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case of breast cancer diagnosed each year, 5 to 10 women will needlessly undergo a painful breast biopsy. "While there is a general consensus that mammography improves early cancer detection and survival in postmenopausal women, no such benefit is demonstrable for younger women," says Dr Epstein.” In the face of all this evidence, why does the American Cancer Society recommend annual or biannual mammography for all women over the age of 40 (or even younger)? Do the mathemat- ics: a $100 mammogram for all 62 million US women over 40 and a $1,000+ biopsy for 1 to 2 million women is an $8 billion- per-year industry. However, there is a superior alternative: digital infrared ther- mal imaging, which does not use mechanical pressure or ionising radiation. It can also detect signs of breast cancer years earlier than either mammography or a physical exam. Mammography cannot detect a tumour until after it has been growing for years and reaches a certain size. Thermography is able to detect the possibility of breast cancer much earlier, because it can image the early stages of angiogenesis. Angiogenesis is the formation of a direct supply of blood to cancer cells, which is a necessary step before they can grow into larger tumours.” It is no surprise, then, that the safer and even more effective diagnostic techniques like infrared thermography have been vig- orously attacked by the breast cancer awareness organisations.” 44 = NEXUS diagnostic techniques cause cancer. Corporations are only inter- ested in increasing their profits and ensuring their tentacles of control; they are not interested in actual solutions. When it comes to Breast Cancer Awareness Month, women must invest their time and money in other projects, initiatives and treatments which will truly create change. There are some immediate steps which women can take towards creating a cancer prevention program: @ Eat organic foods as much as possible; not only are they free from harmful chemicals, but they also have much greater nutritional value. @ Eliminate all commercial personal care products as well as commercial household cleaning products and toxic garden pesticides and replace them with safe, organic and biodegradable brands. @ Drink pure, filtered water. @ Refuse steroid hormone treatments such as HRT and the Pill, as these are known to initiate and promote breast cancer. @ Seek out the many natural approaches to regain hormonal balance. @ Detoxify the body and reduce stress. @ Investigate safe screening techniques such as thermography, especially if you are premenopausal. Instead of allowing major corporations or other vested interests to define the agenda, Breast Cancer Awareness Month can indeed be a powerful time to educate, awaken and empower women to the real causes, preventive measures and truly effective cures for breast cancer. oo NATURAL STEPS TO CANCER PREVENTION to define the agenda, Breast Cancer Awareness Month can indeed So all the hullabaloo that comes each October, enlisting wom- be a powerful time to educate, awaken and empower women to en's support and hard-earned cash, actually does nothing to elimi- the real causes, preventive measures and truly effective cures for nate the cause of this devastating disease. Instead, women's heart- breast cancer. oo felt desires and good intentions to find the cause and cure are usurped by the hidden agendas of major transnational corpora- About the Author: . tions which are pushing their toxic drug treatments and diagnostic Sherrill Sellman is a psychotherapist, lecturer, women's health advocate and tools which actually create even more breast cancer. After all, is author of the best-selling book Hormone Heresy: What Women Must Know s s . 5 Is . a a vaf, . . an. . About Their Hormones. She is a contributing writer to many international mag- it really profitable to find safe, non-toxic cures and screening : ' : : : azines on women's health issues, and has written a number of feature articles for 3? methods? veg re ae NEXUS (see 3/04-5, 4/04-5, 4/06, 5/04, 5/06, 6/02). Women can make the difference in eliminating breast cancer. Sherrill can be contacted by e-mail at info@ssellman.com or via her website, The breast cancer epidemic is not some great mystery. The caus- www.ssellman.com. To order her book and other educational products, tele- es of cancer are already known. Toxic diets, toxic lifestyles, toxic _ phone (918) 437 0731, 1-877-215-1721 (toll free in North America), fax (918) emotions, toxic environments, toxic drug treatments and toxic 437 0781. Endnotes 16. See Journal of the National Cancer Institute website, 1. Epstein, Samuel E., MD., The Politics of Cancer, East Ridge Press, USA, http://jnci-oupjournals.org/. 1998, p. 539. 17. ibid. 2. Batt, Sharon, "Cancer, Inc", Sierra Magazine, September-October 1999, p. 18. JAMA, December 8, 1999; 282:2156-63. 36. 19. Burns, R.B., Freund, K.M., Ash, A.S., Shwartz, M., Antab, L. and Hall, R., 3. ibid., p. 38. "As mammography use increases, are some providers omitting clinical breast 4. Epstein, ibid., p. 634. examination?", Archives of Internal Medicine April 8, 1996; 156(7):741-4. 5. See website 20. 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