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The Annals of Internal Medicine — a
blue ribbon publication of the American College of Physicians — just
released a bombshell report on colon cancer screening. The editorial
preceding the report concluded the following
[link]:
I have been researching the exact same issue for years now,
and my investigative report into screening colonoscopies is even more blunt
than the one above. It tells things the way they are: screening colonoscopies are
yet another moneymaking bubble and consumer fraud, except this one is also deadly.
If you are in the high-risk group for colorectal cancer,
just like I am, study this site, and you may escape it “unscratched.” If you are close to or past 50, and are in the
low-risk group, the next 18 minutes may save your life and prevent other
cancers. So here is Part I:
[Watch
Part II, view Transcript,
read Commentaries, or watch on
YouTube]
Key Highlights From Part I:
 Dramatic increase in the
incidence of colorectal cancer. Despite tens of millions of
screening colonoscopies performed between the years 2000 and 2007,
the annual incidence of
colorectal cancer in the United States increased by about 30,000 more
cases [link].
More polyps are missed than
found.
Up
to a third of all colonoscopies routinely miss polyps and cancerous tumors
[link].
According to the report I cited at the beginning of this page, practically 100% of all
polyps are missed in the right (ascending) colon.
Increased cancer risk from
radiation. X-ray exposure
from a single virtual colonoscopy increases one’s lifetime risk of cancer by
20% [link].
Virtual colonoscopies are now recommended every 5 years. By age 70 one’s
risk of developing any other form of cancer grows to 100%. Killing you with
another form of cancer before the colon gets affected is one hell-of-the-way
to “prevent” colon cancer.
Polypectomy doesn't prevent
cancers. According to the research published
back in 2006, the screened patients
in all of the studies developed colorectal cancer “at the same rate as would
be expected in the general population without screening” in the next
few years, even though they have removed all found polyps [link].
No clinical research to
support the rationale of colonoscopy screening. According to the American Cancer
Society, up till now (that’s in 2008) “…There
are no prospective randomized controlled trials of screening colonoscopy for
the reduction in incidence of or mortality from colorectal cancer. [link]”
In other words, the recommendation to undergo colonoscopy screening is based
entirely on its income potential, not proven health benefits.
No clinical research to
support the effectiveness of virtual colonoscopies. The National Cancer Institute is
even more explicit: “…it is not yet
known [in 2008] for certain whether colonoscopy can help reduce the number
of deaths from colorectal cancer.” and “Whether virtual colonoscopy
can reduce the number of deaths from colorectal cancer is not yet known.
[link]”
A large scale investigation of
colonoscopy screening demonstrated its complete futility. The 18 years long Minnesota Colon
Cancer Control Study included 46 plus thousand patients between the ages of
50 and 80. It demonstrated only a
0.6% reduction in the incidence of colorectal cancer [link]. Statistically
speaking, this difference is even less than the chance outcome of one
thousand coin flips.
Colonoscopy screening
increases mortality from all other causes, research shows. The Telemark Polyp Study I
demonstrated a 57% increase in
mortality among screened patients vis-à-vis unscreened controls [link]. The
decrease in the incidence of colorectal cancers was only… 2%, which,
statistically speaking again, is essentially none at all.
Well, if you
can't cheat it, then prevent it! Here is Part II.
[Part II Transcript, watch on
YouTube]
The following sections expand on Part II with practical
advice and additional commentaries:
»
Colorectal Cancer Risk Factors
»
Side Effects Of Screening Colonoscopies
»
Colorectal Cancer Prevention
»
Frequently Asked Questions About Screening Colonoscopies
» Open Letter To Ms. Couric
You can also access all these sections from the top and
bottom menu, and selected sidebars.
Got A Gut Feeling
Your Gut Is Out Of Whack?
Gut Sense explains how to reverse the widespread
digestive disorders related to diets commonly overloaded with
processed carbohydrates, indigestible fiber, allergenic plant
proteins, carcinogenic vegetable oils, and other man-made
substances incompatible with digestion, health, and longevity.
 It's
true that some people may consume this kind of diet with
relative impunity and for a long time. This doesn't mean that
it's good, safe, or healthy, but simply testifies to the amazing
ability of the human body to adapt to changing circumstances. If
you belong to that lucky group — good for you, and enjoy it
while it lasts. If not, and/or the joy ride is over, then Gut
Sense is for you!
Once you are done reading, you may also recognize (as I did
while researching Gut Sense) that the mainstream
treatment and prevention of all colorectal disorders has one
overriding goal in mind: to extract as much profit as possible
from seeing you from your first appointment with the doctor to
your last appointment with the undertaker. In other words, to
ensure that you'll never get well.
There is, however, some poetic justice to all this mess: just
like mafia wars kill the Mafiosi and ruin their families, so do
fiber, drugs, screening colonoscopies, and colorectal disorders maim and murder medical
professionals and ruin their families just as mercilessly. Or,
as one hell-bent fellow aptly framed it: “Dead doctors don't
lie!” Indeed...
This leaves me with the faint hope that my message will be
heard, and, eventually, that the change will come. On the other
hand, it may not... So, instead of waiting in vain until 'the
fat lady sings,' particularly if you have that gut feeling that
'something ain't right,' read Gut Sense and
make that 'change' today.
More...
Author's note
A wealthy acquaintance
of mine died at age 56 from
brain cancer. His brain tumor was probably contributed to by
earlier treatment for colon cancer. In turn, his colon cancer
was probably caused by frequent virtual colonoscopies and
coronary angiograms — a
preventative computer-assisted x-ray (CT scan) of,
respectively, the colon and heart.
With a strong conviction that
money can buy just about anything, a $1000 scan to him was
less than $1 to most people. So, why not, as he once told me, buy
some “peace of mind,” right? Apparently, not...
I
wrote my books and developed this site for people who still
value a buck and wish to prevent common
gastrointestinal disorders and escape colorectal cancer without
relying on cancer-causing screening colonoscopies, addictive
laxatives, harmful fiber supplements, ineffective and deadly drugs, and
irreversible, complication-prone surgeries.
The information on this site complements and expands the content of
Gut Sense and Fiber Menace. Both books evolved from my extensive research in
the field of forensic
nutrition. Unlike orthodox nutrition, which studies and
promotes 'health food,' forensic nutrition studies why people
get sick and die from a presumably 'healthy' diet.
Konstantin Monastyrsky
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