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The Florida Department of Health (DOH) recognizes March as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month to educate and increase awareness of colorectal cancer prevention.

“Beginning at age 50, an annual colon screening is a must for prevention and early detection of colorectal cancer. Screening saves lives,” said DOH Family Health Services Division Director Annette Phelps, A.R.N.P., M.S.N. “Early detection of cancer is critically important as survival is nearly 90 percent when removed before the cancer has spread beyond the intestinal wall.”

Colorectal cancer, most commonly known as colon cancer, develops slowly in the colon or rectum over a period of several years. Changes often occur in the lining of the colon or rectum, which may be either non-cancerous (benign) or cancerous (malignant). Colonoscopy is one screening method that can detect abnormalities and cancer in the colon and rectum. Abnormal tissue can often be removed at the time of screening. Colon screening is one means to save lives and improve health outcomes through early detection.

Colorectal cancer is the third most diagnosed cancer and the third most common cause of cancer death for both males and females.

 

According to Florida’s cancer registry, 10,336 colorectal cases were diagnosed in 2005, the most current year for available data.

Risk factors that increase a person's chance of colorectal cancer include:

o Aging—the average age at diagnosis is in the 

   late-60s
o Consuming a high-fat diet
o Having polyps or being diagnosed with bowel

   disease
o Having a personal or family history of colorectal

   cancer
o Smoking

DOH encourages Floridians 50 and older to consult with their physician to discuss their risk for colorectal cancer, recommendations for colorectal cancer screening, and treatment, if diagnosed with this type of cancer.

DOH promotes, protects and improves the health of all people in Florida. For more information about colorectal cancer, visit the DOH web site at www.doh.state.fl.us/family/cancer/index.html, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention web site at www.cdc.gov or call the National Cancer Institute at 1-800-4-CANCER.

 

 

Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size.

Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person's lifetime.

When the person's immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumors.

When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiple nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic, environmental, food and lifestyle factors.

To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet and including supplements will strengthen the immune system.

Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone marrow, gastrointestinal tract etc, and can cause organ damage, like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs etc.

Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars and damages healthy cells, tissues and organs. 

 Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reduce tumor size. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and radiation do not result in more tumor destruction.

When the body has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is either compromised or destroyed, hence the person can succumb to various kinds of infections and complications.

Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other sites.

An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply.

CANCER CELLS FEED ON: 

Sugar is a cancer-feeder. By cutting off sugar it cuts off one important food supply to the cancer cells. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc. are made with Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses but only in very small amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in colour. Better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt.

Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk and substituting with unsweetened soy milk cancer cells are being starved.

Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little chicken rather than beef or pork. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer.

A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into an alkaline environment. About 20% can be from cooked food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance growth of healthy cells. To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts) and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C). 

Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine. Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer fighting properties. Water-best to drink purified water, or filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it. 

Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines become putrified and leads to more toxic buildup.

Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the body's killer cells to destroy the cancer cells.

Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Flor-ssence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs etc.) to enable the body's own killer cells to destroy cancer cells. Other supplements like vitamin E are known to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body's normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.

Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor. Anger, unforgiveness and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy life.

Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment. Exercising daily, and deep breathing help to get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygen therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer cells.