I saw this documentary that said in mexico there was a cure for cancer, you had to consumes 100k-250k vitamin C every day and be on a vegan diet for awhile and your cancer would be gone permanently. Is this true?
? - There is no cure for cancer, no. There are ways to kill different types of cancer, but nothing to kill it off altogether. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are the most common cures, that's all I really know.
? - Unfortunately not. But conventional cancer treatment isn't all that bad. Cancers are cured on a daily basis - mostly through surgery. But sometimes additional radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy is given. And sometimes the latter is the only therapy used to bring the cure.
Cancer is a collective term for approximately 200 different diseases. Every cell type in your body can (in principle) develop into its own type of cancer. On top of that individual cancer cells in every cancer are also different from one another. So it is not all that surprising that we don't have, and most likely won’t find a single cure for all cancers.
On the internet there are many claims of miraculous "natural" cancer cures that are being suppressed. Here some of them are listed, with links to sites explaining what is wrong with them: http://anaximperator.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/suppressed-by-scientists-and-big-pharma-the-hidden-cancer-cure-but-which-one/
? - The Vitamin C thing is pure quackery. A vegan diet will not repair your genes, and that is what gives rise to cancer.
There are a few cures for specific cancers, and there are promising treatments being developed everyday, but the tried and true right now is chemotherapy, generally with radiation and/or surgery.
TedEx - There is actually no cure, but often it can be put into remission. My wife had cancer 10 years ago, has been symptom free ever since her surgery , and sees her doctor once a year for a checkup.
I saw this documentary that said in mexico there was a cure for cancer, you had to consumes 100k-250k vitamin C every day and be on a vegan diet for awhile and your cancer would be gone permanently. Is this true?
? - There is no cure for cancer, no.
ReplyDeleteThere are ways to kill different types of cancer, but nothing to kill it off altogether.
Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are the most common cures, that's all I really know.
? - Unfortunately not. But conventional cancer treatment isn't all that bad. Cancers are cured on a daily basis - mostly through surgery. But sometimes additional radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy is given. And sometimes the latter is the only therapy used to bring the cure.
ReplyDeleteCancer is a collective term for approximately 200 different diseases. Every cell type in your body can (in principle) develop into its own type of cancer. On top of that individual cancer cells in every cancer are also different from one another. So it is not all that surprising that we don't have, and most likely won’t find a single cure for all cancers.
On the internet there are many claims of miraculous "natural" cancer cures that are being suppressed. Here some of them are listed, with links to sites explaining what is wrong with them: http://anaximperator.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/suppressed-by-scientists-and-big-pharma-the-hidden-cancer-cure-but-which-one/
? - The Vitamin C thing is pure quackery. A vegan diet will not repair your genes, and that is what gives rise to cancer.
ReplyDeleteThere are a few cures for specific cancers, and there are promising treatments being developed everyday, but the tried and true right now is chemotherapy, generally with radiation and/or surgery.
TedEx - There is actually no cure, but often it can be put into remission.
ReplyDeleteMy wife had cancer 10 years ago, has been symptom free ever since her surgery , and sees her doctor once a year for a checkup.
These mega-doses of vitamins are pure quackery.