Time is a critical factor in the successful treatment of cancer. Cancer grows geometrically. In other words, 1 billion cancer cells will become 2 billion or 10 billion will become 20 billion in the same length of time it takes 1 cell to become 2. Cancer can not be detected by an x-ray, scan, or feeling until it contains at least 1 billion cells. Continue reading “Time is Critical”
Pain control
I had never been a pill taker. Twice I tried to quit the five-a-day pills with codeine I had to take to keep my post-lung-surgery pain in control and both times I had to go back to the pills the second day because the pain was so intolerable. Continue reading “Pain control”
Unproven Therapies
Why would anyone consider using unproven therapies? With over one million cases of cancer per year, thousands of doctors have tested every reasonable treatment on every type of cancer for many years. They know what works and what doesn’t. But those who know that only surgery, radiation or chemotherapy hold hope of treating someone unfortunate enough to be stricken with cancer are living twenty years in the past. Continue reading “Unproven Therapies”
How to select an institution
I receive numerous calls from cancer patients around the country asking where the best place to treat their cancer would be. That is a much more complex subject than it appears on the surface. First of all, their motivation and how serious their cancer is statistically must be considered. Continue reading “How to select an institution”
Prostate cancer chronology
Background: 20% of all men age 55 have prostate cancer. By the time a man reaches the age of 70 that increases to approximately 50% and close to 100% by the age of 90. This is known because when men die from other causes, it is discovered at the autopsy that they had prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is extremely serious for a young man and generally is not imminently life threatening for a man over 65 unless Continue reading “Prostate cancer chronology”