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Mammography: Increasing Cancer Risk?
By Linda | October 9, 2009
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. We are told breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women. Interestingly, after increasing for 2 decades, breast cancer incidence is actually decreasing, in part due to women getting off horse estrogens (synthetic HRT). Is there more we do to prevent breast cancer?
When I type “prevention” into the search bar on the American Cancer Society web site, I am instructed not to get fat, to eat low fat, to exercise more, to stop smoking and to eat lots of fruits and vegetables. And, of course, there is a lot about mammography for detection. They don’t mention grass fed butter and olive oil, both fats, may block breast cancer.
The American Cancer Society site also fails to mention that analysis of mammography in five developed countries reveals one in three cases are over-diagnosed and over-treated. In other words, one in three breast cancers detected by a mammogram will go away by itself. Five studies show mammograms are associated with increases in breast cancer. Seems logical; mammograms are Xrays focused directly on breast tissue.
Many of my clients come to me on Tamoxifen, a drug prescribed to reduce recurrence of cancer in women who have already been treated. As it turns out this drug may increase the risk of the most aggressive form of breast cancer.
I have been advising breast cancer survivors and women at risk for many years and I am convinced there are more targeted and powerful ways to block breast cancer than the ho-hum “eat healthy” and get your annual mammogram recommendations.
An safe alternative to mammography is thermography. Thermography measures heat radiating from the body. Cancer cells generate more heat than healthy tissue. Thermography delivers no radiation and is not painful. It may even detect abnormalities earlier than mammography.
Western medicine does not have a great track record at preventing breast cancer. The top strategies for preventing disease in women (synthetic hormones, anti-cancer drugs and mammography) turn out to increase risk of cancer as well, and other diseases.
My most recent newsletter gives specific diet and lifestyle strategies for preventing breast cancer. You can receive this free by signing up for my monthly tips on my web site.
In the mean time, share your remedies, tips and thoughts on detection and prevention here.
Topics: Cancer, Drugs, Uncategorized |