To be diagnosed
with cancer is a traumatic experience in life. Out of desperation, a cancer
patient often immediately turns to different cancer treatment options. However,
there are many cancer cure choices. Due to the array of cancer treatment
options available, both conventional and unconventional, it may be stressful
for a cancer patient to make a wise choice.
First of all, empower yourself with cancer
information. To fight cancer, more is better: you can do only too little, not
too much! But do it the natural way to control cancer, if not eradicate
it! Is it possible to heal
cancer yourself? Irrespective of what cancer treatment you
decide on, empowering yourself with information about different cancer
treatment options is the first step.
Conventional cancer cures generally include
surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy.
Cancer surgery is an invasive procedure
involving the removal of a cancerous tumor. Doctors generally recommend surgery
if the cancer is operable, if it is in its early stage, or if the tumor is
localized, that is, without spreading to other parts of the body. There are
four stages of cancer: the first stage being the early development stage, and
the fourth stage indicative of advanced cancer. The problem with cancer surgery
is that it may sometimes be difficult to determine the exact stage of cancer
development.
As with all types
of surgery, cancer surgery is not only invasive but also traumatic--that is,
causing cancer stress. Specifically, cancer surgery may predispose the patient
to recurrence of cancer because cancer stress reduces the body's resistance to
cancer. In addition, surgical biopsy may actually contribute to the spread of
cancer, according to some studies.
Chemotherapy, another common cancer treatment,
involves the application of chemicals not only to shrink the cancer but also to
annihilate any cancerous cell that may remain hidden in the body after all
visible cancer has been removed during the cancer surgery.
The problem with chemotherapy is that these
chemicals are extremely toxic not only to cancerous cells but also to nearby
healthy cells and tissues. These toxic chemicals suppress bone marrow, which
may lead to low immunity to infections due to reduction in white blood cell
production. Infection could be a major cause of disease in patients who are
already weak in immunity. To compensate for the adverse side effects of
chemotherapy treatment, the cancer patient may be given other pharmaceutical
drugs, which may have long-term effects on the overall health of the patient
down the road, such as damage to muscles of the heart, loss of fertility, and
risk of developing a second cancer. Loss of appetite, diarrhea, fatigue, and
nausea are some of the other unpleasant side effects of chemotherapy.
Radiation therapy is the use of high-intensity
X-rays to destroy cancerous cells. Essentially, radiation therapy damages cells
by destroying the genetic material that controls how cells grow and divide. Radiation
therapy is based on the theory that radiation is much more harmful to cancerous
cells than it is to normal cells. While both healthy and cancerous cells are
damaged by radiation, the goal of radiation treatment is to destroy as few
normal, healthy cells as possible during the radiation therapy process.
In mainstream cancer treatments, more than half
of the patients receive some type of radiation therapy to kill cancerous cells.
Radiation therapy may be used before surgery to shrink a cancerous tumor,
during surgery to direct large doses of radiation at a tumor, or after surgery
to inhibit the growth of any remaining cancerous cells. Radiation therapy may
also be used with chemotherapy not only to destroy cancerous cells, but also to
shrink tumors in order to decrease the pressure, pain or other symptoms they
may have caused.
Unfortunately conventional cancer
cures remove only the symptoms without eradicating the root of the problem.
Can cancer be cured through the mind?
This 132-page book is about what to do when one is diagnosed
with cancer. The author is neither a doctor nor an oncologist. He is simply
showing the power of the mind not only in coping with the traumatic experience
of cancer but also in overcoming the disease itself. In addition, he presents
detailed information on what an individual must do on the cancer journey of
cure and recovery. A cancer diagnosis is not a death sentence. Rather, it is an
opportunity for growth and development. Harness mind power to combat cancer.
Stephen Lau
Copyright© by Stephen Lau
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