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Recent findings in a report published in the latest issue of Cancer shows cancer death rates dropped steadily on average 2.1 percent per year from 2002 through 2004, nearly twice the annual decrease of 1.1 percent per year from 1993 through 2002. Despite overall higher death rates for men, the declines from 2002 through 2004 were 2.6 percent per year among men and 1.8 percent per year among women. Additionally, death rates decreased for the majority of the top 15 cancers in men and women. The leading causes of cancer in men: lung, prostate, and colorectal cancers experienced noticeable declines. And in women, the death rates from colorectal cancer and breast cancer decreased, with the rate of increase for lung cancer deaths slowing significantly.

Center for Disease Control and Prevention directer, Julie Gerberding, claims that, “The significant decline in cancer death rates demonstrates important progress in the fight against cancer that has been achieved through effective tobacco control, screening, early detection, and appropriate treatment.”

The rate at which new cancers are diagnosed also dropped a little during the period between 1992 and 2004 for both men and women. The incidence rate for breast cancer fell substantially during the 2001-2004 period and is believed to be partly due to the decreased use of hormone replacement therapy and recent decline in use of screening mammography. After long term increases, lung cancer incidence among women leveled off during the 1998-2004 period and, for men, declined 1.8% annually among males for the period 1991-2004.

Chief executive officer at the American Cancer Society, John Seffrin, believes, “The evidence is unmistakable: we are truly turning the tide in the cancer battle. The gains could be even greater if everyone in the U.S. had access to essential healthcare, including primary care and prevention services.”

Following my partner, Glenn’s, diagnosis with an aggressive form of cancer, my hours of research led me to discover a series of medical researchers who have come to the conclusion that cancer is a metabolic disease.

A metabolic disease is one that develops as a result of our metabolism becoming corrupted. Simply put – metabolism is “the chemical processes occurring within a living cell or organism that are necessary for the maintenance of life.”

The medical researchers suggest that the metabolism becomes corrupted because the raw ingredients, that is the nutritional elements, required for the chemical processes are either missing or not available in sufficient quantity.

Their assertion is that what we call “illness” is simply a result of the body’s survival response “gone wrong” caused by our body not having the nutritional elements to continue life or to heal itself in a healthy manner.

History is full of examples of diseases cured by increasing certain nutritional elements: Scurvy which is prevented and reversed by increasing Vitamin C. Pellagra prevented and treated with Vitamin B3 (that is niacin). Beriberi prevented and treated with Vitamin B1 or thiamine. Pernicious anaemia which is treated with Vitamin B12.

So what about Cancer?

The researchers say that when we suffer an injury, either internal or external, the body goes in to a healing process that becomes corrupted.

The mechanics of this are that oestrogen in the body triggers certain cells to become trophoblastic i.e. to multiply faster than normal, to heal the wound. We actually see this happen whenever we suffer a cut to our skin.

Normally this accelerated cell production is terminated when the wound is healed. However if certain elements are not present in the body, specifically pancreatic enzymes, then the cells continue to multiply, creating a mass or tumour.

If the body finally catches up and stops the trophoblastic cells, the mass is found to be benign or no longer active. If the cells are still proliferating we call it malignant.

This research indicates therefore, that cancer is simply an unterminated healing process caused by the lack of the basic nutritional elements the body uses to create pancreatic enzymes.

This is also the explanation given as to why, so often, surgery to remove tumours actually results in it spreading even further. Obviously, the surgery creates more wound sites, which trigger (and release) yet more uncontrolled trophoblastic cells that result in more cancer.

Take it a step further by looking at the common medical treatments of radiation therapy and chemotherapy.

Radiation therapy (a form of burning) simply creates even more wound sites and yet more opportunities for further corrupted healing processes.

Chemotherapy impacts drastically on the body’s immune system, reducing even further the body’s natural ability to heal.

All of which of course, simply increases the chances of more cancer, usually of the more virulent types known as secondaries.

Using a nutritional approach not only has none of these negative side effects, but also, of course, actually supports the bodys own natural healing processes.

Article Source: Health Guidance

Marilyn Bennett

Marilyn Bennett’s partner Glenn was declared cancer-free after 11 months using a nutritional approach. They are now on a mission to “spread the word” the many things they discovered we can all do to fight cancer. Please visit