Thyroid Cancer Epidemic

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(NaturalNews) Statistics show thyroid cancer as

the fastest growing cancer type today. The American Cancer Society reported

almost 45,000 new cases in 2010. Mainstream medicine's solution is to remove

the thyroid after inconclusive tumor testing. Unfortunately, the vast

majority of thyroidectomies are unnecessary.

Heller, M.D., a surgeon who has performed over 1,000 thryoid operations

in 28 years, addressed a medical conference with this shocker: " I do not

believe that this epidemic of (thyroid cancer) is real. It is due to ...the

increasing use of ultrasound-guided needle biopsy of thyroid nodules. ... We

are performing far too many unnecessary thyroidectomies. "

The ultrasound guided needle

biopsy conundrum

With this testing apparatus came a dilemma. The

tests were good at finding nodules in the thyroid, but inconclusive regarding

malignancy. Absolute certainty of malignancy is not determined until after

the thyroid is partially or wholly removed.

A high profile example occurred recently involving the president of Argentina,

Cristina . After testing, a thyroidectomy was ordered. After the

thyroid was removed, no cancer was found. This practice is considered

acceptable under standard of care guidelines. If there is any suspicion,

cut it out.

In other words, the ultrasound guided needle biopsy is usually not conclusive

about any small tumors or growths found in the thyroid gland. This has happened

so often that some doctors say surgery should be avoided for microscopic

papillary nodules under 5 mm in diameter. They urge a wait-and-see policy.

Many humans carry tiny thyroid nodules around until they die of other causes.

They tend to be benign or not an immediate danger even if cancerous. In

Finland, these tiny nodules are considered normal when discovered. So they get

to keep their thyroid glands.

Dr. Cronan, in a June 2008 issue of Radiology, claimed the practice

of using ultrasound machines for detecting thyroid nodules makes patients

cancer-phobic, then leaves them with lifelong dependency on thyroid medications

after the thyroidectomy reveals there was no cancer. He added that this is done

with little regard for the patient to " control a cancer with a 99% 10 year

survival. "

Maybe the $15K to $20K cost for a thyroidectomy that guarantees a lifetime of

medications and office visits has something to with this surgery surge.

Controlling hypothyroidism

Dr.

Nach recommends natural desiccated thyroid from pigs over the synthetic

thyroid hormones used for patients who have had their thyroid glands removed.

This form contains both T3 and T4 hormones with some T1 and T2.

Synthetic thyroid hormones usually contain only T3 or just T4. Even if both are

contained, they tend to be less effective.

Patient advocate and author of several books on thyroid and hormonal issues,

Shomon, thinks the latest extension of testing for thyroid cancer might

eliminate a lot of unnecessary thyroid removals.

The Afirma Thyroid FNA Analysis extends the usltarasound guided FNA (Fine

Needle Analysis) with a series of tests to confirm or rule out malignancy.

Currently lab facilities are limited and many doctors may not know of his

extended procedure. The procedure runs around $3500.

Dr. Nach likes the wait-and-see or less-is-better approach for mainstream

medicine. He reported Dr. Ito's findings, which observed very few nodules grew

significantly from first observations. Ito recommended avoiding aggressive

surgery until the nodules reached 10 mm.

A wise move could be to avoid mainstream medicine for thyroid and hormonal

problems, except for testing perhaps. It's possible to take those issues under

your own control. A good start could be looking over Dr. Naches' free ebooks,

downloadable here - http://www.drdach.com/Dr_Dach_Books.html

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