As a breast cancer surgeon, I can infer from these recommendations that Ms. Shemirani almost certainly had node-positive, perhaps even stage 3, breast cancer. Post-mastectomy radiation is usually only recommended for node-positive tumors and/or very large tumors. 4/
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Indeed, reliance on the Gerson protocol to treat their cancers led to the deaths of Jess Ainscough (a.k.a. The Wellness Warrior) and her mother. 15/https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-gerson-protocol-and-the-death-of-jess-ainscough/ …
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So, by promoting the Gerson protocol, Ms. Shemirani is tempting women with breast down a path that will decrease their chances of surviving their cancers. 16/
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Worse, by stating publicly she believes that her mastectomy made no difference in her surviving her cancer, that she thinks she would have done just as well without surgery, she is promoting a message that could lead to women with curable breast cancer dying unnecessarily. 17/
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Her excuse does not change the bottom line. Women who follow her advice will increase their chances of dying of their cancers—by a huge amount if they decide not to have surgery. 18/ https://twitter.com/fitnjuicing1/status/1112473180323627009 …
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None of that, unfortunately, stops Ms. Shemirani from promoting "what has worked for me." Bennett mind that the"informed choice" she touts is in reality misinformed consent. 19/
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I realize that Ms. Shemirani believes she is doing good, but she is not. Far from it. Her advice about breast cancer treatment, if followed, will at best decrease a woman's odds of survival. At worst (foregoing surgery), it will lead to her very unpleasant death. 20/20
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Oh I see you are one of these: 'quakery persons'. You stick to your poison, and I will stay on the alternate road! No one is going to get me with poison (AG Orange) etc etc
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