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My mom went from stage "0" DCIS to dying of stage 4 breast cancer in just 3 years while attempting to treat it with scam therapies.
When it was stage 2 she tried to treat it with localized vibration therapy, where her therapist used a massage gun on the area to try to resonate her body with the "healing frequency of the universe."
Given that the stage 2-3 jump is when cancer cells begin to dislodge from the first affected lymph node into the lymphatic system and spread throughout the body, I'm fairly certain her "treatment" significantly accelerated that jump.
I’m sorry to hear about your mother, friend.
That does seem problematic. Even standard deep tissue massage is contraindicated in cancer patients.