Angelina Jolie had double masectomy to prevent against getting breast cancer

TOUGH: Chrissy Keepence and Elisha Neave in 2007. Picture: Mike Batterham Source: Supplied

In 2007, long before Angelina Jolie's preventative surgery, three sisters tested positive for BRCA2, a gene disorder that brings an 80 per cent risk of developing breast or ovarian cancer.

Eldest sister Chrissy Keepence and middle sister Veronica Neave both acted quickly to have hysterectomies and their breasts removed.

But Elisha, only 30 at the time, decided to wait to have more children - a decision that will cost her life.

Now 34, Elisha is dying from a rare and aggressive cancer that started in her ovaries in March last year.

Read: Angelina Jolie to have both ovaries removed

Chrissy said the thought of losing her sister was heartbreaking, but she hoped telling her story would encourage others to act.

"My baby sister has stage-4 fatal ovarian cancer - she never had the chance to act, she waited too long," Chrissy said.

"I am so happy that Angelina Jolie has come out to make people aware.

"If you're armed with knowledge, you can do something. We thought Elisha had more time - she was young and historically in our family the cancer didn't hit until the late 40s, but we were wrong."

Chrissy said Elisha was hospital-bound, fighting with all her strength to prolong her life for 10-year-old son Jack.

"Elisha has exhausted her chemotherapy and surgical options and is undertaking a new treatment," she said. "It is working for now, but she may have to travel to a German clinic that offers treatments not available in Australia."

Elisha's is not the only cancer battle in the Neave family - the sisters' father Colin, lost his battle with liver cancer last week and their mother Claudette is undergoing chemotherapy for terminal bone cancer.

Chrissy said it was not easy to deal with so much heartache but she drew inspiration from her mother.

"My mother hid the severity of her illness from us while we were mourning dad and fighting for Elisha," she said.

"I hope one day I will be as strong as she is."

Processed meat consumption results in 67% increase in pancreatic cancer risk, says new research

Consuming processed meats increases the risk of pancreatic cancer, says new research conducted at the University of Hawaii that followed nearly 200,000 men and women for seven years. According to lead study author Ute Nothlings, people who consumed the most processed meats (hot dogs and sausage) showed a 67% increased risk of pancreatic cancer over those who consumed little or no meat products.

But researchers failed to accurately identify the culprit responsible for this increased risk of pancreatic cancer, says one author. The true cause of the heightened cancer risk is the widespread use of a carcinogenic precursor ingredient known as sodium nitrite by food processing companies, says nutritionist Mike Adams, author of the just-published Grocery Warning manual at: http://www.TruthPublishing.com/GroceryWarning.html

Nearly all processed meats are made with sodium nitrite: breakfast sausage, hot dogs, jerkies, bacon, lunch meat, and even meats in canned soup products. Yet this ingredient is a precursor to highly carcinogenic nitrosamines -- potent cancer-causing chemicals that accelerate the formation and growth of cancer cells throughout the body. When consumers eat sodium nitrite in popular meat products, nitrosamines are formed in the body where they promote the growth of various cancers, including colorectal cancer and pancreatic cancer, says Adams.

"Sodium nitrite is a dangerous, cancer-causing ingredient that has no place in the human food supply," he explains. The USDA actually tried to ban sodium nitrite in the 1970's, but was preempted by the meat processing industry, which relies on the ingredient as a color fixer to make foods look more visually appealing. "The meat industry uses sodium nitrite to sell more meat products at the expense of public health," says Adams. "And this new research clearly demonstrates the link between the consumption of processed meats and cancer."

Pancreatic cancer isn't the only negative side effect of consuming processed meats such as hot dogs. Leukemia also skyrockets by 700% following the consumption of hot dogs. (Preston-Martin, S. et al. "N-nitroso compounds and childhood brain tumors: A case-control study." Cancer Res. 1982; 42:5240-5.) Other links between processed meats and disease are covered in detail in the Grocery Warning manual.

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Processed Meats Declared Too Dangerous for Human Consumption

Processed Meats Declared Too Dangerous for Human Consumption

Processed Meats Declared Too Dangerous for Human Consumption

Elisha Neave's sad story sends vital warning, as family's cancer tragedy hard to fathom

Processed Meats Declared Too Dangerous for Human Consumption

Processed meat consumption results in 67% increase in pancreatic cancer risk, says new research

JoeTyler	85%, her mother died of it... I understand what she has done my question is: will this be a breast augmentation?
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MacDaddy	Ottensen said: MacDaddy said: But there is, and it's not chemo. I know people who have completley recovered from cancer by drastically changing their diet. and I know people who have done the same, and it didn't work for them I'm sorry to hear that. What diet did they follow?
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Processed Meats Declared Too Dangerous for Human Consumption

Processed Meats Declared Too Dangerous for Human Consumption

Processed Meats Declared Too Dangerous for Human Consumption

Elisha Neave's sad story sends vital warning, as family's cancer tragedy hard to fathom

ANGELINA Jolie had both breasts removed to avoid the fate that lies in wait for Gold Coast woman Elisha Neave.

Processed Meats Declared Too Dangerous for Human Consumption

Processed meat consumption results in 67% increase in pancreatic cancer risk, says new research