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| it possible for an increase in the growth of the cancer itself. Postsurgical healing. causes tremendous stress to the immune system, leading to systemic immune suppression that renders one vulnerable to a host of infections and/or more aggressive systemic cancer growth. |
| I believe we need to look at and question the mainstream practice of removing all primary rumors as standard procedure if we are to maximize healing potential, inhibit recurrences, and prevent metastatic life-threatening cancers. A solution that I often prescribe for my clients who have chosen surgery is an aggressive cancer-inhibiting protocol to be used before, during, and after surgery. This helps to prevent and/or reduce the risk of systemic cancer-cell activity. (See chapter 11 for more information.) |
| The timing of surgery. Immediate primary rumor removal is usually reconsidered for women in their fifties taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) who have developed an estrogen-driven tumor. Rather than rushing into surgery, I would recommend stopping the estrogen and allowing the body to clear itself of these hormones. At the same time, I would recommend a specific nutritional protocol and dietary modifications that would reduce any and all rumor-promoting activities throughout the body. (See chapters 3, 4, and 5.) After this has been accomplished (allow at least one to two months) and the rumor has been brought into a less aggressive status or even "put to sleep, the surgical removal of the tumor (which has probably gotten smaller once the exogenous estrogen has been halted and positive measures taken) can be most effectively carried out. |
| Studies have also shown positive benefits for the scheduling of breast cancer surgery at certain points in the menstrual cycle of premenopausal women. In a retrospective study of 283 women who had undergone mastectomies for primary breast cancer, the recurrence rate was twice as high for those women who underwent a mastectomy during the first part of the cycle (follicular phase) than for those whose surgery took place in the later part of the cycle (luteal phase). 50 |
| Radiation |
| Although some studies show a slightly higher disease-free survival rate after radiation,51 other studies find no difference in overall survival rates. For instance, one recent clinical trial of breast cancer radiation following lumpec- |
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