According to the American Cancer Society,
cancer deaths could be cut by 50 percent if we all lived by lifestyle guidelines guaranteed to eliminate many cancers.
None of this is new news, but it comes as a new study. In the annual Cancer
Prevention and Early Detection Facts & Figures 2006, the advice remains the same, and we all know it by rote.
Stop smoking, exercise, lose weight, eat nutritional food, protect yourself from the sun and go in for early diagnostic
cancer screenings. We have been told, we understand -- we get it already. Enough. Tell us something we do not know that can help us. Tell us about the causes of cancer we cannot be blamed for -- that we did not bring upon ourselves in our errant lifestyle choices -- because the underlying message in how to cut cancer deaths in half, is one of blame. Tell us what causes the other 50 percent of cancer deaths. Tell us what you are doing with the millions in dollars publicly and privately raised, that is new news. You might start with the toxic chemicals saturating our environment; the carcinogens allowed in the products sold; or in the modified enhanced foods that come to market. We are not quibbling with you about the known lifestyle choices that can lead to a dramatic 50 percent reduction in cancer deaths -- we agree -- but we want to know more about what we do not know. Information that is new news and not simply a nag-fest in recycling the obvious, because that's too easy, and it's lazy. Too many of us are out here living by the rules set to prevent cancer and are dying of cancer anyway, and we want to know why.
1. Funny that many members of my family have contracted colon cancer and 2 of which now wear colostomy bags 1 recently died and now I'm on my second bout of chemo while still suffering from the neuropathy effects of the last round. My entire large intestine part of the small and 1/4 of my stomach is gone.. noe colostomy bag yet. but, now the cancer has attacked my liver and is inoperable. So here I go through another round of chemo feeling sick as hell sitting through 5 hours of infusion and 3 days with the pump. Thing is withn 4 months of the first session I had a 3 centimeter tumor on my liver and several other spots and other places.. the first treatment was folfox with oxyplantinin or however it's spelled. My hands and feet are in constant pain I can't feel the texture of my own skin and am in a constnat battle to retain my weight. sometimes I wonder if the cure is worse than the disease. Sometimes I think it would be better to just let go..
Good luck all...
Ty.
Posted at 2:32PM on Apr 11th 2006 by Tsopranostyle