A simple, natural treatment for breast cancer that can save lives
Imagine being able to literally rub away breast cancer with your fingertips.
I’m talking about a natural cream — used safely for years — that could stop even the deadliest breast cancer tumors from spreading throughout your body.
All without sickening chemotherapy… dangerous radiation… or even painful surgery.
An international research team is claiming that natural progesterone treatments can keep tumors from growing whether your breast cancer is in early — or even advanced — stages.
I first told you about the cancer-fighting powers of natural progesterone creams a decade ago. And now that science is finally catching up, it’s time to talk to your doc about incorporating this powerful therapy into your cancer treatment program.
You see, when estrogen binds with the estrogen receptors on cancer cells, it can cause the cells to divide and multiply.
And that’s how low-risk, isolated tumors become deadly metastatic cancer.
But according to a new lab study from British and Australian researchers, progesterone actually keeps these estrogen receptors from working properly. Researchers tested a standard chemo drug on tumors — but when they added progesterone to the mix, it cut tumor growth in half!
Something as simple as a natural progesterone cream could be a lifesaving treatment in about half of all breast cancers — including the most aggressive kinds, researchers say.
“In early breast cancer you could increase the number of people being cured and in advanced breast cancer, where we’re not curing, we could control the disease for longer,” said Prof. Carlos Caldas from the University of Cambridge, who helped lead the study.
Of course, I’m trying to figure out why these guys are treating progesterone like some square-one treatment they just discovered.
If anything, they’re late to the party. Really late.
In fact, I first told you about the cancer-fighting powers of natural progesterone cream in 2005.
You see, studies had found that women with low levels of progesterone were five times more likely to develop breast cancer and 10 times more likely to suffer from a malignant cancer of any kind.
And in one trial, women who used a topical progesterone cream were actually able to keep cancer cells from multiplying.
Now that should have been enough for natural progesterone cream to become a top weapon in every cancer doc’s arsenal. But the chemo drug tamoxifen was growing in popularity at the same time.
And unlike natural progesterone, tamoxifen is a synthetic drug backed by an army of sales reps. So there wasn’t much question which therapy conventional doctors would end up choosing, even though tamoxifen can cause nausea, blood clots, depression, strokes, and even uterine cancer.
But there are no such problems with natural progesterone cream. In fact, it’s been proven to support your bones, relieve depression and help you manage your blood sugar.
If you had breast cancer and your treatment choices were laid out like that, the drug would go straight to the back burner.
Now, it’s just like the mainstream to pump the brakes any time a new drug-free cancer treatment comes along. And, sure enough, researchers are calling for large clinical trials to make sure progesterone works and is safe.
Well, we already know it works — and natural progesterone cream has been used safely for years to help treat symptoms of menopause.
And I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for those clinical trials anyway.
There are plenty of drug companies getting filthy rich off of chemotherapy meds — and you can bet that’s where they’re going to keep putting their research dollars.
Now there is a synthetic, patented form of progesterone on the market called Prometrium. It’s made from yams, and if you talk to your doctor about progesterone he might recommend it. But Prometrium can cause a whole host of heart-related side effects when it’s combined with estrogen.
Your best bet is to stick with the natural creams — and make sure they’re part of any breast cancer treatment discussion between you and your doc.
Sources:
“Drug could help slow half of breast cancers, study suggests” James Gallagher, July 9, 2015, BBC, bbc.com
