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dan
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 Posted - 06/09/2010 : 01:32:02
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A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found Ipilimumab improved overall survival in patients with previously treated metastatic melanoma by about 4 months. Ipilimumab works as an immunotherapy by using the immune system to recognize and destroy cancer cells. It is a nice trend to see because until recently we have been told that our bodies were virtually helpless against cancers, and the only ways out were surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. Of course that is not true as we normally have very capable cancer defenses. I am convinced that these natural cancer defenses can also be restored and optimized in many situations without fancy pharmaceuticals.
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Grace2Go
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Posted - 06/09/2010 : 12:28:45
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Originally posted by dan
"I am convinced that these natural cancer defenses can also be restored and optimized in many situations without fancy pharmaceuticals."
I agree. And when our body's natural defenses are restored and optimized it is better equipped to fight and overcome disease. Pharmaceuticals, in my opinion, very often do more harm than good, or at least create new health problems while helping the original one.
The recent death of a friend emphasized this for me, as he was in ICU for more than 2 months. He would show progress, then decline, progress, then decline. He was on antibiotics most of that time. His drs said the longer he had to be in ICU and have the plastic tubes, etc., the more risk it was for him to develop more problems. Each thing they did to address one issue would present at least one problem in another area. After more than 8 weeks of that, he finally died. He went in with pneumonia, but that wasn't what killed him. I'm not saying the hospital or dr were at fault, they were doing what medical protocol called for in each situation.
I believe that once our immune system is destroyed, either by our own diet & lifestyle, or by antibiotics & prescribed treatments, our body is left defenseless against disease. Then it is up to the medications or treatments to do what the body can no longer do for itself, and it becomes a vicious cycle to try to overcome the effects the medicines have on the body.
That's my 2 cents worth!
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Originally posted by dan
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found Ipilimumab improved overall survival in patients with previously treated metastatic melanoma by about 4 months. Ipilimumab works as an immunotherapy by using the immune system to recognize and destroy cancer cells. It is a nice trend to see because until recently we have been told that our bodies were virtually helpless against cancers, and the only ways out were surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. Of course that is not true as we normally have very capable cancer defenses. I am convinced that these natural cancer defenses can also be restored and optimized in many situations without fancy pharmaceuticals.
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/NEJMoa1003466
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