Posted on 09/13/2024 2:12:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Elle Macpherson has been warned by a cancer-survivor TV host her support for holistic treatments for the disease could end up leading to someone's death.
Supermodel Elle, 60, has been at the centre of a massive backlash from medics and cancer groups since she recently revealed she had been diagnosed with the disease seven years ago — but opted for alterative remedies after having a lumpectomy at the start of her treatment.
After Elle doubled down on her comments by giving a detailed interview to 60 Minutes Australia about her health fight, 70-year-old Australian TV presenter Kerri-Anne Kennedy — who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012 — hit out in an interview with The Australian: "I understand Elle did what she thought was good for her personally, but the very fact she has resisted any other medical treatment absolutely terrifies me.
"Without question, it will result in the future that somebody will take that line and feel confident enough to try and do it themselves naturally, and someone is going to die."
Kerri-Anne also slammed the 60 Minutes show that featured Elle for not giving a balanced enough counter-viewpoint to Elle's support for holistic medicine.
She went on: "I believe 60 Minutes was irresponsible by not having an oncologist who would give an alternative point of view.
"They should have absolutely gotten an oncologist who said, 'As an oncologist, I've seen this type of cancer and many other types of cancers in my 30-year career. People who have not followed the advice have died'."
Elle is in remission from cancer and told 60 Minutes she has always followed "natural" medicine, and said her choice to use it to fight her breast cancer was as "unconventional" as the "rest of her life".
The model went against the advice of 32 doctors by refusing chemotherapy after undergoing a lumpectomy for HER2 positive oestrogen receptive intraductal carcinoma.
She instead underwent eight months of intense therapy with a team of doctors in Phoenix, Arizona, all specialising in various holistic medicine disciplines.
Uh, what happened to “her body, her choice”...?
Some do well long term.
Glad you were among them!
Your implication was that people with cancer will die because of cancer.
Where were you treated?
I was diagnosed with Stage-4 metastatic prostate cancer 10 years ago. There is no cure, yet. Was told I had 3-7 years to live by one oncologist. My urologist at MD Anderson told me I’d be around for a long time. I have responded so well that my MDA oncologist has been telling me my cancer will very likely never progress and I am on just 75% of the normal Xtandi prescription.
It really does matter where you go for treatment. Rare cancers for most cancer centers are common at MDA.
My implication was and is that we all die eventually of something.
MD Anderson is the absolute best cancer center. So glad your remission is holding so well 🙏🏼 you were so blessed to receive treatment at MD Anderson . Do you continue to follow up with them as well?
I was treated at U MD. They sent me there the day of diagnosis. I was called and told to pack for a month. I can’t tell you what it was like to hear ‘they have a bed waiting, pack for a month - you have AML and treatment starts Tomorrow’. My son was in school that day and I had to pull him out to tell him what was going on . I had to pack, tell my job , my family, have them drive me there all in complete shock . It happened so fast, but that’s how AML hits.
My Dr … Dr Ashkan Emadi is brilliant with an incredible portfolio. He had me in a couple of clinical trials as well as standard AML treatment called 7+3.
He just left UMD to head up a brand new cancer lab at WVU. I can’t tell you how missed he is. I pray I never relapse. Also because he’s the only one I trust. I met my new dr who replaced him a couple weeks ago. I actually cried when I got to my car. Hopefully , I’ll only need my quarterly tests from here on out,
Elle Macpherson should practice on herself to see if it works
Steve Jobs dies because he thought he knew better.
Holistic is a vague term.
So, what would he recommend?
She just did not want chemo.
That is a legitimate choice that some people make.
Honestly, I never asked him that question. I’m guessing he’d say get your affairs in order.
She is.
So far it is working.
Just as I stated.
“ ..if you don’t get treatment for cancer (including using alternative methods) ..”
I mean whether one should get chemo or not, or it doesn’t matter.
Of course, just one person's opinion.
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