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Irreversible Electroporation (IRE), or NanoKnife, is a promising, minimally invasive technique using electric pulses to destroy cancer cells without heat, preserving surrounding healthy tissue and vital structures, making it ideal for tumors near critical areas like breast tissue; studies show it effectively ablates tumors, induces immune responses, and reduces metastases, acting as a non-thermal ablation method that creates pores in cell membranes for cell death, though it's often used… read more

December 29, 2025
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Funny how all of a sudden we are hearing of other cancer cures besides traditional!

When making other suggestions they always go back to traditional because not enough clinical trials! Well how about this! Start using all the money given to these cancer foundations to be used on the many clinical trials,
like Ivermectin/mebendazole, Nanoknife, CRISPR, Raw honey (shrinks tumors by 85%) Dr Patrick Soon's ANKTIVA, so much out there and they still go back to Chemo and Radiation. I truly believe if Elon Musk had not bought twitter we cancer patients would have never heard of any of these cures.

Thanks to Elon Musk I tried repurposed drugs and I am having a great response.

With RFK looking into big pharma I believe we will learn that there is a non invasive cure for all cancers. We have been studying cancer for 1000's of years and all big pharma has is chemo and radiation as a life extension but not a cure? come on now!!! Sorry but sometimes I feel money plays more of a part in cancer than the pain and suffering to good folks.

December 29, 2025
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There are also plenty of reputable supplement brands out there and there’s nothing wrong with using those products. FDA is not an end all be all for reassurance that products are safe or good. Just think of all the recalls and warnings of problems or secondary effects (including cancer) that get reported from those same FDA approved products. So, excluding one side just because you believe in the other side doesn’t necessarily protect you from anything. As far as I’m concerned, I’ll take a vitamin or natural product any day over some chemical that the FDA supposedly has approved. It may be interesting to look into how this “approval “ works and who gets bribed to understand what exactly gets put on the market.

December 30, 2025
A MyBCTeam Member

I disagree with the BCTeam AI answer. NanoKnife is available near me at the Duke Health Center and is a routine procedure. You can find at important cancer centers. I also disagree with Karen, the breast cancer treatment advantages in the past 10 years have been amazing and chemo (for most breast cancers) is only used to debulk large tumors so other more modern targeted and less toxic therapies can be used or as a last resort. RFK is throwing medicine to medieval times with no scientific background or rationale - important funding is being frozen or cut. I’m not saying anymore…

December 29, 2025 (edited)
A MyBCTeam Member

I know it seems like a lot- but I remember when I was growing up, bc was something older women whispered about- and treatment was once size fits all! Mastectomy and chemo. Now research has identified over 20 different possible diagnoses, several genetic mutations, different- more targeted drugs, etc. Yes, the go-to is still the conventional drug route, but more doctors I think are being open to considering natural options as a complementary method. Part of it may be that they are reluctant to take routes that someone may later take up legal action about- so they stick with the tried and true, which was what they were trained in. I am encouraged by the progress- and especially in the mindset shifts we are seeing. I have my fingers crossed that the Right to Try legislation, will also open doors and funding for additional research! Keeping you in prayers that your protocols continue to get you all the best results!!

December 29, 2025
A MyBCTeam Member

Indeed, Anne and Karen. Yes chemo has not changed since the 1950’s and they don’t give it for just advanced situations. They give it point blank to anyone with cancer and make other treatments dependent on receiving it.
Yes, Ana, there have been some advances, but these are not chemo related, not always fully covered by insurance and not widely available for many cancers. Breast cancer, except for Herceptin that’s been around now since 1999, not much has changed. They just have more of very similar drugs, all with quite bad side effects.
Nano knife might exist for a couple of cancers but IT IS NOT anywhere close to being used or even approved as a standard procedure for bc.
And YES, it is not just SOMETIMES about money. It is MOSTLY about money. There are plenty of books, documentaries and other factual resources that show how much money is made by doctors, Big Pharma and on and on. Let’s not be ignorant or naive. It IS a business. That’s why there are no studies for cheaper natural products or repurposed drugs out of patents or anything else that might even so slightly collapse this industry and actually cure someone. More diseases actually get “created” than cured.

December 29, 2025

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