Macrobiotic diet cures cancer, tumor metastasizes from lip to jaw

A 64-year-old woman had a large tumor in her lip. She followed a macrobiotic diet in the belief that it would stop the tumor from growing. Three years later, her body was exhausted and the tumor had spread.

The patient's tumor is currently large, occupying the entire lip and mouth area, bleeding, and unable to eat or drink. On June 7, Dr. Ngo Xuan Quy, Head of the Department of Head and Neck Surgery, K Hospital, said that the results of the CT scan showed a large tumor in the lower lip area measuring 15x20 cm, invading the lower jaw bone, floor of the mouth, tongue, and metastasizing to many lymph nodes on both sides of the neck measuring 2-3 cm.

The patient was diagnosed with lower lip cancer, was in poor health, had severe diabetes, and had blood sugar levels of 20 mmol/l. The tumor had invaded the surrounding area, and the area to be removed was large, so the doctor had to consider very carefully before deciding to operate.

"If the patient does not follow a macrobiotic diet but goes to the doctor early, treatment will be much simpler," said Dr. Quy, adding that without surgery, the tumor will grow larger, rupture, bleed, and the patient will be at risk of death.

On June 1, surgeons removed the entire tumor and metastatic lymph nodes in the neck. After surgery, the patient was able to eat, talk, and continue to be monitored, treated, and have reconstructive surgery.

Large tumor, ulcerated, spreading out of the mouth area. Photo: Doctor provided — X-ray image of large, ulcerated tumor spreading out of the patient's mouth. Photo: *Provided by the doctor*

Macrobiotic diet is a diet of brown rice, beans, and no meat or fish. Doctor Quy said that many people believe that macrobiotic diet can treat cancer. In fact, there is no scientific basis or research to prove that macrobiotic diet is a method of treating cancer.

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