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Question by Deborah: How do people survive esophegeal cancer?
They say whenever people discover that they have difficulty swallowing, it is too late for this cancer to be treated.

So my question is how does 5% of people manage to survive this cancer? Do they consult to doctor for something completely different and then the doctor discovers “by mistake” they have esophageal cancer. Can somebody help me with this?
Yes it’s the 5 year survival rate

Best answer:

Answer by John E
The 5% number needs a definition. Is that the 5 year survival rate? Or some other number? Tell us what the context of that number is, and you will get a better answer.

No brainer to diagnose. Endoscope, biopsy, boom. Answer. Most people deny having trouble eating, or adapt until they start losing weight. People hate doctors, and I can understand that.

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Research over the last 5-10 years shows a direct correlation between Hormonal replacement therapy and cancer. For this reason, you need to have a very detailed discussion with your physician. Death by cancer is not a pleasant experience.

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Another animal study has shown the importance of having company to prevent cancer occurring and in reducing of the likelihood of death from cancer. It is clear that for both animals and humans having good friends definitely improves the quality of life, and now, possibly, lack of friends might even be a matter of life or death. However researchers are still unsure of many of the mechanisms by which social isolation might contribute to the development of cancer.

We all know of wonderful people who have had lots of friends who socialized a good deal and who still died of cancer. I am not saying that not having friends is the one cause of cancer.

But we need to acknowledge the increasing evidence that having good friends can be a buffer to both prevent cancer occurring in the first place and if it does occur, to improve ones chances of a better outcome – either a complete recovery or a longer time till death. My own research findings also come to the same conclusions.

I have never had a doctor ask me about my relationships with friends, or even within my family, and yet there is clear evidence of their importance to health. As I work with doctors I’ve asked a few of them why this lack of interest in patients’ sociability might be. Their response was that it is not their business to interfere, or even take an interest in, a patient’s relationships. It is outside their sphere of management.

As you are unlikely to hear from your doctor that good relationships are beneficial to your health right down to the cellular and organ level then you need to take the message on board from elsewhere and take responsibility for improving your relationships as part of your overall health care.

So if you know you are short on friends don’t take it badly. Friends die. They shift away. They or you can change. Or you might just look at your current friends and decide that they no longer contribute sufficient positive aspects to your life.

One of the patients in my big study had no friends at all when she first got cancer. Apart from a loving husband and two absent children she had no positive input from people into her life. She started to deal with her cancer by paying for human contact. She paid for a masseur, for time with a homeopath, joined a healing group and slowly made progress from there.

Another loner was a farmer who lived in the outback miles from anywhere. He gave up farming and moved into the city. His situation was different because he was naturally gregarious and made friends easily.

You don’t need lots of friends, somewhere between five and nine seems to work well from a health perspective. Family can count in the friend mix, but you are looking for people who contribute positively to your well-being and you to theirs. You are looking for at least one person who makes you feel significant, one who makes you feel connected and loved, one who can be trusted to help you and gives you a sense of security and someone who gives a sense of fun, enjoyment and variety in life.

As my study showed sometimes you must adapt, even to purchase the support you need and this is a positive alternative if your natural circle of friends is missing a category of need. It makes sense to have a good group of friends. You may not be thinking in terms of your own natural cancer therapies but friendships are good and improve your quality of life. Take the time to consider what your friends add to your life and if necessary set out to increase the number of positive people around you.

Dr Harriet Denz-Penhey is an internationally recognized health researcher who has done groundbreaking research into patient self care in serious illness. The web site http://www.cancerremedies.org discusses aspects of natural cancer treatment and remedies for good general health.

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If you are reading this article there is a chance you or someone you care about was or has been diagnosed with cancer. You almost definitely got the diagnosis from your doctor, and you may also have been given a life expectancy and prescribed course of treatment. I can only hope this is the case and you are reading this article before choosing whether to follow an orthodox medical program or what is dubbed an ‘alternative’ cancer treatment. This article could save your life.

You may not know it yet, but you are about to become very popular. I’m not talking about heartless relatives who start thinking about their inheritance, or loving ones who realize they have so little time to spend with you. You have just become a customer for the cancer treatment industry, and as such you have a market value of just under four hundred thousand dollars. The US Department of Commerce has reported that doctors, and the medical and pharmaceutical industries receive an average of $375,000 for every patient diagnosed with cancer. This money is spent on surgery, chemotherapy, x-rays, hospital stays, doctors and anesthesiologists.

It will buy you roughly a 3% chance of surviving the cancer.

Now take a look in your bank account – is there $375,000 there? Most people will not have that kind of money, so they will sell their house, cash in all their assets, borrow money from friends and family – do whatever it takes to continue receiving this treatment that will extend their life by a few painful years and maybe, in a pitiful 3% of cases allow them to beat cancer.

It’s unfortunate an unfortunate situation that has come about because medicine is no longer about curing disease, it is about money. Most people on hearing that statement will naturally feel the need to jump to the defense of our doctors and medicine. They will want to argue until they are out of breathe that the medical system is one of the finest in the world and it is constantly thriving to push back new barriers in health care. This is true. In recent years there have been huge advances in cancer surgery. There have been fantastic evolutions in the drugs we have open to us to treat cancer. There have been impressive leaps in our ability to detect cancer early. In fact the only thing that hasn’t improved is the survival rate of a person diagnosed with cancer.

This survival rate is buried under a mountain of statistics, and these statistics can be made to tell a number of different stories. For instance, when your doctor speaks of your survival chances he may well be referring to your 5-year survival chances. 5-year survival is the measured as a five year span between diagnosis and death. If you last for five years you are ‘a cancer survivor’ even if you die on the first day of the sixth year. Five years is a long time – usually enough to suck every cent out of you and your family. It is a sad but true fact that a cured patient is a customer lost to the cancer industry.

Contracting cancer is a depressing enough thing to happen without having to come across the truth of the medical industry. This is an industry that USA predicts will control 20% of the US GDP by the year 2015. It’s an industry that is built on us being sick, and more frighteningly, it’s an industry that is relying on us not to get better. And most people cannot even begin to fathom the depth of conspiracy that would be required to support such an industry and suppress treatments that can cure cancer, HIV and heart disease. The level of malice required to not just let people die, but exploit them mercilessly and encourage them down the path to death is beyond most people’s comprehension. But it is plain to see for those who are prepared to open their eyes.

Doctors in America are not permitted to treat cancer patients with alternative therapies. They are not allowed to suggest them when the patient is diagnosed, they are not allowed to suggest them as the course of chemotherapy and radiation demolishes their immune system and bleeds their families finances dry and even at the end, when they admit that orthodox medicine can do nothing else for them and they should go home and prepare to die – even then – they are not allowed to prescribe alternative therapy. If they did they would risk their job, being stripped of their license to operate and possibly even a jail term. The strict adherence to a prescribed line of treatment allows for a uniform treatment of cancer regardless of your physician. Unfortunately it also means that any research or investigations into alternatives to orthodox treatment are never explored. It limits progress in medical treatments, and it ensures all the power in the medical industry remains with a pharmaceutical monopoly.

Now all of the above is quite heavy, and probably hasn’t made you feel too much better about that initial diagnosis of cancer. But that’s not the end of the story, and it’s time you saw some light at the end of the tunnel. There are alternative treatments to chemotherapy and the orthodox line, and they can work. In fact they can work very effectively.

For example, Linus Pauling, a two time nobel prize winner, and his partner Ewan Cameron, MD, performed an experiment and published the results in Scotland in 1976. The study showed that 10 grams a day of vitamin C administered Intravenously can extend the life of a terminal cancer patient by six times. This study was done over thirty years ago and by a nobel prize winner. It shows that a natural substance – Vitamin C consistently provides a positive result to cancer sufferers.

You would think that such good news from such a credible source would open the door to a string of other discoveries and research. It should have. But in the orthodox medical world it didn’t. Because the orthodox medical world is controlled by big drug companies who cannot patent a natural substance such as Vitamin C. And this single case, while powerful, is only the tip of the iceberg in terms of what is known about the success of natural treatments to cancer patients.

I want to leave you with some final figures to consider. Orthodox medicine can claim around a 40% five year cure rate for cancer, but a true cure rate of less than 5%. Alternative medicine is not without it’s problems, most caused by a lack of shared research, accessibility to information and limited options. But with the right alternative treatments administered correctly and monitored properly, around 50% of those patients given up for dead by the orthodox system can achieve a true cure. For those few people who elect an alternative therapy from the outset that number may rise as high as 90%.

This is your life we are talking about, so please, treat this article as your starting point. Look very seriously at the information before you decide to take ANY form of treatment. Consider all of the options and implications. Consider your quality of life, consider your legacy, consider your chances of survival and consider this all with an open mind and in your own time. Don’t be rushed into making any decisions, because the decision you make can quite literally be the difference between life and death.

Mark Branyon collaborates with international experts in continually improving existing protocols. Their treatment strategy incorporates the best modalities of both worlds mainstream and alternative according to individual needs. http://www.newhopemedicalcenter.com

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Skin cancer is not just caused by us sitting out in the sun too long. There are many factors that can account for the reasons why some of us will eventually encounter this type of cancer. For example, if skin cancer is genetic and runs in your family, chances are you could be a possible candidate. However, if you take a look at turmeric and skin cancer and how a natural agent can help aid in prevention, it may just be worth a shot!

Skin cancer is one of the most common types of cancer that we run into during our lives, but it is also a very simple cancer to fight. When taking a turmeric supplement on a daily basis you will have a better chance of either skipping the cancer altogether; or beating it with flying colors. Those who are suffering from skin cancer should start taking turmeric in supplement form for a variety of reasons.

When you are taking chemotherapy treatments you may not realize just how vulnerable your body actually is. By taking turmeric on a daily basis you will be eliminating any worry about infection simply because the turmeric will help to increase the immune system and keep you moving along. While this agent helps keep you feeling healthy, it may also help stop the cancer altogether. In fact, researchers have found that this agent helps to stop the cancer cells from spreading so that doctors can stop the rest of the cancer.

This is very big news when it comes to turmeric and skin cancer and those who are suffering from this ailment must take a closer look. There are plenty of multivitamins that you can take that are FULL of natural agents that help to keep your body in the right shape. See how turmeric can help you and your health through supplements and multivitamins!

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