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The PREVENTION of MALIGNANCY

May 17, 2008 Posted by

Based upon the evidence currently available, it is my conviction that a rational plan can be designed to prevent most types of cancer. Summed up in one word, moderation, the preventive approach involves several factors: Your diet should be simple, utilizing natural foods as much as possible. Adequate amounts of fruit, fresh vegetables, and whole grain cereals should be included together with some nuts and natural sources of dietary fats, such as olives, avocados, and a most sparing use of vegetable oil. Any excess of oil, sugar, salt, or any single food, especially refined ones, in the diet should be shunned.

The low-fat vegetarian diet has been associated clearly with an increased resistance to many types of cancer. When individuals abstain from milk and eggs, as well as meat, the cancer risk becomes even lower. Naturally these total vegetarians must have a considerable knowledge of nutrition in order to maintain balanced nutrition, and provide optimum vitamin and mineral intake to maintain excellent health. Thousands of discriminating consumers, however, are rapidly adopting a vegetarian lifestyle as fast as they are able to learn how to select and prepare the foods. In this change is found the key to preventing not only many cancers, but also atherosclerosis and numerous other diseases. Reasonable amounts of exercise should be obtained daily for a lifestyle that is low in occupational stress, while satisfying and productive. A moderate exposure to sunlight prevents detrimental premalignant skin changes that many acquire as their skin ages. The use of a broad-brimmed hat, sunscreen lotions, and avoidance of excessive sun bathing can bring about vibrant health, without wearing out or prematurely aging the dwelling of skin we live in.

Temperance advocates for many years have proclaimed the key to prevent one most common cancer. Those who abstain completely from tobacco smoke, and even avoid settings where the involuntary inhalation of stale secondhand smoke is required, will reduce their risk of lung cancer dramatically. Even ex-smokers who quit before a cancer develops, have a much lower rate than the devotee who continues to use cigarettes. Although pipes and cigars may produce less lung cancer, they’re stronger forms of tobacco still show malignant potential in cancer of the lip, tongue, throat, and larynx far too often.

Chronic use of alcohol increases the risk of cancer in the breast and liver, as well as seriously irritating the stomach and several other organs. Exposure to drugs of all kinds, including sex hormones, antibiotics, anticancer agents, and coal tar preparations can increase the incidence of malignancies in many organs. True temperance requires us to dispense entirely with all things hurtful, and use in moderation those things healthful. This principle of moderation can help to prevent many cancers.

Routine physical examinations and periodic self-examination of the breasts and skin, with careful observation for the symptoms of cancer described above can detect abnormal lesions in the earliest possible stage, when surgical removal is a possibility. A regular annual physical should usually include the annual Pap smear, a biennial sigmoidoscopic examination, together with the appropriate laboratory testing for additional aid in early diagnosis. On the other hand, it may just give satisfying reassurance concerning one’s state of health.

Rational treatment of cancer falls into several areas. Whenever possible the malignancy should be removed. Some natural “healers” have spread the erroneous message that surgery spreads cancer. This is only true if the disease is widespread and unresectable with any treatment. Early surgery in breast cancer can be curative in about three-fourths of patients. The treatment of colon cancer by surgery is well accepted to be not only curative in many, but also helpful in avoiding obstruction of the bowel or profound chronic loss of blood that can complicate these cases. The diet for any cancer victim should be such that will maintain health and function of all body organs, particularly those systems of elimination. Eating a high fiber, low fat diet as described above is extremely helpful. But extremes should be avoided, such as prolonged fasts, the use of a single fruit juice, or a total reliance on certain vitamin preparations thought to be curative.

Certain types of hydrotherapy include the judicious use of cleansing enemas, fever therapy, or local heating of the tumor may prove therapeutic, particularly in those tumors of viral origin. Cytotoxic drugs should be avoided. Their complications and numerous high-risk symptoms, usually make the side-effects worse than the “cure.” Radiation therapy, in general, should be reserved only for those cases where metastasis has produced intractable pain, or a “pathologic” fracture is imminent from bone destruction.

Although this conservative approach to cancer treatment could well be challenged, it is my conviction that clinical trials of natural therapies will produce resulting longevity and survival statistics equaling the best experimental programs, and with great savings in patient cost and safety. Our principal fear in such a natural therapeutic approach to cancer is founded upon the failure to follow the simple preventive approaches or seek adequate care early if such disease strikes. Widespread promotion and the practice of these “simple remedies” could in time bring populations, as well as individuals, into a state of health promised by the One who offered “none of these diseases” (see Exodus 15:26) only on condition of obedience.

2 Responses to “The PREVENTION of MALIGNANCY”

Lila Says:
May 29, 2008 at 6:05 am
Can you please tell me the blood test CA-125, does this detect ovarian cancer and what is the normal reading.
ultima8 Says:
May 29, 2008 at 11:18 am
CA-125, cancer antigen-125, is a protein that is found at levels in most ovarian cancer cells that are elevated compared to normal cells. CA-125 is produced on the surface of cells and is released in the blood stream.

What is a CA-125 test?

The CA-125 test assesses the concentration of CA-125 in the blood. The test requires a sample of the patient’s blood to be drawn.
What is the difference between first and second generation CA-125 tests?

The second generation test is less likely to fluctuate from day to day. The two tests are not interchangeable. The second generation test results are slightly higher than the first generation ones.

Both can be used serially as long as the test data in each series is from the same generation test.

What is serial CA-125 testing?

Serial CA-125 testing is a series of CA-125 tests repeated over a period of time. Performing several CA-125 test over a period of time allows evaluation of the rate that CA-125 concentration increases.

The rate at which CA-125 levels increase is a more accurate method of detecting the presence of ovarian cancer, than a single CA-125 test. An algorithm by SJ Skates detected 83% of ovarian cancer cases and 99.7% of positive results were truly ovarian cancer. This represents a dramatic improvement on the accuracy of a single CA-125 test.

When looking over serial test results check to make sure the test used in each case was the same generation, same manufacturer, and same type of assay.

How accurate is a CA-125 test for ovarian cancer?

The CA-125 test only returns a true positive result for about 50% of Stage I ovarian cancer patients. The CA-125 test is not an adequate early detection tool when used alone.

The CA-125 test has an 80% chance of returning true positive results from stage II, III, and IV ovarian cancer patients. The other 20% of ovarian cancer patients do not show any increase in CA-125 concentrations.

However several women’s reproductive disorders can cause a false positive result. Endometriosis, benign ovarian cysts, first trimester of pregnancy, and pelvic inflammatory disease all produce higher levels of CA-125.

70% of people with cirrhosis, 60% of people with pancreatic cancer, and 20%-25% of people with other malignancies have elevated levels of CA-125.

A study of about 22,000 post menopausal women 45 years or older screened about 11,000 with the CA-125 test. 468 patients with elevated CA-125 levels were given an ultrasonography test. Of those patients, 29 underwent surgical procedures. 6 had ovarian cancers, 2 had adenocarcinoma of unknown origin, 14 had benign tumors, 4 had fibroids, and 3 had no abnormalities.

CA-125 test has a lower specificity in premenopausal women than postmenopausal women.

The CA-125 test is not recommended for use alone as an early detection method. The rate of false positives is very high, and there has been no data concerning change in mortality.

The CA-125 test should not be used alone to detect ovarian cancer, but rather with transvaginal sonography and rectovaginal pelvic examination for greater accuracy.

Combining detection methods lowers the number of false positive results.

The CA-125 test should be done serially for best accuracy.

What are all the different possible test results?

A CA-125 test result of greater than 35 U/ml is generally accepted as being elevated.

A true positive result is when the CA-125 test identifies a patient as having ovarian cancer, and they do have ovarian cancer.

A false positive result is when the CA-125 test identifies a patient as having ovarian cancer, and they do not have ovarian cancer.

A true negative result is when the CA-125 test identifies a patient as not having ovarian cancer, and they do not have ovarian cancer.

A false negative result is when the CA-125 test identifies a patient as not having ovarian cancer, and they do have ovarian cancer

Any result of the CA-125 test should be supplemented with transvaginal sonography, rectovaginal pelvic examination, and serial CA-125 testing.

What does it mean to have elevated CA-125 levels?

Elevated CA-125 levels can be a false positive, benign tumor, ovarian cancer, or another type of cancer.

A false positive patient will most likely be identified by a physician as being cancer-free. The possibility that normal ovaries are surgically removed due to a false positive result does exist.

A study done in 1999 by IJ Jacobs screened about 10,000 postmenopausal women over the age of 45 using the CA-125 test alone. Results of that study showed a false positive rate of about 80%.

From total positive results; patients between the ages of 20-34 have a 17% chance, and patients older than 34 have a 30% chance of having a benign tumor or pre-cancer conditions.

Benign tumors, pre-cancer conditions, and stage I cancers will result in pelvic surgery and removal of ovaries. This procedure will almost completely eliminate the risk of ovarian cancer.

Stage II, III, and IV ovarian cancer patients undergo pelvic surgery and are placed on Taxol and platinum based chemotherapy.

What does it mean if CA-125 levels are not elevated?

Normal CA-125 levels can be a true negative, or a false negative result. Depending on what risk factors exist for the patient, follow-up tests might need to be conducted.

All negative CA-125 results are verified using other diagnostic methods. The CA-125 test is more accurate for later stage cancers, making it a poor early detection method.

Are there any other blood screening tests for ovarian cancer?

Other tumor antigens do exist like OVXI, M-CSF, CA 15-3, and CA 19-9. Only OVXI has shown to have diagnostic potential.

There is currently a tumor marker test that measures levels of plasma lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) being developed.

A study using the LPA test showed increased levels from 9 of 10 stage I ovarian cancer patients, and all 24 stage II, III, and IV patients.

There is also a correlation between BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutation and ovarian cancer. Women with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations have a 23% chance of having ovarian cancer by age 30, and a 63% chance by age 70.

Can the CA-125 test monitor the status of ovarian cancer?

Further CA-125 tests for stage II, III, and IV ovarian cancer patients during chemotherapy helps to determine the activity of the cancer, and the status of chemotherapy on the cancer.

If serial CA-125 testing results double beyond normal parameters of the Skate algorithm, then this suggests progression of the cancer.