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Fighting Breast Cancer with Nutrition

by Dr RE Lister

Overnight success as a performer is usually the result of many years of unrecognised persistent effort and this can be likened to the sudden interest in the potential for antioxida...

Flaming Cancers

by John Benest

Therapist, John Benest, reviews a case history from one of his patients, a 70 year woman who underwent radiotherapy treated for cervical cancer.

Holistic Integrated Cancer Support Therapy

by Nicola J Bradbury

Nicola Bradbury is a medical herbalist, counsellor and healer, qualified in bio-acoustic sound therapy, reflexology and touch for health kinesiology. She shares the considerable ac...

Holistic Treatment of Breast Cancer: My Personal Story

by Sue Pembrey

Four years ago I found a breast lump. As I put my finger on it I felt both fear and panic – my heart raced and I felt sick – but also, more deeply I felt calm, even excited. I some...

Hypothesis: Cancer Causes and Mechanisms

by John Spottiswoode

In this article the author proposes that cancer is caused by environmental carcinogens, such as radiation and chemicals, plus an imbalance of the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS).

I Cured My Cancer

by Jennie Trisnan

Jennie Trisnan shares her life transforming experience with breast cancer which started in 1996 with an itch on her thigh and breast. After several mammograms and biopsies she was ...

Immunotherapy Treatments for Cancer

by Dr Richard Fuller

This article, extensively referenced to published research, points out the enormous increase in the rates of cancer between 1975 and 2004.  It also describes how current treatments...

In Loving Memory of Julie

by by her husband

In Loving memory of Julie, 13 May 1960 to 26 April 1998, Metastatic Breast Cancer

Integrative Medicine for Colon Cancer - Part 1

by Nicholas Calvino DC

In the first of this three-part feature, Nicholas Calvino looks at conventional treatments for cancer, particularly colon cancer, and questions whether such treatments are as succe...

Integrative Medicine for Colon Cancer - Part II

by Nicholas Calvino DC

In 1902, John Beard (an embryologist at a Scottish medical school) wrote several texts and published many papers. His premise was that cancer cells are much like the trophoblasts o...

Integrative Medicine for Colon Cancer Part III: Nutrients and Anti-Oxidants

by Nicholas Calvino DC

In the third part of Dr Calvino's ground-breaking series about treatments for Colon Cancer, the author discusses the use of anti-oxidants and nutrition in cancer therapy. Research ...

Listening to Your Body

by Dr Susi Strang Wood

Sue is a remarkable woman. She smiles knowingly, talking from her inner being, feeling the well of emotion inside, her gratitude for life. The first recall she has of leaving hospi...

Living A Good Life with my Incurable Cancer

by Emily Evison

Four months ago I was happy and pretty complacent: a healthy, active omnivore with an allotment, home-baked bread and minimal processed foods. I did regular yoga, walked my children...

Living Positively With Cancer

by Vivienne Silver-Leigh

In this article the author (she writes a regular column for Positive Health magazine) shares her journey with breast cancer which she has lived with for 25 years.

Macrobiotics and Cancer and Whole Grains with High Phytonutrient Activity - Research Compilation

by Sandra Goodman PhD

Reporting a number of interesting and informative research studies about macrobiotic diet and cancer, including experience with macrobiotics for tinnitus. Following is a compilation...

Macrobiotics for Breast Cancer

by Faye Baxter

Two years ago Faye Baxter was diagnosed with cancer. She was given six weeks before the hospital could operate to remove her tumour. In those six weeks she decided to find a Macrob...

Mistletoe Therapy

by Mary Martin

Although Iscador is contraindicated for some types of cancer, the author herself was given Iscador injections prior to cancer surgery. With the additional help of a homeopathic rem...

Mom has a Brain Tumour

by Meggan Brummer

This article focuses on the author’s day to day experiences, mental and emotional, with her mother’s condition from the time she was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour. As...

My Integrated Approach to Lymphoma Including Chemotherapy

by Serena Helene Smith

In this article the author shares her experience with non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and Chemotherapy which if avoided would not have seen her survive more than three months, according to ...

Nutritional and Complementary Cancer Care

by Laurel Alexander

The author sets out the nutritional guidelines she uses for women with cancer preparing for surgery, going through chemotherapy or radiotherapy, using hormone therapy or dealing wi...