Let’s talk about cancer today.

First the standard disclaimer. I’m not a doctor nor do I play one on the internet.

But I lost my mom to cancer through the conventional treatment zoo and have studied health for decades. So I have some unconventional thoughts and ideas. But use them at your own risk. 😉

Q: Which lab tests for all types of Cancers can be held regularly? So that the cancer is detected in its rudimentary stage.

A: I don’t recommend many of the typical cancer tests.

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is used for prostate cancer screening. But even the guy who discovered the PSA said it shouldn’t be used as it is. (See this article.)

Here’s a quote that tells it like it is from a medical doctor…

“Everyone with cancer is always looking for ways to detect disease. Along comes the PSA test and it just ran ahead of the evidence. The mantra ‘early detection saves lives’ became an unquestioned truth. But nothing in medicine should be unquestioned, and PSA is a good example of that. The test just took on a life of its own,” said Oliver Sartor, MD, from Tulane Cancer Center.

Mammograms shoot radiation into the breasts and therefore can cause cancer. They also carry big risks such as false positives. That means people are going to go through the torture of radiation, chemotherapy, and surgery sometimes when there’s not even cancer.

This systematic review estimated overdiagnosis in the wide range of 0% to 57%!

As for other common tests, I’m not as well-versed on many of them. As the recent years have (hopefully) proven out to you, you can’t just simply take the doctor’s word on what is best. Do your own research, which requires some careful digging.

I’ve heard that thermography can detect cancers at an earlier stage. There is some research to support its use.

But understand that cancer is a big business. That includes the diagnosis part. So things move slowly as for changing of recommendations. Things that work can get criticized and put down in this field.

Q: Lot of people die of cancer because cancer is generally detected at a much advanced stage when there is little hope. Therefore we can make a kit of certain clinical tests which, if done every year, detect cancer much in advance. It may be clinical tests or some kinds of scans or XRays. I suggest you make a list of such tests and provide us with this list. It will be a great service to humanity.

A: Basically this is the same question but asked differently.

I agree, that would be a great resource. Yet it’s a bit outside of my wheelhouse. If anyone reading this knows of such a thing then please do share.

One other thing I’ll mention is that Azra Raza, oncologist and author of The First Cell, is looking at finding cancer at Stage Negative One. Here’s a podcast about that project.

Q: A family member had to have the prostate removed. And a new growth is being found a year and a half or so later. Is there any known herb that can combat this growth? Thank you in advance

A: Answering something like this is where I must tread extra carefully. Even if that wasn’t the case, giving a treatment plan off of three sentences by email wouldn’t be the smartest thing.

So this is what I will share…

A few years back I wrote an article “If I Were to be Diagnosed with Cancer…” in which I covered some of the steps I would take if that were to happen to me.

Again, this is not medical advice, just actions I would take based on my philosophy and understanding.

What I would recommend is finding a practitioner, such as a naturopath that has worked with such issues before. For something like this, you don’t want to just throw a single herb at it and think that that is sufficient.

I did just hear some people talking about prostate cancers and growths which, at least in some cases, stem from infections. That’s an interesting route that I would further research.