Is there any known cure for Cancer?

Question

A family member of mine has cancer, is there a way to cure it? I don't think there is, but I remember reading somewhere there is a cure. Can someone confirm this?

Answer 1

I'm sorry for your family member's illness. Cancer is a vicious disease that has taken many lives from us too soon.

However, many people do survive their cancers. In fact, several people have beaten cancer several times. Modern medicine has made cancer into less of the monster it once was. Surgery to remove the cancer followed by chemotherapy is the preferred method by doctors for most cancers. Chemotherapy is a long, often painful process that is necessary to rid the body of Cancer which may have spread.

The factors that play a role in a person's survival rate are dependent on several factors, here are the prominent ones:

The location of the Cancer - Cancer found on internal, vital organs is very difficult to get rid of, because it makes surgery to remove the cancer difficult. Often surgery is not even an option, as removing large pieces of a vital organ will not be possible. Cancers on the skin and extremities are typically easier to get rid of.

The the age of the patient - Younger people simply have more endurance at which to throw at the cancer. They also have stronger immune systems, which is key in many cancer cases because a patient becomes particularly susceptible to infection while undergoing Chemotherapy.

How far the cancer has spread through the body - Cancer has stages. At the lowest stages, the cancer is rather localized to the initial tumor. In the later stages, the cancer has spread to several organs, and has become very dangerous. The later stages do not come on all at once, it typically takes years for cancer to progress. If your family member has detected their cancer early, they will have a quicker recovery time and better chance.

The patient's state of mind - Depression and hopelessness have real physical side effects that can hinder recovery. This is where you can help. Your family member is going to need a lot of support and as much joy as you can possibly give them. That doesn't always mean telling jokes and trying to cheer them up, sometimes cancer patients want someone to cry with them, too. If you're not sure what will help them most at a certain time, you really can't go wrong with simply being there for them and letting them know you want to help. People of faith often believe that praying can help not just by asking for God's Will, but by giving the patient more hope. Even if you're not a person of faith, your positive attitude is contagious, so the stronger you are for them, the stronger they will be for you.

Good Luck, God Bless.

Answer 2

There very well may be a cure, but they don't want you to know. - 4 - Try Vitamin C therapy. A few years ago a cancer specialist came out with a paper that said the best cancer/infection fighter found to date was Interferon. At the time it was $15,000 a gram. 17 The paper also said that Interferon was a by-product of the natural breakdown of Vitamin C in your body. 18 Shortly after that the FDA tried to make Vitamin C by prescription only. Guess why? (If you find this useful, copy it and give it to a friend. Somebody got to Yahoo and they delete this as soon as they find it) The FDA has the RDA for Vitamin C set at 64 mg a day, just enough to ward off scurvy. Linus Pauling, who got a Nobel Prize for his work with Vitamin C and a second Nobel Prize for Organic Chemistry, said that 1000 mg a day should be the minimum and 2000 mg a day if you are sick or smoke. He played tennis almost daily until the day he died at 96. Personally, I got sick twice a year for 2 weeks at a time, for more than 20 years, with something to this day the doctors have no idea what it was, but for a week in the middle of those 2 weeks I was flat on my back. 19 I started Vitamin C therapy once I gave up on the doctors. I took enough to be asymptomatic for those 2 weeks. Too much and I got diarrhea and too little and I got sick. Within a narrow range, and it followed a bell curve over those 2 weeks, I was not sick. At the height I was taking 40,000 mg a day and 300,000 over the 2 weeks. After 2 years of that I have not been sick since – more than 15 years. Vitamin C acts as a natural diuretic so you need to drink a lot of water and watch your body in total, but my kidneys did not dissolve as the doctors predicted, or get massive kidney stones as other predicted. 20 I did not dissolve my bones as some predicted or completely calcify my joints as others predicted. I had no side effects at all. It might be something to consider.

Answer 3

Some cancers are curable, while others are not. 'Cured' cancers can also recur, or there may be complications due to the treatment. Usually, one talks of five years survival, not cure. The prognosis depends upon the site, morphology, cytology, age ansd sex of the patient and several other factors. Even when a cancer is incurable, some palliative treatment is possible. Hope for the best, and keep up the patient's morale. Good luck!

Answer 4

There are treatments for cancer that can get rid of it. Every case of cancer is different and treatment depends on the stage of cancer. Only your family member's doctor can tell them what they need to do.

I'm sure you're upset and trying to seek an answer that will help you sigh with relief. Cancer can be treated. You need to learn more about the type of cancer they have, the stages of cancer, kemotherapy and other treatments. Knowing what is going on will help you not panic through this tough time. Also, consider joining a support group. Knowing people who can relate to what you are feeling is always helpful.

There are lots of health sites on the internet that will give you more information, just google them.

Answer 5

Cancer is an umbrella term for over 200 different types of disease. Each disease has a different treatment. Each disease's treatment is dependent on the following factors: Stage of the disease, grade of the tumor, location of the tumor, as well as age, overall health, and patients response to treatment.

Cancer can happen at any age and to anyone. There is treatment for all types of cancer and at any stage of the disease. Because cancer is not considered curable, but treatable, there is no guarantee that treatment will work for any given patient. The smaller the area of cancer, the easier it is to treat completely and to produce a long term cure. but that is not a guarantee either.

Advanced cancers often carry a poor prognosis, but that does not mean they are not treatable. In fact many advanced cancers are now being treated as a chronic disease. Patients will take a low dose maintenance drug on a daily basis in order to control and stablize the rate of tumor growth. Many tumors have developed blood vessels in order to survive and drugs are targeted at cutting off the blood supply to stop tumors from growing, this is called Angiogenesis.
NCI: Angiogensis
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/understandingcancer/angiogenesis

For many patients with inoperable tumors this has been a way to control their disease . . thus patients with metastatic disease are living with their cancer.

People Living with Cancer
http://www.plwc.org/portal/site/PLWC

Please keep in mind that there are many human disease which have no cure . . diabetes, cystic fibrosis, crohns, multiple sclerosis and the common cold . . none have cures but they can still be treated. And, many cancer patients can too.

Answer 6

Technically, there is no cure for cancer because cancer is caused by your own cells that start to grow irregularly, so cells susceptible to cancer are always present as long as you are alive. When cancer cells are not growing, docs say that cancer is in remission instead of saying that the patient is cured of cancer. Even though cancer is not curable by definition, it is treatable. Cancerous cells can be completely eliminated from the body with many types of cancer treatments. So, as a practical matter, cancer is often curable even if it doesn't exactly fit the definition of a curable disease.

Answer 7

First im sorry to hear that someone near to you is suffering from such a traumatic disease. As far cure is concerned, you need to tell which cancer has been diagnosed and on which stage it is? There are numerous cases where cancer patients have been brough into liveable and better condition, sometimes in substaintally improved condition, so you have got a good chance depending on the type of cancer.

Answer 8

Many cancer can be cured !!! But other's can't. Some because of type like multiple myeloma, and others because is very advanced.
Your family member must have faith!
A good diet with vegetables and fruits, a good antioxidant a a immune supplement like Biobran can help against cancer and aid the treatment.

Answer 9

It is said that a vitamin in kernels of apricot seeds can therapy cancer. It is often called B-17 or Laetrile. There are numerous web sites and articles on the net that declare very confident outcome (yes, cures) for many types of cancer. The most publicized guide on the area is "an international with out melanoma" and videos to download from the web. Lots of hopeful recommendation and answers. Do your study. There are various alternates to chemo. That in itself can kill you before the cancer. Benefits... G

Answer 10

Some cancers do better with treatment than others. It depends on the type of cancer and also depends on how far along it is. Most of the time it goes into remission after treatment and may come back later. So, then you look upon it as a chronic disease. It really varies.