Both Dr. Angela and Mark Stengler offer a very valuable service to individuals dealing with cancer. They offer complementary care for patients undergoing surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, or other conventional therapies. Their nutritional therapy focuses on improving the patients' immune response. Dr. Stenglers' therapies improve detoxification which is critical for those undergoing conventional therapies. They also focus on reducing symptoms such as muscle wasting, fatigue, digestive upset, mood changes, and also hair loss.
Cancer Basics
Cancer is an umbrella term that refers to more than one hundred different kinds of diseases, which are typically named according to the location where a tumor first appears. Most of the cells in our bodies have to be replaced on a regular basis. Some cells, like those that comprise the intestinal lining, die out quickly and are replaced every few days. In other parts of the body, the cells live for years before they divide and create new ones. Under special circumstances, such as an injury or illness, healthy new cells may grow quicker than usual to replace those that are damaged. When the area is healed, the cell growth slows back down to its normal pace.
Cell Growth
Normally, the genes that manage the growth of cells automatically know when to start and stop the replication process. But when those genes are mutated-- perhaps because of an inherited flaw or more commonly due to dietary and environmental factors-- cells may start to multiply and divide at an unusually fast rate. Occasionally cancers are benign (meaning that they are non-cancerous and relatively harmless), as in the case of warts or uterine fibroids.
Malignant Growth
Other growths, however, are malignant. They draw nutrients away from the healthy tissues that surround them, and they interfere with the body's normal functions, to a potentially deadly extent. If a tumor continues to grow, its cells may spread out via the blood vessels or lymphatic system to other parts of the body, where they form new tumors. When this process, called metastasis, is underway, there is the risk of dying from the complications that can occur. Although many cancers can be treated successfully when found early, the unfortunate truth remains that they are a leading cause of death in the United States. Every minute, another individual dies of some form of the disease.
Treatment
Dr. Stengler works with people that are under the primary care of an oncologist to provide supportive and complementary treatment. This includes supporting detoxification during chemotherapy and radiation, tissue healing after surgery, immune system enhancement, and general body balancing depending on what weak organ systems are identified.
