Why a forty-three-year-old runner’s near miss is the lung cancer story you didn’t know you needed to hear—a review of "One Scan Saved My Life" by Shira Kupperman Boehler
ok, call me confused. I have one question & I'm shocked it was not asked nor answered in the article, especially by Dr Malone, of all people: What vaccines did she take & when did she take them? In particular, did she get the Covid mRNA vaccine? With this question seemingly ignored, like I'm reading an MSM article, it's hard to take this article or book seriously. Indeed, with mRNA vaccines now synonymous with cancer, the article is absurd. Correct me if I'm wrong. Maybe I need more coffee. But did I REALLY just read an article entitled, "The Cancer We’ve Been Looking For in All the Wrong People", debate "scanning for cancer more often" as a possible solution, and NEVER ask about what vaccines were taken, in the year 2026? 🤣🙃🤔 ok, I'm going to get another cup of coffee & I'm just hoping it's April Fools Day joke. A young person, a non-smoker, gets cancer, and whether her lung screen is covered by insurance and how much it costs is the question here? OMG. I must still be asleep and stuck in some nightmare.
Radon - I'm sure it's a thang, and I've seen the warnings, the maps, telling us beware it's here and here in your state and You must buy this, do this now! Wouldn't it be cool, if we had maps of where we are exposed to Spike Protein and how about Inhaled Aluminum also? When are these going to be issued by our govt agencies to save us? A Spike Protein Map would direct us to Fauci's front door, I'm sure! And the CDC's door, and states a-oking Marijuana, for the Aluminum map!
<Study - The jab and p53 (tumor suppressing gene):
Title, SARS-CoV-2 spike S2 subunit inhibits p53 activation of p21(WAF1), TRAIL Death Receptor DR5 and MDM2 proteins in cancer cells. April 2024
<Another way to mess up your P53 tumor suppressing situations... Aluminum inhaled via many ways including: Cigarettes, E-cigarettes (the heating element), but a biggie is Marijuana. I found this interesting study, apparently marijuana is Korea's "most frequently abused drug."
Title, The Role of p53 in Marijuana Smoke Condensates-induced Genotoxicity and Apoptosis
People who worry about radon in the cellar causing lung cancer aren't all that different from drivers who drive at night shitface drunk, no seat belt, and are worried about being injured or killed by a deer that comes through the windshield.
Yep. same here. getting some fresh coffee.. much needed working on spreadsheets which I no longer like doing. that too much..🤣🙃🤔 I like the emojis I copied and pasted them.
I wondered about that too. I think covid injections and toxic air quality are both contributors. I always wonder when someone dies of cancer if they were injected. It's never mentioned and I don't think it's reported on Coroner reports either. That makes it hard to list injection as cause of death.
What is left out of this account is whether there was any basis for the husband's intuition to get the scan. Was she having any pulmonary or other symptoms that might have tipped him off?
She had a whole body MRI done at age 44, for no particular reason.It picked up something in her chest, prompting a pulmonologist friend to recommend a chest CT. Voila.
Some wealthy folks do it for boutique "preventive" medicine. Such testing may be of value catching some diseases, but can actually be counter-productive (e.g. "finding" problems that aren't really there, causing mental anguish and, potentially expensive and dangerous interventions...)
Today, the MAHA Action Media hub will have this author on, among others. The show will be at eastern time at 4 - 5 pm. I would expect she may offer some additional detail. They do zoom get togethers.together.
There's much debate on radon mitigation. And in RI, where we lived for a couple of years, radon testing for buying/selling a home was BIG BUSINESS. It seems odd that you could drill a hole in the basement, stick a PVC pipe in it and problem solved.
I don't know the properties of granite and stone in kitchens, floors and bathrooms, but can it store radon from other sources?
Additionally, in any healthcare setting, daily exposure in high doses to disinfectants, LED light, EMFs from equipment, inhaling heaven knows what from your masks, glove powder and other aerosolized toxins would increase your risks, IMO. Just sayin', as I was in that environment for 25 years.
And what of the geoengineering effects? Particulates that are unregulated, and may alter the UV in unhealthy ways.
Finally, what are the risks of screening? To both the operator and the patient. We're constantly exposing ourselves to hostile elements. Determining the cumulative dose is daunting.
Edit: I agree with those here who question her vaccine status. It's paramount.
Granite contains uranium and therefore emits radon. I would never have real granite in my house although many stones called granite are not true granite.
Lots of other rocks besides granite. Granite is not uniformly distributed. And it is uranium enriched. Want a slab of granite? Pick.it out and go over it with a Geiger counter and make sure it's clean.
One prolific Substack author recently posted an interview featuring former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki. I skimmed through the comments and saw several teeing off on Susan, demanding that she be held accountable for her censorship, etc. I added my comment: that it was perhaps worth mentioning in the post that Susan passed away in 2024. From lung cancer.
Wow! I have not met anyone who wished they had gotten the clot shot, and I personally know many who have had serious problems after having received it, even died.
I know.. I follow VDH. :) I heard him say on air he had a form of lung cancer.. like my best friend Libby who died of non small lung cancer. did not smoke..
I would love to read this story and I certainly hope she is doing well but 2 questions immediately popped up. Did she have the covid vax? And it's my understanding that it is widely accepted that we are all attacked by cancer cells every single day. Luckily our immune system gets rid of most of the cancer in the right circumstances. Sounds like she led a very healthy life. Is it possible that that stage one could have disappeared and she never would have known about it had she not had the scan which gives her additional radiation? I'm just being the devil's advocate. I totally accept that young people and old people are getting cancers for no reason out of nowhere, And often times tragically dying. I haven't read the book so I might be asking very obvious questions,but I'm in no mood to put my life in the hands of a bunch of scans and doctors who really don't care. I speak from experience having walked a horrendous colon cancer journey with my husband for the past 16 months. It is all simply a protocol, And a very destructive deadly one at that. Thank goodness we have been doing alternative alongside and the doctors "are baffled" on why he is still alive. But thank you, this sounds interesting.
A PS -40 years ago one of our sons got a home Radon kit for Christmas when radon was all the fashion. We were all just learning about it. He put it down in our basement and then sent off the sample. An analysis was part of the kit. Anyway the owner of the company personally called us! And told us our radon level was his high as he had ever seen in our basement. And that we really needed to do something about it. Of course that was all alarming and frankly I wasn't that surprised but, was busy raising a whole pile of little children and I just simply couldn't worry about it. So here we are all these 40 years later, Same house and same basement, We are in our eighth and ninth decades, Luckily for us nothing has ever happened to any of us in the form of lung cancer.
So.... My understanding is there certain areas of the country where if you have a basement you will have huge amounts of radon entering from the Surrounding soil. But I'm praying that this young ladies story ends with a happy ending.
I have the same question about the Stage I diagnosis.
From my reading of studies going back at least 20 years ago out of Scandinavia, a large number of women who were diagnosed with Stage I breast cancer were simply watched instead of being given agressive treatment. In many cases, the cancer would either be gone within the next year or never grew beyond that stage, even when they were rechecked over many years.
I have had several friends who were diagnosed with Stage I on their very first mammogram and immediately had a double mastectomy, followed by heavy doses of chemo and radiation. They have significant side effects but are "so thankful it was caught early".
I don't know the answer but, like you, I do wonder if maybe watching and waiting on a Stage I diagnosis might be an option?
One of my sisters had a STAGE 0 diagnosis of breast cancer. You read that right. Stage ZERO. Her doctor recommended mastectomy in the one breast that was affected. Nothing I could say would make her wait, and she, too, is "thankful that it was caught early". The cancer industry is just that--an industry, there to make money, and oncologists are part of that industry, spreading fear to make money, whether they do it knowingly or unknowingly.
I will always remember the friend I took to her chemo appointments and the dishes of candy (sugar feeds cancer) that were scattered around the building.
How was your sister diagnosed? I have never even heard of Stage 0! And yes, it IS an industry that makes billions of dollars every year and most patients never question anything the doctor tells them...
The same story with my mother 30 years ago. Mastectomy for stage 0- I think at the time it was called intraductal Carcinoma. She got the new big boobs she had always wanted and actually lived another 25 years. She absolutely trusted doctors and loved to go to the doctor. The flip side that did make sense to me in a way' was that if she chose the mastectomy option,she would not have radiation or Chemo.. That part of her decision I agreed with and it worked for her. And I absolutely agree Viking that we need to be having these conversations all of the time. My husband's team simply wouldn't discuss any other options and would just stated, "you'll be dead in a few months of a horrible death, Unless you do what we say" I the the wife was considered a complete pain i* t** a** for asking questions and bringing my typed pages Of questions and references to various scientific studies and alternatives in for the doctor with each visit. Who knows?
We are on the same page. Of course who knows our reaction if someone looks at us and says the cancer word. But I would like to think I would do watchful waiting and lots and lots of dietary and alternative non destructive things at least for a little while to see if that helped. I can tell you for certain that chemo and radiation are absolutely destructive and horrendous and immediately reduce the quality of life and probably set you up for more problems in the future especially if you are young. May we both stay cancer-free and not have to make tough decisions!!
I try to not judge whatever someone decides to do, because, as you say, cancer is a very scary word to hear. But, I do think this is a valuable conversation to have, before any testing is done, just to introduce the idea that not every diagnosis needs the same kind of treatment and that alternatives are available.
We routinely ask a persons Covid vax status when we hear that a young person gets diagnosed with a cancer.
Knowing this is important.
As a physician I reported a case of Covid vax associated vena cava thrombosis . This case occurred right after an elderly woman died the same day she got the Covid vaccine She died of a pulmonary embolism. This made me skeptical enough that I never got the Covid vaccine myself or recommended it to my patients Dr. Kupperman practiced pulmonology in Santa Barbara and I know him. it is interesting that most medical specialists in Santa Barbara have or are still recommend getting Covid boosters. I think this needs to be looked at much more seriously than it is.
Thank you for suggesting this book. I've wondered about Radon ever since I did a search on what the PVC pipe was that the builders left sticking up in my basement when I had my house built. Once I found out it was supposed to be a temporary vent during construction, and was supposed to eventually be vented outside the house (something the builder never informed me of), I capped the pipe until I can get it vented properly.
I almost skipped this read. I am so glad I didn’t. Dr. Malone’s story makes we proud I was instrumental in forming the radon industry in the late 80’s through my newsletter Radon News Digest. My mom was a heavy smoker who died of lung cancer but what about thousands of never smokers I was aware of who never smoked? I published a story in the mid 90’s that I believe answers that question….. the body’s p53 gene which suppresses tumors. It turns out this gene can be turned off with exposure to radon. That information is still being suppressed 30 years later. 🤬
Why did her husband insist on a scan? What was she experiencing, if anything? I am an avid biker and never a smoker. When I am riding and go past a farmer fertilizing or working in his field, I often wonder what toxins I am inhaling. Then I ponder, if I had just done my lungs more harm by aerobic exercise and heavier breathing than by sitting on my couch. (I still bike)
"She isn’t picking a fight — she’s just telling the truth about what the data show." Misinformation. Disinformation. I'm sure she ought to be blocked on all social media.
On a more serious note, I live in rural Maine where radon levels are high, having moved from Colorado where radon levels are high. It's great to be able to both hire professionals and install radon reduction systems, but the cost can be prohibitive for those same people who can't afford out-of-pocket cancer scans. Thankfully, opening windows and allowing air circulation is free.
Thank you for this excellent article. I don’t want to distract from the excellent information you are providing but I have to ask this: The alarming rise in cancers coincides with the start of the ongoing Covid tragedy and crime. You said, “something environmental, hormonal, or genetic” may be causing the cancers, but you didn’t include the vaccines. My Brave browser says “The proponents of the theory that mRNA or other vaccines cause cancer are primarily anti-vaccine activists and some discredited or controversial medical figures.” That sounds like propaganda. We have seen articles by Nicolas Hulscher and Peter McCullough who have shown that COVID-19 vaccines, particularly mRNA vaccines, are linked to increased cancer risk, citing a South Korean cohort study and a preprint study they co-authored. Dr. Charles Hoffe and Dr. Ryan Cole allege that mRNA vaccines cause unusually aggressive, fast-growing cancers. Dr. William Makis, a nuclear medicine doctor, is a leading promoter of the "turbo cancer" narrative and compiles case reports as purported evidence. Would you be willing to comment on these theories that vaccines can cause cancer?
Another health risk associated with radon, but often not mentioned, is hemolytic anemia. My eldest brother developed hemolytic anemia after spending several months in his antiquated house in NE VT, studying for the VT bar exam. I often thought that there was an association. He ultimately developed other serious health issues, one from which he ultimately succumbed, but I will always think that spending so much time in that old, musty, antiquated, unfinished basement, with no knowledge of his radon exposure, was the likely culprit.
Thanks, Big E. He died 4-days shy of his 65th birthday, from end-stage congestive heart failure, secondary to the damage done to his heart from a previous heart attack. The heart attack may very well have been precipitated by the hemolytic anemia. One health issue appeared to be hinged upon another until it all resulted in his death. Aside from our diametrically opposed political views, we were very close & fond of each other. I miss him very much.
Thank you for this cautionary reporting and your identification of an outstanding source for further details.
Personally have had radon passed off as a myth designed to make money for others. Am a bit above the level of the surrounds and now live mostly on the upper level. After some 30 yrs here, hopeful it isn't an issue.
It would help to have an other who will act as a solid advocate. My experiences with physicians, hospitals and nursing facilities has been that even the determined and knowledgable advocate is twarted at every opportunity. Going it alone, in itself, in my mind could be fatal.
When faced with a health threat my first reflection relates to what it would take to address it. If it would take a hospitalization, surgery or significant expendature ...
As an aside - that's one thing todays medical system has lost. In the old days we had many physicians that really cared about us. If needed they checked on us and cared for us during hospital stays. If really necessary they made home calls. Today its hospitalists (India indians here) and on call specialists. None of whom convey any degree of personal caring.
To end up on a brighter note ... Thank you for caring about us, providing solid support and a further this resource for further encouragement.
The n-of-one examples when screening 'saved my life' abound. There are plenty of anecdotes when ovarian, pancreatic and many other cancers are detected when someone got a study not covered by insurance. Like it or not, this should not be the basis of screening policy applied broadly across a population. They are subject to the more is better bias, and ignore potential harms of screening.
I agree with your assessment regarding radon, but I'd be cautious about advising routine CTs/MRIs to rule out cancer in a totally asymptomatic low-risk patient. I've always said that "statistics mean nothing to the individual" because if you're the one out of a million that happens to get the disease and you try to warn everyone about it, that means 999,999 people will have a negative result. Great income for the imaging centers, though! I don't know how the numbers would apply in this particular case, but before we start recommending asymptomatic, apparently low risk people, getting these types of scans, while at the same time overwhelming the system, we need the numbers to verify things first. The question has to be, what test, and how often? Prevention makes sense when studies confirm that the cancer is slow growing and detectable early so it is likely preventable and testing everyone makes sense, but if the cancer is fast growing (undifferentiated or anaplastic) then it makes no sense to do screening. How often? Every year? Every month? Every week? Who pays for it? I've seen this in medical practice where patients had full workups which were negative and six weeks later presented with metastatic disease, usually adenocarcinoma of unknown origin! Yes, smoking markedly increases the risk of lung cancer but it's possible to get it due to other conditions, as noted here. And as so many have already written in, since 2021, the second question (the first being smoking history) of any medical professional should be COVID vaccination status. I watched with incredulity as vaccinated athletes all over the world were keeling over from sudden cardiac arrest (likely V tach,rapidly going to V fib, due to subclinical myocarditis and physical activity) and were diagnosed with Sudden Adult Death Syndrome! Why did her husband suggest that she have a scan? Dare I say, he may have had a premonition, maybe his guardian angel, or her guardian angel told his guardian angel to warn her--sound crazy? I was all set to get my first COVID shot back in early 2021 because I was seeing terminally ill patients on hospice in their homes. My wife was very upset and prayed that I wouldn't get it. The night before I was set to get my shot, a VA nurse who I had worked with several years ago, out of the blue, emailed me about the reactions she was seeing from her colleagues and wanted to know my opinion. I decided to hold off to investigate things and then she sent me something from Dr. Tenpenny, which made a lot of sense. Then I read the white paper on HCG from Dr. Simone Gold and started to listen to you.
I never got any shots, and deep down I know why that happened, as it wasn't the first time something like that happened in my life. It's certainly possible that her husband experienced the same thing. Cheers
“Prevention makes sense when studies confirm that the cancer is slow growing and detectable early so it is likely preventable and testing everyone makes sense,”
I (or more precisely, Kendrick) would vehemently disagree. In Ch. 3 of Doctoring Data he gives such screening a pretty through dressing-down. TL; DR: the claimed value of “early testing and treatment” is mostly a statistically illusion, a case of claiming a trivially true cure rate of (say) 90% but this is the good old deception of conflating relative risk (or benefit) with absolute. Run the numbers and you’ll find that prostate screening actually saves very few lives; in fact, it may be a net harm. While the numbers may not be quite as stark, a similar analysis can be done for other cancer types, such as breast. In fact, Kendrick argues that prostate screening is of especially low value precisely BECAUSE it tends to be a slow-growing cancer, as well as one that is most prevalent is aged men who are near their expiry date anyway.
Prevention (whether screening, drugs, etc.) MAY have some value, but the problem is that the medical system is in the business of making money. That requires pushing goods and services that may not be all that beneficial, and could even be harmful. It’s sad to say, but the patient’s health may not be their top priority. But no need to believe me. If you have faith in medicine (I’m guessing you don’t if you’re posting here...) by all means continue to take that statin tablet and get your regular vaccinations and health screenings.
I don't necessarily disagree with you. As a primary care physician who has no capacity for such research, I was always dependent on the "experts". But after COVID, I have been questioning almost everything I ever did in practice, especially "preventive care" ever since.
There are some really good questions from readers about this situation! There is always an associated emotion to go with the dis-eased area. Lungs often are connected to unresolved grief, as the other major organs also have related connections to other emotions. Probably not so provable for a scientist, but I have been inclined to include this into my observations about health and illness as my experience with the traditional systems don't look at these areas. I speak from experience.
ok, call me confused. I have one question & I'm shocked it was not asked nor answered in the article, especially by Dr Malone, of all people: What vaccines did she take & when did she take them? In particular, did she get the Covid mRNA vaccine? With this question seemingly ignored, like I'm reading an MSM article, it's hard to take this article or book seriously. Indeed, with mRNA vaccines now synonymous with cancer, the article is absurd. Correct me if I'm wrong. Maybe I need more coffee. But did I REALLY just read an article entitled, "The Cancer We’ve Been Looking For in All the Wrong People", debate "scanning for cancer more often" as a possible solution, and NEVER ask about what vaccines were taken, in the year 2026? 🤣🙃🤔 ok, I'm going to get another cup of coffee & I'm just hoping it's April Fools Day joke. A young person, a non-smoker, gets cancer, and whether her lung screen is covered by insurance and how much it costs is the question here? OMG. I must still be asleep and stuck in some nightmare.
Absolutely. I lost 3 family members in 2 months. 2 were from cancer. 1 heart attack. All vaccinated to “stay safe.”
Perhaps that’s the answer to the question I raised above. What made the husband suspect that a scan was needed.
If she was vaccinated multiple times that would be enough to raise my suspicions!
I'm with you Marjorie.
Radon - I'm sure it's a thang, and I've seen the warnings, the maps, telling us beware it's here and here in your state and You must buy this, do this now! Wouldn't it be cool, if we had maps of where we are exposed to Spike Protein and how about Inhaled Aluminum also? When are these going to be issued by our govt agencies to save us? A Spike Protein Map would direct us to Fauci's front door, I'm sure! And the CDC's door, and states a-oking Marijuana, for the Aluminum map!
<Study - The jab and p53 (tumor suppressing gene):
Title, SARS-CoV-2 spike S2 subunit inhibits p53 activation of p21(WAF1), TRAIL Death Receptor DR5 and MDM2 proteins in cancer cells. April 2024
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/379950717_SARS-CoV-2_spike_S2_subunit_inhibits_p53_activation_of_p21WAF1_TRAIL_Death_Receptor_DR5_and_MDM2_proteins_in_cancer_cells
<Another way to mess up your P53 tumor suppressing situations... Aluminum inhaled via many ways including: Cigarettes, E-cigarettes (the heating element), but a biggie is Marijuana. I found this interesting study, apparently marijuana is Korea's "most frequently abused drug."
Title, The Role of p53 in Marijuana Smoke Condensates-induced Genotoxicity and Apoptosis
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3479268/
People who worry about radon in the cellar causing lung cancer aren't all that different from drivers who drive at night shitface drunk, no seat belt, and are worried about being injured or killed by a deer that comes through the windshield.
Yep. same here. getting some fresh coffee.. much needed working on spreadsheets which I no longer like doing. that too much..🤣🙃🤔 I like the emojis I copied and pasted them.
I wondered about that too. I think covid injections and toxic air quality are both contributors. I always wonder when someone dies of cancer if they were injected. It's never mentioned and I don't think it's reported on Coroner reports either. That makes it hard to list injection as cause of death.
What is left out of this account is whether there was any basis for the husband's intuition to get the scan. Was she having any pulmonary or other symptoms that might have tipped him off?
She had a whole body MRI done at age 44, for no particular reason.It picked up something in her chest, prompting a pulmonologist friend to recommend a chest CT. Voila.
That’s just it. It seems unusual for a woman of that age and in peak physical condition to just have a whole body scan “for no reason.“
Some wealthy folks do it for boutique "preventive" medicine. Such testing may be of value catching some diseases, but can actually be counter-productive (e.g. "finding" problems that aren't really there, causing mental anguish and, potentially expensive and dangerous interventions...)
Today, the MAHA Action Media hub will have this author on, among others. The show will be at eastern time at 4 - 5 pm. I would expect she may offer some additional detail. They do zoom get togethers.together.
https://events.zoom.us/ev/ApIH3cOPzK3OC1nFbSfpYb508k7fjRylR8aA0C7DJQibyx64VWEg~Ai1qEZryF7QOS2QRFso69OOJWj9C1kvud51kCu-2UR_IkSHbZQletJSsYQ?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
MAHA invites registration to attend - the above was what I was taken to.
I didn’t have time to watch that, but if anybody did, I would be curious if Moore was revealed on my question
She didn't address Covid 19 shots. Guess we'd have to get her book.
There's much debate on radon mitigation. And in RI, where we lived for a couple of years, radon testing for buying/selling a home was BIG BUSINESS. It seems odd that you could drill a hole in the basement, stick a PVC pipe in it and problem solved.
I don't know the properties of granite and stone in kitchens, floors and bathrooms, but can it store radon from other sources?
Additionally, in any healthcare setting, daily exposure in high doses to disinfectants, LED light, EMFs from equipment, inhaling heaven knows what from your masks, glove powder and other aerosolized toxins would increase your risks, IMO. Just sayin', as I was in that environment for 25 years.
And what of the geoengineering effects? Particulates that are unregulated, and may alter the UV in unhealthy ways.
Finally, what are the risks of screening? To both the operator and the patient. We're constantly exposing ourselves to hostile elements. Determining the cumulative dose is daunting.
Edit: I agree with those here who question her vaccine status. It's paramount.
Granite contains uranium and therefore emits radon. I would never have real granite in my house although many stones called granite are not true granite.
Planet earth is granite. Please don’t blame the countertops.
Lots of other rocks besides granite. Granite is not uniformly distributed. And it is uranium enriched. Want a slab of granite? Pick.it out and go over it with a Geiger counter and make sure it's clean.
Absolutely true. And an inhaled alpha particle is extremely dangerous.
Victor Davis Hanson (https://www.foxnews.com/media/victor-davis-hanson-offers-lung-cancer-recovery-update-unsure-when-hell-back-near-normal) is another person who was a non-smoker, athlete, and took care of his health. He got lung cancer! (He also regretted taking the COVID jab.)
So did Dana Reeve ("Superman" Christopher Reeve's wife).
More on this topic: https://www.startpage.com/do/search?q=nonsmokers+who+got+lung+cancer&segment=startpage.brave
That was my first thought, did the COVID vaccine play a role. I've read many articles on vaccine injury and cancer.
One prolific Substack author recently posted an interview featuring former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki. I skimmed through the comments and saw several teeing off on Susan, demanding that she be held accountable for her censorship, etc. I added my comment: that it was perhaps worth mentioning in the post that Susan passed away in 2024. From lung cancer.
Wow! I have not met anyone who wished they had gotten the clot shot, and I personally know many who have had serious problems after having received it, even died.
So did Howard Temin,vanother nonsmoker
Likely a long list of non-smokers exists (hadn't heard of Howard Temin but looked up his Grokipedia page: https://grokipedia.com/page/Howard_Martin_Temin)
I know.. I follow VDH. :) I heard him say on air he had a form of lung cancer.. like my best friend Libby who died of non small lung cancer. did not smoke..
I would love to read this story and I certainly hope she is doing well but 2 questions immediately popped up. Did she have the covid vax? And it's my understanding that it is widely accepted that we are all attacked by cancer cells every single day. Luckily our immune system gets rid of most of the cancer in the right circumstances. Sounds like she led a very healthy life. Is it possible that that stage one could have disappeared and she never would have known about it had she not had the scan which gives her additional radiation? I'm just being the devil's advocate. I totally accept that young people and old people are getting cancers for no reason out of nowhere, And often times tragically dying. I haven't read the book so I might be asking very obvious questions,but I'm in no mood to put my life in the hands of a bunch of scans and doctors who really don't care. I speak from experience having walked a horrendous colon cancer journey with my husband for the past 16 months. It is all simply a protocol, And a very destructive deadly one at that. Thank goodness we have been doing alternative alongside and the doctors "are baffled" on why he is still alive. But thank you, this sounds interesting.
A PS -40 years ago one of our sons got a home Radon kit for Christmas when radon was all the fashion. We were all just learning about it. He put it down in our basement and then sent off the sample. An analysis was part of the kit. Anyway the owner of the company personally called us! And told us our radon level was his high as he had ever seen in our basement. And that we really needed to do something about it. Of course that was all alarming and frankly I wasn't that surprised but, was busy raising a whole pile of little children and I just simply couldn't worry about it. So here we are all these 40 years later, Same house and same basement, We are in our eighth and ninth decades, Luckily for us nothing has ever happened to any of us in the form of lung cancer.
So.... My understanding is there certain areas of the country where if you have a basement you will have huge amounts of radon entering from the Surrounding soil. But I'm praying that this young ladies story ends with a happy ending.
I have the same question about the Stage I diagnosis.
From my reading of studies going back at least 20 years ago out of Scandinavia, a large number of women who were diagnosed with Stage I breast cancer were simply watched instead of being given agressive treatment. In many cases, the cancer would either be gone within the next year or never grew beyond that stage, even when they were rechecked over many years.
I have had several friends who were diagnosed with Stage I on their very first mammogram and immediately had a double mastectomy, followed by heavy doses of chemo and radiation. They have significant side effects but are "so thankful it was caught early".
I don't know the answer but, like you, I do wonder if maybe watching and waiting on a Stage I diagnosis might be an option?
One of my sisters had a STAGE 0 diagnosis of breast cancer. You read that right. Stage ZERO. Her doctor recommended mastectomy in the one breast that was affected. Nothing I could say would make her wait, and she, too, is "thankful that it was caught early". The cancer industry is just that--an industry, there to make money, and oncologists are part of that industry, spreading fear to make money, whether they do it knowingly or unknowingly.
I will always remember the friend I took to her chemo appointments and the dishes of candy (sugar feeds cancer) that were scattered around the building.
How was your sister diagnosed? I have never even heard of Stage 0! And yes, it IS an industry that makes billions of dollars every year and most patients never question anything the doctor tells them...
The same story with my mother 30 years ago. Mastectomy for stage 0- I think at the time it was called intraductal Carcinoma. She got the new big boobs she had always wanted and actually lived another 25 years. She absolutely trusted doctors and loved to go to the doctor. The flip side that did make sense to me in a way' was that if she chose the mastectomy option,she would not have radiation or Chemo.. That part of her decision I agreed with and it worked for her. And I absolutely agree Viking that we need to be having these conversations all of the time. My husband's team simply wouldn't discuss any other options and would just stated, "you'll be dead in a few months of a horrible death, Unless you do what we say" I the the wife was considered a complete pain i* t** a** for asking questions and bringing my typed pages Of questions and references to various scientific studies and alternatives in for the doctor with each visit. Who knows?
We are on the same page. Of course who knows our reaction if someone looks at us and says the cancer word. But I would like to think I would do watchful waiting and lots and lots of dietary and alternative non destructive things at least for a little while to see if that helped. I can tell you for certain that chemo and radiation are absolutely destructive and horrendous and immediately reduce the quality of life and probably set you up for more problems in the future especially if you are young. May we both stay cancer-free and not have to make tough decisions!!
I try to not judge whatever someone decides to do, because, as you say, cancer is a very scary word to hear. But, I do think this is a valuable conversation to have, before any testing is done, just to introduce the idea that not every diagnosis needs the same kind of treatment and that alternatives are available.
We routinely ask a persons Covid vax status when we hear that a young person gets diagnosed with a cancer.
Knowing this is important.
As a physician I reported a case of Covid vax associated vena cava thrombosis . This case occurred right after an elderly woman died the same day she got the Covid vaccine She died of a pulmonary embolism. This made me skeptical enough that I never got the Covid vaccine myself or recommended it to my patients Dr. Kupperman practiced pulmonology in Santa Barbara and I know him. it is interesting that most medical specialists in Santa Barbara have or are still recommend getting Covid boosters. I think this needs to be looked at much more seriously than it is.
Thank you for suggesting this book. I've wondered about Radon ever since I did a search on what the PVC pipe was that the builders left sticking up in my basement when I had my house built. Once I found out it was supposed to be a temporary vent during construction, and was supposed to eventually be vented outside the house (something the builder never informed me of), I capped the pipe until I can get it vented properly.
I wish I could comment further. this is a post that I would like too comment. GOOD ON YOUR PART.
I almost skipped this read. I am so glad I didn’t. Dr. Malone’s story makes we proud I was instrumental in forming the radon industry in the late 80’s through my newsletter Radon News Digest. My mom was a heavy smoker who died of lung cancer but what about thousands of never smokers I was aware of who never smoked? I published a story in the mid 90’s that I believe answers that question….. the body’s p53 gene which suppresses tumors. It turns out this gene can be turned off with exposure to radon. That information is still being suppressed 30 years later. 🤬
Why did her husband insist on a scan? What was she experiencing, if anything? I am an avid biker and never a smoker. When I am riding and go past a farmer fertilizing or working in his field, I often wonder what toxins I am inhaling. Then I ponder, if I had just done my lungs more harm by aerobic exercise and heavier breathing than by sitting on my couch. (I still bike)
"She isn’t picking a fight — she’s just telling the truth about what the data show." Misinformation. Disinformation. I'm sure she ought to be blocked on all social media.
On a more serious note, I live in rural Maine where radon levels are high, having moved from Colorado where radon levels are high. It's great to be able to both hire professionals and install radon reduction systems, but the cost can be prohibitive for those same people who can't afford out-of-pocket cancer scans. Thankfully, opening windows and allowing air circulation is free.
Thank you for this excellent article. I don’t want to distract from the excellent information you are providing but I have to ask this: The alarming rise in cancers coincides with the start of the ongoing Covid tragedy and crime. You said, “something environmental, hormonal, or genetic” may be causing the cancers, but you didn’t include the vaccines. My Brave browser says “The proponents of the theory that mRNA or other vaccines cause cancer are primarily anti-vaccine activists and some discredited or controversial medical figures.” That sounds like propaganda. We have seen articles by Nicolas Hulscher and Peter McCullough who have shown that COVID-19 vaccines, particularly mRNA vaccines, are linked to increased cancer risk, citing a South Korean cohort study and a preprint study they co-authored. Dr. Charles Hoffe and Dr. Ryan Cole allege that mRNA vaccines cause unusually aggressive, fast-growing cancers. Dr. William Makis, a nuclear medicine doctor, is a leading promoter of the "turbo cancer" narrative and compiles case reports as purported evidence. Would you be willing to comment on these theories that vaccines can cause cancer?
Another health risk associated with radon, but often not mentioned, is hemolytic anemia. My eldest brother developed hemolytic anemia after spending several months in his antiquated house in NE VT, studying for the VT bar exam. I often thought that there was an association. He ultimately developed other serious health issues, one from which he ultimately succumbed, but I will always think that spending so much time in that old, musty, antiquated, unfinished basement, with no knowledge of his radon exposure, was the likely culprit.
So sorry for the loss of your brother.
Thanks, Big E. He died 4-days shy of his 65th birthday, from end-stage congestive heart failure, secondary to the damage done to his heart from a previous heart attack. The heart attack may very well have been precipitated by the hemolytic anemia. One health issue appeared to be hinged upon another until it all resulted in his death. Aside from our diametrically opposed political views, we were very close & fond of each other. I miss him very much.
Deepest condolences on your loss.
I am sorry to hear that. Wow. an unfinished basement is the source of more than Radon.
Thank you for this cautionary reporting and your identification of an outstanding source for further details.
Personally have had radon passed off as a myth designed to make money for others. Am a bit above the level of the surrounds and now live mostly on the upper level. After some 30 yrs here, hopeful it isn't an issue.
It would help to have an other who will act as a solid advocate. My experiences with physicians, hospitals and nursing facilities has been that even the determined and knowledgable advocate is twarted at every opportunity. Going it alone, in itself, in my mind could be fatal.
When faced with a health threat my first reflection relates to what it would take to address it. If it would take a hospitalization, surgery or significant expendature ...
As an aside - that's one thing todays medical system has lost. In the old days we had many physicians that really cared about us. If needed they checked on us and cared for us during hospital stays. If really necessary they made home calls. Today its hospitalists (India indians here) and on call specialists. None of whom convey any degree of personal caring.
To end up on a brighter note ... Thank you for caring about us, providing solid support and a further this resource for further encouragement.
You are appreciated!
The n-of-one examples when screening 'saved my life' abound. There are plenty of anecdotes when ovarian, pancreatic and many other cancers are detected when someone got a study not covered by insurance. Like it or not, this should not be the basis of screening policy applied broadly across a population. They are subject to the more is better bias, and ignore potential harms of screening.
Dr. Malone
I agree with your assessment regarding radon, but I'd be cautious about advising routine CTs/MRIs to rule out cancer in a totally asymptomatic low-risk patient. I've always said that "statistics mean nothing to the individual" because if you're the one out of a million that happens to get the disease and you try to warn everyone about it, that means 999,999 people will have a negative result. Great income for the imaging centers, though! I don't know how the numbers would apply in this particular case, but before we start recommending asymptomatic, apparently low risk people, getting these types of scans, while at the same time overwhelming the system, we need the numbers to verify things first. The question has to be, what test, and how often? Prevention makes sense when studies confirm that the cancer is slow growing and detectable early so it is likely preventable and testing everyone makes sense, but if the cancer is fast growing (undifferentiated or anaplastic) then it makes no sense to do screening. How often? Every year? Every month? Every week? Who pays for it? I've seen this in medical practice where patients had full workups which were negative and six weeks later presented with metastatic disease, usually adenocarcinoma of unknown origin! Yes, smoking markedly increases the risk of lung cancer but it's possible to get it due to other conditions, as noted here. And as so many have already written in, since 2021, the second question (the first being smoking history) of any medical professional should be COVID vaccination status. I watched with incredulity as vaccinated athletes all over the world were keeling over from sudden cardiac arrest (likely V tach,rapidly going to V fib, due to subclinical myocarditis and physical activity) and were diagnosed with Sudden Adult Death Syndrome! Why did her husband suggest that she have a scan? Dare I say, he may have had a premonition, maybe his guardian angel, or her guardian angel told his guardian angel to warn her--sound crazy? I was all set to get my first COVID shot back in early 2021 because I was seeing terminally ill patients on hospice in their homes. My wife was very upset and prayed that I wouldn't get it. The night before I was set to get my shot, a VA nurse who I had worked with several years ago, out of the blue, emailed me about the reactions she was seeing from her colleagues and wanted to know my opinion. I decided to hold off to investigate things and then she sent me something from Dr. Tenpenny, which made a lot of sense. Then I read the white paper on HCG from Dr. Simone Gold and started to listen to you.
I never got any shots, and deep down I know why that happened, as it wasn't the first time something like that happened in my life. It's certainly possible that her husband experienced the same thing. Cheers
“Prevention makes sense when studies confirm that the cancer is slow growing and detectable early so it is likely preventable and testing everyone makes sense,”
I (or more precisely, Kendrick) would vehemently disagree. In Ch. 3 of Doctoring Data he gives such screening a pretty through dressing-down. TL; DR: the claimed value of “early testing and treatment” is mostly a statistically illusion, a case of claiming a trivially true cure rate of (say) 90% but this is the good old deception of conflating relative risk (or benefit) with absolute. Run the numbers and you’ll find that prostate screening actually saves very few lives; in fact, it may be a net harm. While the numbers may not be quite as stark, a similar analysis can be done for other cancer types, such as breast. In fact, Kendrick argues that prostate screening is of especially low value precisely BECAUSE it tends to be a slow-growing cancer, as well as one that is most prevalent is aged men who are near their expiry date anyway.
Prevention (whether screening, drugs, etc.) MAY have some value, but the problem is that the medical system is in the business of making money. That requires pushing goods and services that may not be all that beneficial, and could even be harmful. It’s sad to say, but the patient’s health may not be their top priority. But no need to believe me. If you have faith in medicine (I’m guessing you don’t if you’re posting here...) by all means continue to take that statin tablet and get your regular vaccinations and health screenings.
I don't necessarily disagree with you. As a primary care physician who has no capacity for such research, I was always dependent on the "experts". But after COVID, I have been questioning almost everything I ever did in practice, especially "preventive care" ever since.
There are some really good questions from readers about this situation! There is always an associated emotion to go with the dis-eased area. Lungs often are connected to unresolved grief, as the other major organs also have related connections to other emotions. Probably not so provable for a scientist, but I have been inclined to include this into my observations about health and illness as my experience with the traditional systems don't look at these areas. I speak from experience.