Black skin cancer
Case study: Inge A.
In May 1995, a 61-year-old woman came to us with a diagnosis of "malignant melanoma". No diagnostic documentation was required to convince us that this was indeed the case. The cancerous growth was almost frighteningly visible. It had the appearance of a tennis ball-sized raspberry on the lower edge of the right ear.
Five years prior to this, it was only a raised, fissured black spot of about 13 mm in diameter that she "had had for around two years", as she said. The university oncologists to whom she had been referred at this early stage recommended surgery of such a radical nature that was almost impossible to comprehend. They were of the opinion that almost half of her face, including the eye and ear should be removed, and possibly the lower jawbone as well. This procedure carried the risk of damage to the trigeminal and facial nerve.
It is understandable that Inge A. fled from these doctors and subsequently no longer had confidence at all in any professional treatment. Her friend photographed her at regular intervals, which allowed us to assess the progress relatively accurately. When she came to us, the growth was already 5 cm.
We did not recommend mutilating surgery - not even large-scale excision "far into the healthy tissue", as is the minimum recommended by conventional medicine. We started with our complex programme, in particular the high doses of buserelin, which we generally use before any surgical tumour removal, with the goal of first reducing the cancerous mass, if possible. Instead of excision, we then used an old yet far less dangerous method, namely pinching off. This allowed us to be rid of the largest part of the growth. The remaining part was carefully excised, and the tissue base "lasered". We then applied ice anaesthesia to the location to remove the remaining black spot. This was only done to be doubly sure.
From the start, we were certain - as was the patient - that we were certainly also taking a risk of recidivism or a metastasis. We had to consider that an additional operation might be necessary at some stage. In 1997, a tactile examination revealed a hardened lymph node on the left side of the throat The gentle excision revealed that this was a metastasis. However, Inge A. would have been exposed to the same degree of risk in the originally suggested radical surgery, not to mention the immeasurable suffering that would have been inflicted on this person by means of the mutilation.
In November 1999 we once again suspected a metastasis, due to the presence of enlarged lymph nodes in the throat. Some of the lymph nodes were removed, although the histological examination of the tissue removed showed no indications of malignancy whatsoever.
Today, more than two years later, the patient is doing extremely well, and there are no indications that the cancer has returned. We do not "crow" easily, but we are happy about Mrs A. and have high hopes for her.
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| May 1995 | June 1995 |
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| July 1995 | May 1996 |
