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| These supplements should be taken with meals, except for quercetin, bromelain, and vitamin C, which should be taken thirty minutes before meals. |
| The widespread use of chemotherapy with patients unlikely to benefit either because the negative side effects outweigh the expected benefits, or because specific benefits have not yet been demonstrated at all, has drawn criticism from respected researchers. The cancer research community needs to reexamine the value of long-accepted chemotherapy for certain types of cancer. |
| I have been working for many years with people who have cancer, and I've seen many circumstances where chemotherapy has done more harm than goodsituations where no therapy at all may have given a longer life or certainly a higher quality of life. On the other hand, I have seen chemotherapy, used along with natural therapies, save lives. There are several questions doctors must consider before deciding whether chemotherapy should be used, and if so, what type. Some of these include: |
| 1. The overall health of the person. This includes physical as well as mental health. Is the person's health strong enough to survive this therapy and are they emotionally healthy enough to go through it with a good attitude? Do they want to undergo chemotherapy? I often see elderly people with late-stage cancers who would prefer to be at home in comfortable surroundings rather than in a hospital setting where the treatments they receive will not add to the quality or length of their lives. |
| 2. How sensitive is the chemotherapy to this particular cancer-cell line? Normally, the first cycle of chemotherapy will demonstrate some effectiveness if it is the correct agent. However, I have seen patients undergo four or five cycles of chemotherapy only to discover that there has been no success at all. It is important to realize that when chemotherapy is not working, it is doing harm by causing damage to healthy cells and vital organs, suppressing the immune system, and reducing the patient's vitality. |
| Herbal and nutritional therapies can make chemotherapy more sensitive to the particular cancer being treated. For example, bromelain and quercetin are especially compatible with most chemotherapies used in cases of breast, ovarian, and colon cancers, as well as leukemia and most melanomas, While reishi, coriolus, astragalus, and Siberian ginseng work well with all chemotherapies for all types of cancers. |
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