Dear Fellow Seekers

Dear Fellow Seekers,

In the Winter of 2002, I collapsed after a three mile run. I woke up the next morning in a medical center and was told that I had cancer all over my liver. One week later my physicians told me that I had one of the rarest sarcomas in the world. After visiting a myriad of cancer centers around the country, the prognosis was the same, "NO HOPE OF SURVIVAL".

Today I am still standing healthy and doling out hope to others. Please take my hand and together we will help others continue their journey through the circle of life. God working through thousands of individuals has performed many miracles during my survival.

When all the odds are all stacked against you, continue to say:

"It's possible."
"There is a way."
"Never give up."

Sunday, January 19, 2014

"YOU CAN SURVIVE CANCER" ( Become Engaged, Secure Lifelines, Personalize Your Care )

No one can argue that cancer survivors need more tools for survival now more than ever. HPV related cancers along with kidney, esophageal. liver and pancreatic cancers are on the rise in the United States . Governmental and other cancer agencies have been heralding significant reductions in death rates recently,,,,but most experts would agree that this is not true, especially in solid tumors. Furthermore even though there have been many academic centers advertising personalized cancer care,,,in reality , this is not the case. It is not often that most patients are referred for molecular profiling of chemosensitivity assays of their tumors. Moreover most cancer patients are not referred to integrative medicine departments. In my upcoming book I use my story as a case study on how to survive a rare advanced cancer while being given death sentences from many cancer centers across the country. I also give them a medical insiders view of what it takes to stay alive. At he end of each chapter are lifelines, nuances and strategies to modalities such as genetic testing, teambuilding, anti-cancer nutrition, multiple opinions and how to build your own contingency plans for survival. I also will take each cancer patient and teach them how to research their own tumor. They are taken step by step from the day they are diagnosed towards how to find expert oncologists and cancer strategists like myself. Thousands of patients are dying needlessly each day not because the answers are not available ...they are dying because of complications of their therapy and also their disease. They are also going under because they are not being offered personalized, safe integrative therapies that could potentially save their lives. My book confronts these issues and guides the patient way past the current standard of care. Never Give Up..... Mark Roby PA C, ND 1/19/2014