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A Psychologist's Diary of Breast Cancer

by Anne-Marie Schuller

I was 34 years old when breast cancer was diagnosed and since then my life has been radically transformed. I knew early on that it was up to me to overcome this disease by being ...

Acupuncture to Reduce the Side-Effects of Chemotherapy

by Shelly Phegley

This article focuses on acupuncture and how it helps to reduce the side-effects of chemotherapy.

Benign Tumours: My Journey

by Barbara Payne

My once size ten, shapely body achieved through exercise and weight training, had ballooned into a size twenty two and for some obscure reason my feet and hands were getting bigger...

Breast Cancer - Detection or Deception?

by Sherrill Sellman

Sherill Sellman writes a hard-hitting article about the treatment of breast cancer in the USA, exposing the dangers of some cancer detection procedures and treatments and the hidde...

Breast Cancer - Naturopathic Approaches

by Angela Burr-Madsen ND

The author looks at the issue of complementary health care for breast cancer from the perspectives of naturopathy and kinesiology. Naturopathy is a non-invasive therapy that invest...

Breast Cancer Special Feature

by Sandra Goodman PhD

Breast Cancer: The Epidemic that Won't Go Away

Breast Cancer: Current Trends and Future Hopes

by Dr Derek Pheby

Breast cancer is the third most common cancer in the world, creating a burden of disease comparable with that of colorectal cancer.

Breast Cancer: Helping the Healer to Heal Herself

by Judith Price

In this article nutritionist Judith Price describes how a colleague diagnosed with breast cancer planned her own course of treatment, firstly using self-hypnosis and the Emotional ...

Breast Cancer: There Must Be Another Way!

by Chris KH Teo

This article presents an interview with a young woman whose breast cancer has been in remission for twelve years. The context is research the author has been doing with individuals...

Cancer Chemosensitivity Testing

by Gregory D Pawelski

When a patient has an infection, doctors often send a sample of infected blood or tissue to a lab where they can grow the bacteria and see which antibiotics are most effective (cal...

Cancer-Preventing Properties of Essential Oil Monoterpenes D-Limonene and Perillyl Alcohol

by Mark Brudnak, Ph.D. ND

When people first hear the word monoterpene (MT), typically the 'terpene' portion conjures up images of some sort of cleaning fluid such as turpentine. Associated with this image i...

Cancer: A Call for Change

by Maureen Usher

I've been on an extraordinary journey. It's not been an easy one and as I travelled I became aware that many others have travelled down the same road....The journey starts the day ...

Case Study: Three Generations of Breast Cancer Survivors

by Susan Beausang

This is a history of three generations in a family now known to have the BRCA2 gene, with an 85 percent lifetime chance of developing breast cancer. Both Susan’s grandmother (at ag...

Chemo or Cannabis to Treat Cancer? Interview with Len Richmond

by Daniel Moler

Len Richmond

Complementary Therapies for Hormone Refractory Prostrate Cancer

by Prof Ben L. Pfeifer MD PhD

In this article, the authors say there is a growing demand for complementary therapies by prostrate cancer patients even though they cannot replace potentially curative methods suc...

Dietary and Chemo-prevention Strategies for Prostate Cancer

by Yvonne Leahy

Projects concerning the relationship of various nutritional factors to the incidence of prostate cancer, the sixth most common cause of death in men.  Mortality rates, however, var...

Ellagic Acid: A Potent Anticarcinogen

by Llori Valenzuela and Mark A Brudnak

Llori Valenzuela and Dr Mark Brudnak investigate the link between diet and cancer, in particular the health benefits associated with the consumption of plant-based foods. This is a...

Epilogue: Much Needed Research Strategies for Breast Cancer

by Dr Fleur Fisher

Breast cancer remains the most feared diagnosis for women in the developed world – yet, despite intense therapeutic effort, the results of treatment cannot be described as an overa...

Essiac Herbal Remedy - The Entire Story

by Claire Cummings

Essiac herbal remedy, developed by Rene Caisse in the 1920s, is believed to have a positive remedial action on cancer. It is also reputed to ease the effects of conventional cancer...

Feeding the Skin

by Jillian Alexander-Gregory

This article tells the incredibly inspiring story of a woman, her life literally ebbing away following treatment for breast cancer, who 'miraculously' recovers after being given an...