Re: Treatment may sometimes fuel cancer's spread - a compound called TGF-beta may be one of the causes


"Uncle Sally" <uncleSally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Steph wrote :

... Matti Narkia's long post of citations of studies snipped for brevity
...

"I think the bottom line would be: don't treat with radiation, surgery or
chemotherapy unless there is a well-defined benefit supported by evidence.
Often the best treatment is NO treatment."

Unfortunately asking where you can get an intelligent opinion about
whether
YOUR cancer is best served by NOT having radiation and or chemo is like
asking the question : "Who will put the bell on the cat ?."

If you go to a scientific allopathic oncologist (let's skip the question
for
now if there is any other kind of oncologist), you are going to be
entering
a "zone" of medical practice in which "NO treatment" is not an option.

It happens in my practise all the time.



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