Michael Douglas Needs Hyperthermia, an Alternative Cancer Treatment to Cure Throat Cancer

Michael Douglas has been diagnosed with Esophageal Cancer, tumors of the throat.

What is cancer? It is a disease or health condition that occurs when normal cells mutate in the body, divide, and reproduce without control to other body parts. They spread through the body via the blood and lymph systems.

Esophageal cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the esophagus. The esophagus is the hollow, muscular tube that moves food and liquid from the throat to the stomach. The wall of the esophagus is made up of several layers of tissue, including mucous membrane, muscle, and connective tissue.

Oscar winning actor "Michael Douglas" has been diagnosed with esophageal cancer, which is a type of cancer of the throat. Throat Cancer refers to tumors that develop in the pharynx and or the larynx. It is more common in men than women are. Esophageal cancer starts at the inside lining of the esophagus and spreads outward through the other layers as it grows.

One of the most important risk factors is excessive tobacco and alcohol use. Here are seven signs and symptoms that you may have a form of throat cancer:

1. A Chronic Cough
2. Change in your voice like hoarseness
3. Pain when swallowing
4. A Chronic Ear aches
5. A Chronic Sore throat
6. Enlarged Lymph nodes
7. Visible sores in the mouth

If you have any combination of these symptoms, go see your doctor just to make sure it is not cancer. As with all cancers, early detection is the key to optimum results.

If you are diagnosed with, esophageal tumors of the throat, like Michael Douglas, look for alternatives to conventional treatments, or standard care, like surgery, high dose radiation, or chemotherapy. Do not take the first option your primary doctor tells you. Be proactive and take in charge of your health and life. Why? Well if you do not take care of YOUR HEALTH, NOBODY WILL!

There are very effective alternatives cancer treatments options and many of them have very low or no side effects.

For example, Hyperthermia, an alternative cancer treatment is given in the US and Europe. Hyperthermia means heating the cancer tumor at a temperature equivalent to a high fever, about 42.5-Celsius or 104-Fahrenheit degrees. The high temperatures can destroy the malignant tumor without harming the surrounding healthy tissue. FDA approved since 1984, recognized and paid by most insurance companies, including Medicare. Therefore, if your doctor has diagnosed you with cancer, you owe it to yourself and your body to consider alternative cancer treatments.

Hyperthermia greatly improves results of other cancer treatments. Hyperthermia combined with radiation therapy or chemotherapy, there is a dramatic improvement in response rates. A recent study comparing results from leading hyperthermia researchers showed that beneficial responses were obtained by only 33% of patients treated with radiation alone, compared to 67% when radiation therapy was combined with hyperthermia. There is a twofold to threefold increase in the favorable response rate.

For many patients, battling cancer has also meant fighting constant pain, or relying on strong narcotics. However, there is now an excellent alternative without any addictive effects from drugs. Hyperthermia not only effects cancer treatment, but also can dramatically reduce pain. This can help patients to have more energy to their fight against cancer, and to have a better quality of life.

http://www.jameshaimbicher-md.org/ Meet James I. Bicher, M.D., a pioneer in the hyperthermic field and founder/director of Bicher (formerly Valley) Cancer Institute; one of the largest hyperthermic research & clinic treatment centers. Adding hyperthermia with the targeted radiation in the form of IMRT "Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy," an advanced cancer treatment therapy implemented, and developed by Dr. Bicher, is not done anywhere else! Click on our link & you can watch some video testimonials of past patients talk about their experience at BCI and why choosing alternative treatment over conventional was a better choice. Please call us at 310.398.0013 or email inforequest@vci.org