Elle Macpherson treated breast cancer using a ‘holistic approach’

Elle Macpherson, 60, faces backlash after revealing she treated breast cancer using a ‘holistic approach’, ignoring advice from 32 doctors: ‘She’s so irresponsible!’ Elle Macpherson has revealed she treated her breast cancer using a “holistic, alternative approach”. The supermodel was diagnosed with HER2-positive estrogen-sensitive ductal carcinoma, a type of breast cancer, after a lumpectomy [a procedure to remove abnormal breast tissue along with a piece of surrounding healthy tissue] seven years ago.
Doctors suggested a mastectomy with radiation, chemotherapy and hormone therapy, as well as breast reconstruction.
But Elle decided to take an alternative route and brought in a team of specialists to develop a plan that “took into account both the emotional and physical factors associated with breast cancer”.

The model rented a home in Phoenix, Arizona, and spent eight months there, regularly seeing two therapists, a chiropractor, a holistic dentist, and a doctor who claims she cured her own cervical cancer with juice cleanses and “detoxes.” Elle is now in clinical remission, meaning she has no signs or symptoms of the disease.

Fans have accused the supermodel of being “reckless,” while cancer doctors have said she is promoting “dangerous” treatments that could “cost women’s lives.” X users wrote: This is shockingly irresponsible of Elle Macpherson. She was lucky that the lumpectomy removed all the cancer cells and the cancer did not spread, but to suggest she has “cured” the cancer as a whole is incredibly reckless. This is a worrying message, I am not against holistic therapy and anything that helps you calm down, but if they had not removed all the cancer, I am not sure about remission. Unfortunately, cancer is unique to each person. Liz O’Riordan, co-author of The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer, said: We know that breast cancer can come back in 10, 20 or even 30 years, Elle is still very young.