Can pancreatic cancer life expectancy be improved? The American Cancer Society gives low survival rates for pancreatic cancer, but survivor, Karon Beattie, has compiled a treatment reference book with more than 350 alternative treatments that have been used by thousands of cancer patients to overcome their prognosis, including pancreatic cancer.
Although it is often not diagnosed until it has spread, Beattie gives numerous accounts of people surviving pancreatic cancer by natural treatments. She states that these treatments are not covered by the FDA and usually not patentable by drug companies, resulting in low knowledge among doctors.
Beattie reports that some physicians have used a nutritional supplement to achieve complete remission of aggressive, stage IV cancers that had metastasized.
Specifically in relation to pancreatic cancer, Beattie's book, "Natural Cancer Treatments That Work", describes how an English doctor used a herbal mixture to treat a pancreatic cancer patient, alive four years later, long after oncologists had forecast.
Beattie outlines how a London biochemist developed a treatment 20 years ago that knocks out the mitochondria or 'energy centers' in cancer cells, leaving normal cells unharmed. The low-cost treatment is supported by over 50 research papers and has succeeded in treating numerous cancers, including pancreatic, yet the biochemist has been unable to get authorities to trial his method further. This seems an astonishing outcome for a cancer given a poor prognosis by oncologists.
In addition, the author provides 45 first-hand accounts of people who beat pancreatic cancer using natural and alternative treatments. If stories like this are true, why are they not used as a mainstream treatment for pancreatic and other cancers?
According to Beattie, despite the fact that the creators of the treatments listed in her book are respected health scientists, few of the treatments have been formally evaluated in human clinical trials. There is little financial incentive for drug companies in natural treatments that cannot be patented, yet thousands of cancer survivors have successfully used the treatments. Beattie also suggests that many doctors may not be aware of these treatments because they know how to prescribe treatments regulated by the FDA. Many of the alternative treatments she lists involve herbs and vitamins that are beyond the FDA's jurisdiction.
Cancer sufferers and their loved ones will find these compelling accounts hard to ignore in their quest to survive and reclaim their lives.
Natural Cancer Treatments That Work is available from Pancreatic Cancer Life Expectancy Also available is a free guide on where to get treatment and support as well as free articles on cancer treatment options.
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