Cancer is a condition in which abnormal cells replicate faster than they can be destroyed by the body’s immune system.
The immune system regulates our body’s natural defense mechanisms against harmful invading organisms such as viruses, bacteria and fungi, as well as its own cancer-producing cells. However, when factors that include emotional stress, improper nutrition and environmental toxins such as pesticides, cigarette smoke, heavy metals or radon weaken the immune system, abnormal cells can begin to grow in uncontrolled numbers. This is how cancer begins and develops.
Eventually, clusters of these abnormal cells may break away from the primary cancer site and travel to another part of the body, where they also proceed to reproduce. This spread of cancerous cells to healthy organs and tissues is known as metastasis.
Cancer is currently the second leading cause of death in the United States.
Factors That Increase Your Odds of Getting Cancer
While it may not always be possible to identify the specific cause of an individual cancer, commonly acknowledged risk factors include:
- Smoking
- Obesity
- Exposure to herbicides and pesticides
- Industrial exposure to toxic substances
- Exposure to radon gas
- Poor diet or nutritional deficiency
- Genetic predisposition to cancer
- Liver disease
- Prior history of cancer
- Advanced age
Our Cancer-Prevention and Treatment Philosophy
At the Magaziner Center, our goal is both to prevent the onset of cancer and to help restore cancer victims to a healthy state. Our orientation focuses on bolstering the immune-system response -- that is, mobilizing, maintaining and strengthening the body’s natural defenses -- and working at repairing the damage caused by cancerous cells.
Our approach is one that utilizes holistic methods of healing, close monitoring of your body’s cancer-fighting natural killer (NK) cells, and analysis of your individual cancerous-cell cycle (meaning the number of cancer cells that are either actively dividing or are about to do so).
Our Patients
The Magaziner Center’s cancer prevention, recovery and therapy program is one whose patient roster includes:
- Cancer patients already undergoing conventional treatment by an oncologist or radiotherapist who wish to give themselves the added benefits of nutritional and immune-function support. Such patients have reported reduced side effects and better therapeutic results while on our program.
- Patients who have exhausted conventional therapies, and for whom our program offers an opportunity to extend and improve the quality of life.
- Patients who have completed traditional cancer treatment and wish to employ a preventative program designed to enhance their body’s defenses against a recurrence of the disease.
- Individuals without immediate evidence of cancer but who may be at risk due to either a family history of cancer or exposure to environmental carcinogens.
- Those wishing to generally reduce their likelihood of developing cancer.
Our Methods of Treatment
Our strategy for overcoming cancer involves strengthening the healing abilities of both mind and body via a combination of nutritional therapies, meditation and lifestyle changes -- including encouraging patients to avoid nicotine, alcohol, caffeine, processed foods and artificial chemicals. The agenda features a detailed and thorough consultation with our board-certified physicians along with personal counseling by our staff nutritionist in making healthy dietary choices that can best enhance immunity.
Our program is one that utilizes specialized laboratory testing to determine individual needs. This enables us to prescribe appropriate nutritional supplements, phytonutrients, antioxidants, herbs and botanical medicines. We also perform functional tests on the liver in order to evaluate its ability to detoxify harmful substances, and offer treatment methods designed to correct abnormal detoxification and help cleanse the body of toxic substances and heavy metals. In addition, we use the latest breakthroughs in highly sensitive cancer immunology to assess your immune system’s ability to ward off cancer. In conjunction with conventional treatments, we also offer intravenous infusions of antioxidants and other cancer-fighting substances geared to individual metabolic needs.
Finally, we carefully follow your clinical progress, closely monitoring your nutritional and immune requirements and responses. Through this unique and comprehensive program, we have helped many patients to regain their strength and vitality, and to greatly improve their quality of life.
