Prohibition efforts seem to have failed. The physician used the dreaded "C" word...cancer. What to do now? We hear a lot of buzz about amazing cures and successes, "If you'll just buy my book, take my pills or visit my center." The very word, cancer, scares us so completely, we believe we're going to die any minute. Sadly, it's those fears the frauds are counting on. They need you to be so afraid you'll try anything...even their product. Most of us are so frozen in fear, we ignore that fact that many forms of cancer are treatable...often, actual cures have been developed and adopted as standard treatment for cancer. Sometimes, the fears generated by frauds can cause us to select back-alley, ineffective treatments instead of viable ones recommended by our doctors. If we simply calm down and begin to study the specific situation, we are able to often relieve our fears and earn rational decisions that will avoid the frauds and help our doctors help us heal.

Organic cancer cure...and other fraudulent claims: Frauds come in all shapes, sizes and prices. Perhaps the biggest price people pay is going after these things when sound remedies are available. You will rarely hear a reputable doctor make use of the word, "cure," when referring to cancer. Immediately, then, a red flag should go up in your mind if someone is offering or claiming a cure. Other claims that will strike you as suspicious are ones that suggest standard cancer treatments, like radiation or chemotherapy kill people. Why don't we get this straight right now...people die from some types of cancer. Some terminal cancer patients choose to receive experimental treatments in a last ditch effort in an attempt to slow the illness. For frauds to use this to get you to distrust a doctor's standard treatment, however limited the effectiveness, should be considered a crime. The only time you should consider experimental treatments or claims of those outside of the medical community is if you have a terminal condition and you've exhausted all accepted medical treatments. You're a grown-up, now. You should get all the objective advice and information you can, about every treatment you're considering, but people trying to sell you non-standard treatments are not objective...you have to do your own homework...which is the most important homework assignment you might ever get .

Perform Your Cancer Research: Biopsy is generally the first bit of research completed to verify a suspicion of cancer. That's where the doctor collects cells for the lab to investigate. Ask your doctor for a paper copy of the test results. This will give you the exact name of the cancer, if the cancer is malignant (harmful), and other useful information. Based on this, your doctor will recommend other tests to determine the stage (extent of growth) or grade (speed of growth) and treatment options to consider. Take lots of notes and ask lots of questions! While continuing the test/treatment recommendations of your doctor, take this information to a second opinion appointment with another doctor, not associated with the first one. While doctors are highly educated, they're human. Doctors and their staffs make mistakes. Second opinions are so you can head off mistakes before they happen.