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then progress can begin to happen. I believe that we just need to bring the right knowledge to them, but we must often convert them one by one.
When to Use Conventional Medicine to Treat Cancer
    Chemotherapy, radiation and surgery may have a place in cancer treatment. If, for instance, a patient has a tumor that’s pressing up against the vertebrae and there is an immediate risk of fracturing the vertebrae, then radiation may be appropriate. Small doses of chemotherapy may work quite well in combination with gene targeted therapy, but as a single modality for advanced cancer, chemotherapy’s effects are only temporary. If we are talking about patients with metastatic disease, its effects are short-lived and it leaves people with a lot of toxicity.
    Most of our patients have already done chemotherapy and other conventional treatments and failed them all, so they don’t usually do such treatments during gene-targeted therapy. If they haven’t yet tried it, and would like to have chemotherapy in addition to gene-targeted therapy, anyway, then we can incorporate that into their treatment plans. We would prescribe lower doses of antineoplastons, because they work synergistically with chemotherapy. In most cases, though, our patients’ options are limited and theirdecision is simple because by the time they get to us, they have usually already had radiation and chemotherapy and failed both kinds of treatment.
Side Effects of Gene-Targeted Therapies
    Some gene-targeted therapies have side effects which are associated with a rapid response to the treatment. If people respond to their medications rapidly, for instance, they may get a skin rash. It’s not an allergic reaction, but simply a rash that’s associated with a fast response to the treatment. Fortunately, we have invented a special cream which can decrease such reactions, so that patients are able to continue their treatments without interruption. Other patients might experience an increase in blood pressure, which we also associate as being a rapid response to the treatment, so we may put them on a diet and medications to decrease their blood pressure. Such a diet might be low in sodium, with lots of fish oil and sardines, for example. We do this so that all of our patients can continue their therapies without interruption. Most patients don’t experience any side effects from what we do, though. Any medication can cause adverse reactions, but these can be avoided by starting patients on a low dose of the medication and/or by giving them a different medication if they have a poor tolerance to the first one.
Factors That Affect Healing
    Stress has a lot to do with the body’s ability to heal. It’s very important for patients to have strong supportive care from their families, but unfortunately, this doesn’t always happen. For example, we have situations where family members subtly give off the impression that they are waiting for the person with cancer to pass away. Whenever this atmosphere is present, it’s difficult for that person to get good results from his or her treatment. I might see, for example, a wealthy, 75 year-old gentleman, with a young, beautiful 27 year-old wife who is obviously waiting for him to die so that she can take his money. Of course, we don’t see this scenario often, but it happens, especially in families where prominent people with a lot ofmoney marry younger women. Initially, the wives give off the impression that they want to save their husbands, but after a few weeks, we realize that they really just want to let them go. In most cases, though, our patients receive great support from their friends and family members.
How Family and Friends Can Support Their Loved Ones with Cancer
    The best way for family and friends to support their loved ones is to provide them with the same amount of care that they normally would during any other life situation. For example, they might help them to fight depression, or stay with them in Houston