08/10/2026
This is the kind of news that makes all the difficult days feel worthwhile. ❤️
This patient has endured chemotherapy, treatment, side effects, fear and uncertainty, while embracing an integrative approach to support her health.
And now, a remarkable milestone.
Her latest circulating tumour cell and stem-cell assessment found:
✅ No live EpCAM-positive circulating cells above the detection limit.
✅ ZERO detectable growth of EpCAM-positive stem cells in culture.
An incredibly encouraging result!
Conventional scans cannot reliably detect microscopic residual disease. Emerging technologies like Maintrac/Stemtrac offer another window into this landscape, including whether circulating cells demonstrate stem-cell-like growth.
The science is evolving. We don’t yet know precisely how these findings predict recurrence, and a negative result cannot guarantee cancer is gone.
But science isn’t finished. There’s still so much to discover.
And there’s another benefit worth discussing.
Psychological safety.
Anyone who’s survived cancer knows the fear.
A swollen lymph node. An unfamiliar pain. Unexplained fatigue.
Your child has a virus, your immune system responds, but your mind screams:
“It’s back.”
Encouraging results like these can offer reassurance alongside ongoing surveillance, even though new symptoms still need appropriate assessment.
After 16 years in integrative cancer care, I remain passionate about bringing the best approaches together.
Not conventional oncology OR integrative care. BOTH.
Treat the cancer while supporting the whole person through nutrition, metabolic health, movement, sleep and nervous-system regulation.
We cannot attribute this result to any single intervention.
But we can celebrate the incredible woman who has worked so hard to get here.
A bloody fantastic result. ❤️
The monitoring continues. And so does living.
🎀