Question ID: WS-109
Submitted by: Ian Clements
July 28, 2011
Can the NCI implement a pilot research project to prove that cancer patients who are provided with regular feedback on their healthiness and how to enhance that, survive longer? Therein, their healthiness would be assessed on five dimensions: 1: Waist measurement, or Waist/Buttocks ratio. Body composition - weight and height, fat%, muscle mass. 2: Vit.D3, homocysteine, and EFA/blood lipid profile (specifically the AA/EPA ratio) 3: Cancer marker related to their particular cancer 4: Exercise levels - average daily times the patient's heart-rate is above 50% maximum. 5: Immune system: absolute levels and ratios of neutrophils/lymphocytes, albumin/globulin. Most of these variables are within the patient's control. All are known to impinge on cancer patient's survival time. Each can be improved at a trivial cost compared with clinical treatments (which often have a far less effect). Each of the aforementioned factors have significant and extensive medical science behind them. The favourable aspects are that patients would be able to be involved much more in their own survival; which would enhance their motivation. Most importantly, there would be quick results, enabling dissemination to all patients. For instance (which is known, actually) when it was found that more of those with optimal Vit.D3 levels were alive at the 1, 5 & 10 year point , then all patients would be advised to take a daily Vit.D3 supplement. My background, to give some credability to this proposal: Electronic Engineer, ex college HoD Technology; MSc & PhD. Diagnosed with terminal metastatic bladder cancer on 'Oct '07 and given a 'dead-by-date' of Oct. '08, I suspect I'm doing something right - not just the chemo (Feb. - July '08), which was thought to be useless/palliative initially. Surprisingly, none of the many specialists or my GP has enquired as to why I've survived so long against all expectations - perhaps because each thinks the other is doing it? But they're not. I practice the above suggested programme.
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