Immunotherapy has become an increasingly available and vital cancer treatment option in recent years. Many patients learning about immunotherapy want to know: how does immunotherapy compare to chemotherapy? What are the main differences between the two treatments? When should I choose immunotherapy vs. chemotherapy? To answer these pressing questions, the Cancer Research Institute created a [...]
A risk factor is anything that makes you more likely to develop a certain disease. No one knows exactly what causes cancer, but having specific risk factors can increase the odds. Some risk factors can be avoided, while others can’t. Risk factors can raise your chances of getting cancer, but many are preventable. The good [...]
Types of bladder cancer Bladder cancer is a common type of cancer that begins when cells that make up the urinary bladder start to grow out of control. As more cancer cells develop, they can form a tumor and, with time, spread to other parts of the body. There are various types, and subtypes, of [...]
Dr. Matsumura announces the publication of over 30 years of research for SEF Chemotherapy with patient testimonials from Ruby Mae LeBlanc and Academy Award winner, William Hurt. The cure doesn't have to be worse than the disease. Berkeley Institute has found a way to reverse most types of cancers, and to do so [...]
In April 2010, Dr. Matsumura and his colleagues at the ALIN Foundation announced an historic achievement: all cancer patients treated with the SEF Chemo® in 2006 not only went into remission, but remained cancer-free without the toxic side effects normally associated with chemotherapy. The results on patients undergoing SEF Chemo® are nothing short of stunning. One [...]
What are the side effects of radiation for breast cancer? One common and effective treatment for breast cancer is radiation therapy. However, it does have some side effects. A doctor may recommend radiation therapy in combination with other treatments, such as surgery and chemotherapy. There are two main types of radiation treatment: External beam radiation: [...]
Breast cancer is a serious topic, and has been a major concern worldwide for hundreds of years. For over 50 years doctors have recommended women get mammograms, an easy to preform non-intrusive screening method for early detection. Because breast cancer is more common in women over 40, younger women are not advised to receive mammogram [...]
Radiation therapy is often times the recommended treatment for early breast cancer once surgery is complete. Radiation is used to help eliminate cancer cells that may have been left behind after surgery. If not eradicated, such left over cancer cells can form new lumps referred to as "local recurrences." A number of different forms of [...]
Published data from the National Cancer Institute show that more than half of stage III breast cancer patients eventually succumb despite undergoing six months of adjuvant chemo-radiotherapy after a lumpectomy. Conventional chemotherapy is inadequate and fails to eradicate every cancer cell in the body. Long-term remission Conversely, Side Effect-Free Chemotherapy (SEF Chemo) has proven to [...]
For generations, a definitive cure for cancer has been just out of reach. There are 9.5 million cancer-related deaths worldwide every year. The tragedy of cancer is that the treatment is often worse than the disease. Cancer drugs have side effects because their effects are not limited to cancer cells. The drugs attack any [...]
