Treating breast cancer with the breast intact and the patient fully awake, has a lasting positive psychological impact aka The Lavender Way - Lavender procedure

Title : Treating breast cancer with the breast intact and the patient fully awake, has a lasting positive psychological impact aka The Lavender Way - Lavender procedure

Abstract:

Background: Our previous publication in RAS, Research Article: The Lavender Way - Lavender Procedure, a Way to Defeat Breast Cancer Without Surgery, Chemotherapy, or Radiation. A Clarion Call for Radical Change, did not detail what we consider to be an extremely valuable contribution of treating breast cancer with cryoablation aka The Lavender Procedure. That contribution is the dramatic positive change in the patient’s psychology in their journey to defeat breast cancer. While our primary focus was to adequately kill the cancer, we failed to recognize the dramatic change in our patient’s attitude until months later. We continued to observe this positive change for years. This paper details those changes. Materials and Methods: Our practice is divided into two separate entities, The Lavender Way, which enables The Lavender Procedure. The Lavender Way encompasses multiple non-radiation diagnostic modalities plus mammography, when necessary, that permits us to ferret out nascent breast cancers before many attain the capacity to metastasize (5-8 mm). Please review the above paper. Our intent is to humanize the entire experience of the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. This approach changes everything. Conclusion: It has been our experience that by humanizing the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, the horrific psychological side effects of breast cancer such as anxiety, fear of dying, fear of disfigurement, fear of loss of femininity, fear of losing a husband and fear of leaving children behind all dissipate. These positive effects are permanent. It all stems from the humanization at our Visionary Breast Center years before a cancer occurs. We incorporate family members into pre-procedural activities as well as the procedure itself.

Biography:

Phil Bretz obtained his MD degree from the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, upon completion of his surgical residency at Loyola University in Chicago he remained on the active surgical staff at Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage, CA. He was first assistant on First Lady Betty Ford’s open-heart surgery, recipient of the Carnegie Medal for an outstanding act of heroism, and letters of commendation from the White House, the erstwhile USSR and the commanding General at 29 Palms Marine Air Ground Combat Center.  He is the author of the first large-scale breast cancer prevention clinical trial using the drug Tamoxifen FDA IND 34,223. He held a Principal Investigator number with the National Cancer Institute 17790, was a Principal Investigator for the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast Project,  American College of Surgeons Oncology Group and senior surgeon at Visionary Breast Center where he pioneered the Lavender Way.