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Hypopharyngeal cancer: Anyone treated with proton radiation?
Head & Neck Cancer | Last Active: Dec 17, 2022 | Replies (94)Comment receiving replies
I never smoked drank and don't have HPV which would have been good I understand as it is a virus. I did not have the radiation after surgery removing
the stage one superficial cancer. As of a week ago the ENT at UVA said the pain is coming from the Lichone planus. The biopsies show
severe dysplasia. which is pre cancer. I looked up Dr. Hinni at Mayo and he has mixed reviews.
I have been drinking drops of food grade Frankcense (John Hopkins alternative medicine, a few, drops in DeerPark water. High in MZH. It can't hurt.
The Budwig diet is sort of a milk shake but is a cancer protocol. I changed my diet completly. The surgery was awful. The Pet scan nurse told me
as she put the IV in for the Pet Scan to locate the cancer, this is sugar and some radiation and it will carry it show us the cancer. Cancer grows on sugar.
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I agree that reducing sugar in one's diet is healthy. However, according to this article from Mayo Clinic (http://mayocl.in/1AYw0Uw) sugar does not make cancer cells grow. Here is an excerpt:
- Myth: People with cancer shouldn't eat sugar, since it can cause cancer to grow faster.
- Fact: Sugar doesn't make cancer grow faster. All cells, including cancer cells, depend on blood sugar (glucose) for energy. But giving more sugar to cancer cells doesn't speed their growth. Likewise, depriving cancer cells of sugar doesn't slow their growth.
This misconception may be based in part on a misunderstanding of positron emission tomography (PET) scans, which use a small amount of radioactive tracer — typically a form of glucose. All tissues in your body absorb some of this tracer, but tissues that are using more energy — including cancer cells — absorb greater amounts. For this reason, some people have concluded that cancer cells grow faster on sugar. But this isn't true.
However, there is some evidence that consuming large amounts of sugar is associated with an increased risk of certain cancers, including esophageal cancer. It can also lead to weight gain and increase the risk of obesity and diabetes, which may increase the risk of cancer.
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Interestingly, I found the Mayo Clinic article by way of our New Zealand friends on the website of the Head and Neck Cancer Survivors' Support Network. You can read more in the article "Debunking cancer myths" http://www.headandneck.network/news/debunking-cancer-myths. Thank you for pointing me in this direction, @alpaca.
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I believe that cancer cells use a lot of energy; that's one reason why we often lose weight with an undiagnosed cancer. The pet scan shows where there are pockets of big-time glucose/energy/sugar consuming cells. This doesn't mean that sugar feeds cancer. It's a commonly held myth that stops people in great discomfort from having food that might give them pleasure or be easier for them to eat. https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/myths
Excessive sugar consumption is bad in so many ways and I plead guilty to eating too much of it, but eating sugar isn't going to increase cancer and stopping sugar isn't going to stop cancer.
Does that make sense? You can ask your doctor or look at reputable sites on the internet.