CANCER? SEE ME FIRST
The first move may be the most important. A woman with an egg-sized estrogen-positive tumor followed the advise of her oncologic surgeon and myself, taking a Rx aromatase-inhibiting drug along with nutritional, lifestyle, and botanical immune support as her first step. After many months, the tumor shrank to 1/7th its original size and was then easily removed with a lumpectomy.
Our office recommends a uniquely comprehensive tissue evaluation. When diagnosed with cancer, the common initial reaction is panic. When panicked, blood flow to the ‘thinking’ frontal lobes is cut-off in favor of ‘fight-or-flight’, leading to faulty decisions. Prepare in advance, because most err in this critical decision. To solve cancer, acquiring comprehensive information and diligently applying it is fundamental.
Consider the common options: Should it immediately be cut out? Consider breast cancer.
1) Removing a tumor at a time when estrogen levels are high substantially worsens outcomes. If on hormones, stop them, ideally a month before surgery. If premenopausal, greatly lower hormones integratively before preceding, and choose surgery at a time in the menstrual cycle when estrogen levels are lowest.
2) The nm23 gene in breast cancer suppresses metastasis, so removal of the primary tumor can promote growth of any metastases, though it may be years before these are apparent. 3) Prior to surgery, maximally strengthen the immune system to improve the outcome.
Before having a tumor removed, have in place a system where tumor tissue will be sent out-of-state to special labs that can do extensive genetic, tissue-marker, and chemotherapy sensitivity testing. Without this evaluation it is difficult to determine the best chemotherapy. Our office will work on locating a surgeon who can obtain tissue utilizing special kits, which you should then personally place in the mail. Compared to chemotherapy treatment of tissue shown to be insensitive, treatment of sensitive tissue improves outcomes 7-fold.
If the biopsy has previously been done, recent tissue can still be sent for tumor marker analysis. Know that your tissue indeed has tumor markers that your chemotherapy should be designed to attack – otherwise, treatment may be futile and harmful.
While radiation is commonly recommended after lumpectomy, there are concerns. Radiation primarily reduces chest wall metastases, which are generally not life threatening, unlike metastases to the bone, brain, and liver. Radiation may have little impact on preventing distant metastasis, while permanently weakening chest tissue and the heart. Radiation-induced tumors have appeared as soon as two years later. Long-term survivors in one study had a greater than 50% chance of new cancer developing directly due to radiation.
As soon as you are diagnosed, contact our office to take advantage of comprehensive tissue evaluation for the best chemotherapy outcome! We do frequent, comprehensive blood analysis to aid early detection of any recurrence, and have had good results in stabilizing metastatic cancer and achieving vitality, utilizing integrative interventions.
Filed under: Hormonal Health — Tags: Jim Roach M.D. — admin @ 6:41 pm
CANCER? SEE ME FIRST
The first move may be the most important. A woman with an egg-sized estrogen-positive tumor followed the advise of her oncologic surgeon and myself, taking a Rx aromatase-inhibiting drug along with nutritional, lifestyle, and botanical immune support as her first step. After many months, the tumor shrank to 1/7th its original size and was then easily removed with a lumpectomy.
Our office recommends a uniquely comprehensive tissue evaluation. When diagnosed with cancer, the common initial reaction is panic. When panicked, blood flow to the ‘thinking’ frontal lobes is cut-off in favor of ‘fight-or-flight’, leading to faulty decisions. Prepare in advance, because most err in this critical decision. To solve cancer, acquiring comprehensive information and diligently applying it is fundamental.
Consider the common options: Should it immediately be cut out? Consider breast cancer.
1) Removing a tumor at a time when estrogen levels are high substantially worsens outcomes. If on hormones, stop them, ideally a month before surgery. If premenopausal, greatly lower hormones integratively before preceding, and choose surgery at a time in the menstrual cycle when estrogen levels are lowest.
2) The nm23 gene in breast cancer suppresses metastasis, so removal of the primary tumor can promote growth of any metastases, though it may be years before these are apparent. 3) Prior to surgery, maximally strengthen the immune system to improve the outcome.
Before having a tumor removed, have in place a system where tumor tissue will be sent out-of-state to special labs that can do extensive genetic, tissue-marker, and chemotherapy sensitivity testing. Without this evaluation it is difficult to determine the best chemotherapy. Our office will work on locating a surgeon who can obtain tissue utilizing special kits, which you should then personally place in the mail. Compared to chemotherapy treatment of tissue shown to be insensitive, treatment of sensitive tissue improves outcomes 7-fold.
If the biopsy has previously been done, recent tissue can still be sent for tumor marker analysis. Know that your tissue indeed has tumor markers that your chemotherapy should be designed to attack – otherwise, treatment may be futile and harmful.
While radiation is commonly recommended after lumpectomy, there are concerns. Radiation primarily reduces chest wall metastases, which are generally not life threatening, unlike metastases to the bone, brain, and liver. Radiation may have little impact on preventing distant metastasis, while permanently weakening chest tissue and the heart. Radiation-induced tumors have appeared as soon as two years later. Long-term survivors in one study had a greater than 50% chance of new cancer developing directly due to radiation.
As soon as you are diagnosed, contact our office to take advantage of comprehensive tissue evaluation for the best chemotherapy outcome! We do frequent, comprehensive blood analysis to aid early detection of any recurrence, and have had good results in stabilizing metastatic cancer and achieving vitality, utilizing integrative interventions.
Filed under: Hormonal Health — Tags: Jim Roach M.D. — admin @ 6:41 pm