Last month, I told you about an impassioned commentary from a conventional doctor about the problems with chemotherapy. Alternative doctors have used low-dose chemotherapy (IPT) for years to treat cancer successfully. And without all the terrible side effects this doctor sees every day.
Well, now theres strong evidence that low-dose radiation may be just as effective as the full doses, without the severe side effects. Because of these side effects, conventional radiation therapy has never impressed me. Its far more toxic and dangerous than your doctor ever knew.
Heres the proof: Researchers at Clemson University have discovered that a single dose of conventional radiation can cause very significant bone loss. The researchers gave mice just two Gy (a measurement for radiation that is equivalent to 200 rads).
Afterward, the researchers measured the mice’s bone mass. They found that the single dose of radiation destroyed between 29% and 39% of their interior bone mass! It did not matter which kind of radiation the researchers used. Gamma rays, proton beam, high-speed carbon, and iron nuclei all had a similar destructive effect.
Dr. Bateman, the senior author, and his team created virtual computer scans of the interior of the bones. From that, they were able to calculate how much bone the radiation destroyed compared to a control group. Dr. Batemans response to the results: We were surprised at how large the difference in bone mass was, he said.
The amount of radiation used compares to one session for a human. A whole series wont stop until your doctor gives you 35-40 sessions. The damage to your bones could be more than extensive. The team found that bony architecture was harmed in several parameters. Now combine this information with knowledge that chemo itself can damage your bones. Taken together, you have a one-two punch, so to speak, in inflicting real harm to non-cancerous tissues.
We have known about this side effect of radiation for decades. Doctors first discovered the connection in the bodies of the unfortunate women who painted luminous watch dials with radium. But no one in conventional medicine seems to care. They continue to use radiation in huge doses, even though they know it will destroy your bones.
Even with this information, it might surprise you to learn that I am not totally against radiation. If you have a cancer that is eating away critical tissue, or if it grows in a bone that could result in a pathologic (cancer-induced) fracture, radiation could spare you misery and extend your life.
In fact, a breast-cancer patient had pathologic fractures from her cancer. The fractures rendered her a virtual invalid. I suggested that she get low-dose radiation from a Mexican clinic. She did so, and returned with far more function in both her fractured arm and the arm that was about to fracture because of the tumors.
Why Mexico? Because we have found it impossible to get a radiation/oncologist to consider low-dose radiation for similar situations, even if the patient was paying out of pocket.
If you have cancer that is attacking your bones, heres what you can do: If your doctor wants to do radiation to clean the field, realize that he may be doing just the opposite. He may make things far more complicated and dangerous.
If you are in a crisis with a tumor in a sensitive area, take this information to him and ask for low-dose radiation. The amount of rads used over just 10 days is only 25% or less that of conventional medicines full dose. The bones you save might be your own.
Ref: New Scientist, Barry 2006.