What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer
How Hormone Balance Can Help Save Your Life
by John R. Lee, M.D., David Zava, Ph.D. and Virginia Hopkins
Warner Books 2002 (410 Pages)
Here's where to find the Table of Contents for this unique book that really gets to the bottom of why women get breast cancer and how to prevent it. Once again, John R. Lee, M.D., and colleague Dr. David Zava are standing up to tell the truth about breast cancer.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
PART ONE
THE HISTORY, POLITICS AND NATURE OF BREAST CANCER
Chapter 1
THE HISTORY AND POLITICS OF THE BREAST CANCER INDUSTRY
Why we can't seem to prevent or cure breast cancer.
Chapter 2
RISK FACTORS FOR BREAST CANCER
Why it All Points to Estrogen
Chapter 3
THE NATURE OF CANCER
Normal cells that refuse to grow up.
Chapter 4
OTHER FACTORS THAT INCREASE BREAST CANCER RISK
Insulin resistance, birth control pills, early puberty, DHEA, prolactin, melatonin, thyroid.
Chapter 5
THE NATURE OF BREAST CANCER
Nurturing gone awry.
PART TWO
THE SEX HORMONES AND HOW THEY AFFECT BREAST CANCER
Chapter 6
THE NATURE OF ESTROGENS
Angels of Life, Angels of Death
Chapter 7
HOW ESTROGEN TALKS TO YOUR CELLS
The Right Communication is Everything.
Chapter 8
ESTRIOL, A SAFER REPLACEMENT ESTROGEN
Mother Nature's Designer Estrogen
Chapter 9
THE NATURE OF PROGESTERONE
The Great Protector
Chapter 10
THE NATURE OF THE ANDROGENS
The part that the "male" hormones plays in a woman's hormonal orchestra.
Chapter 11
THE PROBLEM OF ERT AND HRT
How hormone replacement therapy causes cancer.
Chapter 12
TAMOXIFEN AND RALOXIFENE
Why synthetic drugs create new problems.
PART THREE
PRACTICAL ADVICE FOR PREVENTING AND HEALING BREAST CANCER
Chapter 13
HOW AND WHEN TO USE PROGESTERONE
The guardian angel of breast cancer.
Chapter 14
HOW AND WHEN TO USE OTHER HORMONES
Estrogen, DHEA, Pregnenolone, the Corticosteroids, Testosterone and Androstenedione
Chapter 15
TESTING AND SYMPTOMS
How to Determine Your Hormone Balance
Chapter 16
THE LIGHT AND DARK SIDES OF SOY
How to eat soy so that it helps.
Chapter 17
HOW NUTRITION AFFECTS YOUR BREAST CANCER RISK
Making good choices can make the difference.
Chapter 18
PROTECTING THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE
Creating an environment where cancer can't get started.