Medicine, in concert with Big Pharma, has done a fine job of convincing people that there is a pill to cure every ill. People are so convinced of this that even when they are skeptical of Big Pharma’s poisonous offerings (as they should be!) and wish to explore alternative treatments and therapies, they still look for a quick, one-pill solution. Unfortunately, it is just not that simple – consider the following exchange:

      Lavine wrote to ask:

      What is the best alternative medicine that you would prescribe for the curing/healing of lymphoma that I have in my lymph nodes? I use grape seed extract-just started a few days ago.

      Now, Grape Seed Extract is a wonderful, useful, powerfully protective and healing substance – but it is not a “one pill cure” for anything! Here is Dr. Myatt’s reply to Lavina:

      Hi Lavina:

      There is no “one best treatment” for ANY type of cancer because each individual’s case has different characteristics. In the case of lymphoma, there are now 35 different sub-types of the disease that have been identified.

      Here is information on lymphoma from our website, fully referenced.

      Cancer treatment should not be a “do it yourself” proposition unless you have a lot of medical and biochemical background. Even then, consultation with a qualified holistic medical practitioner is what I advise.

      Best success on your journey back to health!

      Dr. Myatt