One central question you can always ask your doctor when you're being seen for a serious medical condition is this: if you were me, what treatment would you suggest?

If that kind of question doesn't get the best answer from your doctor -- regardless of "repair shop" drugs and mainstream ideas -- nothing will. The thing is this: many of those doctors will give you invaluable information if you behave like the perfectly-informed patient that we should all strive to be.

A study of oncologists found that nearly 75 percent of them would recommend a course of cancer therapy that themselves would undergo if cancer was a condition he or she had. The study revealed that 70 percent of colon cancer doctors would flat-out answer the question, while 20 percent would answer when pressed more by the patient.

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New research released recently concluded that many doctors don't discuss all available options with breast cancer patients before actual surgery -- leaving many of them uninformed about breast or lump removal.

Is this a sign of incompetence or a sign of dollars from more surgeries? Either way, it's hard to fathom that some of the most highly educated professionals leaving out every conceivable detail when conveying information to each and every patient.

That's apparently what is happening in an increasing way with breast cancer patients, although the true reason why will probably never be known, much like decades of "research" that basically solve nothing.

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If you've had cancer before (or knew someone who did), you may have heard of the "cancer diet". This is a diet meant to help conventional treatments against cancer in trying to beat the disease back.

What about eating a "cancer diet" without even having cancer? There is so much information about eating well available to almost anyone these days that it seems pretty easy to get the information. Taking action on it is completely different, though.

The will to eat right, stick to it, and avoid actions that have bad consequences (nutritionally speaking) is much harder than finding very healthy foods to consumer. It all comes down to choice and junk food deprogramming. Have you done it? If so, I'd love to hear from you.

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It's not really good news what it's reported that traditional cancer treatments may actually help certain types of cancer spread.

But, this is exactly what U.S. researchers are saying this week. Surgery, chemotherapy or radiation may sometimes cause tumors to spread according to new research that is sure to draw fire from many sides.

The cause? How about a compound called TGF-beta, which was found to have raised levels in mice undergoing chemotherapy treatment. The TGF-beta compound then proceeded to help breast cancer tumors spread to the lung. The good news is that there were antibodies used that could block TGF-beta in its tracks.

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It kind of troubles me when states start passing legislation that requires vaccines for things that really are not contagious except through certain forms of contact -- like sexual contact.

Texas Governor Rick Perry issued an order this past Friday that makes his state the first ever to require that schoolgirls to get vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.

So, there is a virus than can cause one type of cancer in women, and it is spread through sexual contact. Fr some reason the government of Texas has taken away rights of the individual here in requiring this vaccination. Somehow, something just does not sit right with me about that.

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Thanks to the scientists at the University of Missouri-Columbia, doctors may now be able to detect cancer cells in the blood -- by simply listening for them. The method, called photoacoustic detection, uses a combination of optic and acoustic technology to cause cells to vibrate. Melanoma cells emit a unique sound during this process that makes them easy to isolate and identify.

This testing method would allow much earlier detection of metastasis, and therefore earlier cancer treatment options and increased survival rates. And as opposed to current testing techniques, this blood test is fast (results in as little as 30 minutes), minimally invasive, and could even be performed as part of a routine exam for high-risk patients.

Right now melanoma is the only type of cancer detectable with this method, and many clinical tests still have to be performed before the results are widely accepted. But so far so good for the future of cancer detection -- now how's that cure coming along?

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