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he growth and spread of cancer cells and shortens the replacement therapy increases the risk of breast cancer. survival time of patients.’ Now a new study has found that it also increases the © Diagnostic X-rays cause cancer. |t has been estimated chance of the cancer metastasising, or spreading, to the hat diagnostic X-rays over a lifetime cause up to 3.2 per —_ lymph nodes."* cent additional cancers in a population. Japan, at 3.2 per ¢ Sharp drop in breast cancer rates. In recent years, cent, and Germany rank among the countries with the breast cancer rates have dropped sharply due to a ighest X-ray cancer rates, as does Australia with 1.3 per corresponding sharp drop in the use of hormone cent, while the UK and Poland have the lowest lifetime — replacement therapy.” tisk with 0.6 per cent.° ° Radiation therapy damages bones. The scientific world Dr Ernst Krokowski's Cancer Surgery Findings as been shaken by a report that a single therapeutic dose Ernst H. Krokowski, MD, PhD (1926-1985), was a of radiation can cause appreciable bone loss. Several Professor of Radiology in Germany. His research provided years later, osteoporosis, bone necrosis or bone cancer the first convincing proof that cancer surgery triggers may develop.’ metastasis. While many of his articles on different ¢ Radiation initiates cancer. Exposure to ionising — subjects are still on public record, his research on the radiation is known to result in genetic damage that can __ relationship between surgery and metastases is difficult to make cells cancerous. A new study has revealed that find, even in German. His only paper on this subject in radiation can alter the English is not listed in PubMed, environment surrounding cells, and the journal in which it was so that future cells are more A new study has revealed published no longer exists." likely to become cancerous. an Because of the obvious ° Chemottierapy promotes that radiation can alter the importance of this research, I metastasis. The chemotherapy . . ave now made this article drug Taxol® causes cancer cell environment surrounding available on my website at microtentacles to grow longer cells, so that future tt p://www healt ~selence- and tumour cells to re-attac F spirit.com/Krokowski.pdf. Also, a aster. If treated with Taxol cells are more likely to related lecture in German can be before surgery to shrink the become cancerous. downloaded.'’ The Summary of primary tumour, levels of Dr Krokowski's 1979 paper reads: circulating tumour cells go up "It can no longer be doubted ,000- to 10,000-fold, potentially hat under certain conditions increasing metastasis.’ diagnostic or surgical procedures can result in ¢ Tamoxifen increases risk of aggressive tumours. metastases. Analysis of metastatic growth rates has famoxifen use for breast cancer patients decreases their — shown that from 30 per cent (in hypernephroma) to 90 per risk of developing a more common and less dangerous cent (in sarcoma and seminoma) of the diagnosed ype of second breast cancer but has a more than four-fold = metastases were provoked by such procedures. This has increased risk of causing a more aggressive and deadly __ been established by numerous animal experiments and umour.”° clinical observations, and necessitates a change in the ° Biopsies cause metastases. Biopsies may actively currently held concept of cancer therapy. The previously encourage the spread of metastases. Needle biopsies applied and proven treatments by surgery and radiation caused a 50 per cent increase of metastatic spread to must be preceded by a metastasis prophylaxis. Three nearby lymph glands of breast tumours as compared to different ways to achieve such a prophylaxis are lumpectomies." proposed.” ¢ Stress promotes cancer. Stress hormones protect With radiological imaging, Dr Krokowski measured the cancer cells from self-destruction and promote the spread _—_ growth rates of 2,893 metastatic tumours in 568 patients and growth of tumours directly as well as indirectly by with different cancers. From these, he derived the weakening the immune system and encouraging new _ following conclusions: blood vessel growth in a tumour. Patient stress was 1. Metastases arise only from primary tumours or from associated with faster disease progression."* their local recurrences; they disseminate at once or in just ¢ Stress kills. Stress hormones are released in high —_ a few shoves. amounts with fear and during surgery. They greatly impair 2. Lymph node metastases behave biologically the immune system and promote the spread of differently from organ metastases (lymph node metastases. Blocking stress hormones has been shown to _ metastases are relatively harmless; organ metastases are increase long-term postoperative cancer survival rates in very dangerous). animal models by 200 to 300 per cent.” 3. The more than 3,000 growth curves (including ¢ Hormone replacement therapy increases risk of breast — experimental data from animals) can be described by a cancer metastasis. Previously it was shown that hormone growth formula. The growth curves of a very large number replacement therapy increases the risk of breast cancer. Now a new study has found that it also increases the chance of the cancer metastasising, or spreading, to the lymph nodes." ¢ Sharp drop in breast cancer rates. In recent years, breast cancer rates have dropped sharply due to a corresponding sharp drop in the use of hormone replacement therapy.” can A new study has revealed that radiation can alter the 20 * NEXUS environment surrounding cells, so that future cells are more likely to become cancerous. AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2010 www.nexusmagazine.com