In the first part of my assignment, looking at oncology as a patient, I discovered a very inconvenient truth: the increased survival rate after 5 years from the very expensive and toxic to life conventional cancer therapies is only 2.3%. In this series of posts I last looked from a frustrated oncologists’ viewpoint.
To finish my study as an aware oncologist, I ponder where the success statistics are. Are there head to head trials done to establish if this extremely lucrative and health destroying process we call oncology worth it? Why have we not won the war in cancer?
Most medical practitioners using CAM after having had a shorter training in this life affirming specialized field than those who work exclusively under the banner of being a CAM practitioner. With my acupuncturist’s hat on currently, I would go further and say that watching most attempts to validate through using the current model of ‘research’…
Further thoughts on the oncologists’ perspective, addressing the issue of research and CAM and oncologists, My starting point may be different to those who are also party to this discussion, as I have been assisting those whose lives have changed due to cancer diagnosis, treatment or exposure through their lived ones. Often people find me…
Whilst well aware of the topic at hand, I have been busy trying to get my head around STILL why oncologists do not look to the what may well be obvious to the unmedically trained. The first post in this series addressed the ‘what we make ourselves with’ issue. (We are what we eat).
I have had an incredible time reflecting in modern medical practice in the light of the first week’s research. As a research project, I know how much time I have ut into this so far, I ask myself, as I start the second week to investigate where and how oncologists may find information on CAM,…
As a closing to this section as a prospective patient, I know that I have learnt much. I did it without a potential cancer diagnosis though. I could trawl the net and get interested in side issues. I also have spent all my adult life dispensing health care when there is ‘no hope’, so I…
In research currently undertaken, they triple blind if possible – what we believe gets in the way . .. so there is a patient, a therapist and the data collector. All who will have beliefs/energy on the outcome – and maybe can alter this . . “The physician’s belief in the treatment and the patient’s…
I have learned a lot this week about research; especially how easy it is on the net, cancer, and how life weaves us all together to make more of us than we were apart. I agree that Chrystal et al published in January 2003 does seem to miss a lot. Being so dated, I wonder…
Further to what we may think ‘healing’ is (as opposed to being here 5 years later) I am doggedly going through the inherent assumptions still. When we do not investigate what lead to the cancer showing up we miss what to do to help ourselves heal. We may then also miss how not to get a return visit…