What To Do About BREAST CANCER
by Dr. Martha Grout B
reast lumps that are soft, smooth, round and movable are likely benign. A hard, oddly shaped lump that feels firmly attached is usually cancer. Studies show 80 percent of all breast lumps are not cancerous. Many women have had success in reducing fibrous breasts and turning back early cancerous lumps by painting Lugol’s solution of iodine on their breasts.
Diagnosing lumps with mammo-
graphy has led to many problems. A mammogram is an X-ray of the breast, and repeated exposures to ionizing radiation increase the odds of the screening itself causing cancer. The pressure from squeezing the breast during a mammogram can spread cancer cells. And it’s tough to read a mammogram accurately. A study done in Sweden involving 60,000 women found that 70 percent of the tumors detected by mammography weren’t
tumors at all when doctors tried to confirm them with biopsies. False positives lead to unnecessary emo- tional anguish and financial costs. Thermography is the better breast cancer screening technology. It uses infrared light to detect the “heat signa- ture” of a growing tumor. A tumor is a mass of genetically malfunctioning cells that have excessive growth. All that growth activity gives off heat that can be seen years before a mammo- gram can detect a mass. A thermo- gram can detect suspicions of cancer while it is still in its infancy; therefore, it is a much better early screening test. Thermography also does not squeeze the breast and has no trouble with implants or dense, fibrous breasts. Breast cancers in younger women are usually more aggressive and have poorer survival rates. Thermography can be used safely at any age. If a woman has reason to suspect she is
more vulnerable because of family history, she can start baseline imaging at age 20. So you have breast cancer, now
what? A change in lifestyle is in order,
for sure. Out with the junk food, espe- cially the various forms of sugar, and out with chemicals, particularly those which mimic estrogen like BPA in plas- tic bottles. And then you have to decide how to get rid of the cancer itself. With surgery, we see recur- rence of the tumor, either locally or in a distant area, within two to three years. Radiation can induce eventual development of secondary cancers because the immune system has been damaged or destroyed. Chemotherapy, however, does stop tumors. Chemotherapy is a systemic
therapy, meaning the drugs enter the bloodstream and reach cells through- out the entire body, not just the breast. Conventional chemotherapy comes in big doses and targets every cell, cancerous or not. That is why so many body systems are adversely affected and people lose their hair, have bouts of severe nausea, and can experience organ failure. Insulin Potentiated Therapy-
Low Dose (IPT or IPTLD) is a more enlightened approach and has been used around the world for 70 years. With IPT, the chemotherapy comes in very small doses, about one-tenth the
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