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Prostate cancer is a case in point. The official story about prostate cancer is that men can choosefrom at least five different courses of treatment. The simplest is known as watchful waiting,which means doing nothing unless later tests show thecancer is worsening. More aggressiveoptions include removing the prostate gland or receiving one of several forms of radiation. Thelatest treatment called proton radiation therapyinvolves a proton accelerator that can be as big as a football field with the treatments costing 100,000. Unfortunately for the developers andinvestors very few people will be able to afford that option with a cataclysmic economic collapsein the making.Prostate cancer kills an estimated 35,000 men in the United States each year and attacksanother 165,000. Most cases of prostate cancer do not occur until after men turn 50, but in recentyears there has been a steady rise in the percentage of men in their 30s and 40s with both prostate problems and prostate cancer, primarily as a result of poor diet and increasing environmental pollution. One man in six will get prostate cancer during his lifetimeThe New York Times reported that, “Some doctors swear by one treatment, others by another.But

no one really knows which is best

. Rigorous research has been scant. Above all, no seriousstudy has found that the high-technology treatments do better at keeping men healthy and alive.Most die of something else before prostate cancer becomes a problem.” “No therapy has beenshown superior to another,” an analysis by the RAND Corporation found. Dr.Michael Rawlins,the chairman of a British medical research institute, said “

We’re not sure how good

any

of these treatments are

.” When asked, Dr. Daniella Perlrothof Stanford University, who has studied the data, what she would recommend to a family member, she paused. Then she said,“

Watchful waiting

.”1) Watchful waiting costs a few thousand dollars in doctor visits and tests.

Actuallywatching and waiting means doing nothing when there are plenty of wonderful and naturalthings one can do to improve PSA scores. (

Note below that PSA scores do not offer the bestguidance.)2) Surgery to remove the prostate gland costs about $23,000; possible complications includeimpotence andurinary incontinence.3) A targeted form of radiation,known as I.M.R.T., runs $50,000. I.M.R.T. involves a largetime commitment, requiring patients to visit a radiation center 45 times over the course of nineweeks. A concern that the multiple-beam radiation of I.M.R.T. may raise the risk of secondarycancers since science already knows that radiation exposure causes cancer.4) Proton radiation therapy often exceeds $100,000.Use of I.M.R.T. rose tenfold from 2002 to 2006, according to RAND data. A new proton

treatment center will open in July of 2009 in Oklahoma City, and others are being planned inChicago, South Florida and elsewhere. The NY Times is very clear about the high costs of this procedure saying, “You may never see this bill, but you’re paying it. It has raised your health insurancepremiums and left your employer with less money to give you a decent raise. The costof prostate cancer care is one small reason that some companies have stopped offering healthinsurance.

It is also one reason that medical costs are on a pace to make the federalgovernment insolvent.

”

The cause of prostate cancer is unknown medical officials saybut that is really not true. There are many known causes and profiles that help guide our treatment and necessary changes of life.

A report published in the June, 2009 issue of A Cancer Journal for Clinicians shows thatroutine PSA blood tests often result in over diagnosis of prostate cancer, resulting in unnecessarytreatments and psychosocial harm. Drs. Boyle and Brawley, of the International PreventionResearch Institute, Lyon, France said, "

The real impact and tragedy of prostate cancerscreening is the doubling of the lifetime risk of a diagnosis of prostate cancer with little if any decrease in the risk of dying from this disease

."1The PSA era is over in the United States," says Dr. Thomas Stamey, professor of urology andlead author of a study published in the Journal of Urology. "Our study raises a very seriousquestion of whether a man should even use the PSA test for prostate cancer screening anymore.2 From the time it first became standard to remove prostates in response to high PSA levels to the present - reveals that as a screen, the test now indicates nothing more than the size of the prostate gland.”3According to the American Cancer Society, “There can be different reasons for an elevatedPSA level, including prostate cancer, benign prostate enlargement, inflammation, infection, age,and race,” all factors that make PSA test results confusing, leading to potential for unnecessarytreatment and suffering when tests are elevated.

Complications of ill advised prostate cancer treatments includeurinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction, both difficult to reverse and both significantly decreasing the quality of life.

The Times did not mention the option of doing what makes sense while one watches andwaits and it is hard to understand why. There is a list of natural nutritional agents that are helpfulin treating prostate cancer including getting lots of sun exposure to drive up

Vitamin D

levels,

which costs virtually nothing to do. One might need to purchase full spectrum sun lamps if onelives at extreme latitudes or if the sun is not shining enough but even that option is notcostly.

Iodine

is also a key component because reduced iodine levels in the breasts, ovaries,thyroid and prostate glands predispose one to higher cancer risk.

The great advantage of knowing the prime cause of a disease isthat it can then be attacked logically and over a broad front.Dr. Otto Warburg Prostate cancer is cancer that grows in prostate gland.The prostate is a small, walnut-sized structure that makesup part of a man's reproductive system. It wraps around the urethra, the tube that carries urine out of the body.

Iodine as Chemo Agent

Dr. David Derry said, “Lugol's solution is an iodine-in-water solution used by the medical profession for 200 years. One drop (6.5 mg per drop) of Lugol's daily in water, orange juice or milk will gradually eliminate the first phase of the cancer development namely fibrocysticdisease of the breast so no new cancers can start. It also will kill abnormal cells floating aroundin the body at remote sites from the original cancer. Of course this approach appears to work for prostate cancer as prostate cancer is similar to breast cancer in many respects. Indeed, it likelywill help with most cancers.”

There are over 1 million prostate cancer tissue biopsy procedures performed annually in the U.S. Approximately 25% of these tissue biopsies are reported “positive”, indicating the presence of prostate cancer. The other 75% of prostate cancer tissue biopsies are reported as “negative”.

Though it cost a bit more, Nascent Iodineis more palatable (less caustic) for oral usage and