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The Best Cancer Treatment Options (Article 6 of 6)
OK, enough of the philosophy! What, specifically, do I recommend you take to overcome your cancer and get "cancer-free." [We're not using the word "cure" simply because, as you recall, we're healthy with just a million or so cancer cells being produced every day by our cell division process.]

So, you have gotten a start on changing your lifestyle -- diet, exercise and supplements. You have started on a program to stimulate your immune system. What's next?

YOUR CAMPAIGN

You're battling cancer. Don't kid yourself. It is a formidable foe. Yo ...

Now That You "Have" Cancer, What's Your Strategy (Article 5 of 6)
Your doctor has said the "C" word and you're puzzling: "What do I do now? There seem to be so many options. The doctor is pressing me to get on with the surgery and chemotherapy/radiation. Help!"

I've been there. I know. Unfortunately for my dear wife, there was no readily available information in 1990-1994 (or, at least, I failed to find it)... Now, there's too much on the Internet and in books, newsletters, etc.

A SOUND APPROACH

Of all the hundreds of people I have now watched overcome their cancer, there seem to be four "essentials" ...

To Prevent The Cancer Diagnosis, You Should....
All my experience watching people "get" and overcome cancer can be boiled down into one sentence: What we put in our mouth causes and reverses all degenerative diseases. All of them can be avoided and overcome by correcting what we put in our mouth (just another way of saying the same thing).

DIET

So, first things first. Detoxify your body and avoid cancer (and all other degenerative diseases) by fixing your diet. Stop eating processed food (hydrolized this and hydrogenated that), dairy, red meat, sugar and other sweeteners (even honey and maple syrup), ...

Other Sites to Check Out...

Kansas City Cancer Centers
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Complete Remission of Brain Metastases in Three Patients with Stage IV Melan...
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Clinical Trials Listing
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SunBlitz
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Think Like A Doctor - Cancer
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ASCO Meeting Abstracts -- Table of Contents (23 /16S - June 1, 2005)
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Information about EORTC Protocols
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Pritzker Library :: Research Highlights 2004-05
... human metastatic melanoma cells into zebrafish blatula-stage ... post-transplantation. The melanoma cells survived, multiplied ... of Health (NIH) Mouse Brain Molecular Anatomy Project ...
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Before You Take Another Chemo Or Radiation Treatment ... Read This eBook First
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Early Studies of New Drug for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Encouraging
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Cancer Control Journal: Clinical Research Protocols: Clinical Research Proto...
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brain cancer : Cancer Research
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CIRB Approved Protocols
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Virtual Cancer Centre - Home
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Trials Portfolio
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Cancer Forums - Lung Cancer Forum
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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JCO -- Table of Contents (23 / 31 - November 1, 2005)
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Texas Medical Center NEWS
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http://www.tmc.edu/tmcnews/04_15_00/page_12.html

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Melanoma lungs web page
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Brain Cancer Stage | Information on Brain Cancer Stage
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Systemic Therapy Of Malignant Melanoma
... decrease in the incidence of brain metastasis in patients ... complete resection of the metastatic disease. In a randomized ... 26 140 patients with stage IV melanoma received either CBDT ...
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Current Therapy - THERAPY OF METASTATIC MELANOMA
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News from the medical & pharmaceutical industry
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stage iv colon cancer - 3rd cancer
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Clinical Cancer Research -- Table of Contents (February 1 2005, 11 [3])
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The Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults
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Brave-Souls.com - Fighting Cancer Around the World
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Shark Cartlidge 2
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Clinical Trials: Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center: UI Health Care
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Stage IV Melanoma
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CancerTrack.com
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Institute: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
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UW GCRC Active Protocols, April 2005
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Cancer and Hematology Treatment Center
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University of Florida Shands Cancer Center - Search and Site Map
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Cancer Clinical Trials
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Noticias
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Le Magazine, February 2003 - Report: Acam Convention 2002
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Healthline - Search Results For malignant melanoma diagnostic tests
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Melanoma
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