He mentioned grape seed extract, white button mushrooms, green tea, red clover, resveratrol, and melatonin. In his presentation, he talked about using phytochemicals instead of Aromatase inhibitors to accomplish the same thing, if someone can’t deal with the side effects of the hormone blocking drugs. I will talk to my oncologist about this on our next visit. I talked to the speaker who gave that presentation, Michael Traub, ND, and he said if my tumor hadn’t been tested in a year, he recommended that I have my current tumor tested before considering taking a hormone blocker. I learned at this conference that 1 in 3 tumors change from positive to negative or vice versa. But somewhere along the way, one of the tumors that was biopsied was ER negative. When I was originally diagnosed in 1989, it was. To do that, my breast cancer tumor must be ER+. I wrote in December that I was considering taking a hormone blocking medication. Some of the presentations were over my head medically, and some were very educational. For three days I got to listen to Naturopathic doctors who specialize in treating cancer speak to about 200 of their colleagues. ![]() I recently attended the annual conference of the Oncology Association of Naturopathic Physicians (as a speaker - they wanted to hear from a patient).
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