Health Discoveries for Chemotherapy Side Effects with Cancer Treatment

To kill cancer, doctors sometimes come close to killing their patients because conventional chemotherapy drugs are essentially poisonous.

Fortunately, chemo drugs are changing, but there are also impressive natural, clinically proven supplements called nutraceuticals that can be used along with treatment to 1) virtually eliminate side effects and 2) to prevent the cancer from coming back or the cancer spreading.

NEW CANCER DRUGS:

In the future, cancer drugs may be more targeted, like the cocktail of drugs now used to treat HIV-AIDS.

It was hoped that doctors would do a genetic profile of every tumor, identify the specific mutation, and then concoct the most potent drug cocktail possible for each patient, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, who are setting out to map all the genetic changes involved in colon cancer and for breast cancer.

However, these scientists expected to find only a handful of genes that help tumors grow, but instead they found nearly 200! So while scientists are solving this riddle, cancer treatments are still "deadly," and it is essential to use adjunct therapy such as nutraceuticals for reducing side effects and protection against chances of future recurrence.

BETTER NATURAL PROTECTION:

• Fortunately, you can now add nutraceuticals to your cancer treatment to protect against these "deadly" effects. Nutraceuticals are natural supplements based on science.

• There are now clinically proven supplements that are allowing people “sail through” their cancer treatments, and protecting them from recurrences of the cancer!

Chemotherapy Effectiveness and Chemotherapy Side Effects

* Bone marrow, which produces blood * Digestive system * Reproductive system * Hair follicles

This overkill approach is the cause of the astounding overall failure of this treatment:

In 2004, the Journal of Clinical Oncology published a revealing study about chemo’s success rates when looking at how many cancer patients were still alive after 5 years. It states:

RESULTS: The overall contribution of curative and adjuvant cytotoxic chemotherapy to 5-year survival in adults was estimated to be 2.3% in Australia and 2.1% in the USA.

CONCLUSION: As the 5-year relative survival rate for cancer in Australia is now over 60%, it is clear that cytotoxic chemotherapy only makes a minor contribution to cancer survival. To justify the continued funding and availability of drugs used in cytotoxic chemotherapy, a rigorous evaluation of the cost-effectiveness and impact on quality of life is urgently required.

Dr. Moss' books detail the failures (and very few successes) for chemo treatments with more than fifty types of cancer, and include a complete description of the major chemo drugs, with sections about questions to ask your doctor.

All of Dr. Moss' books and Cancer Chronicles newsletters are available from Equinox Press, 1-800-929-WELL or 718-636-4433.

Most Common Chemotherapy Side Effects

• Appetite: Desire to eat fades and eating habits change, along with food dislikes changing day-to-day. Chemo drugs also cause temporary changes in taste and smell, making food less appetizing.

• Hair Loss: Hair loss can occur on all parts of the body. Patients may lose the hair on their head, including some or all eyelashes and eyebrows, and on their body, including pubic, chest and underarm hair.

• Flu Symptoms: Tiredness, muscle aches or headaches and chills can begin as soon as an hour after treatment and last up to three days.

• Skin: Minor skin irritations may develop as side effects, including redness, rashes, itching, peeling, dryness and acne.

• Bleeding or Bruising: Red spots under the skin, unusual bleeding from gums or nose, bleeding from the bladder or rectum and vaginal bleeding happen because chemo affects the body’s ability to make platelets, which help with clotting.

• Diarrhea and Constipation: Irregularity ranging from loose, frequent stools to great trouble moving bowels.

• Oral: Mouth, throat and tonsils can become very dry, making talking, chewing and swallowing very difficult.

• Mouth: Sores can develop on the tongue and lips as chemotherapy side effects.

• Eyes: Eyes become very water, red, sore or dry and temporary changes in vision are possible.

• Infections: Many chemo drugs negatively affect the immune system, limiting the body’s ability to fight infection.

Answers from the Natural World

• Nutraceuticals are natural substances that have been clinically tested. When people use nutraceuticals to improve their blood counts, for instance, their doctors find that they are stronger and able to withstand more intense chemo treatment, and as a result need fewer treatments.

• Some nutraceuticals can be taken during treatment without fear of interfering with treatment to alleviate side effects, helping people to “sail through” their treatments, often not losing any hair.

• The experience of being able to withstand treatment without many symptoms also helps build confidence and reduce fears of future recurrence.

Recommendations for Nutraceuticals with Cancer Treatment:

• WENDY'S STORY OF BEING CANCER FREE AGAIN:

“My hair did not fall out, and I was back at work, and cancer free six months after treatment for ovarian cancer and tumors two years after a first bout with breast cancer."

* Nutrition with Cancer Treatment and Chemotherapy Side Effects for Better Survival * FREE Booklet: Natural Protection With Cancer Therapy for Prostate cancer, Lung cancer, Colon cancer Cervical cancer & Lymphoma *

Reducing Chemotherapy Side Effects and “Sailing Through” Cancer Treatments

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