Video Transcript: How to Keep Circulating Tumor Cells Under Control
Ty Bollinger: So, Dr. Bita, last question. What would you say to somebody that’s recently been diagnosed with cancer? What questions should they ask their oncologist to figure out if they are going to receive adequate treatment or not?
Dr. Bita Badakhshan: Okay, if someone got recently diagnosed with cancer, first of all you want to know why. Why did you get cancer? Going, rushing into doing chemo, radiation, surgery is not the way to go. And they shouldn’t get scared. It’s just a wake-up call for them to change their lifestyle, change everything and trying to have their body fight this.
Your body can handle anything as long as you don’t hurt it. You have good sleep. You don’t have stress. You make sure you drink water enough and all the basic stuff. And they should want to do different kind of labs to see what kind of nutritional deficiency they have, what they do, and boost their immune system before they do any surgery, any chemo, any other things.
Or look at the integrative part of it. See your other options. I mean chemo is good, for cancers like—some fast—like some testicular cancer, some leukemia lymphomas. Some cancers do respond to chemo. But some less solid tumor cancer, like breast, lung, melanomas, those you don’t respond. And patients say, “Oh that’s not true, because there are patients who have been living for 20 years after doing chemo.” Yeah, because circulating tumor cells in your body can live 30 years.
I have a patient that was diagnosed with melanoma 30 years before and then died with seizure because the CTC end up going to his brain after 30 years. So we know circulating tumor cells, stem cells, can live forever, and it all depends on your immune system and how your body is handling it. If you have perfect immune system, you take care of your body well, you keep the circulating tumor cells in control.
I mean, I tell people—later stage, you could live with your cancer forever. Like diabetes, like hypertension, you just have to keep the immune system good.
Ty Bollinger: So then your message to somebody who may have been diagnosed with what the oncologist says is terminal cancer is, “Don’t give up.”
Dr. Bita Badakhshan: Exactly. Don’t give up. Don’t give up. That’s the thing, you have to be willing to fight. It’s all you. If you give up, if you say, “Oh, that’s it.” That’s it.
You have to first be very strong, decide that you are going to fight it, and you can do it. You could fight it. That’s the thing. You could do it if you really want to.
And you look at the other alternate, integrative ways. You don’t rush into it. Do your own research. You have time. You don’t get cancer overnight. You’ve been having this for years.
Ty Bollinger: So take the time to make a good decision, maybe find a doctor like yourself.
Dr. Bita Badakhshan: Thank you.
Ty Bollinger: Thank you Dr. Bita. I appreciate it.
Dr. Bita Badakhshan: Thank you, pleasure to be here.
It does make sense what you say . I had breast cancer and had it removed by surgery then four weeks later had another op as they said ithey was still more there .later I had radiotheraphy and tamoxfen and two years later I got thyriod cancer had radio active treatment and it te occurred two years later and was in my lymphoids
Teresa dr Bita emphasized the need for a healthy and strong immune system. You went through so many procedures and drastic treatment like radiotherapy, chemo etc. your immune system has been shut. remember also that breast cancer cells travel through various pathways to your lungs, thyroid, your lymphatic system. one of the many reasons why it is difficult to contain breast cancer cells. take her advise to change your lifestyle (total), plenty of good sleep, give up red meat, meditation to counter stress, complete and balanced nutrition, exercise/oxygenate your system, plenty fresh vegetables and fruits, give up table sugar. you still have the chance bc you are alive.
What is s healthy immune sysyem check ? What tests should you order to get s complete picture of your immune system. White and red blood cell count ? Mineral and vitamin check electrolytes ? Cholesterol ? Liver ! Blood pressure ? What should we ask doctors to order ? To do a baseline check of where we are .
What tests should we order to get a baseline as to where our immune system is? What should we ask our drs to order ?
All I know, I was diagnosed with triple positive breast cancer. I found a tumor and the doctor confirmed it was the size of a golf ball. The surgeon said it would be a mandatory mastectomy. It was large and I was so small. I did chemo, surgery and radiation. I also did my own research. Stopped consuming any foods that came in a box or a can. No food that contained sugar, high fructose corn syrup. No pies, cookies, pop, ice cream, etc. Cold turkey on the sugar. Went to my 2nd pre-chemo appointment. Homecooked hormone free/steriod free meats. They were shocked, the doctor could not explain. But the tumor was now the size of a pencil eraser, 2 weeks after the first chemo treatment. 16 weeks later, finished my chemo (every two weeks), they could not find a single piece of evidence of the lump. They still wanted to do a lumpectomy. (instead of the mastectomy). Still found clear margins on the tissue they removed. Insisted on a 2nd lumpectomy because the surgeon said she had never seen a tumor go away like that. Still clear margins. Trust me, we watch our diet and watch what we consume.
This is absolutely amazing. We love hearing this!
And we’re so proud of you for doing your own research and taking control of your health.
God bless you, Alyce!
Thank you so much, you give me strength to fight with breast Ca. enlightened me that BreastCa.usually dont respond to chemo sad to say i had received it twice 6cycles each. Now, that ive learned fr You that i should boost my immune system. Pls give me more advices on how i can make my immune system stronger. Like in food intake what we can & not to eat.some Drs. Advice to eat any fruits & veges., fish but no meats, rootcrops esp. Cassava which is rich in Vit B17 anti Ca., but another Dr will say dont eat fruits that are sweets bec of the fructose Pls. Need you advices coz some make confuse. Thank You so much.
Hi Nancy –
Thank you for reaching out to us about this.
Please know that we’ll be sure to pray for you.
Unfortunately, we are unable to give any kind of medical advice. But we do have articles on this topic on our website.
https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/importance-immune-system-and-cancer/
https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/the-best-cancer-fighting-and-immune-boosting-food-choices-for-beating-and-avoiding-cancer/
https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/beta-glucans-immunity-fight-cancer/
https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/treating-cancer-naturally/
The best advice we can give you is to consult with one of the doctors we interviewed in our Global Quest series.
We are not able to select an expert for you, but we’ve created a page with the expert’s contact info as it was available to us.
Here’s the link to the actual webpage: http://thetruthaboutcancer.com/experts-info-sheet/
We do have one more resource you may be interested in. During our Live Event 2017 series, Dr. Patrick Quillin suggested contacting The Institute of Functional Medicine to locate a practitioner in your area.
If you are interested, here is the link to search for a Functional Medicine Practitioner in your area: https://www.ifm.org/find-a-practitioner/
I’m also attaching the info about the Hope4Cancer clinic in Tijuana, MX if you’d like to reach out to them.
http://www.hope4cancer.com/
https://hope4cancer.com/schedule-a-call/
Please also see the resources below in case they will be helpful to you.
From our beginning, we have supported charities that really help these cancer patients.
HealingStrong:
http://healingstrong.com/
https://www.facebook.com/healingstrong
HealingStrong supports MANY cancer patients and are amazing. HealingStrong, a nonprofit organization, is supported 100% by volunteers, who are experienced in using natural strategies. The organization’s mission is to educate, encourage, equip, and empower those seeking comprehensive natural strategies to heal strong and stay strong.
HealingStrong Connect Groups meet monthly in various areas of the U.S. and South Australia to link others interested in natural strategies, holistic protocols, and local resources. Their groups focus on mind, body and emotional healing based on Biblical promises, as they believe the God of the Bible is our healer. For more information on how to start a group, or become involved in one, please go to: http://www.healingstrong.org/groups, and like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/healingstrong.
Cancer Crackdown is so awesome and helps patients without a lot of money get supplements and treatments and even helps them raise money:
http://cancercrackdown.org/
https://www.facebook.com/CancerCrackdown
Also, the Independent Cancer Research Foundation is another charity that we support, also known as Cancer Tutor. They have been a TREMENDOUS help for cancer patients and have a TON of life saving information they give out freely and they do real research into treatments for cancer that are outside of the toxic Big Pharma Big 3:
http://www.theicrf.com/
The best that we can suggest is to contact Healing Strong and Cancer Crackdown for any need in financial resources.
We also support Mary Beth’s “Nick Gonzalez Foundation” which is bringing Nick’s protocol to the people…which is one of the most powerful cancer killing protocols out there.
I hope this is helpful! Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us again if there’s anything else we can help with.
Wishing you and your friend endless blessings and love!
I have multiple myeloma in my bone marrow 25 percent of cells are cancerous. This was found in Jan 21
I started chemo about mid june. Can I go with diet to help this clear up. They say that this type of cancer is uncurable, but they can slow it down with chemo. Go e me an answer. I do not use computer even though we have an e mail. Buy