Women who have less drastic surgery live just as long Women with breast cancer do not increase their survival chances by having a double mastectomy, researchers claim. They found women who only had lumps taken out followed by radiotherapy lived just as long as those who had both breasts removed. Researchers also point out that […]
Last night (July 1st), Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of banking giant JPMorgan, told employees that he is being treated for throat cancer. In a memo, he said that he would begin eight weeks of chemotherapy and radiation treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He wrote: The good news is that the prognosis from […]
New leukaemia drug boosts survival rate to 90% and could eventually replace invasive chemical treatment A breakthrough international trial of a new cancer drug has given researchers renewed hope in the fight against leukaemia, with one Australian doctor suggesting it could end traditional chemotherapy treatments for good. The results of a trial on 391 patients […]
Nearly everyone has been touched by cancer in some way or another. Cancer patients are struggling with traditional therapies, and many are looking to alternative ways in order to reverse their diagnosis. Look no further than these two powerful rainforest herbs that can stimulate the proper systems to help give cancer a knock-out punch. Cat’s […]
What would happen if the Cancer industry admitted there was a CURE for cancer? There are hundreds of thousands of people who have been cured of cancer via “alternative” methods, however many of those methods have been banned by the FDA and proclaimed as “unsafe”. Of course, oddly enough, chemo and radiation are undoubtedly two […]
Study finds it reduces the risk of disease spreading to other organs A low calorie diet may help prevent the spread of one of the deadliest forms of breast cancer. Scientists believe that radiotherapy used to treat tumours would be more effective if women were eating a third less than usual. In the US study […]
Mammography has become a fighting word in recent years, with some researchers questioning its value and others staunchly defending it. One especially disturbing criticism is that screening mammography may lead to “overtreatment,” in which some women go through grueling therapies — surgery, radiation, chemotherapy — that they do not need. Indeed, some studies estimate that […]
The future of wheat is certain, and it’s toxic. There are as many health risks associated with the consumption of wheat as there are nutritional benefits claimed by the wheat industry. Why is there such a strong emphasis on the development of wheat products all over the world when there are so many adverse and […]
Recent studies and reports have revealed that terminal cancer patients are frequently given harsh chemotherapy drugs and radiation treatments long after they have been diagnosed as hopeless. In many instances such treatments continue up until the moment of death. As a result, many cancer patients are subjected to needless expense and suffering and little time […]
Breast cancer is not always pink. That is the message of a provocative new photography series featuring the faces, and scars, of men with breast cancer. The photos, by the New York-based fashion photographer David Jay, are part of his continuing Scar Project, a series of mostly black-and-white portraits that capture the devastation of breast […]
The overall number of new people who will develop cancer in a given year is expected to nearly double over the next two decades, claims a new report put out by the World Health Organization (WHO). Analysts at the international governing body say the current global rate of about 14 million new cancer cases annually, […]
As the Obamacare debate rages, we hear much about insurance companies, costs and people’s ability to pay. We hear the policy defended as proponents tell us it will provide healthcare to those who never had it. Of course, these proponents never seem to explain how those who couldn’t afford healthcare when it was a choice […]
The Amish parents of Sarah Hershberger, now 11, fled their home in Ohio to a clinic in Central America Grandfather says blood and imaging tests show Sarah, who has turned 11 years old, is cancer free The family have returned to U.S. but remain in hiding with a baby sitter UPDATE to three previous columns […]
…(and other cancer facts you probably never knew Breast cancer is the leading cause of death among American women between the ages of 44 and 55. Dr. Gofinan, in his book, Preventing Breast Cancer, cites this startling statistic along with an in-depth look at mammographic screening, an early-detection practice that agencies like the American Cancer […]
NOTE: During the second week of February, 2014 – the “mainstream news” FINALLY got hold of this story (originally published in June of 2013) and had a field day ripping this report apart – a 25 year running study. What became interesting to us at drkelley.net, is that we strongly urged the move to Thermography […]