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TABLEOFCONTENTS

Introduction

PARTI:THECONTROLLERSANDPROFITEERSOFTHEWARONCANCER

AFailedWar

DeconstructingtheStatistics

MissingtheMarkonCancerTreatment

MedicalDeceptionforCorporateGain

TheCaseofSirRichardDoll

ACriticalLookattheAmericanCancerSociety

QuestioningtheNationalCancerInstitute

ACancerIndustryInsiderSpeaksOut

TheUnregulatedPoisonsinOurMidst

Bisphenol-A(BPA)

Formaldehyde

FoodsthatKill

DangerIsMoreThanSkinDeep

TheFDA:(Not)RegulatingforSpecialInterests

PoisonPoultry?OKwiththeFDA

SeafoodthatSickens

MainstreamPreventionandDetection—MoreHarmthanGood?

RevaluatingtheConventionalApproach

MammographyMendacity

TheTroublewithBiopsies

ColonoscopiesReconsidered

ConventionalTreatments:BigMoney,SmallResults

TheProcritModel

Chemotherapy

Surgery

RadiationTherapy

FightingagainstaCure:SuppressingTherapiesthatWork

DecadesofStonewallingMedicalBrilliance

Dr.MaxGerson

Dr.LawrenceBurton

TheBurzynskiSaga

BlockedbyBigMedicine

Conclusion

ShiftingtheMedicalParadigm

PartII:ANaturalApproachtoCancerPreventionandTreatment

CancerDefined

EarlyWarningSigns

ConventionalTreatment

AlternativeApproaches

Diet

AntioxidantSupplements

AdditionalSupplements

Herbs

WhattoAvoid

Whole-BodyApproaches

GersonTherapy

TheIsselsTreatment(FormerlyKnownasGanzheitTherapy)

TheEclecticTriphasicMedicalSystem(ETMS)

AntineoplastonTherapy

Dr.NicholasGonzalez’sEnzymeTherapy

ReviciTherapy

AdditionalTherapies

GaryNull’sHealthyandDeliciousAnticancerRecipes

Appetizers

Breakfast

Soups

Entrees

Desserts

Testimonials

HomeopathicMedicine

EssiacTea

Dr.NicholasGonzalez’sEnzymeTherapy

GersonTherapy

ReviciTherapy

Dr.StanislawBurzynski’sAntineoplastonTherapy

Dr.GaryNull’sProtocols

Dr.LawrenceBurton’sTherapy

714-XTherapy

CombinationTherapiesandLifestyleChanges

OxygenTherapy

HippocratesHealthCenter

AdditionalResources

SuggestedReading

SuggestedDocumentaries

AbouttheAuthor

Endnotes

Index

IntroductionOnewordstrikesmorefearintoaperson’smindthananyother:cancer.Thediseasehasevolvedintoanational crisis that touches each and everyoneofus.The immensephysical,mental, emotional, andfinancialtollthatcomeswithacancerdiagnosisaffectspatients,theirfamilies,andentirecommunities.Thisyearaloneapproximately600,000Americanswilllosetheirlivestocancer,andtheforecastshowsno signsof improving.The latest estimates tell us that 41percentof allAmericanswill bediagnosedwith cancer during their lifetimes and 21 percent of the population will lose their lives to thisdevastatingdisease.1 The vastmajority of individuals who fight the battle against cancer are treatedwith the standard orthodox therapy, or the “official treatment.” Those treated rarely question theironcologists,believingthattheyareinthebestpossiblehandswiththeirphysicians’advancededucation,knowledgeoflatesttreatments,andtoolsofmodernresearch.Patients accept that these therapies have been proven safe and effective through rigorous clinical

testing.Weareassuredthatifanythingreallyworkedtoimproveaperson’schanceofsurvival,itcouldbefoundinthe“official”medicaljournalsandwouldbesanctionedbyleadingcancerinstitutionssuchasMemorialSloan-KetteringCancerCenterandtheMayoClinic.Ifapromisingnewcancertreatmentcomes along, we trust that it will be supported and funded by organizations such as the NationalCancerInstituteandtheAmericanCancerSociety.Whennewarticlesdeclarethatasilver-bulletcancertherapyisjustaroundthecornerifwecontinuetoobeyandfundtheseinstitutions,wedoexactlythatwith the expectation that our contributions are being put to good use in the war against cancer.Unfortunately,theseinstitutionsandtheirpracticesdonotholdupundercloseexamination.Inpointoffact,ourbelief inandsupportofthecancerindustryandthemedical-industrialcomplexultimatelypromotes a corrupt systemdefinedby endless greed, bad science, andappallingdisregard forhumanlife.Themostimportantprogressinpreventingandtreatingcancerhasnotcomefromofficialinstitutions

but from those considered renegadewhopractice alternativemedicine.Despite thewell-documentedsuccessindependentresearchershavehadusingalternativetherapies,theyarerejectedbymainstreammedicine. Those presenting evidence of a cancer cure that diverts from surgery, chemotherapy, orradiation are likely to be vilified, silenced, or drummed out of themedical profession in theUnitedStatesaltogether.As a result, very little progress has beenmade.We have beenwaging an officialwar on cancer for

forty-three years and spent hundreds of billions of dollars to fund legions of scientists, physicians,nurses, and public health officials in our campaign to end this devastating affliction; yet the survivalratesformostcancers—includingournumber-onekiller,lungcancer—arestilldismallylow.Cancer care in the United States has become Big Business and, like any large-scale moneymaking

scheme, it isriddledwithdishonesty,corruption,anddeceit. It is imperative that thedarksideof thewaroncancerbeexposed,andthatispreciselywhatIwilldointhefirstpartofthisbook.Iwillgointogreatdetail topresent the latest informationfrompeer-reviewed literatureandmanyrespectedvoiceswithinthemedicalfield.Iwillscrutinizetheinstitutionsthatweholdupasauthoritiesoncancerandtakeanin-depthandcriticallookatthetreatmentstheysupport.Iwillhighlighthowourfederalhealthagencieshavecompletelyfailedusbynotregulatingthemanycarcinogensweareexposedtoeachday.Iwillalsodemonstratehowthemedicalestablishmenthassuppressedsafeandeffectivenaturalcancertherapies and, in turn, preventedmillions of Americans from gaining access to scientifically proven,

nontoxiccancertreatments.In the second part of this book, I will provide the latest research on the very best foods and

supplements thatboost thebody’s immune systemandcanhelp toprevent and reverse cancer. Iwillexploreseveralsuccessfulalternativecancertherapiesthatarepracticedtodayinclinicsacrosstheglobe,allofwhicharebackedbyhigh-qualitysciencesupportingtheirefficacyandsafety.Forthelastthirty-fiveyears,Ihavespentagreatdealoftimestudyingthesetreatmentswhilevisitingclinicsaroundtheworldandinterviewingthousandsofpatients.IincludeinthispaperthetreatmentsthatIbelievehavethehighestlevelofsuccess.Thisisnottosuggestthatotherholisticapproachestocancernotincludedareunsuccessful;Isimplyhavebeenunabletoverifytheireffectiveness.Inaddition,Iwillpresentdozensofdeliciousandhealthyrecipesthatcanhelpimproveandsupport

the immune system, allowing the body to fight cancer naturally. Lastly, I will provide the inspiringtestimonials of patientswho, despite being told by conventional doctors that theywouldnot survive,ultimatelytriumphedagainstcancerusingalternativemedicine.

PARTI

THECONTROLLERSANDPROFITEERSOFTHEWARONCANCER

AFAILEDWARInDecember1971,withmuch fanfare,PresidentRichardNixondeclaredwaroncancer.Forty-threeyears later, it’s obvious thatAmerica has been fighting a losing battle.Data recently compiled by theNationalInstitutesofHealth(NIH)revealsthefollowing:

• More than600,000Americanswilldie fromcancerover thenext twelvemonths(1,500deathseachday).

•Approximately1.5millionindividualswillbediagnosedwithcancerthisyear.•Totalcancercostsinourcountryreach$219billionperyear.•Taxpayersspendabout$89billionperyeartodiagnoseandtreatcancer.

•About$112billionisspentonprematuredeathsduetocancer.2

Despite these figures, ourmedical authorities continue to assure us that we havemade significantprogressinthewaroncancer.

DeconstructingtheStatisticsDr.SamuelEpstein,chairoftheCancerPreventionCoalitionandProfessorEmeritusattheUniversityofIllinois,ChicagoSchoolofPublicHealth, isanoutspokenopponentof thewaroncancer.Epstein’sresearchhasdocumented that the claimsofprogressbygroups suchas theNationalCancer Institute(NCI),theAmericanCancerSociety(ACS),andtheCentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention(CDC)areoften falseandmisleading.Statistics reflect thatcancerrates from1975 to2008 increasedby15.7percent.3Themedical establishmenthas attempted to explain away the increase in cancer rates overthepastfourdecadesbypointingtosmokingasthecause.Inhisbook,NationalCancer InstituteandAmerican Cancer Society: Criminal Indifference to Cancer Prevention and Conflicts of Interest, Dr.Epsteindebunksthisclaim,notingthatincidencesofseveraltypesofcancerunrelatedtosmokinghaverisen to staggering levels during this periodof time. Liver cancer rates, for example, have shot up by177.7percent,while cases of testicular cancerhave increasedby 57.9percent.4Thyroid cancer rates,meanwhile,haveswelledby167.6percent.5

Further,manyofthestatisticsquotedbythecancerestablishmenthavebeenmanipulatedtogivetheillusionofprogress.InOutsmartYourCancer,authorTanyaHarterPiercedetailssixmethodsusedbyourhealthofficialsthatdeceivethepublicintothinkingthatthewaroncancerhasbeenasuccess:

1. Redefining“cure”as“alivefiveyearsafterdiagnosis,”insteadofusingtheword’srealmeaning,which is “cancer-free.”Under thismeasure, apatient could stillhave cancer for five years and

die one day after the fifth anniversary date of diagnosis but still be recorded as having beencured.

2. Alteringstatisticsbysimplyomittingcertaingroupsofpeople,suchasAfricanAmericans,orbyomittingcertaintypesofcancer,suchaslungcancer,fromtheircalculations.

3.Includingtypesofcancerthatarenotlife-threateningandareeasilycurable,suchasskincancersandductalcarcinoma insitu(DCIS).DCIS, forexample, isaprecancerouscondition that is99percent curable andmakes up at least 30 percent of all breast cancers. If you deduct that 30percentfromthebreastcancersuccessstories,survivalratesaremuchlessimpressive.

4.Usingearlydetectionasameanstoartificiallyincreasesurvivalrates.5. Improving outcomes by deleting patients from cancer treatment studies who died before the

protocolwas finished, even if thatwas on the eighty-ninth day of a ninety-day chemotherapyprotocol.

6. Using a questionable adjustment called “relative survival rate”whereby they deduct a certainnumber of cancer victimswho statistics say would have died during the five years because ofcausessuchasheartattacks,caraccidents,andsoforth.6

Theargumentthatournationalbattleagainstcancerhasfailedbecauseofa lackof fundingdoesn’thold either. As a part of theUnited States government’s National Institutes ofHealth, theNationalCancerInstitutehasenjoyedamplesupportfromtheAmericantaxpayersinceitcameintoitsmodernexistencewith the passage of theNational CancerAct of 1971. TheNCI budget jumped from $220million in 1971 tomore than $5 billion in 2012.7, 8 Despite this sizeable increase, only aminisculepercentageofthegroup’sbudgetovertheyearshasbeenspentonwhatshouldbethefocusofthewaron cancer: prevention.Worse still, the funds allocated to help prevent this disease are drying up. In2000,11.8percentoftheNCIbudgetwassetasideforpreventionandin2012,thisfiguredroppedtoamere3.9percent.9,10

MissingtheMarkonCancerTreatmentNot only does prevention account for a small percentage of cancer researchdollars, but ournationalhealth authorities continue todownplaywhatmaybe themost important tool for cancerprevention:reducing exposure to environmental toxins. In a letter to congressional officials in 2009,Dr. Epsteinand his colleaguesDr. RichardClapp,Dr.NicholasAshford, andDr.QuentinYoung of theCancerPrevention Coalition (CPC) explained why progress cannot be made without an honest discussionabout limiting toxic exposure toknowncarcinogens.What follows are somekeypointsmentioned intheletter:

• Exposure to cancer-causing agents such asbestos, silica, formaldehyde, benzene, chlorinatedorganic pesticides, and organic solvents in the environment andworkplace is the largest factorcontributingtotheincreaseinnonsmoking-relatedcancerssince1975.

• The incidenceof breast cancerhas risen significantly becauseof environmental factors such asbirthcontrolpills,estrogenreplacementtherapy,toxicingredientsincosmeticsandpersonalcareproducts,androutineradiationexposurefrommammograms.

• Pesticides, ionizing radiation, nitrites used to preserve meats, and parental exposure tooccupational carcinogens are the primary causes of the 55 percent increase in childhood

leukemia.• Hormonal ingredients in our personal care products and hormonal residues in our food have

increasedtheincidenceoftesticularcancerbymorethan49percent.

•Exposuretoionizingradiationhasresultedina116percentriseinthyroidcancerrates.11

Despiteampleevidence implicatingenvironmental toxinsas theprimarycauseofmanycancers, theNCIhasconsistentlyunderstatedanddeniedthisconnection,claimingthatonly6percentofallcasesstem from environmental and occupational carcinogens. Further,Dr. Epstein’s letter reveals that theNCI has ignored several calls by government officials and scientists to create a comprehensive list ofcarcinogens.12

Despite the lack of acknowledgment by the cancer establishment, there is a significant body ofscientificresearchindicatingthatcanceriscausedlargelybyenvironmentalvariables.Inher1998bookGenetic Engineering, Dream or Nightmare? Dr.MaeWanHo hypothesizes that cancer is actually anepigeneticdisease,aconditionresultingfrom“achangeofthecellorgeneexpressionstateinresponsetotheenvironment.”13Thisisinstarkcontrasttomainstreammedicine’sviewthatcancerisageneticdisease brought on byDNAmutationswithin the cell.While the differencemay seemminor to theuninitiated, Ho’s theory challenges the core belief of modern medicine that cancer arises frommutationsincellulargenesthemselvesandpointstophysiologicalstressfromenvironmentalsourcesastherootcauseofcancer.Theepigenetictheoryisbackedbynumerousstudiescarriedoutaroundtheworld,includingtheresearchcarriedoutbyHarryRubin,ProfessorEmeritusofcellanddevelopmentalbiologyatUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley.14ThefindingsofRubinandothersstronglysuggestthatgenetic mutations associated with cancer development occur after a cell has been transformed byphysiological stressors such as chemicals and ionizing radiation.15 Such evidence supporting anepigeneticviewofcancerstrengthenstheargumentofEpsteinandmanyotherexpertsthatpreventionshouldbetheforemostconsiderationinthewaroncancer.Inarecentarticle,Dr.Hodrovehomethepoint,stating:

Therootcausesofcancerareoverwhelminglyenvironmental,asgenerallyrecognizedandhencelargelypreventable.Yetvery little investmenthasgone intocancerpreventioncomparedwith thehundredsofbillionsspentontreatmentorpotentialcures.16

In light of this information, it’s clear that many of the policies adopted by the NCI have onlyhampered real progress frombeingmade against cancer.An evaluation of the nation’s other leadingcancer organization, the American Cancer Society (ACS), turns up even more evidence of how themedicalestablishmentisunwillingtofacetherealityofthisdisease.Founded in 1913, the American Cancer Society (originally known as the American Society for the

ControlofCancer)hasbecomean immensely influentialplayer in thewaroncancer.Throughout itsexistence,theorganizationhascomeunderfireforitsquestionablepriorities;oneneedsonlytolooktothesociety’sbudgetaryallocationstobringthispointintofocus.In the 1970s and 1980s, I was one of very few individuals speaking out against the rampant fiscal

irresponsibility and corruption that has plagued theACS since the 1950s. In an article forPenthousemagazinewithRobertHoustonin1979titled“TheGreatCancerFraud,”Iwent intodetailaboutthedubiouseconomicsoftheorganization:

TheAmericanCancerSocietyhadan incomeof$140million in fiscal1978,withassets totalingover$228million;itspendslessthan30percentofitsyearlyincomeonresearchstudies.ManyfeelthattheAmericanCancerSocietyislargelyresponsiblefortheineffectivenessofthewaroncancertoday.Contrary to the image it cultivates, theACSdoesn’t conductmuchof itsown researchbutfundscertainoutsideresearch.

Examiningtheeconomicsof“charity,”wefindthat56percentoftheACSbudgetgoestoitsstaffandofficeexpenditures(someofitsexecutivesmakeupto$75,000ayear).17

AsIpubliclyquestioned thecancer industry inarticlesandontelevisionappearances, Iwasblastedfor takingona subject thatmanyconsidered tobe sacrosanct.Today, aswe lookbackand scrutinizetheactivitiesof theACSandotherpillarsof thecancer industryover the last threedecades, it’s clearthatmysuspicionsabouttheorganizationhavebeenproventobetrue.Inadditiontotheirmisguidedprioritiesindecidinghowtospendthevastsumstheyreceivefromgenerousdonations,theACS,likethe NCI, has actively ignored the connection between environmental and occupational toxins andcancer.SomeofthemoreegregiouscasesoftheACSactivelydenyingthislinkincludethefollowing:1971:Despite concrete evidenceof the carcinogenicityof synthetic estrogendiethylstilbestrol (DES),

the ACS refused an invitation to testify before Congress about the dangers of DES as lawmakersconsideredabanonthesubstanceasananimalfeedadditive.18

1977: The ACS continued to oppose regulating hair dyes that contain paraphenylenediamine, acarcinogenknowntoincreasetheriskofliverandbreastcancer.19

1978:TheACSwasofficiallyadmonishedbyFloridaCongressmanPaulRogers foracting“too little,too late” in failing to support the CleanAir Act. Later, in 1984, the organization also balked at theopportunity to join the March of Dimes, the American Heart Association, and the American LungAssociationtosupporttheCleanAirAct.20

1982: The ACS narrowed its definition of what constitutes a carcinogen in such a way that theorganization would oppose only those few substances that have been unequivocally shown to causecancerinhumans.ThemovecontradicteddecadesofexistingU.S.governmentalpolicy,whichsoughttobananyfoodadditivesthatwereshowntocausecancerinanimals.21

1992: In spiteof the scientific evidence linkingchlorinatedpesticideswith increasedcancer risk, theACSbackedtheChlorineInstituteanddefendedtheuseofthetoxicspray.22

1994:Applyingseriouslyflawedmethodologies,theACSpublishedastudyconcludingthathairdyesposelittlecancerrisk,runningcountertoyearsofsolidevidenceestablishingthecarcinogenicityofhairdyes.23

1996:Alongwithothermedical industrygroups, theACS lobbied theFDAto loosenrestrictionsonaccesstosiliconebreast implants,despitestrongevidenceconnectingthegelfoundintheimplants,aswellasingredientsethyleneoxideandcrystallinesilica,withcancerinrodents.24

1999:TheACSdismissedtheconnectionbetweengeneticallymodifiedmilkfromcowsinjectedwiththerecombinantbovinegrowthhormone(rBGH)andelevatedbreast,prostate,andcoloncancerrisk.Today,despiteevenmoresolid scientificevidenceof thisconnection, theACSdeclareson itswebsitethat“theavailableevidenceshowsthattheuseofrBGHcancauseadversehealtheffectsincows.The

evidenceforpotentialharmtohumansisinconclusive.”25

2010: The society baselessly disagreedwith the conclusions drawn by the President’sCancer Panel,which implicated environmental carcinogens such as bisphenol-A, formaldehyde, and benzene assignificantfactorsinthecancerepidemic.ThepanelwentsofarastoadmonishtheACSbycallingtheidea that only 6 percent of cancers can be traced back to environmental pollutants “woefully out-of-date,” stating that “the true burden of environmentally induced cancers has been grosslyunderestimated.”26

Thesearejustafewillustrationsofthecancerestablishment’srefusaltofacetherealityofthestrongrelationship between cancer incidence and exposure to environmental and occupational carcinogens.Suchreluctancetodiscussthisassociationisevenmoresurprisinggiventhefollowingstatementtakenfrom a 1937 article in Time magazine written by Dr. Clarence Cook Little, director of the ACS’spredecessor,theAmericanSocietyfortheControlofCancer:

Investigators have at last got a glimmering of what causes cancer. Some people inherit asusceptibility to the disease. But they do not develop cancer unless some susceptible part of thebody is unduly irritated by 1) carcinogenic chemicals, 2) physical agents (X-rays, strong sunlight,repeatedabrasionsasfromajaggedtooth),3)possibly,biologicalproductsproducedbyparasites.27

Giventheevidence,itisnecessarytoaskwhyournationalcancerofficialsrefusetocometogripswiththefailedwaroncancer.HowcanitbethatgroupssuchastheACSandNCIremainignorantoftheenvironmentaltoxin-cancerlinkmorethanseventyyearsafterDr.Littlebroughtthisissuetothefore?What is it thatdrives theseorganizations todevalue the importanceofcancerprevention,manipulatestatistics,andwriteoffscientificconclusionsthatcouldprotectmillionsofpeople?Fortheanswerswemusttakeadeeperlookatthemajorplayersinthewaroncancer.Aswe’llsee,thedirectorsofthiswararenotvirtuousindependentresearcherssearchingforacancercure,butratherspecialinterestsandashadynetworkofgovernmentagenciesintentonkeepingthecancerindustryafloatbywhatevermeansnecessary.

MedicalDeceptionforCorporateGain

TheCaseofSirRichardDollThestoryofBritishepidemiologistSirRichardDollnotonlyilluminateshowthemedicalestablishmentjustifies its rejection of environmental toxins as amajor cause of cancer; it also provides an excellentexampleofthepowerfulinfluenceofspecialinterestsincontrollingthemedicalparadigm.RichardDollwasaBritishphysiologistwhobecametheforemostepidemiologistofhistime.Earlyinhiscareer,Dollbecame the first researcher to show that lungcancerwasundeniably linked to smoking tobacco.Dollalso did pioneering work on the relationship between radiation and leukemia, asbestos and lungcancer,andalcoholandbreastcancer.Duringthe1950sand1960s,Dollwasoutspokeninhisassertionthat cancerwas causedby exposure to awide varietyof toxic chemicals inour environment, rangingfromasbestostoionizingradiation.28Inastunningturnaroundthatbeganinthe1970s,Dollradicallychanged his views on environmental or occupational cancer risks and began dismissing everydaychemicalexposureastheprimarycauseofnumeroustypesofcancer.Aninfluentialstudypublishedin1981 by Doll and Sir Richard Peto trivialized the occupational and environmental causes of cancer,concludingthatamere4percentofallcancerdeathsinAmericacouldbetracedbacktooccupationalcarcinogens,whileonly2percentofdeathswereattributabletoenvironmentalcontaminants.These conclusions were shocking considering that Doll and Peto had previously determined that

occupational exposure to carcinogens accounted for at least 20 percent of cancer deaths. With thereleaseofthe1981study,Dollclaimedinsteadthatafull94percentofcancermortalityresultedfromunhealthy lifestyle habits.On further reflection, it is clear that themethodologies used in this studywere flawed, resulting in inaccurate conclusions. The study examined only the incidence of cancerdeath rates, rather thanactual cancer cases.Theyusedonly subjectswhowereCaucasianandunderage sixty-five, ignoring the facts that cancer increaseswith advanced age and severalminority groupsaremuchmorelikelytobeexposedtoenvironmentaltoxins.Moreover,theresultsdifferedsignificantlyfrom conclusions drawn in other studies by organizations such as the American Industrial HealthCouncil of the Chemical Manufacturer’s Association and the National Institutes of Health, whichplaced the percentage of cancer deaths caused by environmental hazards at 20 to 25 percent.29, 30EventhoughtheDollandPetostudydoesnotstanduptosuchscientificscrutinytoday, it remainsawidelyquotedstandardwithinthecancerestablishment.Overthenextthreedecades,Dollwouldgoontomakecountlessunfoundedandirresponsibleclaims

thatdownplayedthelinkbetweenenvironmentaltoxinsandcancer.Onmanyoccasionsthroughouthislatercareer,Dolltestifiedasanexpertwitnessbeforegovernmentalpanelsandincourtcasesexploringcancer’s connection with chemicals and radiation,31 denying the existence of such a link, and thuspreventing injured workers from being compensated for damage by asbestos, radiation, and othercarcinogens.Whatwas behindRichardDoll’s dramatic change of opinion? Itwould come to light in 2006—one

year after his death—that Doll was being handsomely compensated by a collection of corporateinterests that stood to losemanymillions of dollars if the truth about their cancer-causing productswere made public. Not surprisingly, the scientist’s reversal of opinion on the link betweenenvironmentalcarcinogensandcancercoincidedperfectlywiththestartofhisclandestinecareerasanindustryconsultant.

Lookingback,wecanseemanyexamplesofhowDollworkeddiligently forspecial interests. Inonecase,Dollwrote toanAustralianRoyalCommission investigating thecarcinogenicityof thenotoriousAgent Orange herbicide manufactured by Monsanto and sprayed by U.S. warplanes during theVietnamWar.32 Though research suggested a link existed between Agent Orange and cancer, SirRichard’smissiveflatlydeniedanyconnection.Asitturnedout,DollhadbeenworkingasaconsultanttoMonsantoatthetime.DocumentsindicatethatDollearnedbetween$1,000and$1,500perdayinhislongtenurewithMonsanto,whichstretchedfrom1976toatleast2000.33

Monsantowasnot theonlycompany to sullyDoll’s scientific credibility.Documents indicate that inone caseDoll received tens of thousands of dollars from chemical giantsDowChemicals and ICI aswell as the Chemical Manufacturers’ Association.34 In an apparent quid pro quo agreement, Dollpubliclydefendedtheuseofthecarcinogenicplasticingredientvinylchloride,denyingitsconnectiontoan increased risk of brain and liver cancer. As a powerful and influential scientist, Doll’s defenseallowed the chemical industry to justify the manufacture of the disease-causing agent for yearsafterward, andhelped stymie cancer victims exposed to vinyl chloride from seeking legaldamages.35Vinyl chloride was finally banned in 1978 after an Italian scientist proved the cancer connectiondefinitively.Doll’swork on asbestosmay have represented his turning point from impartial scientist to industry

spokesman.In1954,DollandacolleaguebeganinvestigatingasbestoshazardsinworkersattheTurner&NewallplantinManchester,England,andfoundthatexposedworkersdevelopedlungcancerattentimestherateofworkerswhowerenotincontactwiththechemical.Thecompanysuccessfullyblockedpublication of these findings. Shortly thereafter, in a bizarre shift, Doll began to publicly assert thatasbestos, in fact,wasonlyminimallyharmful.Dollwas criticized in 1985by theU.K. Society for thePrevention ofAsbestos and IndustrialDisease for distorting data to suggest that only 1 out of every100,000 people exposed to undamaged asbestos in the workplace was at risk of developing cancer,whenthetruethreatwas,infact,fargreater.36Ultimately,DollbecameapaidconsultantforTurner&Newall.37 In 2000,Doll admitted in a deposition that a £50,000 donation by the asbestos companyTurner&NewalltoGreenCollegeinOxford(whereDollservedasaprofessorandadministrator)was“inrecognitionofalltheworkIhaddoneforthem.”38

ThestoryofSirRichardDollisaperfectillustrationofhowcorporateprofiteershaveco-optedsciencein theUnitedStates.Thoroughly in thrall to the interestsofchemicalmanufacturersandothers,Dollspent decades as a leading authority on cancer,minimizing the real risks surrounding environmentalpollution.Theadversepublichealthconsequencesof suchblatantmanipulationof scientific evidenceare immeasurable, andhave likely affectedmillionsofpeople across theglobe. Ironically, a fewyearsbeforehisdeath,Dollseemedtohaveanotherdramaticchangeofheart.Thescientistacknowledgedin2002thatthemajorityofcancersthatareunrelatedtosmokingandhormones“arecausedbyexposuretochemicals,oftenenvironmental.”39

ACriticalLookattheAmericanCancerSocietyThe egregiousmedicaldeceptionon thepartof SirRichardDoll andhis industrybackers is far fromexceptional.We don’t have to look far to find heavy corporatemanipulation of public cancer policy.OneofthegreatestexemplarsofthiscollusiverelationshipistheAmericanCancerSociety(ACS).

TheAmericanCancerSocietystartedoutastheAmericanSocietyfortheControlofCancerin1913,anorganizationcomposedprimarilyoftopphysicianstopromotedisseminationofcurrentinformationabout the development and treatment of cancer. In the 1940s,Mary Lasker and her husband—theinfluential advertising executive, Albert Lasker—transformed the group into the American CancerSociety.Controlshiftedfromthegroup’sdedicatedphysicianstorepresentativesofindustryastheACSdevelopedintoafundraisingandresearchpowerhouse.Myinvestigationswereamongthefirsttocallattentiontotheseriousconflictsofinterestthatinfected

theACS.More than thirty years ago, I reported that “approximately 70percentof theACS’smeagerresearch budget goes to support research that is carried on by institutions with which the board ofdirectors affiliate.”40 The truth is that, for over half a century, a collection of special interests hasfiguredprominentlyinthedecisionmakingthatgoesonattheACS.Devra Davis explains inThe Secret History of the War on Cancer how, throughout the 1940s, the

leadership at theACSwas infiltrated by a group of powerful corporate leaders. Among the businessmoguls that rose to positions of power in theACSwas ElmerBobst, theCEOof the pharmaceuticalcompanyWarnerChilcott.AlbertLasker,alsoinvolvedinthecorporatetakeover,wasapioneerinthefield ofmarketing. Itwas Laskerwho got thousands ofAmericanwomenhooked on cigarettes aftercrafting a slogan for theAmericanTobaccoCompany that declared, “Reach for a Lucky instead of asweet.”41 Corporate control of the ACS became further entrenched during the next few decades asindustrybaronssuchasW.B.Lewis,whoservedasthevicepresidentfortobaccocompanyLiggettandMyers,gainedinfluentialpositionswithintheorganization.Over the next couple of decades, the evidence linking smoking cigarettes and lung cancer was

increasingly incontestable,42 yet many worked to keep such information from reaching the public.Former ACS president Ashbel Williams openly admitted to the ACS board’s resistance to sharingevidence of the serious cancer risks posed by cigarettes.Williams commented during one interview,“Ourearlyeffortswerebottledup.…Weaccomplishednothing.ThereweretwoBoardmembers,onefromLouisville,Kentucky,whostymiedanyassertivestatementsbytheSociety.”43

In an ironic shift from the 1960s, the ACS has come to emphasize smoking and aging of thepopulationas theprincipal causesof cancerwhile largely ignoring the irrefutableandever-expandingbody of research associating the nation’s cancer epidemic with environmental and occupationalcarcinogens. Tomake sense of this institutional denial, onemust simply examine the organization’smorerecentcorporatealliances.TheACSreceivessizeabledonationsfromcorporationsthateithersellcarcinogenic products or stand to profit from the cancer epidemic itself. According to a report bySamuel Epstein in 2010, companies that have donatedmore than $100,000 to the ACS in previousyearsinclude:

•Petrochemicalcompanies(DuPont,BP,andPennzoil)•Industrialwastecompanies(BFIWasteSystems)•Junkfoodcompanies(Wendy’sInternational,McDonald’s,Unilever/BestFoods,andCoca-Cola)• Big Pharma (AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck & Company, and

Novartis)•Biotechcompanies(AmgenandGenentech)•Cosmeticcompanies(ChristianDior,Avon,Revlon,ElizabethArden,andEstéeLauder)

•Autocompanies(NissanandGeneralMotors)44

The influence held by special interests in dictatingACS’s policy is also evident upon reviewing theorganization’sboardoftrustees.Describedastheworld’swealthiestnonprofit45, theACSFoundationwas started in 1992 to solicit large contributions from wealthy donors. Those who have sat on thefoundation’s board have strong ties to various sectors of American Big Business. Former boardmembers includeAlanGevertzen, the former chairof theboardof contractinggiantBoeing; SumnerM.Redstone,mediatycoonandmajorityownerofCBSNewsandViacom;andGordonBinder,formerchairandCEOoftheworld’slargestindependentbiotechnologycompany,Amgen.46

Despite its nonprofit status, the ACS has amassed considerable wealth over the years throughdonations frombothpublicandprivate enterprises. In1988, apaltry26percentof the society’s$400million budget went toward medical research and programs, while the remaining funds were puttoward so-called “operating expenses”—60 percent of which were allotted for “generous salaries,pensions,executivebenefits,andoverhead.”47

DespitetheglaringconflictsofinterestandmisallocationofresourcesthatcontinuetocharacterizetheACStothisday,thefundsflowingintogrouphaveincreasedtremendouslysincethe1980s,exceeding$1.33billionin2009.48Thatsameyear,theCEOoftheAmericanCancerSociety,JohnSeffrin,earned$914,906,49andtwoformerACSofficialsweregivenevenmoregenerouspayouts:theformerNationalVicePresidentofDivisionalServices,WilliamBarram,andtheretiredDeputyCEO,DonaldThomas,earned$1,550,705and$1,407,719,respectively.50

QuestioningtheNationalCancerInstituteSince its inception in 1937, the National Cancer Institute has enjoyed generous support from theAmericantaxpayeryetunderitswatch,overallcancerrateshaveactuallyincreased.Itisimperativethatweexaminethereasonsbehindthisorganization’sfailuretoprotecttheAmericanpeople.AswiththeACS,itisundeniablethatmanyNCIpolicieshavebeenshapedbyspecialinterests.TheNCIhasahistoryofclosetieswithgroupsthatmanufactureorpromotecancer-causingproducts.

In 1971, at the beginning of Nixon’s War on Cancer, the President’s Cancer Panel was created tooverseetheNCIasthepresident’swatchdog.ThefirstchairofthePresident’sCancerPanelwasBennoC.Schmidt,partnerofthewealthyJockWhitneyinoneofthefirstventurecapitalfirms,J.H.Whitney&Co.,whichinvestedwidelyinchemicalandpharmaceuticalcompanies.Inadditiontohavingacozyrelationship with the oil, steel, and chemical industries, Schmidt served as the executive of apharmaceuticalcompanyandservedonmanycompanyboardsofdirectors.51Schmidtwasresponsiblefor firing NCI director Carl Baker and replacing him with Dr. Frank Rauscher, a virologist. Dr.RauscherwasNCIdirectorfrom1971to1976,thenmovedontobecometheSeniorVicePresidentoftheACS.HistenureattheACSendedin1988,whenhetookontheroleofexecutivedirectoroftheThermal Insulation Manufacturers Association, known for its endorsement of home decoratingproducts such as fiberglass, which contain carcinogens such as styrene and formaldehyde.52 WhenBenno Schmidt’s tenure ended as chair of the President’sCancer Panel hewas replaced byArmandHammer, thewealthy industrialistwhopresidedoveroneof thecountry’s largestchemicalcompaniesasthechairoftheOccidentalPetroleumCorporation.53Therecordreflectsthatunderthe leadershipof these men, the NCI prioritized the creation of ineffective, costly, and toxic cancer drugs whileneglectingtoemphasizetheimportanceofprevention.

Let’s takea lookata fewmoreconflictsof interestwithin theNCI thathaveproppedup thecancerindustryattheexpenseofAmericans’health.

•1992:FundedbyAmericantaxpayerdollars,theNCIsponsoredresearchbyBristol-MyersSquibbtodevelopwhatwouldbecomethebreastcancerchemotherapydrugTaxol.Bristol-MyersSquibbwouldgoontoearnbillionsoffTaxol,selling it toconsumersat$4.87permilligram,or twentytimes the cost of production.54A study published inTheNewEngland Journal ofMedicine in2007exposesthatTaxoliswhollyineffectiveintreatingthemostcommonformofbreastcancer,estrogen receptornegative.55This translates to around 20,000Americanwomenunnecessarilysufferingdebilitatingsideeffectsfromauselesschemotherapytreatmenteachyear.56

•1995:HaroldVarmus,theheadoftheNationalInstitutesofHealth(whocurrentlyservesasthedirectoroftheNCI),furtheropenedthedoorstopharmaceuticalindustryinfluencebygrantingNCIemployeesfreelicensetoconsultwiththecancerdrugindustry.57Varmusalsowouldlatergoontoreceiveacompensationpackageof$2.7million.Thisgeneroussalary,accordingto theCharity RatingGuide&WatchdogReport, was the “highest compensation of directors in over500majornonprofitorganizationsevermonitored.”58

•1997:AfterspendingmillionstosponsortheNCI’sandACS’sNationalBreastCancerAwarenessMonth, drug maker Zeneca was given an endorsement by the NCI for its breast cancerpreventiondrugtamoxifen,whileneglectingtoinformwomenthatitsusesignificantlyincreasesa woman’s chance of developing uterine cancer. In a four-page press release regarding breastcancer,theNCIlikewisefailedtodisclosetothepublicthesignificantassociationbetweencertainchemicals and breast cancer. Zeneca is owned by Imperial Chemical Industries—themaker ofseveralchemicalcarcinogens.59

•1998:FormerNCIDirectorSamuelBroderstatedinaninterviewwiththeWashingtonPostthat“theNCIhasbecomewhatamountstoagovernmentpharmaceuticalcompany.”60

• 2004: Nobel laureate and president of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Control Center, LelandHartwell, stated that the majority of the NCI’s $4.7 billion budget is put toward “promotingineffectivedrugs”forterminaldiseases.61

•2009:DoubtswerecastontheimpartialityandveracityofthematerialpublishedintheJournalofthe National Cancer Institute when researchers from the University of Michigan published areviewof conflictsof interest in clinical cancer research.The reviewuncovered that the studiespublished in this and other journals weremore likely to report higher patient survival rates iftherewereconflictsofinterestreported.62

• 2010:InalettersenttoNCIdirectorDr.HaroldVarmusU.S.SenatorChuckGrassleyinquiredabout the several trips made by “numerous NCI employees, notably senior leadership,” tointernational conferences that were bought and paid for by outside organizations orcompanies.63

ACancerIndustryInsiderSpeaksOutIn1974,ayoungsciencewriternamedRalphMossbeganworkingat theworld-renownedMemorialSloan-KetteringCancerCenter(MSKCC)inNewYork.Justafewyears later,atagethirty-four,Moss

waspromotedtothepositionofassistantdirectorofpublicaffairs.Aspartofhisjob,Mossdraftedpressreleases and reported to themedia on the latest developments in cancer research carried out at thehospital.While composing the in-hospital newsletter one month, Moss was drawn to the research of Dr.

Kanematsu Sugiura. In several experiments, Sugiurahad shown thatmice given anatural compoundknownasamygdalin(alsoknownas laetrile,orvitaminB17)experiencedaconsiderablereduction intumor size.64 Excited over the positive test results,Moss reportedDr. Sugiura’s success toMSKCC’sdirectorofpublicaffairsandotherseniorstaff.Inanarticle,Mossdescribedtheunexpectedresponseofhissuperiors:

They insisted that I stop working on this story immediately and never pick it up again.Why?They said thatDr. Sugiura’sworkwas invalid and totallymeaningless.But Ihad seen the resultswithmyown eyes!And I knewDr. Sugiurawas a true scientist and an ethical person.ThenmybossesgavemetheorderthatI’llneverforget:Theytoldmetolie.InsteadofthestoryIhadbeenplanning to write, they orderedme to write an article and press releases for all themajor newsstations emphatically stating that all amygdalin studieswere negative and that the substancewasworthlessforcancertreatment.Iprotestedandtriedtoreasonwiththem,butitfellondeafears.65

Dumbfoundedbythehospitalstaff’srejectionofapromisingnaturalcancertreatment,Mosssetoutto investigate why these individuals opposed releasing the study. He quickly discovered that theleadershipatMSKCChadclosetiestobusinessesthatstoodtolosemillionsifaneffective,inexpensive,andnontoxiccancer treatmentwerereadilyavailable.Moss foundthatahigh-rankingboardmemberatthehospitalwas,infact,thechairmanofpharmaceuticalcompanyBristol-MyersSquibb—atthetimetheworld’s largestmanufacturer of chemotherapydrugs.His investigation revealed that seven of theninepeopleservingonMSKCC’spowerfulInstitutionalPolicyCommitteehadconflictsofinterestwiththe pharmaceutical industry, and that even the hospital itself had made investments with BigPharma.66Mossbroughttolightthatmostofthememberssittingonthehospital’sboardofdirectorswere investors in petrochemicals and other industriesmanufacturing carcinogenic products. TobaccocompaniesPhilipMorrisandRJRNabiscowerealsorepresentedontheBoard.67

Taking a big risk,Moss stood at a press conference inNovember 1977 and explained to the publichowMSKCChadwithheld thepromising researchonamygdalinasa toolagainst cancer. Itwasonlyone day later that Moss was fired from his position at the hospital. Shortly after his departure, IarrangedforameetingatmyapartmentbetweenMossandjournalistSteveDunleavyoftheNewYorkPost.As a result of thismeeting,Moss’ story receivednational attentionwhen itwas covered on thefrontpageoftheNewYorkPost.Sincehisdeparturefromthecancerestablishment,Mosshasgoneontobeanoutspokenproponentofnumerousalternativecancertherapiesandhaswrittenseveralbooksexposingthepervasiveconflictsofinterestthatcharacterizethecancerindustry.DespitetheworkdonebyMossandotherstospotlightthisissue,ithasyettoreceivesufficientmedia

coverage.Meanwhile, the infiltration ofMSKCCby special interests has continued.The lateRichardGelb,whoservedasthevicechairmanoftheMSKCCboard,alsoworkedastheCEOofBristol-MyersSquibb.68ThepresidentandCEOofMSKCCfrom1980to1999,Dr.PaulMarks,workedasdirector-emeritusofPfizerandwasemployedasaconsultant toMerckandotherbio-pharmaceutical firms.69The currentpresidentofMSKCC,Dr.CraigB.Thompson, also sits on theboardofdirectors for the

pharmaceuticalcompanyMerck.70

In their servitude to special interests, our preeminent cancer research centers have poured theirresources into ineffective projects while refusing to accept or even examine proven strategies ofprevention and viable alternative treatments.While theworkofMSKCC, theACS, and theNCIhasyielded littleprogress, theseorganizationscontinuetoreapmassiveprofits fromtheAmericanpeople.We now take a deeper look into the issue of how our government fails tomeaningfully address theenormousissueofdailyexposuretocarcinogens.

TheUnregulatedPoisonsinOurMidstGiventheirstrongtiestobigbusiness,itislittlewonderthattheACSandNCIresistacknowledgingthedangerouscarcinogensinourmidstthat, ifmadepublic,couldthreatentheprofitabilityofthegroupsand their corporate affiliates Fortunately, not every one of our national cancer authorities is asbeholdentospecialinterests;theaforementionedPresident’sCancerPanelrecentlytookarefreshinglyhonest look at the link between environmental pollutants and cancer. The panel’s 2010 reportdiscussedournationalofficials’denialofsuchaconnectionandstressedtheneedforexpandedfederaloversight of cancer-causing chemicals used in themanufacturing of plastics,moisturizers, sunscreens,andevenfood.TheexpertssittingonthecommitteeurgedPresidentObamato“usethepowerofyourofficetoremovethecarcinogensandothertoxinsfromourfood,water,andairthatneedlesslyincreasehealth care costs, cripple our nation’s productivity, and devastate American lives.”71 The followingpagesdescribesomeofthesetoxins,withparticularfocusonthecausesandeffectsofourexposuretothem.

Bisphenol-A(BPA)Bisphenol-A, or BPA, is a plasticizer widely used tomanufacture food and drink can linings, plasticbottles, cash register and credit card receipts, cosmetics and personal care products, dental sealants,microwave oven dishes, medical devices, and more. While useful as a chemical that promotessmoothnessandeaseofflow,bisphenol-Aisanendocrinedisrupterthatimitatesestrogenandcanleadtodebilitatingorevenfatalhealthconditionsrelatedtoestrogenexcess.ThePresident’sCancerPanelnotedthat“morethan130studieshavelinkedBPAtobreastcancer,obesity,andotherdisorders.”72A2007 review of approximately 700 studies on BPA published in the journalReproductive Toxicologydeterminedthatchildreninuteroandinfantsareespeciallyvulnerabletothetoxichormonaleffectsofthissubstance.73

Theresponsebyregulatoryagencies to theevidenceofBPA’s toxicityhasbeenvirtuallynonexistent.InJanuary2010,theFDAquietlypublishedan“updateonBPA”whichalludedtothepotentialdangerofchildrenbeingexposedtothisubiquitouschemicalfoundinfoodpackagingandplasticbabybottles.Inreality,theagencyhastakennoregulatoryactiononthisissuethathassignificantconsequencesforthehealthandlivelihoodofmillionsofAmericans.74Inthespringof2012,afteryearsofpressuretheby food safety advocacy groups and a lawsuit brought against the FDA by the Natural ResourcesDefenseCouncil,theagencywasforcedtomakeadecisiononwhetherornottoinstituteabanontheplasticizer.Inanapparentefforttoavoidpresscoverage,theFDAchosetoannouncelateinthedayonFriday,March30,thattheywouldnottakeactiontoremoveBPAfromfoodpackaging.75

The BPA controversy has also touched the SusanG.Komen for theCure foundation,which is thenation’s foremost group whose statedmission is to fight breast cancer. The nonprofit recently cameunder fire for posting material on its website that denies a link between breast cancer and BPA.Bizarrely, the organization placed the claims while sponsoring research into the possibility of such alink.76 The foundation’s reluctance to admit such a correlation is far more explicable wheninvestigatingtheirmajordonorsfromtheprivatesector.ItturnsoutthatSusanG.KomenfortheCure

is financedbyseveralcorporationswhoseproductscontainBPA.77These sponsors include theCoca-ColaBottlingCompany,GeneralMills,andKochIndustries.78

FormaldehydeThe President’s Cancer Panel’s report also discussed the lack of federal oversight and regulation forformaldehyde,aknowncarcinogen.Formaldehyde iscommonly found inabroadrangeofconsumergoodsincludingclothing,mattresses,shampoos,nailpolishes,andlotions,andisaddedtoresinsusedinthemanufactureoftelephonesandothermoldedappliances.Formaldehydeispresentinalmostallhomes,asitisusedextensivelyinplywood,foaminsulation,carpeting,andotherdomesticmaterials.ItisestimatedthattwomillionAmericansareexposeddailytosignificantamountsofthissubstancewhileworking.79Despiteitsassociationwithnasal,breast,blood,andothercancers,theuseofformaldehydeisneitherregulatedbyourgovernmentnorrequiredtobedisclosedbymanufacturers.Itwasnotuntil2011 that the Department of Health and Human Services’ National Toxicology Program issued itsReportonCarcinogens,whichclassifiedformaldehydeasaknownhumancarcinogen.Incidentally,thereleaseof thedocumentwasdelayedforyearswhile lobbyists fromchemical tradegroupssuchas theAmericanChemistryCouncildisputedthesciencebehindthereport.80

FoodsthatKillIn1995,theCancerPreventionCoalitioncompiledalistofunlabeledandlabeledtoxinspresentintwofoodsregularlyconsumedbyAmericans:beef frankfurtersandwholemilk.While thenotoriousDDThasbeenphasedoutsincethattime,itisstillfoundinanimalproductsandhumantissues.Agrowinglistofstudieshasstrongly linkedfrankfurtersandmilkwithanarrayofailments includingcolorectal,prostate,andbreastcancers.81,82

Thelist:

BeefFrankfurters—(e.g.,OscarMayerFoodsCorporation)

UnlabeledToxicIngredients

BenzeneHexachloride:Carcinogenic.Dacthal:Carcinogenic(canbecontaminatedwithdioxin);irritant;strongsensitizer.Dieldrin:Carcinogenic;xenoestrogen.DDT:Carcinogenic;xenoestrogen.Heptachlor:Carcinogenic;neurotoxic;reproductivetoxin;xenoestrogen.Hexachlorobenzene:Carcinogenic;neurotoxic;teratogenic.Lindane:Carcinogenic;neurotoxic;damagetoblood-formingcells.Hormones:Carcinogenicandfeminizing.Antibiotics:Somearecarcinogenic,causeallergiesanddrugresistance.

LabeledIngredientNitrites:Interactwithmeataminestoformcarcinogenicnitrosamines,whichareamajorriskfactorforchildhoodcancers.

WholeMilk—(e.g.,BordenorLucerne)

UnlabeledToxicIngredients

DDT:Carcinogenic;xenoestrogen.Dieldrin:Carcinogenic;xenoestrogen.Heptachlor:Carcinogenic;neurotoxic;reproductivetoxin;xenoestrogen.Hexachlorobenzene:Carcinogenic;neurotoxic;reproductivetoxin.Antibiotics:Somearecarcinogenic,causeallergiesanddrugresistance.Recombinant BovineGrowthHormone (rBGH) and IGF-1: Risk factor for breast, colon, andprostatecancers.83

Thesefoodsarebynomeansexceptional.ThescientificliteratureindicatesthatconsumingstaplesoftheStandardAmericanDietincludingprocessedfoods,refinedsugar,productswithtransfats(partiallyhydrogenated oils), farmed fish, soft drinks, fried food products, andmany other foods, significantlyincreasestheriskofcertaincancers(seepartII).84

AreportreleasedbytheNationalCancerInstituteinMarch2011revealedthatchildhoodcancerratesshotup9.4percentbetween1992and2007.85Toaccountforthismarkedincrease,somepointtotheincreaseduseof toxic foodadditivesandpreservatives in recentyears.The resultsof studiesdonebyresearchers at the United Kingdom’s University of Southampton and the Center for Science in thePublic Interest (CSPI) implicate common food additives and preservatives as entirely avoidablecarcinogens.TheCSPI’sanalysisfoundthatseveraldyes,includingthethreemostpopularlyusedfooddyes(Yellow5,Yellow6,andRed40),werecontaminatedwithknowncarcinogens.86Thesedyesarecommonly added bymajor food producers to their products for purely aesthetic purposes. The dyeshavenonutritionalvalueyetcanbefoundeverywherefromPillsburyCrescentRollstoKraftBarbecueSauce,Doritos,Entenmannpastries,andabroadassortmentofcandies.

DangerIsMorethanSkinDeepMuch like the hazardous chemicals that contaminate our food supply, a wide range of dangerouscompoundscanbefoundinthemajorityofourcosmeticandpersonalcareproducts.Despitethefactthat themajority of these products contain cancer-promoting poisons, virtually every one of them isunregulated by the FDA. There are no safety reviews carried out for cosmetic and personal careproductsbeforetheyhittheshelves,andcompaniesarenotrequiredtodivulgeanyinformationaboutadverseeventsthatmayhaveoccurredduringinternaltrials.InaMarch2011articlepublishedinthejournalAmericanNurseToday, Kate Bracy,MS, RN,NP, explains the FDA’s inaction regarding thisissue:

“TheEuropeanUnion(EU)bannedcertainphthalatesknowntocausereproductivedefectsaftera2002studyfoundphthalatesin80percentoftheproductstested.TheEUhasnowbannedmorethan1,000chemicalsfrompersonal-careproducts.Bycomparison,theFDAhasbannedonly10.…Thechemicalindustryhasstrenuouslyresistedtheseeffortsbylobbyingandfilinglawsuitsinstatesthatattempttopassprotectivebills.”87

Inthegraphbelow,Bracyspotlightscertaindangerspresentineverydaypersonalcareproducts.

Toxinsinpersonal-careproductsThis chart provides a partial list of toxins thatmay be found in some personal-care products, alongwiththeirpossibleeffects.

Ingredient Possibletoxiceffects Whereit’sfound

Aciylamide •Cancer•Conditioners•Moisturizers•Skinmasks

Butylatedhydroxyanisole(BHA),butylatedhydroxytoluene(BHT)

•Cancer•Endocrinedisruptions

•Conditioners•Blush•Eyelinersandeyeshadows•Eyebrowpencils•Facepowders,foundations•Lipsticks•Moisturizers

Dibutylphthalate•Birthdefects•Fertilityproblems•Endocrinedisruptions

•Fragrances•Nailpolish

Diethanolamine(DEA),triethanolamine(TEA)

•Cancer•Skinirritation •Manypersonal-careproducts

Formaldehyde •Cancer •Nailpolish

Leadacetate• Reproductive or developmental

toxicity•Possiblecarcinogeniceffects

•Facialcleansers•Haircolorandbleach•Lipstick

Mercury(thimerosol,indicatedbyingredientsstartingwith“mercur-”)

• Reproductive or developmentaltoxicity

•Possiblecarcinogeniceffects

•Artificialtears•Eyedrops•Mascara•Painorwoundtreatments

Parabens(methylparaben,butylparaben,propylparaben)

•Allergies•Endocrinedisruptions

•Used as a preservative inmanypersonal-careproducts

•Babypowders

Talc • Cancer if inhaled or used ingenitalarea

•Bathpowders•Deodorant• Solid makeup (blush, eye

makeup)

Toluene • Reproductive or developmentaldefects •Nailpolish

While the dangers associated with several cosmetic ingredients have been firmly established byscience, a shocking 89 percent of all ingredients in personal care products have gone untested.88

Laughably,themanufacturersoftheseproductsareresponsibleforpolicingtheirowngoods.89

In 2010, the David Suzuki Foundation published a list of the “dirty dozen” chemicals added tocosmetics that damage the health of consumers. The chemicals listed that have been associatedwithincreasedcancerriskincludethefollowing:

•BHA(butylatedhydroxyanisole)andBHT(butylatedhydroxytoluene):Usedasapreservativein lipsticks,moisturizers,andotherproducts.Alsousedaspreservative in foodssuchascereals,butter,meats,andbeer.

• Coaltardyes:P-phenylenediamineandcolorslistedas“CI”followedbyafive-digitnumberorBlue1:Aubiquitousingredientincosmeticproducts,drugs,andfoods.

• DEA,cocamideDEA,andlauramideDEA:Usedwidely in soaps, shampoos, and cleansers tomakethemfoamyoradjustpHlevels.

• Paraben,methylparaben,butylparaben,andpropylparaben:Preservativespresent in75 to90percentofcosmetics.90

ThescholarlyresearchoftheDavidSuzukiFoundationalsoprovesthatthosepersonalcareproductsthat purport to be “natural” and nontoxic are often anything but. Discussing the incidence ofcontaminationby1,4dioxane—achemicalthatsomestudieshavelinkedwithcancer—thepublicationtellsus that“ina studyofpersonalcareproductsmarketedas ‘natural’or ‘organic’ (uncertified),U.S.researchersfound1,4dioxaneasacontaminantin46of100productsanalyzed.”91

While the flagrant lack of regulation of these chemicals may be confounding at first glance, thesituation becomes much more understandable as we examine the collusive union between thecorporations manufacturing these unsafe ingredients and the agency to which they should beanswering—theFDA.

TheFDA:(Not)RegulatingforSpecialInterestsAs one of the country’s chief regulatory agencies, theU.S. Food andDrugAdministration (FDA) ischargedwithensuringthesafetyofourfood,personalcareproducts,andmedicaldevices.Butfromitsinception,theFDA’strackrecordonhealthandsafetyhasbeennothingshortofdismal.Fromallowinglethal drugs to be marketed and sold, to wasting tax dollars shutting down small businesses sellingnaturalproductssuchasrawmilkandelderberrywine,theFDAdisplaysthehallmarksofanenforcerforpowerfulcorporate interests.A look intorecentheadlinesprovidesmorethanenoughevidencetosupportthisclaim.

PoisonPoultry?OKwiththeFDAInthesummerof2011,anFDA-commissionedstudywasreleasedshowingthatan ingredientaddedto chicken feed known as Roxarsone was contaminated with the potent carcinogen arsenic.92 Theresults of the study forced the FDA to finally admit that cancer-promoting chemicals are present inanimalfeed.Foryearsbeforethisrevelation,theFDAhadmadetheerroneousclaimthatanyarsenicinthedietofchickenswasexcretedthroughfeces.93Inreality,variouslevelsofthisharmfulchemicalappeared in the chicken meat sold in supermarkets across the United States and was consumed bymany thousands of people.Thenewsdidn’t come as a shock tomanypublic health safety advocateswhohadlongquestioneduseofRoxarsone–Marylandstatelegislatorswhoworriedthatarsenicaddedto animal feed couldmake itsway into theChesapeakeBayhad even acted to ban the substance.94Theformofarsenic foundinthe feedwas inorganicandevenmorenoxious thannaturallyoccurringorganicarsenic.The FDA never mandated the ingredients maker, Alpharma, to suspend sales of the carcinogenic

feed,althoughthecompanyoptedvoluntarilytodoso.95TheFDAevengaveAlpharmathirtydaystoenact thesuspension,assuringthepublic that“maintainingsales for thisperiodwillnotposearisktohuman health”96 And despite its admission of carcinogenic chicken meat after years of denial, theagency quickly issued a statement fromMichael Taylor, the FDA’s deputy commissioner for foods,attempting to deflect public disquiet by saying that the research raised “concerns of a very low butcompletelyavoidableexposuretoacarcinogen.”97

As ithappens,Taylor is far from trustworthyon issuesofpublichealth.Hisprofessionalhistory is aperfect example of the FDA’s dangerous subservience to the whims of powerful corporations. Afterspendingsevenyearslobbyingonbehalfofgeneticallymodified(GMO)foodpioneerMonsanto,Taylorbecameapolicychiefat theFDA,wherehespearheaded theeffort to legalizeMonsanto’sgeneticallyengineeredrecombinantbovinegrowthhormone(rBGH)inspiteofevidenceof itsdeleterioushealtheffects.98

Furthermore, Alpharma is a subsidiary to drug giant Pfizer—a large client of the FDA that paysmillions of dollars to the agency to review its pharmaceuticals.99 Similar to the personnel at otherpharmaceuticalfirmsandcorporations,PfizerretireesoftengoontoworkattheFDAasconsultantsoradministrators,andviceversa.100Thisrevolving-doorscenarioensuresthattheinterestsofBigPharmaarewellrepresentedinanagencythatclaimstobeanimpartialarbiterofAmericanhealthandsafety.Itshouldbepointedoutthatarsenic-baseddrugsarestillusedtodayinthefeedofturkeysandpigs,

andweareonlybeginningtoseetheirfulleffects.Ithasmadenationalnewsrecentlythatmostofourdomestic rice supply is now contaminated with arsenic because of its presence in the animal foodindustry.Officialsarenowstrugglingtoclaimthatarsenicoccursnaturallyinricedespitethefactthatrice has been arsenic-free for thousands of years.This problemhas led pediatricians towarnparentsagainstfeedingtheirinfantsricecerealorricemilk,whileSouthKoreahassuspendeditspurchasesofricefromtheUnitedStates.TheFDA’s currentCodeofFederalRegulationsprovidesguidelines forNitarsone, apharmaceutical

fed to turkeys that contains arsenic.According to the regulations, turkeys thatdon’thavea sufficientwatersupplywhileconsuming the feedmayexperience legweaknessorparalysis.101The regulationsalso advise turkey farmers to “discontinue use five days before slaughtering animals for human

consumption to allow eliminationof thedrug fromedible tissues.”102While theFDAconsiders thisquestionable animal feed entirely acceptable for turkeys bred for human consumption, the agencyexplicitly states that “the drug is dangerous for ducks, geese, and dogs.”103 Given the FDA’s trackrecordinthisarena,itisreasonabletoquestionNitarsone’spotentialthreattopublichealth.

SeafoodthatSickensThe catastrophic offshore oil spill of 2010 poured nearly five million barrels of oil into the Gulf ofMexico. Among the far-reaching consequences of this environmental disaster were the widespreaddestructionofmarinelifeandthecontaminationofmajorUnitedStatesfisheriesbychemicaltoxicants.Health safety advocates raised their concerns that seafood coming from theGulfmight contain highlevels of cancer-causing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) resulting from the oil plume. Inresponseto theseworries, theFDAformulatedasetofguidelinesknownas levelsofconcern(LOCs)forPAHsinseafoodproducedbythesefisheries.InastudypublishedinthejournalEnvironmentalHealthPerspectives titled“SeafoodContamination

after the BP Gulf Oil Spill and Risks to Vulnerable Populations: A Critique of the FDA RiskAssessment,” a research team at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) set out with theobjectiveofevaluatingthe“degreetowhichtheFDA’sriskcriteriaadequatelyprotectvulnerableGulfCoastpopulations fromcancer riskassociatedwithPAHs in seafood.”104The vulnerablepopulationsexaminedinthestudyincludedpregnantwomen,childreninutero,andpeoplewhoconsumeabove-averageamountsofseafood.Inadditiontotheirscientificanalysis, theresearchteam—whichwas ledby Miriam Rotkin-Ellman—pored over internal FDA documents obtained through the Freedom ofInformationAct(FOIA).The study found that the agency’s shoddy risk assessment of PAHs exposed Americans to seafood

contaminatedwithlevelsofcarcinogensbetween100and10,000timeswhatisrecognizedassafe.105Theauthorsdeterminedthat2outofevery100pregnantwomenwhoconsumedquantitiesofshellfishdeemedacceptablebytheFDAwouldgivebirthtochildrenwhowereatasignificantriskofdevelopingcancer.106While probing internal agency documents, the team uncovered email messages in whichemployees at the FDA and EPA expressed doubts over the standards set forth in the agency’s riskassessment criteria. The NRDC team also found unreleased assessments of the contamination. SuchrevelationsarecompellingevidenceofwidespreadanddeliberatedeceitregardingGulfseafood’slethaltoxicity.FDApersonnel publicly rejected theNRDC study as too conservative, but provided no evidence to

supporttheirclaim.InaninterviewwithAlternet,Rotkin-EllmancounteredtheFDA’scriticism,sayingthatsuchbaselessdeclarationsbeg“thequestionofwhetherornot itwasapoliticalversusascientificdecision.”107

Inpointoffact,Rotkin-Ellman’sassertioniswellfounded;theFDAislobbiedeveryyearbyhundredsofspecialinterestslookingtoswayfederalpolicy.GiventheFDA’sdangerouslackofregulationinthecaseGulfseafood, itshouldcomeasnosurprisethattheagencywaslobbiedin2010byorganizationswith a huge stake in seafood sales. These organizations include theCatfish Farmers ofAmerica, theSouthern Shrimp Alliance, and the National Fisheries Institute, which represents the entireindustry.108 The American Chemistry Council—the same organization that fought to prevent the

government’s acknowledgment of carcinogens in health care products—was one of the top groups tolobbytheFDAthatsameyear.These facts elucidateonecriticalpoint:TheFDAwould ratherappease thepurveyorsof toxic foods

and other products than institute measures that could prevent millions of Americans from beingexposedtodeadlycarcinogens.Weseeagainhowtheextensivecontrolofspecialinterestshasputusata greater risk of developing cancer and other conditions. The next section of this bookwill uncoverdeeperfraudanddeceptionasweprobethedisturbingpoliticsofcancercare.

Mainstream Prevention and Detection—MoreHarmthanGood?

ReevaluatingtheConventionalApproachNotonlydoesmodernmedicineirresponsiblyemphasizecancertreatmentoverpreventionbutmanyofthepreventionmethodspushedonpatientsbythemedical-industrialcomplexarehighlyquestionable.It turns out that some of the most popular techniques in use today are often unsuccessful anddangerous. While the inadequacies of conventional preventive medicine result in undue harm tomillions of patients, there are several parties that profit tremendously. These include biotechnology,pharmaceutical,andinsurancefirmsaswellashospitalsandclinicallaboratories.

MammographyMendacityWehaveahealthcaresystemintheUnitedStatesthatemphasizesearlydiagnosisandtreatment.Onface value this seems like a logical and prudent approach. However, testing healthy individuals formicroscopicsignsofillnessplacesastrainontime,money,andresources,whiletheteststhemselvescanbeinvasive,harmful,andevenfatal.Thereisperhapsnobetterexampleofthisthanthe$5billion109Americanwomen spend annually onmammograms. Lauded as a tool that saves lives,mammogramshavebecomemorecontroversialinrecentyearsasahostofcriticsandconsumershavebeguntotakeadeeper look into the science behind this popular test. A mammogram is an expensive exam thatrequiresaslewofhealthcareprofessionals:askilledtechniciantodotheprocedure,oneortwoboard-certified radiologists to interpret the results, and a primary care physician to discuss the results. Asuspicious findingusuallyrequiresa repeatmammogram,possiblya surgeon,a surgerysuite,anurse,ananesthesiologist todoabiopsy,apathologist to interpret thoseresults,andareturntotheprimarycarephysician.Howmanythousandsofdollarsdoesthisadduptosofar?Andhowmuchstressandanxietydoes itcreate for thewomanwhoworriesabout theoutcome?Studiesshowthatwomenmayexperienceseverepsychologicaldistressforuptoayearormoreasaresultofabreastcancerscare.110

Nowhere in this scenario arewomenwarned about thedangers ofmammograms.Despite races forthe cure and other relentless paid advocacy programs compelling women to undergo this painfulprocedure,mammograms are still a crude and inaccurate diagnostic test for breast cancer. There arelargenumbersofboth falsepositivesand falsenegatives,meaning thatwomenwillbe told theyhavecancer when they don’t, and told they don’t have cancer when they do. A large Swedish studyconcludedthatanincredible70to80percentofallwomenwithapositivemammographicdiagnosisofcancerwere found not to have cancer on biopsy.111Over the course of the next decade, Americanwomen are expected to spend asmuch as $70 billion on unnecessary surgeries stemming from falsepositivemammogramresults.112

Itisestimatedthatfor2,000womenwhoreceivemammogramsregularlyoveraten-yearperiod,onelifewillbesaved,buttenmorewillundergoneedlessandharmfultreatmentforcancerthattheydon’thave—includingchemotherapy,radiation, and evenbreast removal.113Conversely, a supposed cleanbill of health from a normalmammogram result is not something that should cause any woman tobreatheasighofrelief.Manywomenhaveanegativemammogramonlytodiscoverasuspiciouslump

ontheirownafewweeksormonthslater.Itisestimatedthatafull40percentofwomenbetweenagesfortyandforty-ninewillhavebreastcancerthatgoesundetectedbymammography.Farworse than the fact thatmammogramsdonotprovide reliable results is thedangerous levels of

ionizingradiationemittedbythediagnosticdeviceitself.AccordingtoDr.SamuelEpstein,theamountofradiationfromamammogramis200timesthatfromachestX-ray.Meanwhile,researchpresentedat theRadiological SocietyofNorthAmerica’s 95thScientificAssembly andAnnualMeeting in2009incriminated low-dose radiation as a key factor in the development of breast cancer. The researchdemonstrated that women were 2.5 timesmore likely to develop breast cancer if they had receivedeitheramammogramorchestX-raybeforetheageoftwenty.The cancer industry tellsus thatmorewomenhavebreast cancer than everbefore, but the survival

rate has increased because of mammograms and early treatment. We are not made aware that asignificantpercentageof the increase inbreastcancer isduetomammogramsfindingcancerthat isn’tthere,whichpossibly explains the improved cure rate.Nor arewemade aware that thedefinitionofbreast cancer has changed significantly since the advent of mammograms. A frequently overlookedstatistic shows that the rate of one type of breast cancer, ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), hasskyrocketed by 328 percent since mammograms were first introduced in the 1970s.114 DCIS is aconditionthatcanonlybefoundbymammography,becausetheselesionsaretoosmalltobepickedupby physical examination. DCIS is currently the most common diagnosis resulting from breast tissuebiopsy,butisDCISevenbreastcanceratall?Ductalcarcinomainsituisactuallyaprecursorlesion forbreast cancer.Rather thancancer itself, aprecursor lesion is a collectionof cells that couldgrow intobreast cancer, but alsomightnot—we simply cannotknowandhavenoway topredict theoutcome.DCIShasbeencalledtheposterchildforuncertainty,asitremainsunclearwhethertheconditionposesaseriousthreattowomen’shealth.StudiesofDCISthatweremissedatbiopsysuggestthatthelifetimeriskofprogressiontocancerifuntreatedisverylow.115

Themammographyindustryisverypowerfulandhasworkedsuccessfullytopreventothermeansofbreast cancer identification from being developed. In fact, studies show that thermography, anincreasingly popular test that is noninvasive and does not emit radiation, may be more effective atidentifying breast cancer than conventional mammography. While a mammogram begins to detectcancerclumpsofaboutfourbillioncells,thermographicimagingmaybefarmoresensitive,pickingupabnormal growth as small as 256 cells.116 However, we must keep in mind that so-called “earlydetection”isadangerouslymisleadingtermbecausefindingcellsthatareavariationfromnormalisnotthesamethingasidentifyingcancer.Therearemanyabnormalcellsthatneverprogresstomalignancy,and we truly cannot tell the difference in most cases. Thermograms, like mammograms, hold thepotential for disease mongering by finding abnormal cells that will not develop into cancer, thusbringingwomenintoadestructivetreatmentregimenforwhichtheyhavenoneed.There is an enormous conflict of interest between our cancer authorities and the promoters of

mammography—no fewer than five American Cancer Society presidents have been radiologistsspecializinginmammography.Inlightofsuchindustryinfluence,itshouldcomeasnosurprisethattheACShas consistently adopted policies favorable to the companies thatmakemammogrammachines,suchasDuPont, Siemens, andGeneralElectric.DuPont, in fact,was amajor sponsor for thegroup’sACSBreastHealthAwarenessProgram,aninitiativethatencouragedwomentoreceivemammographyscreeningswhilefailingtopublicizethescientificallyestablishedmethodsofpreventionthatwouldhelpthem avoid the disease altogether.117Another disturbing conflict of interest lies in the fact that the

ACSactuallycontractswiththemammographyindustrytoconductcancerresearch,118whichcallsintoquestiontheimpartialityofsuchresearch.A seriesofwell-fundedcampaignshavepromptedwomen toundergo regularmammograms,which

arepromotedas safe, responsible, andnecessary.Butas theCochraneReviewhasconcluded in theirmeta-analyses from both 2001 and 2011, the currently available reliable evidence does not show asurvival benefit ofmass screening forbreast cancer.ACanadian studypublished inTheLancetwentfurther, stating that “since the benefit achieved ismarginal, the harm caused is substantial, and thecosts incurred are enormous, we suggest that public funding for breast cancer screening in any agegroup is not justifiable.” Despite all this, the NCI continues to recommend that all women shouldsubmit to mammograms every two years beginning at age forty. Our current promotion of “breastcancerawareness” leading towidespreadmammography is simplydrawingmorehealthywomen intothepatientpoolratherthansavinglives.Womenwouldbebetterservedbylearningwhattheycandotoimprovetheirchancesofneverdevelopingbreastcancer.Thisincludeseatingahealthy,plant-baseddiet free from processed foods and animal products, exercising, losing weight, and avoidingenvironmentaltoxinsthatareknowntocausebreastcancer.

TheTroublewithBiopsiesMostofusnevergiveasecondthoughttobiopsies.Weconsiderthemroutineandharmlesswhen, infact,biopsieshavebeenshowntoposeconsiderablerisktopatients.Forexample,studiesbyresearchersinNorthAmerica,Europe,andAsiaindicatethattheriskfordevelopingseriousinfectionfromprostatecancer biopsies could run as high as 5 percent.119 Because the prostate gland is buried amidst theintestines,theultrasound-guidedneedleusedintheprocedurehasthepotentialtotransportantibiotic-resistant bacteria from the bowel into the prostate, bladder, or bloodstream. One Canadian studyconcludedthatoutof10,000mengivenaprostatebiopsy,9diedwithinamonthfrominfections.120Another studypublished in the Journal ofUrology last year indicated that 7 percent of allmen agedsixty-fiveandolderarehospitalizedwithinthirtydaysofhavingaprostatebiopsy.Incontrast,meninthe same age bracketwho have not been given a prostate examwere half as likely to end up in thehospital.121 These statistics are especially alarming given the popularity of this test, which isadministered to more than one million American men each year. More disconcerting is thatmainstreamphysiciansarerequiredtoadministerabiopsytomakeanofficialdiagnosisofcancer.Infectionisnottheonlyriskattachedtoneedlebiopsies.Evenmoreconcerningisthefactthatsticking

aneedleintoatumorcancauseseedingofcancerthroughtheentiretrajectoryoftheneedle,spreadingit fartherandmorequickly than if leftuntouched.Astudydonebya teamof researchers fromJohnWayneCancerInstituteinCaliforniashowedthat,forpatientswithcancer,abiopsydonewithafine-orlarge-gaugeneedlemayactuallyincreasethespreadoftumorgrowthbyupto50percentcomparedto the rate of metastasis for patients who are given more traditional excisional biopsies, orlumpectomies.Otherevidencenowsuggeststhatmenreceivingprostateexamsarejustaslikelytodiefromprostate cancer as thosewhodonot submit to exams.A studypublished In2011 in theBritishMedicalJournalthatanalyzedtheprostatecancermortalityrateof1,494menoverthecourseoftwentyyears, found that the “rate of death from prostate cancer did not differ significantly” between thosemenwhowere screenedand those in thecontrolgroup.122This report cameon theheelsof a2009investigationpublished inTheNewEngland JournalofMedicine inwhich researchersdiscovered that

only one out of every 1,400 men given prostate screenings would have their life saved by earlydetection.123Moreover,thestudy’sauthorsnotedthatoutofthepoolof1,400,nearly50ofthemenwouldendupbeingtreatedforcancerunnecessarily.124

Theresultsofarecentstudyonthegeneticsofmalignanttumorshaspromptedmanyinmainstreammedicine to question the usefulness of biopsies in the fight against cancer. Published in The NewEngland Journal ofMedicine in 2012, the study concludedwhat alternative health practitioners havelongknown—thatgeneticmutationscanvarygreatlythroughoutacancerousgrowth.125Thefindingsrevealthatbiopsies,whichprobeonlyasmallpartoftheoverallmass,arenotalwaysindicativeoftheoverallgeneticactivity.Alarmingly,manydoctors formulate treatmentplansandselectdrugsfor theirpatientsbasedonasinglebiopsy.

ColonoscopiesReconsideredOnceconsideredafoolproofscreeningtoolforpotentialcoloncancer,colonoscopyhasshownitself tobeapossiblydangerousandunnecessaryprocedure.Routinecolonoscopyisoftenrecommendedonceeverytenyearsstartingatagefifty,withthepurposeoffindingpolypsinthecolonbeforetheybecomecancerous.126However, the polyps removed via colonoscopy aremostly adenomatous127—meaningslightlyabnormal,butnotcancerous—withnocertaintyofeverdevelopingintocancer.128

Meanwhile, the colonoscopy procedure can be hazardous. A semi-flexible colonoscope must travelthrough six feetof convolutedbowel loops,129making four right-angle turns along theway.130Theprocedure is not always problem-free, with serious complications occurring in 5 per 1,000 U.S.cases.131

Serious risks associatedwith colonoscopy include internalbleeding, complications fromsedatives132

andperforationoftheintestinewhichcanleadtodisabilityordeath.133Additionally,excessivestressandpermanentdamagetothekidneyscanoccurasaresultofimproperhydrationduringthethreedaybowelcleansingregimenpriortotheprocedure.134

The risks involved with colonoscopy have led the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force to adviseagainstregularcolonoscopiesforpeopleagesseventy-sixtoeighty-five,sayingthattheprocedure’srisksoutweighitsbenefitsforindividualsovereighty-five.135ResearchersatYaleUniversityMedicalSchooldeterminedthatcoloncancertestsoncertainpopulationsofillpatientsmayoftendomoreharmthangood.136

Despitetheseobservations,costlyoveruseofcoloncancerscreeningsiswidespreadamongstMedicarepatients.Whilethe$2,000operationisrecommendedeverytenyears,astudypublishedinArchivesofInternalMedicinerevealedthatnearlyhalfoftheMedicarepatientsreviewedhadundergonearepeatexam less than seven years after receivingnormal results.137Research suggests that hospitals, healthcarepractitioners,andbiotechfirmsmakeuntoldmillionseachyearwhilefoistingunnecessaryriskonseniors.

Conventional Treatments: Big Money, SmallResults

TheProcritModelRecentrevelationsregardingProcrit,apopularanti-anemiadrugmanufacturedbyJohnson&JohnsonsubsidiaryOrthoBiotech,bring thedepravedmachinationsof thecancer industry intoclear focus. Inher2011bookBloodFeud:TheManWhoBlewtheWhistleonOneoftheDeadliestPrescriptionDrugsEver,KathleenSharpunearthsthedetailsofacampaignbyJohnson&Johnsondrugrepresentativestoencourage prominent oncologists to prescribe more and more Procrit to their cancer patients withanemia. Sharp recounts one instance inwhichDeanMcClellan, oneof the company’s foremost drugreps, “wined anddined” cancerdoctors and theirwives over the course of aweekend in a high-endCaliforniahotel.InBloodFeud,McClellanrecallsthatthegoalofthemeetingwastoconvincedoctorstoincreasetheirprescriptionsofProcrittotheirpatientsfrom30,000unitsto40,000unitsperweek.138Twothings,however,stoodinthewayofhisobjective:TheFDAhadapprovedamaximumof30,000unitsforthemedication,andfederalregulationsprohibitedpharmaceuticalfirmstoadvertiseanythingbeyond the approved dosage.Nevertheless,McClellan had a plan up his sleeve. Sharp explainswhathappenednext:

So,McClellan,astarrepandmedicalconsigliere,leda“discussion”abouthigh-doseexperiments.Taking his cue, one physician explained how he routinely injected patients with 40,000 units ofProcrit.Another oncologist pumpedhis peoplewith 10,000 units for ten consecutive days—tripletheapprovedamount.“Thatseemsalittleextreme,”saidMcClellan,frowning.

“Ohno,”thedoctorsaid.“Ihaven’tseenanysideeffectssofar.”

Afewmonthslater,Procritsaleshitthe$1billionmark,beatingAmgenbyahair.Theresorttriphad certainly helped. But it was just one part of an expansive, long-running off-labelmarketingcampaign, according to salesdocuments. Slowlybut surely, oncologists around the countrybeganadministering so many high Procrit doses that, in time, the off-label therapy became the“communitystandard.”139

While Johnson & Johnson’s devious marketing scheme is outrageous in and of itself, even moretroubling is the fact thatProcrithasbeenshownforyears tobeadangerousmedicationwhich,whileabletocorrectanemia,hastheunfortunatetendencytocausesuddendeath.140Confrontedwithproofof its extreme toxicity, in June2011 theFDAurgedphysicians toconsiderprescribingProcritonly tothose individualswith severeanemia.141Federal regulatorsnoted that theuseofProcrit, alongwithotheranti-anemiadrugsEpogenandAranesp,hasbeenlinkedtoanincreasedriskofheartattackandstroke and may even promote the spread of cancer.142 The author of one of these studies, Dr.AnthonyReimanoftheUniversityofAlberta,Canada,statedinaninterviewthat“theuseofdrugstoencourage red blood cell formation in cancer patients with anemia increases the risk of death andseriousadverseeventssuchasbloodclots.”Reimanadded,“Atbest,thesedrugsdon’tseemtoimprove

longevity.”143

The controversy over Procrit provides us with an excellent example of how the medical mafiapromotesineffectivecancertreatmentsjusttoturnaprofitwhiledisregardingthenegativesideeffects.The extent of the death and damage caused by this toxicmedicationwill never be known, but onething is for certain:American taxpayers have spentmore than $60 billion on this drug forMedicarepatients alone since ithit themarket in1989.144 In thisnext section,wewill see that thedeceptionperpetratedbythemedical-industrialcomplexgoesmuchdeeperthanjustonemedication.Thecommonapproachtocancerutilizesthreemaintherapies:chemotherapy,radiation,andsurgery.

A deeper look into each of these approaches reveals them to be potentially harmful and largelyineffectiveinthelongterm.Whydoesthemedicalestablishmentpromotethesetreatmentsregardlessoftheirpoortrackrecordonsafetyandefficacy?Fortheanswer,wesimplyhavetofollowthemoneytrail. Today, the average total cost of medical care for cancer patients, from diagnosis to death, is$350,000.145 In some cases the cost can exceed $1million.146There is no doubt that cancer is BigBusiness,andourcostlyoverrelianceoncurrenttreatmentmethodsistheresultofacoterieofspecialinterestsconspiringtocapitalizeonhumansuffering.

ChemotherapyTheterm“chemotherapy”refers tocancer treatment thatusesstrongdrugs to inhibitcellgrowthanddivision.Thesedrugsmaybeadministeredorallyorintravenously,usuallyaspartofacyclicalregimen.AccordingtotheAmericanCancerSociety,chemotherapydrugsmaybeusedto

•Keepthecancerfromspreading•Slowthecancer’sgrowth•Killcancercellsthatmayhavespreadtootherpartsofthebody•Relievesymptomssuchaspainorblockagescausedbycancer

•Curecancer147

While chemotherapy manages to kill some cancer cells, a large body of research shows that themajority of patients undergoing this treatmentwill benefit only slightly, if at all.Chemotherapydoesnotkill allof thecancercells inaperson’sbody,nordoes itpreventeventual regrowthof thesecells.Moreover, the side effects of chemotherapy are often devastating and can actually promote cancergrowth,includingthenewgrowthofacompletelydifferenttypeofcancer.Byallindications,itistimetocarryoutacriticalreassessmentofthispopulartherapy.Chemotherapycame intoexistence in themid-20thcenturywhenDr.CorneliusP.Rhoadsexplored

the potential therapeutic use ofmustard gas used duringWWI in curbing cancer. Rhoads based hisstudies on the observations of Dr. Louis Goodman and Dr. Alfred Gilman, whose researchdemonstrated that thebloodof soldiers exposed tonitrogenmustardduringwarfarehad abnormallylowlevelsofwhitebloodcells.Becausethegaswasobservedtoretardthedivisionofsomaticcells,theresearcherspostulatedthatthistoxicsprayusedinwarfarecouldalsobeusedtoslowthemultiplicationof cancer cells.Chemotherapeutic treatmentwas standardized in the1950sandhasbeena fixture inthemainstreamtreatmentofcancereversince.Rhoads,whowouldlaterbecomeheadoftheMemorialSloan-KetteringCancerCenter,wasoneofchemotherapy’sforemostproponents.InhisbookQuestioningChemotherapy,Dr.RalphMossstatesthatonly2to4percentofallformsof

cancer are effectively treatedby chemotherapy.148Mosswrites that in the other 96 to 98percent ofcancers,chemotherapyfails toeradicate thediseasecompletely.149A2004studyby researchers fromtheDepartmentofRadiationOncologyattheNorthernSydneyCancerCentreinAustraliadiscoveredthatchemotherapytreatmentcontributedtothefive-yearsurvivalofamere2.1percentofallpatientsintheUnitedStates.150Oneof themajorreasonsthatchemotherapyfails toeliminatetumors is thatcancer cells have theunique ability toquickly adapt in a toxic environment inorder to survive.As aresult,cancercellscanmutateandbecomeresistanttochemotherapydrugsthattargetaspecifictypeofcancercell.Despitethedocumentedineffectivenessofchemotherapy,thevastmajorityofpatientsarenotawareofthisfact.Doctorsrarelysharethisinformationwithpatients,andstatisticsrepresentingthesuccess of chemotherapy are routinely manipulated by the medical establishment to give theappearancethatitworkswell.151

Chemotherapy causes a host of acute and sometimes lethal side effects. The treatment not onlyeliminates cancer cells but also kills healthy, normal cells. Such cytotoxicity leads to conditionsincludingnausea,hair loss,anemia,permanentdamageto thebrain,heart,and liver,anddeath.Theimmunosuppressive effects of this treatment are significant and leave the body weakened andmorevulnerable to infection and scores of other illnesses. In 2008, the United Kingdom’s NationalConfidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) reported that the use ofchemotherapycausedpotentially lethal sideeffects in fouroutof tenpatientswhoreceived thedrugstowardtheendoflife.152Inaddition,thereportascertainedthatchemotherapyhastenedthedeathof27percentofallpatientswhoweregiventreatmentthirtydaysbeforedeath.153

Lesser known side effects of chemotherapymaybe equally harmful.A 2007 studypublished in theInternational Journal of Gynecological Cancer showed that tamoxifen, a chemotherapy drug used toprevent breast cancer in women, is associated with higher rates of uterine cancer incidence andmortality.154 Somenewerdrugs, such asAvastin,workbyblocking the blood supply to cancer cells.But these drugs may also block the blood supply to the GI tract, resulting in perforation and fatalbleeding. Another study published in 2010 by Danish researchers indicated that the toxicity ofchemotherapy extends to oncology nurses. The study, which examined the health records of 92,000nurses, discovered that individuals administering and handling such chemicals were more likely todevelopbreast,thyroid,nervous-system,andothercancers.Thefinancialburdenofthesetreatmentsinconsiderable.Thepriceoforalchemotherapydrugs,such

as Avastin, Herceptin, and Tarceva, is astronomical, as the cost of some pills exceeds $90,000 ayear.156,157Whenpatientsareinsured,monthlycopaysaretypicallyaround$1,000.158Provenge,aprostate cancer medication approved by the FDA in 2010, is a prime example of the obscene costsassociated with modern cancer treatment. Prescribed only to men with “incurable” prostatemalignancies,Provengecostsanastounding$93,000ayear.Muchofthecostofthismedicationfallsontaxpayers paying intoMedicare, and, in other cases, the uninsured are forced to shell out exorbitantsumsforadrugwithverylittleostensiblebenefit;themedicationhasbeenshowntoextendthelifeofpatientsbyjustfourmonths.159

It iscritical tonotethatthefour-monthsurvival figurewastakenfromastudyfundedbythedrug’smaker, Dendreon. Furthermore, the study concluded that Provenge had no apparent effect on theprogressionofcancer.Suchcontradictoryfindingsledtheauthorsofanothereditorialpublishedinthe

NewEnglandJournalofMedicinetoquestionthevalidityofthestudy’sconclusions.160Moreevidenceof the systemic corruption surrounding cancer drugs came in early 2012, when Dendreon CEOMitchell Gold stepped down from his position after accusations of fraud and misleading investorsregardingtheanticipatedsuccessofProvenge.161

Despitetheevidenceofchemotherapy’sdangersandineffectiveness,cancerpatientsarecommonlyledtoundergothetreatment.TheaforementionedNCEPODreportcalledattentiontothefactthattheuseof chemotherapywas “inappropriate” in almost one-fifth of all cases reviewed.162Over the last fewyears,anincreasingnumberofphysiciansandhospitalshaverevivedaparticularlydevastatingformofchemotherapy—“hot chemotherapy.” The procedure combines invasive surgery with doses of heatedchemotherapeuticagentspoureddirectlyintotheabdominalcavity.Duetoitsquestionableefficacyandgruesomesideeffects—whichincludedeathfrominfectionandirrevocabledamagetothebodytissue—hotchemotherapyhasbeenusedtraditionallytotreatonlyrareformsofappendixcancer.Despitethis,more physicians have begun utilizing hot chemotherapy—which can cost more than $100,000 pertreatment—to treatcommonformsofcolorectalandovariancancer.163Commentingon thegrowingpopularity of the therapy,Dr.DavidP.Ryan, the clinical director ofMassachusettsGeneralHospitalCancerCenter,stated,“We’repracticingthistechniquethathasalmostnobasisinscience.”164

SurgeryForhundredsofyears,surgerywastheonlymethodusedtotreatcancer.Theuseofsurgerytodayhasbeen grandfathered in and has little to do with randomized, double-blind clinical trials—modernmedicine’s standard measures of safety and efficacy.165 While the surgical removal of canceroustumors is vital to patient recovery in many cases, it is imperative to shed light on the harmfuldisadvantagesofsurgeryoncancerpatients.Theremovalofamalignanttumorthroughsurgerycaneffectivelystimulatecancergrowth.Removing

aprimarytumorfromthebodysignificantlyreducestheamountoftwoproteinsknownasendostatinandangiostatin from the tumor site.Theseproteinshelp regulate the growthof tumorbloodvessels,and once they are diminished, metastasis can proceed at a greatly accelerated rate. This problem iscompounded by the fact that surgery suppresses the immune system by inhibiting the activity of thecriticallyimportantcancer-fightingnaturalkillercells.Notonlydoesthisinhibitionpromotemetastasis;it can also leave patientsmore susceptible to infection. Compromising immunity further still are theanalgesicpainmedications thatarecommonlygiven topatientsafter surgery.Analgesicdrugssuchasmorphineinhibitnaturalkillercells,whichareparticularlyimportantduringrecovery.AstudybyresearchersatMemorialSloan-KetteringCancerCenterfrom2009showedthepotentially

lethal consequences of what many consider to be a routine surgical cancer treatment. The study,publishedinthejournalCell,examinedthephenomenonknownasself-seeding,inwhichcancercellsseparate from a primary tumor and are transported to other parts of the body, only to return to theoriginal tumor location, where they re-seed themselves.166 Through this process, chemical reactionsfromtheimmunesystemcantriggerstraycancercellsnotremovedduringsurgerytoreturntowheretheyoriginated,promotingthegrowthofanothertumor.Thestudy’sfindingsconfirmthatsurgery,likechemotherapyandradiation, isoftenneithereffectivenorsafe,as it failstoaddresstherootcausesofcancerfromaholisticstandpoint.

Giventhevariouslimitationsofsurgeryandtheabundanceofeffectivenaturalapproachestofightingcancer, it would seem logical to minimize the number of costly surgeries. We find, however, thatmainstream medicine readily promotes surgery even when the operation is likely to be risky,unsuccessful,orunnecessary.Dr.LaurenceE.McCahill,oftheLacksCancerCenterinGrandRapids,Michigan, found that almosthalfof allwomenwhoundergobreast cancer lumpectomy surgeries areunnecessarily subjected to a follow-up operation.McCahill’s analysis showed that nearly half of the2,026 women whose medical records were reviewed were operated on despite having test resultsshowing no stray cancer cells—an indication that a follow-up surgerywas likely of no benefit to thepatient.167

Astudypublishedin2011inArchivesofSurgeryreviewingtheoutcomesofbreastcancersurgeriesforwomen in California showed that more than one-third of all mastectomies carried out wereunnecessary.Thefindingsshowedthatin35.1percentofallcasesreviewed,thelymphnodesremovedduringtheoperationwerenot infectedwithcancer.Furtherstill, theauthors foundthatwomenwithlowerincomeswereevenmorelikelytoundergothisdisfiguringandinvasivesurgeryneedlessly.168

TheJournaloftheAmericanMedicalAssociationpublishedastudythatsameyeardemonstratingthatthecommonpracticeofremovingmalignantlymphnodesfromthearmpitofferednoimprovementinsurvival rates or relapse prevention.169 The study concluded that one out of every five women hadtheirlymphnodesremovedunnecessarily.170Becauseremovingtheselymphnodesdamagestheentirelymphatic drainage systemof the arm, this surgery can result in painful cellulitis and swelling of thearms to twice their normal size. Extrapolating the data, it stands to reason that each year, 40,000womenintheUnitedStatesareputundertheknifeunnecessarily,riskingcomplicationssuchasseriousinfectionandlymphedema.

RadiationTherapyAboutone-halfofallcancerpatientsbeingtreatedwithconventionalmedicinewillundergosomeformofradiationtherapy,oftenincombinationwithsurgeryorchemotherapy.Thegoalofradiotherapyistodamage theDNA in tumorsby sendingbeamsof ionizing radiation to the tumor inorder to controlandhaltcancercellgrowth.Despiteitspopularityasatreatmentinthefightagainstcancer,theclinicalevidencedemonstratesthat,inmostcases,thisapproachtohealingisnotparticularlysafeoreffective.Muchlikesurgery,radiotherapywasadoptedasastandardpracticeaftercrudeexperimentationover

acenturyagothatneverproveditssafetyandefficacy.Oneofthechiefpioneers inusingradiationtotreat cancerwas thePolish-bornMarieCurie. In her studies,Curie observed that inserting pellets ofradiumandpoloniumintotumorscouldcausethemtoshrinkinsize.Unawareofthedangersofhighlyradioactivematerials,Curie’s years of experimentation causedher tobecomevery ill and succumb toaplastic anemia, a conditionwhere thebonemarrowstopsproducing redbloodcells.Even todayhernotebooks are so highly contaminated by radioactivity that researchers are required to sign a waiverform in order to view them. Over the years, mainstream medicine has refined the radiotherapytechniquesdevelopedbyCuriebut the factremains that ineverycase, this formof treatmentexposespatientstoharmfulandsometimeslethaldosesofradiation.Radiotherapy causes numerous crippling side effects, including severe swelling, joint pain, fibrosis,

dysphasia,infertility,stroke,andbraindamage.Perhapstheultimateironyofthisformoftreatmentisthat exposure to ionizing radiation in order to treat cancer is itself extremely carcinogenic. This is

because radiotherapy not only damages the genetic material stored in cancer cells but also mutatesgenesinviable,healthycells,increasingthelikelihoodtheywilllaterturnintocancercells.InhisbookWorld Without Cancer, Edward G. Griffin writes that even though radiation manages to decreasetumorsizeincertaincancers,itislargelyineffectiveineliminatingneoplasticcancercells,whicharethetruetargetofthetreatment.Hence,radiationcanoftenactuallyincreasethemalignancyofthetumoritismeanttocontrol.171

Throughstatisticalmanipulation,themedicalestablishmentdistortstheefficacyofradiationtherapy.For example, deaths from acute complications resulting from radiotherapy such as radiation necrosisarenotlabeledascancerdeaths,butcasesinwhichthepatientwas“cured”byradiation.172Thissamemisleading formula is applied when patients die from other conditions that are linked to radiationtherapy, including stroke and heart disease.173 Another deceptive tactic frequently used is claimingthatpatientswhodon’texperiencecancergrowthwithinfiveyearsarefullyrecovered,evenifthesamecancerreturnslateron.174

A study out of the H. LeeMoffitt Cancer and Research Institute in Tampa, Florida, showed thatwomen receiving radiation therapy for cancer of the left breast were more at risk of experiencingcardiovascular events suchasheart attack.The study found that even ten to twentyyearsafterbeingexposed to radiotherapy, women were 25 percent more likely to have coronary heart disease.175Another study conducted by researchers at Emory University and published inArchives of InternalMedicine revealed that individuals who submitted to radiation therapy as childrenwere significantlymore at risk for developing diabetes. Children who were exposed to total body radiation werediscoveredtobe7.2timesas likelytodevelopdiabetesasthosewhodidnotreceiveradiotherapy.176One of the authors of the study noted, “As a result of their curative therapies, childhood cancersurvivorsfaceanincreasedriskofmorbidityandmortality.”177

Despite improvements over the years, newer radiation therapy technologies have been shown todamage patient health as well. A recent article written by the vice chairman of the Department ofUrologyandChiefofRobotics andMinimally InvasiveSurgery atNewYork’sMountSinai SchoolofMedicine, David B. Samadi, M.D., pointed out the substantial dangers that accompany newerradiotherapy techniques practiced today. The article discusses the flaws of increasingly commontreatments, such as stereotactic “radiosurgery” (also known as Cyberknife) and external beamradiotherapy, both of which involve directing a narrow beam of radiation at tumors through linearaccelerator technology. Samadi explains that these blasts of radiation can result in serious damage tosurrounding tissuesbecauseof excessive amountsof radiationbeingdeliveredor viadefects in linearacceleratorsthatcausetheradiationtobe“leaked,”ordirectedintohealthybodytissue.Thesemistakescanleadtoamultitudeofcomplications,includingdifficultyspeakingandwalking,as

wellasulcers, sores,andevenuntreatableholes inbody tissue.178Layersof skincandieandsloughoff,leavingpainful,ulceratedareasopentofurthertraumaandinfection.Irradiationoforaltumorscancausedestructionofthesofttissuesholdingtheteethinplace,causingthemtofallout.Theseformsofradiation therapyhavealsobeen reported to induce comasandevencausedeath.179 It is likely thatmanyof thesedestructivecomplicationsgounreported,because thedamagemaytakeseveralmonthsafter treatment to manifest. A report by the New York Times detailed the heartbreaking case ofAlexandra Jn-Charles, a thirty-two-year-old woman with breast cancer who was given doses ofradiotherapythroughamalfunctioninglinearacceleratoratthreetimestheprescribedamountforthe

entire twenty-seven days of her treatment,without anyonenoticing the error.The pain she sufferedaftertheexcessiveradiationburnedanactualholeinherchestwassoexcruciatingthatshe,amotheroftwo young children, reportedly contemplated suicide.180 But a short time later, Ms. Charles’sradiation-inducedinjuriesclaimedherlife.AnarticlewrittenbyGermanresearchersinthejournalCancerin2010highlightedthesadrealityof

how patients are encouraged by the medical establishment to submit to damaging and ineffectiveradiationtreatmentsduringtheirfinaldays.Despiteclaimsthatradiationcaneasepaininterminallyillpatients, the analysis showed that palliative radiation conferred no benefit to the majority ofpatients.181Worsestill,more thanhalf the individuals receivingradiotherapyexperiencedmorepainandsufferingasaresultofthetreatment,and60percentofthepatientsdiedwhilebeingtreated.182Intheirconclusion,theauthorsofthestudycommentedthatsuchinsistenceonthepartofdoctorstoextendradiationtreatmentsunnecessarilywasevidenceof“overlyoptimisticprognosesandunrealisticconcernsaboutlateradiationdamage.”183

Investigatingtheeconomicsofradiotherapyhelpsexplainwhysuchabarbarictreatmentispossibleintoday’s medicine. The answer, as always, is money. Radiation therapy is very profitable, despite theextra expenses for equipment, technicians, and the disposal of hazardous waste. Yet there are clearindications thatmany health care professionals and hospitals look for ways to drive up the price ofradiotherapytomakethetreatmentevenmorefinanciallyrewarding.AstudypublishedintheJournalof the National Cancer Institute in 2011 concluded that the cost of intensity-modulated radiationtherapy for women with breast cancer was five times higher in areas where Medicare paid for theprocedure.184 In an editorial thatwas published alongwith the study, doctors LisaA. Kachnic andSimon N. Powell of Boston University Medical Center stated that the findings “would appear toconfirm the suspicion… that medical decision making is too heavily influenced by reimbursementratherthanmedicalnecessity.”185

Anotheranalysis appearing the Journal ofClinicalOncology explored treatment costs of surgery andradiation forprostatecancerpatients coveredbyMedicare.Evaluatingapoolof71,000menbetween2002and2005andmonitoringtheirprogressthroughtheendof2007,theauthorsfoundasharprisein the use ofmore expensive treatments, such as intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT).186Importantly,themorecostlytreatmentsexaminedinthestudyhaveneverbeenproventobeanymoreeffective than the less expensive alternatives examinedby the team.The researchers commented thatcomparedtothelesscostlyalternative,thenationwideexcessdirectspendingfortherapidadoptionofmoreexpensivetherapieswas$282millionforIMRT,$59millionforbrachytherapyplusIMRT,and$4million forMIRP formendiagnosed in2005.187 Inotherwords, taxpayers spentanadditional$345millionformoreexpensivecancertherapiesthathadneverbeenproventobeanymoreeffectivethancheapertreatments.Ourmedical system’s relianceon toxicanddamagingcancer treatments that regularly fail tocureor

helppatients crystallizesonekeypoint:The largestbeneficiariesof conventional cancer therapies are,unfortunately, not the patients themselves but the physicians, hospitals, biotechnology andpharmaceutical firms, and other groups that comprise the medical-industrial complex. Theunadulterated scientific evidence and statistics documenting the poor outcomes of cancer treatmentshouldmakeusstopandseriouslyquestionthewidespreadapplicationofchemotherapy,surgery,andradiotherapy. Even more reason to reconsider their use is the well-documented success of many

alternative approaches to cancer (see part II). Next, we will shift our focus from how the cancerindustry readily endorses risky therapies that come with a big price tag to its brutal campaign tosuppresseffectiveandnontoxicnaturalcancertreatmentsthatareinexpensivebycomparison.

Fighting against a Cure: Suppressing TherapiesthatWork

DecadesofStonewallingMedicalBrillianceAn investigation of our medical authorities’ position on natural cancer therapies turns up extensiveevidenceofadeterminedefforttostampoutanycheapandefficacioustherapythatcouldthreatentheestablishment’sprofitability.Inmy1979article“TheGreatCancerFraud”Iexplainedhowmainstreammedicine seeks to marginalize practitioners of alternative medicine, even when they are highlyesteemedscientists:

PatrickMcGrady,Sr.,scienceeditorfortheAmericanCancerSocietyfortwenty-fiveyearsbeforehe resigned in disgust at the extent of its ineptitude, said that ACS officials “close the door oninnovativeideas.”AnotableexampleisDr.LinusPauling,whohascomeupwithsomeverypositivefindingstoshowthatvitaminCcanextendcancersurvivalmanyfold.Thiseminentscientist,whoisthe only living person to have won the Nobel Prize twice, never had any trouble getting grantsbeforehebecameinvolvedwithvitaminC.SincethenhehasbeenrejectedbytheAmericanCancerSocietyaswellasbytheNationalCancerInstituteresearchgrantcommitteesfivetimes.188

More than thirtyyears later,we find thatnothinghaschanged:Thecancerestablishmentemploysarangeofdishonest and sometimes sinister tactics to ensure that theprofits continue to flow.Aprimeexample of the backlash faced by individualswhouse effective holistic cancer treatments isDr.MaxGerson.

Dr.MaxGersonIn“TheGreatCancerFraud,”IdocumentedthehardshipsfacedbyDr.MaxGersoninpromotinghisalternativecancertherapies.Dr.GersonwasaGermanphysicianwhointhe1920swasabletocurehisownmigraine headaches through diet after conventional remedies failed him.He later adapted thissame diet, which was salt-free and vegetarian, to treat and cure lupus and tuberculosis. While hemeticulouslydocumentedhisresearchandpublishedscientificpapersinseveralissuesofMedizinischeWelt,theconceptthatdiseasecouldbecuredthroughdietinvitedridicule.EventuallyDr.GersonleftGermany for theUnited States.He settled inNewYorkCity in 1936,wherehe opened a clinic andsuccessfully cured patients of cancer with his controversial diet.What follows are excerpts frommyarticle:

MaxGersonwas repeatedly attacked,most violently by his own colleagues, and hisNewYorkclinicfoughttosurviveformanyyears.CancerpatientscametoGersonasa lastresort.When—inmany cases—they became cancer-free, their former doctors sometimes destroyed recordsconfirmingthattheyevenhadthedisease

In1946theU.S.SenateinvitedGersontohearingsonabilltoauthorizefundsforresearchonthepreventionandcureforcancer.Heappearedandpresentedfivecancer-freepatientsandtheircasehistoriesbefore a Senate committee, allmembersofwhichwere impressedwithhis findings.Thefavorable,227-pageCongressionalCommitteeReport—document#89471—nowgathersdustinthe

archivesoftheGovernmentPrintingOffice.Anewspaperreporterwhoinquiredwasinformedthattherewere“nocopiesleft.”Justfiveyearsafterthecongressionalhearings,Gersonwasnotallowedto practice at anyNewYork hospital and found it difficult to secure assistants.Upuntil then hehad,forovertwentyyears,demonstratedexcellentresultsintreatingcancer.Hisapproachwasonahighlyscientific level,andhiscredentialswerethefinest.YetGersonneverreceivedapennyfromcancer-fundingagenciestoaidhisresearch.Hewasthevictimofaby-now-familiarcancerblackout:The inventor is isolated; the medical journals won’t publish his work; and when he publisheselsewhere,theysayitis“notscientific.”

Meanwhile,thegraveswerefillingupwiththefrighteningandawfulmutilationsofoperatingandX-rayrooms: thoseburnedandbutcheredvictimsturnedoutofhospitals togo limpinghopelesslytoward their final rest, those poisoned victims of toxic chemotherapy whose every body cell hadtastedthepainfuleffectsofa full-scalechemicalassault.“Nothingmorecouldbedone for them,”said the medical establishment. They had already had their checkups, sent in their checks, andtraveledthesameworn,one-wayroadtosufferinganddeath.189

Despite that many thousands of cancer patients have experienced a rapid recovery following theGersonprotocols,thistherapyremainsunendorsedbythemedicalestablishmentandisevenclaimedtobe“dangerous”bygroupssuchastheACS.190Dr.Gerson’sdaughter,CharlotteGerson,continuesherfather’s work through the two Gerson clinics—one in Mexico and the other in Hungary—wherehundredsofpatientsarehelpedtohealfromcancerandotherdiseaseseachyear(seepartII).

Dr.LawrenceBurtonAnexposéofthecancerindustrythatIwrotewithLeonardSteinmanin1980wastitled“ThePoliticsofCancer:SuppressionoftheNewCancerTherapies:Dr.LawrenceBurton.”Inthearticle,IdiscusshowDr. Burton’s effective early detection system for cancer as well as promising cancer treatments weresuppressed by the forces behind orthodox medicine.191 Burton invented a treatment known asimmuno-augmentativetherapy(IAT),whichinvolvesinjectingcancerpatientswithnaturallyoccurringbloodproteinmixturesdesignedtobolsterthebody’simmunity.Inmyinvestigativereportthirty-fouryearsago,IwroteabouttheharassmentofBurtonatthehands

ofgroupssuchastheNCIandACS.TheNCI,alongwiththeMemorialSloan-KetteringCancerCenter,first tried to buy out Burton by offering to give him and his colleagues a paltry one-year $15,000research grant in exchange for exclusive control over the therapy that was built on years of diligentresearch.192WhenBurtonrefusedtoacceptsuchterms,hequicklybecamethetargetofridiculebythemedicalestablishment.InaclassicCatch-22scenario,allofBurton’srequeststopublishhisresearchinmedicaljournalswererefused,whilehispetitionsforfundingbytheNCIweredeniedonthegroundsthathisresearchhadnotbeenpublished.193

Confrontedwithsuchstaunchinstitutionaloppositioninhisowncountry,BurtonmovedhisclinicalpracticetotheBahamas.AfterbeingpressuredbytheNCIandotherAmericanhealthauthorities,theBahamiangovernmentshutdownBurton’spracticein1985,claimingthatpatientswhoreceivedcareatthecliniccouldhavebeenexposedtoinjectionscontaminatedwiththeAIDSvirus.Intheaftermath,itwas clear that the decision to close the clinic had much more to do with Burton’s establishment-threatening therapy than a public health issue.194 It turned out that thousands of blood samples

collected from clinics across the United States had tested positive for the AIDS virus, yet Burton’soperationwastheonlyoneforcedtoclose.195Dr.HaroldJaffe,thenservingasdirectoroftheCenterfor Disease Control’s AIDS program, admitted that the laboratory tests officials used to check forcontamination of the clinic’smaterials were highly inaccurate and often produced false positives.196

Further, Jaffe commented thatmore reliable testswereavailable.197 In1986,Burtonwasallowed toreopenhispracticeintheBahamas.Inmyarticle,ImadeapredictionaboutthefutureofBurtonandhistreatment:

DespitethefactthatnoonehasdisprovedBurton’stheories,heremainsontheAmericanCancerSociety’sblacklist.AslongashisworkismalignedbytheACSas“unproven,”hewillcontinuetobethought of as a quack, a charlatan, a fraud, by country-club doctors more concerned aboutmaintainingthemedicalstatusquothanaboutactivelyseekingthereliefofhumansuffering.198

And so it remained until Burton passed away thirteen years later in 1993 after having enjoyedconsiderablesuccessintreatingmorethan4,500cancerpatientsathisclinicinFreeport.199

The groundless blackballing of great scientificminds like Pauling,Gerson, andBurton are far fromexceptional.Today, StanislawBurzynski,M.D., Ph.D., of theTexas-basedBurzynskiClinic, stands atthecenterofsuchegregiousmistreatmentbymainstreammedicine.

TheBurzynskiSagaDr. Burzynski has become well known over the last thirty-five years for devising safe and effectiveanticancer therapies involving thepeptides andaminoacidderivativesknownasantineoplastons (seepartII).Hiswork,however,hasbeenhighlydisruptedbythemedicalestablishment.IwasoneofthefirstjournaliststoreportonBurzynski’sgroundbreakingmedicalinnovationandthe

resistance to it by our health officials when I published an article in Penthouse in 1979 titled “TheSuppression of Cancer Cures.” Just a few years into his work treating cancer patients with this verypromising andnontoxic technique,Burzynskiwas being denied research funds by theNCI andACSandbecame the targetof attacksbymainstreammedicine.200Whilehis experiments andproceduresfollowedestablishedprotocols for safetyand transparency,Dr.Burzynskiwasputunder investigationby his localmedical societywith no explanation of theirmotives or reasoning. Today,Dr. Burzynskicontinuestofacesystematicblacklistingfromthemedicalestablishment.OneoftheprimaryinstitutionstochallengeBurzynskihasbeentheFDA.Despiterepeatedpetitions

to the FDA for a review and approval of his antineoplaston treatments, the agency spent decadesgroundlesslydenyingaproperreviewofBurzynski’sworkanddeprivingthepublicofaproventoolinthe fight against cancer. In an effort to revoke his medical license, the FDA pressured the Texasmedical board in the 1980s to charge Burzynski with violating a law that did not exist.201RepresentativesoftheTexasboardofmedicalexaminerswentsofarastotrackdownpatientswhohadbeen treated by Burzynski and attempted to convince them to take legal action against their formerdoctor.202

TheFDAconvenednofewerthanfivegrandjuriesinthe1980sand1990sintheirattemptstoindictDr. Burzynski on claims of wrongdoing. More disgraceful still are the huge sums paid out by the

American people to finance the government’s dubious charges; for the second grand jury alone, $60million was allocated to fund the investigation.203 Incidentally, the first four grand juries failed toresult in an indictment, while two trials stemming from the fifth investigation found Burzynski notguiltyonallcharges.Afternearlytwentyyears,theFDAfinallygaveintopressurefromthepublicandmembers of Congress, authorizing Burzynski to carry out clinical trials of antineoplaston therapy in1996.204ThisdidnotstoptheFDAfromconcurrentlymovingforwardwiththeirlegalbattlesagainstthephysicianandhisclinic.InanarticleappearingintheWashingtonPostthatyear,itwaswrittenthat“theprosecutionmarksthefirsttimetheFDAhastriedtojailascientistforusingadrugonwhichheisconductingFDA-authorizedclinicaltrials.”205

After begrudgingly accepting to conduct research on Burzynski’s antineoplaston therapy in the late1990s, theNCI followed in the footsteps of the FDA and did its best to suppress the treatment. Tobegin,theNCIprematurelyclosedthetrialsbeforetheywerecompleted.206Scientistsconductingthestudy failed toadministeranyantineoplastons to sevenoutof theninepatients enrolled in the trials,whiletheothertwopatientsweregivendosagesfarbelowtherecommendedamounts.207

TherecentlyreleasedfilmBurzynski:TheMovie,directedbyEricMercola,furtherexposesthefederalgovernment’scampaigntosilencethisdoctoranddiscredithiscontributionstomedicine.It isamust-seeforanyonelookingtobetterunderstandcategoricalcorruptionwithintheworldofcancer.InApril2012, the trial of theTexasMedicalBoard v. StanislawBurzynskiwas set to begin after two years ofintense litigation. A week before the trial, however, most of the charges against Burzynski weredropped by the administrative law judges, leading the board ultimately tomove to dismiss the case,whichwasofficiallydismissedNovember12,2012.

BlockedbyBigMedicineNumerous pioneers of promising natural and nontoxic cancer therapies have been victimized by themedicalestablishment.What followsaresomeof themostremarkableexamplesofhowsuchmedicaltyrannyoperates:

• Despitehavingoutstandingsuccessusingalternativetherapiestohelppatientsovercomecancer,Dr.NicholasGonzalezfounditimpossibletohaveanyofhisfindingspublishedinanyreputablescientificjournalduringthe1990s.WhenhistherapywasfinallygiventheopportunitytoproveitselfinNCI-sponsoredclinicaltrials,theyweresabotagedbyobviouslybiasedoverseers.208

• After having outstanding success treating seriously ill cancer patientswith his immunotherapytechniques,GermanphysicianJosefIsselswasthetargetofattacksbytheGermangovernmentaswell asgroups suchas theACS.Even though there existed several scientific studies attesting tothe efficacy of Issels’ therapy, he was entirely written off by the ACS as a practitioner of“unprovenmethods”andnevergiventhechancetohavehispracticeobserved.209

• Seemingly threatened by the promise of Royal R. Rife’s energy-based cancer therapy hedeveloped in the 1930s, Morris Fishbein of the American Medical Association (AMA) wentabout intimidating physicians who were using the Rife technology and brought a court caseagainstRife.210

• Dr.WilliamKoch, the inventorofanoxygen-basedcancer treatmentknownasglyoxylide,waspersecuted by theAMAandFDA throughout his career.Hewas brought to trial twice by the

FDA butwas never convicted. Barry Lynes reported inTheHealing of Cancer: The Cures, theCover-UpsandtheSolutionNowthatKochhadatleastthirteenunsuccessfulattemptsonhislifeduringhiscareer.211

• HarryHoxsey, themanbehindtheherbalanticancer treatmentknownasHoxseyTherapy(seepart II), spent decades defending attacks frommainstreammedicine against his successful andnontoxic approach to cancer. From the 1920s onward, physicians who worked with Hoxsey’scancerpatientswere strippedof their licenses, andclinicspracticing the therapywere forced toclose through heavy-handed intimidation by Morris Fishbein and the AMA as well as theNCI.212SointensewasthepersecutionHoxseyfacedintheUnitedStatesthatherelocatedhispracticetoTijuana,Mexico.213

ConclusionFornearlyacentury, the innovatorsandpractitionersofholisticcancer treatmentshavebeenunfairlymaligned and attacked by the medical establishment. In case after case, it is clear that the cancerindustry seeks to marginalize these individuals and their proven therapies in order to preserve thestatus quo—an immensely lucrative system that promotes and profits from human suffering. If thenatural andeffective approaches to cancer treatment in existence todaywere finally embracedby themainstream,thefoundationofthemedicalparadigm—basedonrampantgreedanddishonesty—wouldquickly collapse. The dedication of Stanislaw Burzynski, Nicholas Gonzalez, the Gerson family, andmanyotherstopursuingholisticcancertreatmentsinthefaceofsuchhostilityhaslaidthefoundationforanewparadigmthatisgainingmomentum.

ShiftingtheMedicalParadigmMoreandmorepeoplearewakinguptothecorruptionthatplaguesourmedicalsystemandchoosingto seek out alternatives to conventionalmedicine, especiallywhen it comes to cancer treatment. Thecredibilityofourmedicalofficialsdiminisheswitheachpassingdayasproofoftheirextensiveconflictsof interest and moral degeneracy continues to make headlines. Today more than ever, a diversecollection of physicians, nurses, activists, and health advocacy organizations are standing up to themedical-industrialcomplexandcallingfor fundamentalchangestothewayhealthcare ismanagedinthis country. Their efforts are helping curb the rampant medical fascism that leaves millions ofAmericans penniless,maimed, or dead. Nevertheless, to be victorious in the war on cancer and thelargerwarforhealthfreedom,wemustchallengetheflaweddogmasthatguidemodernmedicine,andwemustdemandaccountability fromourgovernmenthealthofficialsandtheir industryoverlords forchoosing revenues over the health and safety of the American people every step of the way. Thiscrookedrackethascausedenoughunnecessarysuffering;it’stimetotakeourhealthbackintoourownhands.

PARTII

ANATURALAPPROACHTOCANCERPREVENTIONANDTREATMENT

CancerDefinedCancer is a group of diseases inwhich abnormal cells, instead of being killed by the body’s immunesystem,multiply and spread.The cellsno longer follow the rules for theusualorderlyprogressionofgrowthandbecomerenegades.Cancercanattackanypartofthebodyandmayspreadtootherparts.Thesitesmostoftenaffectedare theskin, thedigestiveorgans, the lungs, theprostategland,andthefemalebreasts.Before exploringwhat happens in cancer, let’s look at the life cycle of a healthy cell.Ahealthy cell

startsoutasimmatureandthengoesthroughroutinechangestomature.Asamaturecell itperformswhateverjobinthebodyitissupposedtodo,andthenitgetsoldanddies.Alongtheway,theactivemature cellneedsmaintenance.There aregenes in the cell thatdo the jobof repairingmistakes andkeepingthecellinrunningorder.Canceroccurswhenthecelldoesn’tmature,doesn’trepairitsmistakes,ordoesn’tdie.Therearetwo

types of cancer: those that form tumors and those that don’t. When these outlaw cancer cells areregularbuilding-blockcells,likecellsinthebreast,lung,prostate,orskin,tumorsoccur.Thesecancersshowupasabnormalmassesortumorsbecausethecellsarereplicatingoutofcontrol,heapingupintobigmasses,andkillingthenormalcellsaroundthem.Cancers can also be in non-building-block cells. This type of cancer doesn’t produce a tumor and

occursinthecellsoftheblood.Thebloodcellsgooutofcontrol,resultingincancerslikeleukemiaandlymphomas. These blood cells remain immature. They proliferate and push out and kill the regularhealthy mature blood cells. They show up in the bone marrow or clog up the lymph nodes or thespleen.Then there is a really tricky part of cancer, and the part that can lead to death,which iswhen the

aberrantcellsmigrate.Theymetastasizeandinvadeotherpartsofthebody,settingupshopinpartsofthe body distant from their original site. For instance, prostate cancer likes to invade the bones andbrain.Breastcancercellslikethebonesandtheliver.Thecancercellsdeveloptheabilitytospreadbymakingspecialenzymesthatcutthroughcellwallsandtravelthroughtheblood.Whatmakesthecellgohaywire?Noonecananswerforsure.Butwhatcanwedotopreventcancer?

Whatcanwedotofightcanceroncethecellshavegoneoutofcontrol?Thereisalottosayinresponseto these questions. First, poisonous elements from the environment can cause the cell to becomecancerous, things like asbestos and cigarettes (see part I). But it also turns out that some people aremoreinclinedtogetcancerthanothersare.Geneticpredispositionandenvironmentalassaultsappeartoprovidethepowerfulone-twopunch.

EarlyWarningSigns

Amongtheearlywarningsignsofcancerareachangeinbowelorbladderhabits;unusualbleedingordischarge; a thickeningor lump in the breast, testicles, or elsewhere; an obvious change in awart ormole;apersistentcoughorhoarsenessofthevoice;asorethroatthatdoesnotgoaway;anddifficultyswallowingorindigestion.

ConventionalTreatmentInconventionalmedicine, theusual treatmentforcancer issurgerytoremovethetumor,radiationtoblast away tumors, and/or administration of powerful drugs that find and kill the cancer cells.Unfortunately,thesetreatmentsareverydifficulttoendureanddon’talwayswork(seepartI).Surgeryleadstodisfigurement.Radiationcancausefibrosis(scarring)andeventuallyinfertility,jointissuesandsecondary cancer. Chemotherapy essentially poisons the body in order to kill the tumor. It is toxicbecauseitintroducesapoisonintothebody,anditisinvasivebecausethepoisonaggressivelyinvadesthe cells and tissues of the body. The problem is that the poison is indiscriminate. It kills not onlycancerouscellsbuthealthyonesaswell. In fact, its invasionof thebody is systemic (total),not local,and therefore seriously damages the immune system. Chemotherapy drugs are very toxic to healthycells and can make you feel really sick—your hair falls out, you can’t eat, you’re weak, and you’redeeplyfatigued.

AlternativeApproachesAnotherapproachistotrytogetthebodyitselftofightthecancer.Rememberthatanormalcellhasitsownmaintenanceteamthatrepairsdamage.Ifthatpartofthecellcanbebolsteredandreactivated,itcan do its job of overcoming the tumor-forming oncogenes, reactivating the cell’s tumor suppressorgenes,andsubduing thecancer’sgrowth.Whenever thishasoccurred, thecancergoes intoremissionanddisappears.Takingcareofyourselfandlivingahealthylifestyleisthebestwaytostart.Sowhatcaneachofusdotopreventcancer?Engaginginregularphysicalactivityisessential.Volumes

of research have established that regular exercise supports the immune system and promotespsychologicalwell-being,whichisalsocriticallyimportant.It’sbeentheorizedthatpeoplewhotendtosuppressangeraremoreprone tocancer thanareothers, and thatpeoplewhoarehappierandmorecontentwiththeirlivestendtohavelesscancerandfightitmoresuccessfully.Itisimportanttolearntorelease emotions in a constructive way so as not to be overwhelmed by them, and this entailsaddressing one’s own personal needs, as opposed to living according to other people’s expectations.Among those practices found to benefit cancer patients’ mental welfare are hypnosis, breathingexercises,massage,aromatherapy,yoga,andpositivevisualization.214

Ofcourse,forthepreventionandtreatmentofcancer,itiscriticaltousecommonsense.Thenumber-onekiller of all typesof cancer is lung cancer, so you should avoid tobacco at all costs.Andbecausebeing overweight or obese is especially harmful to the body and the immune system, it is critical tomaintainanormalweight.

DIETAlthoughgenerallydismissedbythemedicalestablishmentasirrelevant,dietandnutritionalfactorsareamong the most important contributors to cancer development. Because so many chronic diseases,includingcancer,arerelated toeatingadietpoor inphytonutrients, fiber,vitamins,andmineralsbutrich in fat, processed ingredients, and additives, it is of paramount importance to consider theimportanceofadoptingahighlynutritious,plant-baseddiet.Cancerhasbeen linked todiets thatarehighinfats,animalproducts—evencertaintypesofvegetableproteins—andprocessedfoods.Pesticidesand some types of food additives also can cause cancer. But just as diet can harm you, it can alsopreventcancer.Whatfollowsisacomprehensivelistofanticancerfoods.

AlkalineFoodsThe vastmajority of Americans consume an excess of acid-forming foods. Research has shown thattumorgrowthincreasesinanacidenvironment.215,216,217Thebloodismaintainedinthebodyataslightly alkaline level of between 7.2 and 7.4. Eating alkaline foods keeps the blood pH in its idealrange,whichisimportantforthepreventionandtreatmentofcancer.Ideally,thedietshouldconsistof80percentalkaline-formingfoods,suchasthoseavailablefrommanyrawfruitsandvegetables,aswellasnuts,seeds,grains,andlegumes.Whatfollowsisalistofrecommendedalkaline-formingfoods:Fruits: Berries, apples, apricots, avocados, bananas, currants, dates, figs, grapefruit, grapes, kiwis,

lemons, limes, mangos, melons, nectarines, olives, oranges, papayas, peaches, pears, persimmons,pineapple, quince, raisins, raspberries, strawberries, tangerines, andwatermelon. (Themost alkaline-formingfoodsarelemonsandmelons.)

Vegetables: Artichoke, asparagus, sprouts, beets, bell peppers, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage,carrots,cauliflower,celery,collards,corn,cucumbers,eggplant,endive,ginger,horseradish,kale,kelp,seaweeds, mustard greens, okra, onions, parsley, potatoes, radishes, spinach, squash, tomatoes,watercress,andyams.WholeGrains:Amaranth,barley,oats,quinoa,andwildrice.Beans/Legumes:Almonds,chestnuts,chickpeas,greenbeans,limabeans,peas,andsoybeans.Seeds:Alfalfa,chia,coconut,radish,andsesame.

Inadditionbalancingthebody’spHthroughamostlyalkalinediet,thefollowingfoodsstandoutasbeneficialinpreventingandtreatingcancer:

CruciferousVegetablesVegetables in the cruciferous family include kale, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, arugula, watercress,turnips, mustard plant, Brussels sprouts, and bok choy. Cruciferous vegetables contain detoxifyingcompounds called indoles and isothiocyanates, which have been proven to help prevent and reversecancer.218,219,220,221Recentresearchhasidentifiedsulforaphane,acompoundfoundinbroccoli,cabbage, and other cruciferous vegetables as a potent anticancer agent.222 Packedwith raw and all-naturalkale,broccoli,Brusselssprouts,andothercruciferousvegetables,cruciferousvegetablepowdersarearichsourceofanticancernutrition.

GreenFoodsWheatgrass,barleygrass,alfalfa,blue-greenalgae,arugula,spinach,chlorellaandspirulina,andothergreenfoodsarerichinblood-purifyingchlorophyllandotherimportantphytonutrientsfordetoxifyingthe system and rejuvenating organs. Laboratory tests have established that chlorophyll inhibits theactivityofcarcinogensatamolecularlevel.223Studieshavedemonstratedthecapacityofchlorophyll-richfoodstoreducetumorgrowth.224,225,226Containing spinach, chlorella, spirulina,barleygrassjuice powder, and fifteen other detoxifying vegetables, certain green powders are loaded withphytonutrientsproventobehighlybeneficialincancerpreventionandhealing.

RedFoodsResearchconfirmsthatredfoodssuchasstrawberries, tomatoes,raspberries, tartcherries,cranberries,and goji berries are high in immunosupportive and cancer-fighting nutrients such as lycopene andcarotene.227, 228, 229Many red foods alsohavehigh antioxidant content,making theman integralcomponent of any anticancer diet. The antioxidant power of raspberries, strawberries, pomegranate,anddozensofothernutrient-richfruitsmakesomeredandberrypowderscancersuperfoods.

FiberThoughnotafooditself, fiber isanimportantcomponentof fruits,vegetables,andwholegrains.ThetypicalAmericandiet includesabout14gof fibereachday,which falls shortofwhat isnecessary forcancerprevention.Studieshaveindicatedthat30gofdietaryfiberdailydecreasestheriskofcolorectalcancer. Research has also suggested that high fiber intake may lower the risk of breast, colorectal,uterineandprostatecancers.230,231,232

OliveOilOlive oil has been shown to possess anticancer properties. Studies have demonstrated that themonounsaturated fattyacidscontained inoliveoilhaveaprotectiveeffectagainst cancergrowth.233,234Research has also shown that the phytochemicals abundant in olive oil inhibit cancer growth invitro.235Butremember,moreisn’talwaysbetter.Oliveoilstillhas120caloriespertablespoon,sodon’tgooverboard. Formaximumbenefit, oliveoil shouldbeused inmoderation.Choose a good-quality,extravirgin,cold-pressedvariety.

JuicesFreshlysqueezedfruitandvegetablejuicesprovidevaluableenzymesandantioxidantnutrientsthatareeasilydigestible.Compoundsincabbagejuicehavebeenobservedtohavefavorableeffectsonstomachandcolorectalcancer.236,237Richinbeta-caroteneandvitaminA,carrotjuiceisbeneficialbutshouldbewatereddown,asitisalsohighinsugar,andcanpotentiallyspikebloodsugarlevels.238AddingateaspoonofvitaminCtojuicescreatesanevenmorepotentpreventivetonic.

GreenTeaHighinantioxidantsknownaspolyphenoliccatechins,greenteahasbeenshowntohelppreventskin,lung, esophageal, stomach,pancreatic, andbladder cancer in animals.239 Studieshavedemonstratedthat green tea extract halts the spread of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.240 Recent research alsoindicatesthatgreenteacontainscompoundsthatconsiderablyslowthegrowthofcancercells.241

MushroomsSeveralvarietiesofmushroomshavepowerfulhealingproperties.Themaitakemushroomkills cancercellsbyenhancingtheactivityofT-helpercells.242Researchhasshownthemaitakemushroomtoexerta favorableeffectonvarious typesofcancer, includingbreast,colon,andprostate.243,244, 245Bothshiitake and reishi mushrooms have also been observed to have strong antitumor properties inanimals.246, 247, 248 Research has revealed that the cordycepsmushroom inhibits the division andproliferation of cancer cells.249 And, surprisingly, the common white button mushroom has beenshown to suppress aromatase activity and estrogen biosynthesis, which make it an excellent breastcancerchemopreventiveagent.250

MacrobioticFoodsProponents ofmacrobiotic eating claim that cancer patients following this approach lead longer andbetter-quality lives. In several cases, cancer patients deemed incurable bymainstreammedicine havereportedfullrecoveriesonamacrobioticdiet.Successmaybeduetohighlevelsofantioxidantnutrientsand a low amount of fat. In fact, the total percentage of calories from fat in macrobiotic diets isapproximately10to12percent,a30percentdropfromtheaverageAmericandiet.Bestresultswiththemacrobiotic diet are seen with endocrine-related cancers, such as cancer of the breast, prostate,pancreas, uterus and ovaries. This is because with these cancers, too many fat cells produce orsynthesize estrogen and androgen hormones that contribute to the disease; reducing the amount of

dietaryfatlessenshormoneproduction.

SeaweedsChinesemedicinehaslongrecognizedthevalueofseaweedfortreatingcancers,asitsoftenshardenedtumors. More recently, research has shed light on the powerful mix of micronutrients, includingVitaminC andVitamin E, as well asminerals, iodine, fiber, and polysaccharides in seaweed, whichmakeitapowerfulnutritionaltoolincombatingcancer.251,252Consideredtobeoneofthehealthiestpopulationsonearth,theJapaneseconsumemoreseaweedthananyothernation.

SpicesSpices offer numerous health-promoting benefits, and certain spices have been found to aid in theprevention and treatment of cancer. Research has associated black pepper and cumin intake with alower incidence of colon cancer.253, 254, 255 Rosemary is known to help preventDNA damage bycarcinogensandsuppresscancercellproliferation.256,257,258Capsaicin,aningredientfoundinchilipeppers, kills prostate cancer cells.259 Evidence suggests that parsley combats lung and breastcancer.260,261

ANTIOXIDANTSUPPLEMENTSThe value of antioxidants, particularly beta-carotene; vitamins A, C, and E; flavonoids; selenium;glutathione;superoxidedismutase;andcoenzymeQ10cannotbeoverestimatedindiseasefightingandprevention.Antioxidantsattack freeradicalsbefore theydo irrevocabledamage.Manyclinical studiesconfirm their protective effects, while other research shows that antioxidants increase a patient’stoleranceofchemotherapyandradiation.

VitaminCVitaminCistheprimenutrientwhenitcomestooverallsupportoftheimmunesystem.Whenfightingcancer,largequantitiesarerequiredbothorallyandintravenously.FordecadesstudieshaveestablishedtheimportanceofvitaminCintakeinpreventingandreversingbreast,gastric,ovarian,andmanyotherformsofcancer.262,263,264,265,266Orally,bowel-tolerance levelsarerecommended; that is,oneshould take an amount that almost causes diarrhea. (Most people can tolerate up to 12 g daily ofvitaminC,dividingthisdosethroughouttheday.)Butforbestresults,intravenousvitaminCdripsareneededaswell.Researchindicatesthatthismethodsuppliesthegreatesthealingeffectsbecausemoreof the vitamin can be easily tolerated. Patients are often given between 50 and 100 g of intravenousvitaminC, which is an excellent jump-start to any health protocol. This treatment relieves pain andnausea,oftenmakingpainkillingdrugsunnecessary.Highdosesof intravenousvitaminsCandAareassociatedwith long-term survival of a variety of cancers, even after they havemetastasized.Despiteclaims that vitamin C may disrupt chemotherapy treatments, recent studies have established thatvitaminCkillstumorcellswithoutinterferingwiththeeffectivenessofchemotherapy.267,268

Alpha-LipoicAcidThis isapowerfulantioxidant thatneutralizes thehydroxyl radical (whichplaysa role inall stagesof

cancer growth) as well as other free radicals. It boosts glutathione, which combats the damagingcytokines, and regenerates vitaminsC andE and coenzymeQ10. Further, alpha-lipoic acidhas beenshown to activate the anticancer caspase enzyme, induce cancer cell apoptosis, and suppressmetastasis.269,270,271Therecommendeddoseis250to500mgperday.Onecantake500mgthreetimesdailyatmaximum.

EssentialFattyAcids(EFAs)Omega-3 fatty acids block important causes of cancer. Omega-3 fatty acids can suppress dangerouscytokines, aswell as the stress-induced pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-6 and IL-10.While some fishoilsarearichsourceofOmega-3sandhavebeenfoundtoreducetheriskofskin,breast,andprostatecancer,272, 273, 274 not all fish have a goodOmega-3/Omega 6 ratio, and it is important to knowwherefishcamefromandtoavoidfarmedfishatallcosts.Remember,fishdon’tsynthesizeOmega-3fattyacidsontheirown;theyobtain it fromeatinggreenvegetablematter.Soboostingyour intakeofgreenleafyvegetableswithhighOmega-3contentswillalsoprovidehighdietarylevelsofthisvaluableantioxidant.The suggesteddosesof the fatty acids are 1,000mgofperilla oil,whichprovides 550 to620mgof linoleicacid;1,000mgof flaxseedoil,which is rich inomega-3 fattyacid, seven timesperday;andfourcapsulesoftheformulaMegaEPA(availablefromLifeExtension),whichcontains2,400mgofEPA/DHA.Cancerpatientscan takeup toeight to twelvesoftgelsperdaycombinedwith fourMegaGLAsoftgels.

VitaminAVitaminAreducesinfectionsandtumors,andisespeciallynoteworthyforitsabilitytoclearthelungsofsmokeandotherpollutants.275,276,277StudiesofanimalsshowadefinitivelinkbetweenvitaminAdeficiencyandhighercancer risk.278,279EmulsifiedvitaminAcomes from fishoil and is easy todigest.VitaminA also comes fromnon-animal sources, such as lemongrass,wheatgrass, and carrots.Because vitamin A is fat-soluble and not excreted by the body, excessive intake can be dangerous,inducing hypervitaminosis A, which causes cells to swell and rupture, leading especially to centralnervoussystemtoxicity.ButlargequantitiesofvitaminAareneededforthistohappen,anditissafeatthe recommended dosage. Four thousand to 7,000 IU of vitamin A, from supplemental and foodsources,arerecommendeddaily—lessifbeta-caroteneistaken.

Beta-CaroteneThe liver converts beta-carotene to vitamin A as needed, making it a safe source of the vitamin,especially forwomenof childbearing years, asno fetal problems are associatedwith it. (Note:Peoplewithliverproblemsmaybeunabletoconvertbeta-caroteneintovitaminA.)Inaddition,beta-caroteneitself stimulates T-helper cells, which prevent the development of cancer. Further studies havedemonstratedbeta-caroteneprotectsagainst lungandcoloncancer.Fiftythousandinternationalunitstakendailymaypreventcancerincigarettesmokers.Forgeneralpurposes20,000to30,000IUofbeta-caroteneisextremelyhelpful.

CarotenoidsCarotenoids are the naturally occurring pigments found in various plants. With oncology, mixed

carotenoids are important as free radical scavengers.280, 281 Lycopene is associatedwith low risk ofbreast, prostate, lung, and colon cancers.282 There is an inverse relationship between beta-caroteneand thyroid carcinoma. Lutein offers protection against breast cancer in premenopausal women.283,284 Suggested doses are 9 to 20mg of sulforaphane, 10 to 30mg of lycopene, and 15 to 40mg oflutein,alongwithamixedcarotenoidblendcontainingalpha-andbeta-carotene.

FlavonoidsBright colors in fresh fruits and vegetables are usually indicative of flavonoids, which arephytochemicals that are efficient free radical scavengers. Citrin, hesperidin, quercetin, and rutin arenames of some of these disease-fighting substances. Studies suggest that flavonoids help preventdamagetoDNA,neutralizecarcinogens,andlowertheriskoflungcancer.285,286,287

VitaminEMuch like vitamin C, vitamin E prevents cancer by preventing free radical damage, and activatingimmunesystemcellsagainst tumorsand infections.288,289 In clinical studies, 400 to1,200 IUdailyhave been shown to help patientswith breast or cervical cancer.290Vitamin Eworks especiallywellwhentakeninconjunctionwith200mcgofselenium.

VitaminKMountingevidencespoints tovitaminK,apotentantioxidantwithanti-inflammatoryproperties, asapowerfultoolinthepreventionandtreatmentofcancer.Abundantinleafygreens,vitaminKhasbeenshowntoinhibittheprogressionof livercancersandshowsgreatpromisefortreatingnumeroustypesof cancer, including prostate and lung cancer.291, 292, 293 The recommended dose of vitaminK is2,100mcgdaily.

SeleniumThis trace element,which is involved inDNAmetabolismand thehealth of all cellmembranes, hasantioxidantproperties,promotesapoptosis(cancercelldestruction),actsasanimmunologicalresponsemodifier, and plays a part in cancer prevention and treatment.294, 295, 296 Supplementation ofseleniumcanimprovethequalityof lifeduringaggressivecancertherapies.Thesuggesteddoseis200mcgperday;theoptimaldosecouldrangefrom200to400mcgdaily.

Silibinin(MilkThistle)The major active constituent of milk thistle is a long-recognized antioxidant that has recentlydiscovered anticarcinogenic qualities.297, 298, 299 Milk thistle is an adaptogenic herb. It producesrepair where it’s needed or shuts down cell production in tumor cells. Silibinin encouragesdifferentiation in malignant cells, blocks the activity of the enzyme COX-2, and, by cutting off thevascular network of the tumor, inhibits the growth of drug-resistant breast and ovarian cancer lines.Therecommendeddoseofmilkthistleis100mgtwicedaily.

GlutathionePeroxidase

Glutathioneisfoundineverycellofourbodies,whereitplaysamajorroleindefendingoursystems.Studies show that low levels of glutathione increase the risk of cancer, AIDS, and chronic fatiguesyndrome.300 To stimulate glutathione production, L-glutathione and N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC, aprecursorofglutathione)shouldbetaken.

SuperoxideDismutaseandCatalaseMuch like glutathione, these antioxidants are frontlinedefenses against free radical damage, and areespeciallyprotectiveoftheheart,brain,lungs,kidney,andliver.

CoenzymeQ10CoenzymeQ10works inconjunctionwithotherenzymesinthebodytooptimizeenergy.Specifically,Q10improvesoxygenutilization,actsasastimulustotheimmunesystem,andservesasanantioxidant,all of which are important in cancer prevention and treatment.301, 302 Studies have made theconnectionbetweenQ10deficiencyand increasedriskofbreastcancerandmelanoma.303Adoseof500mgdailyisrecommendedforcancerpatients.

GrapeSeedExtractGrape seeds contain pycnogenol, a powerful disease-fighting antioxidant. Pycnogenol, among itsvariousage-retardantabilities, slowscellmutations. Intakeofgrapeseedextracthasbeen linkedwithsignificantdecreasesintheriskofdevelopingcolon,prostate,andbreastcancers.304,305,306,307Thesuggesteddoseis200to500mgdaily.

DimethylSulfoxide(DMSO)BysuppressingTNF-alphaandNF-kB,dimethylsulfoxide(DMSO)blockstheproductionofdamagingcytokines.Thecombinationof sharkcartilage,vitaminC,andDMSOhasbeenreported tohealbasalcellcarcinoma.308

GlutamineStudies suggest that glutamine—the most abundant amino acid in the human body—may decreasetumor progression.309 It also may stabilize weight loss by allowing better nutrient absorption. Therecommendeddoseis2gormore(notexceeding14g)daily.

ADDITIONALSUPPLEMENTSDehydroepiandrosterone(DHEA)Although dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is naturally produced, we tend to produce less of thisimportant hormone as we age. This decrease is connected to a number of degenerative conditions,including cancer.310 Taking DHEA has been shown to reverse many illnesses including cancer,atherosclerosis,anddiabetes.311

Melatonin

The pineal gland, located in the brain, produces this hormone, which not only is vital in regulatingsleep cycles, asmost of us have heard by now, but is immunity-enhancing as well. As with DHEA,levels of melatonin decrease as we age, so supplementation can be helpful.Melatonin increases theactivityofourT-helpercellsandaidsournaturalkillercellsingettingridoftumors.Supplementsseemto extend the length of life, and the quality of life, in patients with inoperable brain tumors andmetastaticgastric,colon,andbreastcancer,aswellasadvancedendocrinetumors.312,313, 314, 315,316Thesuggesteddoseis5to10mgeachnightbeforebed.

EnzymesEnzymes, which are catalysts for all life processes, are found in abundant supply in raw fruits andvegetables.Studiesshowthatenzymesmodulate inflammation,andthattheymayhaveadirecteffecton controlling soft tissue cancers.317, 318, 319, 320 Types of enzymes needed by cancer patientsinclude trypsin, tyrotrypsin, pancreatin, bromelain (from pineapple), papain (from papaya), amylase,andlipase.Thebioflavonoidrutinmaybeofadditionalbenefitwhencombinedwiththeseenzymes.

ConjugatedLinoleicAcid(CLA)This trace fatty acid is extracted primarily fromdairy products. It enhances apoptosis and blocks thegrowth andmetastatic spread of tumors.321, 322, 323 It suppresses arachidonic acid, which triggersinflammation. In combination with beta-carotene, CLA increases lymphocyte production andcytotoxicity.Arelativelysmalldose(3−4g)maypreventbreastcancer.CLAhasbeenobservedtoexertfavorableeffectsoncolorectal, lung,andprostatecancers inanimaland invitrostudies.324,325, 326Forcancerpatients,adoseof1,000mgofCLAsixtimesperdayisrecommended.CLAshouldnotbetakenbywomenwhoarepregnantorlactating.

ModifiedCitrusPectinModified citruspectin (MCP) is a complexpolysaccharidederived from thepeel of citrus fruits.Thissubstance is notable for its ability to bind to galectins—themembraneproteins onwhich cancer cellsattach in order tometastasize—thereby inhibiting cancer cells from sticking together.MCP has beenshowntoimpedethespreadofprostateandothercancers.327,328,329,330Thetypicaladultdoseofthissolublefiberis6to30g.

LactoferrinLactoferrin is a milk protein that displays antibiotic, anti-inflammatory, and immunity-modulatingpropertiesbyactingagainstthebacteriumHeliobacterpylori,whichinducesgastritis,ulcers,andcancer.Lactoferrinhasbeenobserved to suppressangiogenesisand tumormetastasis inpancreatic, lung,andliver cancers.331, 332, 333, 334 It also binds iron and scavenges free radicals in fluids and inflamedareas.Lactoferrinisfoundinthemilkofcows,humans,sheep,andgoats.Itcanbeorallysupplementedatadosageof300to900mgperday.

N-Acetyl-CysteineN-acetyl cysteine, or NAC, reduces free radical damage in the body and helps metabolize

carcinogens.335,336,337,338This immunity-enhancer alsohelpspreventbladderhemorrhage fromcancerdrugs.Therecommendeddoseis2,000mgperday.

OliveLeafExtractKnownforitsantimicrobial,antiviral,andantifungalproperties,oliveleafextractisrichinantioxidantsandissupportiveoftheimmunesystem.Theextracthasbeenshowntohelppreventskincancerandinducecancercellapoptosis.339,340,341

SharkLiverOilShark liver oil contains alkyl glycerols, substances that have antitumor effects.342, 343, 344 Studiesshow that when alkyl glycerols are given to women with uterine cancer prior to radium and X-raytherapy,thedamagefromthesetreatmentsisreduced.345Adailydoseof1,000mgissuggested.

ResveratrolThiscompound isoneof thephytoalexins thatareproduced inplantsduring timesofenvironmentalstress, such as insect, animal, or pathogenic attack. Mulberries and the skins of red grapes areparticularlyrichinresveratrol.ItisaverypowerfulantioxidantthatprovidesgreaterprotectionagainstDNAdamagethanvitaminsCorEorbeta-carotene.Resveratrolpromoteshealingbyinhibitingthepro-inflammatoryCOX-2enzyme.Studiesdemonstrate

theabilityofresveratroltosuppresstumorgrowthandblocktheformationofmetastases.346,347,348,349,350Thecellulardevelopmentcalleddifferentiationistheprocessinwhichabnormalcellsbecomemore normal when cancerous cells start to destruct; resveratrol has the ability to promote suchdestruction.Byinhibitingangiogenesis,resveratrolreducestumorvolume,weight,andmetastasis.Thesuggesteddoseis7to50mgperday.

BindweedAgrowing body of research points to a common gardenweed, bindweed, as a powerful inhibitor oftumorprogression.351Studies show that the anticancerproteoglycanmolecules (PGMs) inbindweedinhibittumorgrowthinanimalsby70to99.5percent.352

ZincZincprovidesthebodywithawiderangeofimmunesystemfunctions.ItsupportstheTandBcellsinfightinginfectionandproducingantibodiesandworkstopromotehealingandreduceinfection.Studieshavelinkedhighdietaryintakeofzincwithadecreasedriskofprostatecancer.353,354

ChromiumThismineral acts like a hormone in the body in that it helps regulate our blood sugar levels.Whenblood sugar is normalized, immune function, and hence cancer resistance, is improved. This is whychromiumsupplementsmaybehelpfulinthepreventionandtreatmentofcancer.

Genistein

Along with daidsein, genistein is a phytoestrogen from legumes that has antioxidant, anti-“bad”estrogen, and antitumor properties.355, 356 The suggested dose for cancer patients is five 700 mgcapsules four times per day of a soy extract that provides aminimum of 40 percent isoflavones. Forprevention,135mgof40percentsoyisoflavoneextractonceperdaymaybehelpful.

HERBSHerbs can help the immune system in three ways. They can stimulate immune defense reactions,suppressimmuneoverreaction,andstimulatespecificfunctionsforshortperiodsoftime.Thefollowingherbshavemultiplebenefits,andareparticularlynoteworthyfortheiranticancerproperties.

AloeVeraAloe vera is antiseptic, antimicrobial, and anti-inflammatory. It supplies the systemwith amino acidsandminerals, suchascalcium,copper, iron,phosphorus,potassium,andzinc.Aloeveracontains liveenzymes,includingamylase,lacticdehydrogenase,andlipase,aswellastheessentialfattyacidsneededfor optimum health. Its role in treating tumors, research shows, is due to its ability to stimulatephagocyticactivity.357,358,359

AstragalusAlthoughnew to theWest,astragalus isa time-honoredChinese remedy. In fact, traditionalChinesemedical literature from4,000 years ago says that astragalushas the ability to strengthen resistance todisease.Modernscientificresearchconfirmstheseclaims,demonstratingthatnotonlydoesastragalusinhibittumorgrowthbutcellsdamagedbycancerandradiationarestimulatedtofullfunctionwiththeintroduction of this herb.360, 361, 362, 363 Astragalus is considered a life energy, or qi tonic, thatstrengthensvitalityand increaseswhitebloodcell andphagocytic activity. It is safe to takeonadailybasis,makingitanidealpreventativetonic.Therecommendeddoseis200mgtwiceperday.

GinkgoBilobaThis antioxidant herb, long used by the Chinese, works to counter a substance in the body calledplatelet activation factor, or PAF, which may act to encourage tumor growth. Laboratory studiesdemonstrate that gingkomay be helpful in fighting ovarian, gastric, and other cancers.364, 365, 366Patientsshouldtake125mgthreetimesdaily.

EchinaceaWhentaken forshortperiods,echinacearevsup the immunesystem,stimulating theproductionandmobilizationofwhitebloodcells. Italso stimulatescells in the lymphatic system,aswellas importantimmune compounds, including interferon and tumor necrosis factor. Due to its immunosupportiveproperties,echinaceaholdspromiseasacomplementaryalternativemedicineforcancerpatients.367

GarlicThere are numerous advantages to taking garlic, including anticancer benefits. Garlic makes cancermorerecognizabletotheimmunesystemandinterfereswiththebeginningsoftumordevelopment.Inaddition, it stimulates immunity against formed tumor cells. Studies have observed a link between

garlicanddecreasedriskofcolon,lung,andstomachcancers.368,369,370Researchsuggeststhatthecompound s-allyl cysteine, which is found in fresh garlic, helps decrease damage to organs resultingfromchemotherapy.371

GingerGingerwillalleviatenauseaassociatedwithchemotherapy. Itcanbe takenasa tea,ora small (0.5−1inch)cubecanbeaddedto10ouncesofjuice.Scientificliteratureindicatesthattheanti-inflammatorypropertiesofgingerarehelpfulincombatingavarietyofcancers.372,373,374

TurmericPartof theginger familyandan ingredient incurrypowder, turmeric—or itsmainactivecomponent,curcumin—is a powerful antioxidant that produces a favorable effect onno fewer than ten causativefactors in cancer development.375 The compounds in this superfood have been shown to combatseveraltypesofcancer,includinglung,breast,uterine,andcoloncancer.376,377,378,379,380, 381,382Curcumin inhibitsCOX-2directly. Ithasalsohasanti-inflammatoryeffects,and it isknownthatchronicinflammationisthecauseofcoloncancer.Curcuminalsoinhibits,andevenreverses,oxidativedamage,anditprotectsDNA.Toincreasebioavailability,asmallamountofpiperineshouldbeadded.Thenormaldoseis900mgdaily,butcancerpatientscantakeasmanyasfour900mgcapsulesthreetimes per day for a six- to twelve-month period. Caution: This herb should not be used in largequantitiesduetothepotentialfornegativegastrointestinalsideeffects.

GinsengStudiesassociatetheuseofginsengwithlowerincidencesofnumerousformsofcancer.383,384,385Itcontainsingredientscalledsaponinsthatencouragemacrophageandnaturalkillercellactivity.

TheanineThis is a component of green tea that is structurally similar to glutathione, and its presence confusescancercells.Glutathioneactsbyblocking theabilityof cancercells toneutralizecancer-killingagents,resultinginthedeathofthetumorcell.Animalstudiesshowthattheaninehasanantitumoreffectandmayimprovetheresultsofchemotherapytreatment.386,387,388Thesuggesteddoseis500to1,000mgdaily,takenwithdoxorubicin.

LentinanThis extract of the shiitake mushroom acts as an immunemodulator and can help reduce the sideeffects of chemotherapy. Peer-reviewed journals report that lentinan also helps combat colorectal,stomach,andpancreaticcancers.389,390,391,392,393

RedCloverRedcloverchecksfreeradicaldamageandprotectsDNA,which,inturn,helpspreventmutations.

Essiac

Takeninteaform,Essiacisanherbalformulathathasbeenusedforyearstofightcancer.Amongitsimmune-enhancingingredientsareburdock,Indianrhubarb,sheepsorrel,andslipperyelm.

HoxseyHerbalTherapyLymphomaandskincancerhaverespondedwelltotreatmentwiththisherbalformula,whichcontainsred clover, buckthornbark, stillingia root, barberrybark, chaparral, licorice root, cascara amarga, andpricklyashbark,alongwithpotassiumiodide.

Berberine-ContainingHerbsTheseherbsincludegoldenseal,barberry,goldthread,andOregongrape.Berberineinhibitsanenzymeprominently involved in cancer formation. It is a potent antitumor agent because of its apoptosis-enhancingeffect.394,395,396Thesuggesteddoseofgoldensealis250mgthreetimesperday.

FeverfewThis is an anti-inflammatory herb that inhibits the production of several potentially damagingcytokines. Scientific literature has established feverfew’s antiproliferative effects.397, 398, 399 Thesuggesteddoseisonetotwocapsulesperdaythatcontain600mcgparthenolide.Otheranticancerherbs toconsider includeAfricancayenne,bilberry,bloodroot, comfrey,dandelion

root,goldenseal,paud’arco,andsuma.Goldenseal shouldbe taken forshortperiodsof time,andnottakenduringpregnancy.

WHATTOAVOIDMeatMeatshouldbeavoided,period.Thesaturatedfat,excessiveprotein,bacteria,viruses,antibiotics,andhormones inmeat are extremely harmful, and this is especially true ofmeat from animals raised onfactory farms, because these animals are given high levels of antibiotics and hormones. Estrogeniccompounds are routinely injected into commercially raised animals to fatten them up. Once eaten,these hormones are stored in estrogen-responsive tissue, whether it be ovarian, breast, testicular, orprostatic,wheretheyoverstimulatethebody’sownhormonesandleadtocancer.Ifyoumusteatmeat,consumingsmallquantitiesfromanimalsraisednaturallyisasaferalternative.

DairyProductsDairyproductscontainever-largeramountsofestrogen,thankstobovinegrowthhormoneandthefactthat we now milk cows while they are pregnant. This excessive estrogen is harmful and promotesinflammation.OnereasonJapanesewomendonotgetbreastcancerasfrequentlyasAmericanwomendomaybethatmilkisnotastapleoftheJapanesediet.Theconsumptionofdairyproductspromotesinflammationandtaxestheimmunesystem.Highdietaryintakehasbeenlinkedwithhigherincidenceofprostate,ovarian,breast,andothercancers.400,401,402,403

AntibioticsAntibiotics not only are overprescribed for us; they are regularly injected into livestock and thusbecomepartofthefoodweeat.Thesedrugsadverselyaffecttheimmunesystembydiminishingwhite

bloodcellsneededtofightdisease.404

PesticidesInthe1960s,sciencewriterRachelCarsonalertedtheworldtothedamagingpropertiesofpesticidesinher highly acclaimed bookSilent Spring. Sadly, theworld has not heeded herwarning and is payingdearlyforit.Numerousstudieshavelinkedindoorandoutdoorpesticideusewithincreasesinchildhoodleukemia

andmelanoma.405,406,407Commonpesticide ingredientssuchaschlordane,heptachlor,Diazinon,andchlorpyrifosareassociatedwithlymphomas,braintumors,andnon-Hodgkin’slymphoma.408,409Pesticides can be avoided by steering clear of toxic household insecticides and consuming properlycleanedandpeeledorganicproduce.

TobaccoEveryoneknowsthatsmokingisaprimecauseofthemostprevalentformofcancer,lungcancer.Morepeoplearebecomingawareofthedangersofsecondhandsmoke.Studiesnowconfirmthat17percentoflungcancersoccurinpeopleexposedtosecondhandsmokebetweentheagesofthreeandfiftybutwho have never smoked themselves. Cervical cancer is also associated with the inhalation ofsecondhand smoke. Chewing tobacco is not a good alternative to smoking, as it can lead tomouthcancer.

AlcoholWhile drinking two to three alcoholic beverages weekly is considered moderate drinking in somecircles,thisamounthasbeenassociatedwithasignificantlyincreasedriskofbreastcancer(onedrinkisconsideredtobe12ouncesofbeer,4ouncesofwine,or1.5ouncesofhardliquor).410,411

RadiationX-raysshouldbetakenonlywhenabsolutelynecessary,asevenlowlevelexposurehasbeenlinkedtocancer.412Inaddition,radiationfromoverexposuretosunlightcancauseskincancer.

ElectromagneticRadiation(EMR)According to studies,people livingclose tohigh-tensionwires aremore likely todevelopcancer thanthegeneralpopulation.413,414,415Lowlevelemissionsofelectromagneticradiationfromthesewiresover long periods of time are responsible. Electrical workers have an especially high rate ofleukemia,416asdoschoolchildrenwhose schoolsarenearhigh-tensionwires.417 In thehome,EMRcomes from all appliances powered by electricity, such as televisions, computers, microwave ovens,electricblankets,anddigitalclocks.Itisthereforeimportanttounplugtheseitemsbeforegoingtosleepiftheyfacethebed,evenwhentheyarebehindawall.

ProcessedFoodsProcessedfoodsmakeupalargepartofthestandardAmericandiet.Thesefoodsarelackingincriticalmicronutrients and fiber and only impair the body’s ability to heal itself. Processed products are

commonlymadewithdamagingtransfat,andhavehighsugarandsodiumcontents.Replaceprocessedfoodswithadietoffreshandorganicfruits,vegetables,grains,beans,legumes,andlimitedamountsofhealthy fats, with an emphasis on raw foods. When cooking, never fry foods, as this produces adangerousamountofpotentcarcinogensknownasacrylamides.

Whole-BodyApproachesWhole-body therapies involve a combination of approaches to cancer treatment and prevention,including diet and nutrition, herbs, immune enhancement, and detoxification. The following sectionhighlightssomewhole-bodytherapiesthatIhavefoundtobesafe,effective,andnatural.

GersonTherapyAnever-increasingnumberoftoxicsubstancesareintroducedintotheenvironmenteachyear,rangingfrom chemicals, pesticides, anddrugs to the byproducts of nuclearweapons and energy.Meanwhile,new agricultural and manufacturing techniques such as genetically engineered microorganisms andfood irradiationalter the foodwe eat inways thathavenotbeenevaluated.Until relatively recently,thehumanbody,whichhasevolvedoverthousandsofyears,seemedtodoafairlygoodjobofadaptingtochangeswithin the environment.Within thepast century,however, the rate atwhichpeoplehavebeen exposed to new and toxic substances has accelerated so rapidly that the result has been abreakdown in the body’s natural adaptation and defense processes. Certain physicians view thisbreakdown as one of the major contributing factors to many of today’s most dreaded diseases,especiallycancer.The theory thatcancer is triggeredbyenvironmental factors thatdeplete thebody’snatural immunity and defense capabilities is not new. In fact, the late Dr. Max Gerson took an“environmental” approach to cancer therapy more than seventy years ago. The cornerstone of Dr.Gerson’s therapy isdetoxificationof thebody throughdietdesigned torehabilitate thebody’snaturalimmunityandhealingprocesses.AlthoughDr. Gerson died in 1959, his work has been carried on since that time by his daughter,

CharlotteGerson.Charlottecontractedbone tuberculosis (TB)at theageofelevenwhile fleeingNaziGermanywithherfamily,butwaslatercuredbyherfatherofthisnormallyfataldisease.VowingthatDr.Gerson’sworkwouldnotdiewithhim,CharlottefoundedtheGersonInstitute,whichoperatesintwoclinics:OneislocatedalongthewesterncoastofMexicoaboutthirtyminutessouthofSanDiego,and the other is near Budapest, Hungary. Dr. Gerson was eulogized by renowned physician andmissionary Dr. Albert Schweitzer, whose wife Gerson cured of lung tuberculosis in the 1930s.SchweitzerwroteinalettertoMs.Gerson,

Iseeinhimoneofthemosteminentgeniusesinthehistoryofmedicine.Manyofhisbasicideashavebeenadoptedwithouthavinghisnameconnectedwiththem.Yethehasachievedmorethanseemed possible under adverse conditions. He leaves a legacy which commands attention andwhich will assure him his due place. Those whom he cured will now attest to the truth of hisideas.418

TheDiscoveryDr.GersonwasborninGermanyin1881.TherootsofhisworkdatetohisearlydaysasayounginternandresidentbeforeWorldWarI.Atthattimehewassufferingfromseveremigraineheadaches,whichwereconsideredincurable.Afterafruitlesssearchthroughthemedicalliterature,Dr.Gersonturnedtonutritiontochangehisbodychemistryandgainrelief.Hewasalreadyconvincedthatcontaminationoffoodsbyartificialfertilizersandprocessinghadadeleteriouseffectonthebodyandfeltthathemightbe able to improve his migraine condition by restoring normal metabolism through a healthy diet.

Gersonstartedtoexperimentonhimselfwithcertain foods inameticulouslydetailedscientificstudy.Hisfirstexperimentinvolvedconsumingnothingbutcow’smilk.Gersonreasonedthatmilk,beingthefirstfood,wassomethingthatevenababycouldhandle,sohisbodyshouldhavebeenabletoutilizeitproperly.Butwhenthemilkdietmadehisheadachesworse,itoccurredtoDr.Gersonthatmilkisnotnormallyconsumedbyadultanimalsotherthanhumansanywhereinnature,andthatperhapsmilkisaforeignsubstanceratherthananaturalnutrientintheadulthumandiet.Dr.Gersondecidedtoconducthisnextexperimentsusingfoodsthatweremoresuitedforthehuman

typeofbuild andbodychemistry—namely, fruits andvegetables. (Contrary topopularbelief,humanphysiologyisbasicallyherbivorousandnotcarnivorous.Thehumanintestinaltractmeasuresthirtyfeetinlengthandassuchisunsuitedtotheproperdigestionandeliminationofmeat,andourteethareflatfor grinding, not long, sharp, and pointed for ripping flesh.) Dr. Gerson found that he did notexperience migraines when he ate nothing but grains, fresh fruits, and vegetables. He then beganexperimenting with single foods to discern their particular effect on his physiology. He found, forinstance, thatcooked foodsoftendidnotagreewithhim. It turnedout tobe theaddedsalt,not thecookingprocess,thatmadethedifference;whenheatethesamecookedfoodswithoutsalt,hewasabletohandlethemverywell.Littleby little,Dr.Gersonbegantopiece togetheramenuof foodsthathecouldsafelyconsume,as

well as a list of foods that would regularly induce migraines within a few minutes of eating. Heultimatelyarrivedatadietveryhighinfreshfruitsandvegetablesandfreshlypreparedvegetableandfruitjuicesandverylowinfats.Later,inhistreatmentoftuberculosispatients,Dr.Gersonwoulduseasmallamountofraw,fresh,unsaltedbutterbecauseit isagoodsourceofthephospholipidsthatformanimportantpartofthebody’sdefensemechanism.Otherwisethedietwaslargelyfreeofanimalsfats,especiallycookedfats,andtotallyfreeofmeatsandcookedanimalproteinsofanysort.By the early 1920s, Dr. Gerson had succeeded in completely curing himself of migraines with his

special diet. He then started extending his findings to patients who came to him suffering frommigraines.Theytoobenefited.Eventually, although by accident,Dr. Gerson began to use his “MigraineDiet” in the treatment of

tuberculosisaswell.Hisdaughter,Charlotte,relateshowthisoccurred:

One time, a patient came to him suffering from migraines and was given what he called his“MigraineDiet.”When thepatient cameback after three or fourweeks, he toldDr.Gerson thatalongwithhismigraines,healsohadbeensufferingfromlupusvulgaris,aformofskintuberculosis,and thatwith thediet,notonlyhadhismigrainesdisappeared; the lupushadalsobegun toheal.Dr.Gersonfoundthisalmostimpossibletobelieve,becausehehadlearnedthatlupuswasreallyanincurable condition.But therewas theproof beforehis eyes.He saw that the lesionwashealing,andheverifiedthatithadbeenproperlydiagnosedandthattherehadbeenbacteriologicalstudiesshowingthat,infact,themanhadskintuberculosis.419

Followingthisepisode,Dr.Gersonwasabletocuremanyotherpatientswithskintuberculosis.ThistherapywaslaterverifiedinlargeexperimentsinMunich,involving450terminalorincurablecasesofskintuberculosistreatedwithhisGersondietarytherapy.Thetreatmentwasshowntocure447.Fromthere,Dr.Gerson felt that if skin tuberculosis could be influencedbynutrition,why shouldn’t otherformsoftuberculosisrespond?Heappliedthissamedietarytreatmenttopeoplewithlungtuberculosis,bone tuberculosis, kidney tuberculosis, and other forms.One of themost famous patients he had at

that time was the wife of Albert Schweitzer, who had contracted TB in the tropics. Her conditionworsenedwhenshewasinaprisonerofwarcampwithherhusbandduringthelastpartofWorldWarI.ThedoctorshadgivenuponMrs.SchweitzerbecauseherTBhadspreadtobothlungfieldsandwasquiteextensive.ButfollowingGerson’snutritionaltherapy,sherecoveredandlivedanotherfortyyears,untilpassingawayatageseventy-eight.Asa resultof thishealing,Drs.GersonandSchweitzerbecame friendsandremainedso throughout

theirlives.Dr.SchweitzerfollowedtheprogressoftheGersontherapyasitwaslaterappliedtoawidevariety of diseases. When he developed adult diabetes, Dr. Schweitzer found relief through Dr.Gerson’s treatment.Unfortunately, theU.S.medical establishment has never sharedDr. Schweitzer’shigh opinion ofDr.Gerson. Instead of being praised, hewas persecuted andharassed.Today,morethanfiftyyearsafterDr.Gerson’sdeathin1959,histherapyremainsontheAmericanCancerSociety’slistof“UnprovenMethods.”

TheTreatmentBefore discussing Dr. Gerson’s therapy, it is important to look at its theoretical basis. Like otheralternative cancer approaches, Gerson therapy differs fundamentally from the traditional medicaltreatment, in that it deals with cancer as a systemic disease rather than a localized one. Morespecifically,Dr.Gerson’stherapyaimstorebalanceandrevitalizethecancerpatient’sentirephysiologyinorder torectify this systemicdisorder, therebycausing thecancer toregressandpreventing it fromrecurring.ThecoreofGersontherapyisaregimenconsistingprimarilyofasalt-andfat-freedietoforganically

grownfreshfruitsandvegetablesthatareusuallyservedraworasjuices.Theprimaryobjectiveofthediet is todetoxify thebodyand rebalance thewholemetabolism, rather than simply to eliminate thesymptomsofthedisease.“Thetreatmenthastopenetratedeeplytocorrectallvitalprocesses,”saidDr.Gerson. “When generalmetabolism is restored,we can again influence the functioningof all organs,tissues,andcellsthoughit.”420

LiverTherapyDr.Gersonplacedparticular importanceontheconditionof the liver,which isaprimaryregulatorofmetabolism.AccordingtoDr.Gerson,

The problem of the liver was and still is partly misunderstood and partly neglected. Themetabolismanditsconcentrationinthe livershouldbeput intheforeground,notthecancerasasymptom. There, the outcome of cancer is determined as the clinically favorable results, failures,andautopsiesclearlydemonstrate.Therethesentencewillbepassed—whetherthetumorscanbekilled, dissolved, absorbed, or eliminated, and, finally, whether the body can be restored. Theprogressofthediseasedependsonwhetherandtowhatextentthelivercanberestored.421

The liver’smany functions, coupledwith its constant interactionwith theotherorgansof thebody,give it acrucial role toplay in themaintenanceofhealth.Dr.Gersonandmanyother scientistshavenotedthatinalldegenerativediseases,includingcancer,therearevaryingdegreesofliverdysfunctionanddeterioration.Fortunately,however,theliverisnoteasilydestroyed.Whileliverdamagemaynotevenbedetecteduntil liverfunctionhasbeengreatlyimpaired,theliverisalsooneoftheorgansthathasthegreatestcapacityforregeneration.Consequently,restorationoftheliverisasignificantobjective

ofDr.Gerson’sdiet.Dr.Gerson’s liver therapy ismultifaceted.First,animalproteinsareeliminatedorgreatlyreduced in

the diet because they have been found to interfere with liver therapy and impede the body’sdetoxification.The idealdiet forpatientson liver therapy,asmentionedabove, is low in salt and fat,and high in potassium and fresh fruits and vegetables, mostly in juice form. The juice is alwayspreparedfreshlyandisnotmixedwithothermedicationsthatcouldalterthepHandtherebydecreaseits efficacy. Restoration of the liver,whichmay take from six to eighteenmonths, depending on theseverityoftheillness,allowsthelivertodetoxifythebodyandproduceitsownoxidativeenzymes.Other aspects of liver therapy include liver injections, and lubile (defatted bile powder from young

calves) and pancreatin (pancreatic enzyme) tablets. The liver injections are composed of liver extractand are given daily for four to six months. They, too, provide important vitamins, minerals, andenzymes that aid in restoring the liver to its proper functioning. These liver injections are usuallycombined with vitamin B12 injections, which Dr. Gerson believed are important for proper proteinsynthesis.Cancerpatientsareoftenunabletocombineaminoacidsproperlyinordertoformproteinswithintheirbodies.Lubilewasusedmorefrequentlyintheearlierstagesofthetherapy.Whileitisnotusedformostpatientstoday,itisbeneficialincaseswheretheliverisextremelydamagedandthebileduct system is impaired.Pancreatin tabletsaregivenduringandafter thedetoxificationprogramasabackupsourceofdigestiveenzymes,becausethosearealsodeficientinmostcancerpatients.According to Dr. Gerson, patients on the therapy actually begin to break down, assimilate, and

eliminate cancer tumors. This is accomplished when the repaired liver is adequately producingoxidativeenzymes,thegeneraldetoxificationprocess(ofwhichtheliverisacriticalpart)isactive,andpotassiumlevelsthroughoutthebodyareadequate.

CoffeeEnemasDuring theperiodwhenthebody iskilling,absorbing,andeliminating the tumor,detoxification isoftheutmost importance.Dr.Gersonadmitted that in theearly stagesofdevelopment, the therapydidnotcontainadequatedetoxificationtechniques.“Afteratumorwaskilled,”hesays,“thepatientdidnotdieofcancerbutofaseriousintoxicationwith‘comahepaticum’(livershock)causedbyabsorptionofnecroticcancertissue.”422Thus, inadditiontotheothercleansingaspectsofthetherapy,Dr.Gersonbegan toprescribe frequent coffee enemas,which at theoutset of treatment canbe given as often asevery fourhours.Thisprescriptionderives fromtheworkof twoGermanresearcherswhofoundthatcaffeineadministeredrectallycausesthebileductstoopen,instigatinganincreasedproductionofbile,whichflushesouttheaccumulatedtoxins.After these enemas,Dr.Gerson noticed that patientswere often relieved of pain (e.g., headaches),

fevers,andnausea,whichallowedhimtotheneasilydiscontinuetheirpainmedicationandsedation.On the other hand, Dr. Gerson noted that coffee taken orally seemed to have exactly the oppositeeffect:Itcausedthestomachtogointospasmandproducea“soaping”overorcontractionofthebileducts.Hence,whileregularcoffeeenemasareanindispensablepartofGersontherapy,drinkingcoffeeisdiscouraged.

ReestablishingPotassiumLevelsMuscles,thebrain,andthelivernormallyhavemuchhigherlevelsofpotassiumthansodium.Earlyinhisresearch,however,Dr.Gersonnotedthatthisratioisreversedincancerpatients;thatis,hefound

that sodium is elevated in cancer cells and that in the ailingbody,potassium isoften inactive and/orimproperly utilized. He felt that chronic disease is initiated by the loss of potassium from the cellsystem. Accordingly, another primary objective of Gerson therapy is to reestablish proper levels ofpotassiuminthebody.Becauseofthespecificrelationshipbetweensodiumandpotassium,inwhichanincreaseinonemineralcausesadecreaseintheotherandviceversa,oneofthefirstactionsDr.Gersonadvocatedwastheeliminationofsaltandsodium-richfoodsfromthediet.Inaddition,allpatientsonGerson therapy immediately begin receiving large amounts of a potassium solution that Dr. Gersondevelopedafter300experiments.Thepotassiumcompoundheused,whichisstillusedattheGersonclinics, is a combination of potassium gluconate, potassium acetate, and potassium phosphatemonobasic. This is administered in the form of a 10 percent potassium solution, which is added tojuices ten times daily in 4-teaspoon doses. The potassium solution is never added to the liver juice,because Dr. Gerson believed that it can alter the juice’s pH, thereby decreasing its efficacy. After amonth, the amount is decreased by about half. The fluid retention and edema (caused by a sodiumoverabundance) is usually the first thing to disappear when patients are given high amounts ofpotassiuminjuices.Dr.Gersonnoted thateven inahealthyperson it isverydifficult torestorepotassiumdeficiencies. Itmaytakeaslongasayearortwobeforenormallevelsinmajororgansarereestablishedinseriouslyillpeople. In patients suffering from dehydration, potassium is added to the fluids therapeuticallyadministered in the form of a GKI (glucose, potassium, insulin) solution. According to CharlotteGerson, this solution isnot specific toGerson therapybut is recognizedandutilizedby theAmericanmedical establishment in general. “Dr. Demetrio Sodi-Pallares, a world-renowned cardiologist fromMexicoCity,”saysMs.Gerson,“verymuchrecommendsthissolution.”423HeagreeswithDr.Gersonthatdiseaseissystemicormetabolic.Hisownresearchinheartdiseasehasshownthatitisnotadiseaseof theheartbutametabolicdisease thatmustbe treatedwithahigh-potassium, low-sodiumdiet.424Dr.Sodi-Pallares foundthatgivingGKItoheartpatientswith fluidretention isalsoveryhelpful.Ms.Gersonnoted,“Thissolutionhelpsrestorepotassiumtothecellsystem.Energyisrequiredinorderforpotassiumtogobackintothecellsystem,andthisenergyissuppliedbytheglucoseandinsulin.Weusethissolutionquitesuccessfullyintwoways:firsttoreplenishthepatientwithfluids,butalsotorestorepotassiumtothecellsandreduceedema.”

DietEvery aspect of Gerson therapy revolves around the diet, which is designed to support all the otherefforts to rebalance the internal body chemistry. At the clinics, all meals are prepared with fresh,organically grown produce. Nothing is canned, jarred, pickled, frozen, or preserved in any way.Betweenthejuicesandthemeals,thetotalaverageintakeoffoodforeachpatientisapproximately20poundsoffreshrawfoodperday,mostlyviajuices.Allrefined,processed,andempty-caloriefoodsareavoided.Thisincludesobviouslytreatedfoodssuchaswhitesugarsandflours,andsmoked,sulfured,packaged, or mass-prepared products. Other obvious taboos include cigarettes, alcohol, drugs, andcaffeine,whichareknown todeplete the immune systemandact as carcinogens.All animalproteinssuchasmeat,poultry,anddairyproductsareavoided,becausetheyaredifficulttodigestandhinder,ratherthanpromote,therestorationoftheliver.Bothanimalandvegetablefatsarealsoavoided,astheytoocanbedifficulttodigestandcanimpede

detoxification. In addition, Dr. Gerson found that dietary fats actually have the effect of promotingtumorgrowth.Thisaccordswithcancerresearchindicatingthatthehigherthelevelofcholesteroland

fatsinthebloodofcancerpatients,thelesstheirchanceofsurviving.Dr.Gersonslowlyeliminatedallfats from the diets of his cancer patients and found that the results improved substantially. On theother hand, whenever he added fats (even oils that are low in cholesterol) to the patients’ diets, heobservedregrowthoftumortissue.Consequently,forcancerpatientsreceivingGersontherapy,fatsofanimalandvegetableoriginareeliminatedasmuchaspossible.Theonlyexceptionislinseedoil,whichDr.Gerson found is particularlywell tolerated. (Forpatients suffering fromother illnesses,while thediet is still essentially low in fat, some raw fresh butter, egg yolks, and low-cholesterol vegetable oilssuchassaffloweroilandsunfloweroilmaybeeateninsmallquantities.)Dr.Gersonwasastrongbelieverintheimportanceoforganicallygrownproduce,and,asmentioned

previously,allfoodusedathisclinicmustbegrowninthismanner.Chemicalpesticidesandfertilizers,he said, essentially poison anddenature fruits and vegetables by altering their chemical composition.Forinstance,hefoundthatmanychemicalfertilizerscausethesodiumcontentintheaffectedfoodstorisewhiledecreasingpotassiumlevels,whichispreciselycontrarytowhatthebodyrequirestorestorehealthymetabolicfunction.

The“HealingCrisis”A “healing crisis” is an activation of the body’s defenses, and often takes the form of fever as theimmunesystembeginstobefunctionalagain.Ms.Gersonsays,

Almost invariably, once the patient begins to produce a fever, this is followed by a tumorreduction. Itseemsas thoughthe feverhelps thebodybreakdownanddissolve the tumortissue.Alongwiththefevercomeflulikesymptomssuchasachesandpainsalloverthebody.Thishealingcrisiscanbequitesevereincaseswherethebodyisgettingridofaccumulatedheavytoxicmaterials.These toxins are removed through the coffee enemas, but sometimes thepatientwill have a veryirritatedcolonbecause thesematerials literallyburnas theyarebeingreleased. In thosecases,wealterfromthecoffeetochamomileteaenemas,whicharesoothingandhelpthebodyreleasetoxicmaterialswhichhavebuiltup.Weseethattypeofproblemwithpatientswhohavebeenmedicateda lotwith tranquilizers and antidepressants.The latter are especially toxic.When theyhave beenused a fair amount, thepatients suffer a lot as they are released from thebody.Wehave to givethesepatients chamomile tea enemas,peppermint teaandchamomile teabymouth, andoatmealgruel—allaresoothing.

Usually these reactions last no longer than three to four days, and when they are over, thepatientsclaimtobemuchrelievedandimproved,withabetterappetite.Sometimes,ifpatientshaveexperiencedagooddealofweight loss, theybecomeravenouslyhungry.This ispartof thebody’snormalhealingprocess.Ms.Gersontellsofathirty-eight-year-oldpatientwithliverandpancreaticcancer who had been told onOctober 1 that she would not survive past Christmas. Shewas ontwelvemorphinetabletsperdayandhadlosttwenty-fivepounds.Intwodaysshewasfreeofpainandoffthemorphine,thenwentthroughahealingcrisiswithfever,cameoutofitafteraboutsixorsevendays,andstartedtobeveryhungry.Everytimeshewenttodinner,shetookfoodbacktoherroomsothatshecouldhaveanextramealortwointhemiddleofthenight.Thispatientnotonlysurvived past Christmas but toldMs.Gerson years later that shewas feelingwonderful and hadresumedmostofhernormalactivities.

ThePatients

CancerpatientshavebeentreatedwithGersontherapyformorethansixtyyears,andtheresultshavebeenamazing,especially incontrast to thosereportedbyconventionalcancerspecialistsandagencies.The therapy was administered at treatment centers in New York and then California before theestablishmentof thenewGersonTherapyCenter inMexico in 1977.Currently, theCalifornia-basedGersonInstitute licenses twoprivateclinics: theClinicaNutriciónyVida inTijuana,Mexico,andtheGersonHealthCentrenearBudapest,Hungary,whichopened in2009.TheClinicaNutriciónyVidaaccommodates around130patients eachyear,while theBudapest clinic cares for approximately sixtypatients.Atanygiventime, thousandsofcancerpatientsself-administerGersontherapyathome,butthe Gerson Institute is unable to estimate how many home patients there are. A treatment at theTijuana clinicusually lasts around threeweeks and costs $5,500 per patient. The cost includes roomandboardforonecompaniontothepatient.A 40 to 50 percent improvement rate was recorded in terminal patients, and an 80 percent

improvement in early to moderate cancer cases.425 A study reviewing the effectiveness of treatingmelanomapatientswithGerson therapycompared to conventional treatments concluded that reportsoffive-yearsurvivalwere“considerablyhigherthanthosereportedelsewhere,”andthat“stageIIIA/Bmales had exceptionally high survival rates compared with those reported by other centers.”426 Formoreinformationonthistherapy,contact:

GersonInstitute(800)838-2256www.gerson.org

THE ISSELS TREATMENT (FORMERLY KNOWN AS GANZHEITTHERAPY)Trainedas a traditional surgeon, the lateGermanphysicianDr. Joseph Isselswaswidely regarded asthefatherofintegrativemedicine,combiningalternativeandcomplementarymedicinedecadesbeforeits current popularity. Issels became aware of the limitations of orthodox therapy when he begantreating cancer patients and found that the survival rate was frustratingly low. His observationsconvinced him that the successful treatment of cancer required a return to the whole-body (orGanzheit) approach to the disease. Issels strongly believed that “cancer is not just a local diseaseconfinedtotheparticularplaceinthebodywherethetumormanifestsitselfbutisageneraldiseaseofthe whole body.”427 Convinced of the body’s inherent ability to heal itself, Dr. Issels developed abroad-spectrum therapy to restore and regenerate the body’s natural defense mechanisms, whichcomplements traditionalWesternmedical treatment directed at the elimination of a localized tumor.With this approach, Dr. Issels achieved a degree of success in treating his cancer patients that isunparalleledintraditionalmedicine,ultimatelydemonstratingthemostsuccessfulresultseverachievedwithlate-stagecancerpatients—16.6percentfive-yearsurvivaland15percentfifteen-yearsurvival.

TheDiscoveryHowdiditallbegin?Inhisearlyyearsofmedicine,Dr.Isselsputsomeofhistheoriesintopracticeinwhat he would later call a “Ganzheit” or “whole-body” approach to healing. He required that hispatients have infected teeth or tonsils removed, because he strongly believed that chronic bacterial

infectioncanreleasepoisonsintothebodythatlowernaturalresistanceandtriggerdisease.Properdietwas also considered critical. The usual foodstuffs had to be replacedwith biologically adequate onesadjustedtofittheorganicconditionsofindividualpatients,butalldietswerebasedonwhole,organicplant foods. Chronically ill patients usually had to receive lactobacillus acidophilus, a cultured milkproduct that served as a ferment substitute to compensate for a loss of efficiency in their digestivesystems. Tobacco, alcohol, coffee, tea, and other substances the doctor considered harmful werebanned. Whenever possible, longstanding emotional stress was relieved or eliminated. In themeantime, the doctorwent aheadwith treatment of the particular diseased organ, confident that hewasalsoaddressingtherootcauseofthepatient’ssickness.Initially,Issels’ssuccessatcuringcancerorachievinglong-termremissionwasnotgreat.Heknewthat

his colleagues were equally baffled by the disease, but that knowledge did not ease his frustration.Surgeryandradiationseemedtobringtemporaryimprovement,butitwasclearthattheydidnotgetatthe causeof the cancer and couldnotprotect thepatient from furtheroccurrences. Surely,Dr. Isselsthought,therehadtobeawayofapplyingtheprinciplesofGanzheittherapytothetreatmentofcancertoproducenotjustremissionsbutgenuinecures.Therehadtobeanalternativetodisfiguringsurgery,toxicchemicals,andpoisonousradiation.Dr.IsselswassoongettingremarkableresultswiththiscombinationofGanzheittherapy,homeopathy,

dietarycontrol,andothertherapeutictechniques.Hispracticebecamethelargestintown,butbecauseof his compassion for cancer sufferers and awillingness to provide treatment for low or no cost, thepracticedidnotmakehimarichman.

UsingHistoryasaGuideTheantipathyDr.Isselshadfelttowardcancerinhisearlyyearsbecamealmostanobsessionwiththedisease.He read everythinghe could findoncancer and in theprocessbecamean expert inmedicalhistory. He discovered to his surprise that cancer, contrary to popular opinion, was not a modernaffliction but had been observed by Chinese and Sumerian physicians and described inmanuscriptsdatingback3,000yearsBCE.Even that longago,cancerwas thought toresult fromamalfunction inthebody’sregulatorymechanismsandwastreatedwithacupunctureanddrugs.Hippocrates (460−377 BCE), the founder of Western medicine, was the first to use the word

“carcinoma” in referring to malignant tumors, which he believed arose from a “separation of thehumors”(blood,bile,andphlegm)andwastobetreatedwithsurgeryanddrugs.ButwhatDr.IsselsfoundespeciallynoteworthywasHippocrates’recommendationthattheentirebodybedetoxifiedandthat cancer patients be put on a special diet, much like his own Ganzheit theory. Further researchshowedthatfortheancientGreeks,diata,or“diet,”referredtofarmorethanwhatapatientwastoeator drink. The term was closer in meaning to “way of life” or “lifestyle” and strongly suggestedabstinencefromanythingthatmightbespirituallyaswellasphysicallyharmful.The Roman physician Claudius Galen (131−200CE), the founder of scientific physiology, whose

authority had gone unchallenged in Western medicine for over 1,000 years, had also turned hisattentiontocancer,asDr.Isselssoondiscovered.Galenalsoheldtheopinionthatcancerisadiseaseoftheentirebody,notconfinedtothesiteofthetumor.Moving forward in time, Dr. Issels encountered the world-famous doctor of the Renaissance,

Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus vonHohenheim, better known as Paracelsus, who alsofeltthatthephysician’sroleintreatingcancerandotherdiseaseswasnottointerferewiththebodybutrathertostimulatethehealingprocessesnaturehadprovidedtocorrecttheimbalancesinthebodythat

result in illness. Dr. Issels also encountered the pioneer surgeon Ambroise Paré, who sharedParacelsus’sviewofcancerasadiseaseoftheentirebody,andtheFrenchthinkerRenéDescartes,whothoughtcancerwascausedbyabnormalities in the lymphglands.Heporedover theworkofPercivalPotts, the 18th-century British physician who was among the first to describe cancer as an“occupational”malignancywhenhenoticedanabnormallyhighrateofcancerofthescrotuminyoungchimneysweeps.Inshort,noonewhomighthavesomethingusefultosayaboutcancerescapedIssels’sscrutiny.TheworkofDr.EdwardJenner,theEnglishphysicianwhohaddevelopedavaccinationandchecked

the scourge of smallpox, seemed to offer special promise in regard to both theory and practice.AlthoughDr. Jenner had not been successful in treating cancer, he had produced vaccines that hadshownpromisingresultsagainstotherdisorders.EquallyimportantforDr.Issels,hisBritishpredecessorbelievedthatcancerstemmedfrominadequaciesintheimmunemechanismsandthatitcouldhaveafataleffectonlywhenthebody’snaturalimmunityhadbrokendowncompletely.

SearchingforaVaccineFollowingthis lineofthought,Dr.Isselssearchedforavaccinethatwouldbolsterthebody’simmunesystem to the point where it could fight back successfully against cancer. Neoblastine, a vaccine hedevelopedbyculturingcancertissuesinacontrolledmediummanytimesoveralongperiodtoinsuresafety, seemedtooffersomepromise.After testing thevaccineon laboratoryanimals,he tried itonaterminally ill lung cancer patient, togetherwith hisGanzheit therapy involving extraction of infectedteethandtonsils,andstrictdietarycontrol.Although thepatient lived threemonths longer thanexpected, the resultswereambiguous,because

therehadbeennocureanditwasimpossibletoattributethepatient’simprovementtoanysinglefactorinthetreatment.Anothercase,onthesurfaceequallydisappointing,occurredwhenDr.Isselsagreedtotreatawoman

with an enormous uterine tumor who had already been given up on by her doctors. Heeding herhusband’s pleas,Dr. Issels agreed to see her, but he coulddonothing beyondprescribing painkillersandorderingachangeinherdiet.Nonetheless,thefactthatDr.Isselshadundertakentotreathergavethewomanamuchbetteroutlook.Untilherdeath twomonths later, shemaintainedsteadfastly thatDr.Issels’streatmentshadfreedherofpainthatdrugshadbeenunabletoeliminate.Isselsbecameconvincedthatatumorwasmerelyalate-stagesymptom,accidentallytriggeredbutable

togrowonlyinwhathedescribedasa“tumormilieu,”theresultofpriordamagetoorgansandorgansystems, especially those involved inmaintaining the body’s resistance to disease. The diseasewouldnever gain a foothold unless the body’s defenses were depleted. Issels posited that once cancer hadgainedafoothold,conventionaltreatmentscouldusuallyprovideonlytemporaryrelief.Whilesurgery,byremovinglargemassesoftumor,mightstimulatetheimmunesystemtoregenerate,itwasnotlikelytoprovide a cureby itself because theoperation couldnot get at theunderlying causeof the cancer.Radiation and chemotherapy, while initially successful, frequently provided only temporary relief.Nonetheless,Dr.IsselsdidnotofferGanzheittherapyasasubstitutefortheusualtreatments,butasasupplement that he believedwouldmake the conventional therapiesmore effective by rehabilitatingtheentirepatientinsteadofjustattackingthetumor.

CombiningTraditionalandUnconventionalMethodsAsthenumberofhiscancerpatientscontinuedtogrow,Dr.Isselsbeganspecializinginthatdisease.In

1950,hetookchargeofathirty-bedcancerunitataclinicinasmalltowninBavaria.There,heputinseventeen-hourdays,treatingpatientswithacombinationoftraditionalandunconventionalmethods.Surgery was used to remove large tumors. Drugs were administered to improve the functioning ofvariousorgans,especiallytheliverandkidneys,whichusuallyareseverelydamagedinadvancedcancerpatients.Thebodywasdetoxified through theuseof purifyingdrugs;mildpurgatives; a diet high infruit, vegetables, and grains; and the consumption of large amounts ofwater, juice, and herbal teas.Homeopathicremedieswereusedalongwithvaccinestostimulateantibodyproduction.Dr.Issels’treatmentdidnotcureallcancerpatients,butconsideringmostofhispatientswerelate-or

end-stageintheirdisease,itwasremarkablethathewasabletoextendlifebymonthsoryears.Thosewho came to himwere patients whom themedical establishment had been unable to help and hadgivenupon.Forthem,Dr.Isselsofferedtheproverbial“last,best,hope”ofstayingalive,ahopehewassometimesabletofulfillinwaysthatborderedonthemiraculous.

TheTreatmentAlthoughabout90percentofthepatientshesawhadalreadybeendesignatedasincurableandbeyondthe help of orthodox medicine, Dr. Issels continued conventional treatment if it was possible andappropriate. He viewed Ganzheit therapy as a supplement to make these treatments more effectiveratherthanasasubstituteforthem.

TonsillectomyandToothExtractionUnderGanzheittherapy,patientspartwithinfectedteethandtonsils.Dr.Isselsviewedtheseassitesofinfectionthatplaceanunnecessaryburdenontheimmunesystemandacttolowerthebody’sgeneraldefensesagainstdisease.Dentalamalgamsalsoareremoved.

DietandNutritionDietisacriticalcomponentofGanzheit therapy.Mostmeatsareavoided,becausemeatisdifficultforadvancedcancerpatients todigestand isusually filledwithhormones,antibiotics,andpesticides thatplacefurtherstrainonthebody.Therecommendeddietisprimarilyvegetarian,focusingonorganicallygrown whole grains, fruits, and vegetables, supplemented by enzymes, minerals, and vitamins, withemphasis on A, B-complex, C, and E. Yogurt and acidophilus supplements are used to eliminateabnormalintestinalflora.Serumactivatorisadministeredtobringthemetabolismofredbloodcellsupto normal levels, allowing the release of additional hemoglobin and thus increasing the supply ofoxygentothebody’scells.Organextractsaresuppliedtohelprepairsecondarydamagetoorgansandimprovetheirfunctioning,whileahighfluidintakebackedupwithherbalextracts isusedtodetoxifythebody;improvekidney,lymph,andliverfunctions;andbolstertheexcretorysystems.

PsychotherapyBecause Ganzheit therapy entails the treatment of the entire patient, individual and grouppsychotherapyisanimportantelement.Throughthistreatment,Dr.Isselshopednotonlytohelpthepatient come to termswith the disease but also to alleviate or remove the psychic stress that he feltcouldhelpbringoncancerandhinderitscure.

ImmunotherapyA major component of the treatment is a highly sophisticated form of immunotherapy, geared

specificallytofightingcancerandsupported,wherenecessary,bysurgery,radiation,andchemotherapy.This immunotherapyinvolvesatwofoldapproach:specific immunizationagainst theparticulartypeofcancerandageneralefforttoaugmentthebody’snaturalimmuneresponses.“Specificimmunizationworksonawell-triedprinciple,”Dr.Isselswroteinhis1975book,Cancer:A

Second Opinion. “Once a particular cancer antigen has been identified, it is administered underconditions most favorable for the induction of an immune response that will destroy cancer cellsbearing that antigen.This is really nomore than an extensionof the standard vaccination techniqueagainstanyinfectiousdisease.”For specific immunization against the tumor, Dr. Issels often administered a vaccine developed by

Viennese scientistDr.FranzGerlach, thatwas shown tocause regressionofmalignant tumors.Othertumor-specific immunization was effected with standard nontoxic vaccines such as Centanit forcarcinoma,Sarkogenforsarcoma,andLymphogranforHodgkin’sdisease.General immunotherapy isused tobolster thepatient’soverall immunity and todestroy the “tumor

milieu” that makes it possible for the cancer to sustain itself and grow. Here the primarymeans ofattackconsistsofautovaccinespreparedfromextractsfromthepatient’sownteethandtonsilsaswellasothernontoxicvaccinesdesignedtoboostgeneralresistancetodisease.

OzoneTherapyOzonetherapy,althoughnotadirectaidtothe immunesystem, isalsousedasameansof increasingtheoxygensupplytothecellsanddestroyingvirusesandbacteriainthebloodstream.Thismethodofsystematicallyexposingportionsofthepatient’sbloodsupplytomedicallypureozoneisnotcommonlypracticed in theUnitedStates,buthasbeenusedagainstblood-borne infectiousdiseases inGermanyformore than twenty-five years.Dr. Issels found the therapy to be effective in purging the blood ofoxidation-resistantpesticidesandothertoxins.

Hyperpyrexia(FeverInduction)Hyperpyrexia,homeopathy’slong-sanctionedinductionoffever,isalsousedinmuchthesamewayasozone therapy tomake life uncomfortable for the tumor. Once amonth patients get a “fever shot,”which can raise the body temperature as high as 105 degrees Fahrenheit, where it stays for severalminuteswhilethepatientisunderconstantmedicalsupervision.WhileDr.IsselsmaynothavesharedtheenthusiasmoftheancientGreekphysicianwhoremarked,

“Give me a chance to produce fever, and I can cure all illness,” he knew that fever was a naturalreactionofthebodytoforeigninvadersandthatitmadetheseinvadersmorevulnerabletoattack.Healso discovered that the number of disease-destroying leukocytes (white blood cells) in the patient’sbloodstream rose enormously after each fever shot and that the patients uniformly reported feelingmuchbetter afterward as their bodiesweredetoxified.Even localizedheatingof the tumor area,Dr.Isselsdiscovered,couldhaveeffectswhich,whilenotasspectacular,wereclearlybeneficial.

TheResultsThree independent studies of Dr. Issels’ medical records conducted by highly reputed expertsconfirmed a 16.6 percent cure rate among the terminal patients treated with Ganzheit therapy. Tounderstandthesignificanceofthis figure, it isnecessarytorecall thatall thesepatientswereterminal,already givenuponby conventionalmedicine. In theUnited States, for example, such a patient has

virtuallynochanceofsurvival,letaloneofcure.This distinction between survival and cure is also crucial. For conventionalmedicine, “cure” simply

meansthatthecancerpatienthassurvivedfiveyearsaftertheinitialdiagnosis.Itsaysnothingaboutthestateofthepatientduringthattimeoratitsend.Dr.Isselsusedadifferentstandard.WhileevenDr.IsselsdidnotthinkofGanzheittherapyastheperfectcureforcancer,hisindisputable

successes bring one face-to-face with some uncomfortable facts about the state of cancer treatmenttoday.The tremendous technological advances in surgery, radiation, andchemotherapyhavebeenofbenefit to some cancer patients, but these benefits appear to have peaked in the mid-1950s.Notwithstandingthestunningarrayofnewhigh-techsurgicalproceduresandchemotherapeuticdrugs,traditionalmedicine has not been able to obtainmore than a slight increase in the survival rates ofpatients, if that.Despite the expenditure of billions of dollars in thewar on cancer, there is growingevidence of the limitations of conventional therapies and evidence that statisticalmanipulationshavegrosslyinflatedtheamountofactualprogress.Dr.Isselscontinuedhisfightagainstcancerthroughouthislife.Intheyearsbeforehediedin1998at

the age of ninety, Dr. Issels and colleagues at the Centro Hospitalario Internacional Pacifico, S.A.(CHIPSA) Center for Integrative Medicine refined a program that combined his comprehensiveimmunotherapywith the similarly holistic approach developed by the lateDr.MaxGerson, anotherleaderinthealternativemedicinefield.IsselsTreatmentiscurrentlypracticedataclinic locatedinSantaBarbara,California,andanotherin

Tijuana, Mexico. The average cost of the standard three-week treatment is $15,000 but can varydependingonthecliniclocation.Formoreinformationonthistherapy,contact:

TheIsselsFoundation(888)447-7357www.issels.com

THEECLECTICTRIPHASICMEDICALSYSTEM(ETMS)The Eclectic Triphasic Medical System (ETMS) was pioneered by Dr. Donald Yance, a practicingclinicalherbalist,certifiednutritionist,authorofDietary,HerbalandNutritionalStrategiesforTreatingand Preventing Cancer, and the founder of the Mederi Centre for Natural Healing. The ETMSapproachtocancerincorporatesbothtraditionalandmodernhealingtechniques,withanemphasisonherbalmedicine.InaninterviewbetweenDr.Yanceandmyself,hedescribeshisprotocolfortreatingandpreventingcancer:

ThefoodsthatIwouldemphasizeingeneralarefirstofallthehighestqualityattainable,asfreshaspossible,andorganic.Ialwaysstressqualityandbalance.Idon’tcareifyouthinkyoushouldbejuicingcarrots,beets,andcelery;inmyopiniontheymustbeorganicandtheymustbefresh.Itendtobasealotofmyspecificsontheperson’shealthstatus,theperson’sgeneticmakeup,andthetypeof cancer they have. Of course I am going to emphasize foods that contain a high level ofphytochemicalsthatweknowinhibitcancerandpossiblycanreversecancer.

Phytochemicals and phytonutrients are new terms that describe plant constituents that are notvitamins orminerals but various compounds that play an important role in cell protection. They

protect against the initiation and promotion of cancer. Of the flavones, my favorite is calledquercetin,which is found abundantly inbroccoli and inonions and is awonderful inhibitorof anumberofdifferentcancercelllines.Isoflavonesarefoundinthesoybeanfoodfamily.Tryterpines,limolines,andnomlinesarefoundincitrusfruit,mostlyintherindandtheoilofthecitrus,whichcanbemadeintoateawithorangepeel,lemonpeel,orfromtheoils.Someoftheseareinclinicaltrialsforcancertherapy.

Dr.Yancecontinues,

I am a big believer inOmega-3 fatty acids.Not only do they have strong inhibitory effects oncancer growth from many mechanisms, but they also help to feed the body nutrition-wise,particularlycombinedwithprotein.Iknowtherearealotofdifferentviewpointsonthistopic.DoIneedtobuildupthispersonwhileatthesametimedetoxifyingthem?Thatiswhereyouplaythebalancebetweenfoodsthatwillbuildapersonandinhibitcancer,andfoodsthatwilldetoxifytheperson.

Soacombinationofdetoxificationandhealth-restoringdietisessentialtoDr.Yance’sapproach.

DetoxificationDr.Yancedescribeshisdetoxifyingprogram:

IuseEpsomsaltbaths,whichdoanumberofthings.First,youraisethethermallevelofthecorebody temperature. Most people with cancer have a very subnormal body temperature. It isimportanttogetthebody’simmunesystemactivatedbyraisingthebodytemperature.Whenpeopleare in contactwith some sortofpathogen, thebody’snatural response is to secretepyrogens thatraise the body’s temperature. We do this artificially because cancer does not provoke the usualimmunologicalreaction,sowedothingstohelpthat.Imixessentialoils,mostlylavender,intothebathtubandgivethemanherbalcompoundalongwithanherbaltea.Ialsoputabigemphasisonliver detoxifying, in which I will use a number of different plant compounds along with varioussupplements. I favor alpha-lipoic acid combined with some very concentrated forms of herbs,particularly turmeric.Alpha-lipoicacid is ahighlyabsorbablenutrient that isboth fat-andwater-soluble. Inmy opinion it is the first precursor of glutathione, which is part of the phase II liverenzymedetoxifying system. Ithelpsdetoxifyxenoestrogens, lipid soluble toxins, someotherdrugsandpollutants,andpossiblysomeotherthingslikedeadcancercells.Theliveristhemainvehicleforbreakingthesethingsdownandhelpingthebodysecretethem.ThedosageIuseis300mgoflipoicacidtwiceperday.

Asfarasturmericgoes,Iuseacompoundofstandardizedcurcuminoids,theactiveconstituentinturmeric, about95 to97percent. Iuse1 gram threeor four timesperdayonan empty stomachcombinedwithbromelain.Bromelainisanenzymefrompineapplethatinteractswiththeturmericandwith quercetin. The dosages of quercetin and bromelain are the same, 1 gram three or fourtimesperdayonanemptystomach.Thesethreecompoundshaveasynergisticeffectinthattheyallhelpeachotherbeabsorbedmoreefficiently.

OtherHerbs

Dr.Yancetellsusaboutsomeothercommonlyusedherbs:

AninterestingplantthatIusequiteabitinbreastcancerisanherbcalledpulsatilla,whichhasnoanticanceractivitybuttendstoliftaperson’sspirit.Ithinkthatabilityisthefirstandforemostpartofanyperson’streatment.Thenwemoveontoplantslikeschisandra,knownasafive-spiceherbinChinesemedicinebecause ithassalt, sweet,bitter,pungent,andsour tasteall inoneplant. It isawonderfulhepaticprotective agent anddetoxifier and also is used to treatnervous exhaustion. Ithelps the body’s endocrine system with the stress of having cancer. It balances the pH of thedigestivesystem,whichmaybetooalkalineortooacidic,andsoimprovestheabilityofthebodytoabsorb.Itisperhapsthemostpowerfulliverprotectiveagentofallplants.Redcloverisawonderfulplantparticularlywith someof thehormonal type cancers, likebreast cancer andprostate cancer.Becauseoftheisoflavonesandcurcuminoidspresentinthisplant,Iuseaone-to-oneextractofredcloverinsteadoftheover-the-counterpreparationsofone-to-five,whicharenotasstrong.Imakeadecoction(ateayoupreparebyboilinguntilthewateristwo-thirdsevaporatedandthenstrainingbeforeconsumption)ofblossomsofredclover,whichisalsoverynice.

Licorice is also a wonderful plant. It has hormone-regulating properties and liver-protectiveproperties; it isademulcent, so it soothesmucusmembranes;and it isaprecursor toaldosterone.Aldosterone is thehormone that tells thebody toholdonto fluids. If apersonhasverydry skin,andeverytimetheydrinkliquid,theyurinateitrightoutoftheirbodies,theirbloodpressuretendstobeverylow;theymayhavelowlevelsofaldosterone,sothinkofusingalittlelicorice.

EmotionalandSpiritualHealthAttitude, love, and spiritualityplayapart inhealing cancer, as inmanyotherdiseases.AsDr.Yancesays,

Ibelievethisistheessenceofhealing.Itisdifficulttogiveanykindofnutritionalsupportuntilapersonhas their fearof thecancerremoved.Whentheyhave fear, theyhaveverypoorqualityofsleep. Sleep is essential for detoxification.Thebodydoesmost of its detoxifyingwhile it is in thedeepest rest. Fear is an obstacle in theway of healing, and I believe this iswhere you tap into aperson’sspirit.Onceapersoniscomfortablewithwhotheyarespiritually,theynolongerhavefear.Thewhole body,mind, and spirit are interrelated.When you feel comfortablewithwho you arespirituallyyoudon’tworryaboutthingsasmuch.

Ialwaysexplainthatweareallgoingtoultimatelydie.Weneedtocometogripswiththatandnot fixateon it.Let’s thinkabout the living, let’s thinkabout today, let’s thinkabouthowwecanstep forward and be healed, because you don’t want to livemiserably anyway. Let’s think abouthowyoucanenrichyourselfonall levelsandthateverythingcomplementseachother.Oneofmygreat loves for plantmedicine is that plants are here on earth just likewe are, and they exude atremendousamountofhealing.Wehaveonlyscrapedtheicebergoftheabilityofplantstoheal.

TreatmentDetailsThetypicalcostofETMScancertreatmentadministeredbyDr.YanceandhiscolleaguesattheMederiCentreforNaturalHealinginAshland,Oregonis$1,000permonth.

Formoreinformationonthistherapy,contact

MederiCentreforNaturalHealing(541)488-3133www.mederifoundation.org

ANTINEOPLASTONTHERAPYFortyyearsago,amedicalstudentinPolandtookanewanddifferentapproachtocancerresearch.Hedecided to find out why all people don’t have cancer. Everyone is exposed to the same known andunknowncausativeagentsofthisdisease.Whatisdifferentaboutthepeoplewhonevercontractit?Isthisdifferencethekeytodevelopingacure?

TheDiscovery:Dr.StanislawBurzynskiDr. Stanislaw Burzynski believes so. Now working out of a research facility he founded in 1970 inHouston, Texas, Dr. Burzynski has successfully treated about 2,000 patients with advanced cancer.Most of these people turned to him as a last resort when conventional treatment with radiation,chemotherapy,andsurgeryhadfailed.Whattheyfoundwasatherapybasednotontheabuseof thebody’sbuilt-indefensesystemsbutratheronthetransformationofcancerouscellsintohealthy,normaltissue.Dr. Burzynski’s solution lies in a group of chemical substances, part of a larger group of chemical

compoundscalledpeptides,whichexistineveryhumanbody.Hisresearchpointstoasevereshortageof these substances—called antineoplastons—in cancer patients. Simply stated, antineoplastons are aspecial class of peptides, found in the body, that combat neoplastons—abnormal cells or cancer cells.Antineoplastons could be the vehicle needed by the body to ward off and even reverse thedevelopmentofthesecancerouscells.Dr.Burzynskihasputthistheoryintoaction,treatingpatientsbyreintroducing antineoplastons into the bloodstream, either intravenously or orally with capsules. Inmany cases, tumors shrank in size or actually disappeared. Somepatients even experienced completeremissionoftheircancers,andyearsoffollow-upstudyhaverevealednosignofanyreturn.Such results are almost unbelievable. Dr. Burzynski appears to have tapped the power of

antineoplastons tonaturally“reprogram”cancercells.Hisapproachcouldvirtuallyeliminate theneedtodestroy thesecellsor remove the tumors theycreate.This therapywasnotdevelopedovernight. Ittook Dr. Burzynski nearly three decades of research, first in Poland, then at the Baylor College ofMedicine inHouston, Texas, and ultimately at the Burzynski Research Institute inHouston.Duringthistime,Dr.Burzynskizeroedinonthesubstancehenamed“antineoplaston.”ButtogetbacktoDr.Burzynski’soriginalconcern,whydotumorsdevelopinthefirstplace?

WhyTumorsDevelopAccording toBurzynski’s theory, cancer is causedprimarilybyan information-processingerror.Goodinformation produces healthy cells; bad information results in cancerous cells. Antineoplastons areimportant because they carry “good” information to the cells. They can “tell” the cells to developnormally.Allcellsstartoutwithspecificgoals.Someturnintoskin,someintobloodvessels,someintoboneor

otherbodytissues.However,theywillnevergoontoperformthesehighlyspecializedfunctionsinthe

body unless they go through a process called differentiation. Cancer cells, or neoplastons, whicheverybodyproducesregularly,neverdifferentiate.Theyareabnormalcellsthatthehealthybodyrejectsanddestroysbecausetheyhavenotreceivedgoodinformationandthereforehavenoconstructiveroletoplay.Whenthebodyisinaweakenedstate,theseneoplastonsarenotdestroyedbutratherareleftatthemercyofcancer-causingagentsthatinvadethesystemand“turnthemon.”Theybegintomultiply,forminglarge,constantlygrowinglumps.Theyarevictimsofbadinformationandassumeadestructiveroleinthebody.Thisiswhereantineoplastonscomein—asameansofrelayingpositivemessages.Antineoplastonsare

able to send instructions to abnormal or cancerous cells that can then allow them to differentiate orspecialize, thus restoring thebody’snormaldefensemechanisms.Thebeautyof the treatment is thatharmfuldrugs,radiation,andsurgeryarenotrequired.Thebodyvirtuallyhealsitself.

ABiochemicalDefenseSystemAccording to the research done by Dr. Burzynski and others in this country as well as abroad,antineoplastons are components of a biochemical defense system that parallels our immune system.Unlike the immune system, which protects us by destroying invading agents or defective cells, thisbiochemicaldefensesystemprotectsusbyreprogramming,ornormalizing,defectivecells.Errorsincellprogrammingmayleadtosuchdiversedisordersascancer,benigntumors,certainskindiseases,AIDS,andParkinson’sdisease.

EvolutionofaTherapyHowdidStanislawBurzynskidevelopthisamazingtherapy?Thedoctor’sprogressinmedicalresearchis characterized by a rare ability to look further, to take that extra step onto an untried path and gobeyondthestatusquo.Consideringthatthedoctorwasbornintoafamilywithapassionforlearning,these traits aren’t altogether surprising. His parents had university degrees, his father a total of fivebefore retiring as a university professor. Stanislaw followed suit, becoming at age twenty-five one ofPoland’syoungestmenevertoearnbothanM.D.andaPh.D.HebeganhisresearchatoneofPoland’sfinestmedical schools, the LublinMedical Academy. Its prestigious faculty provided thementors heneededtoshapehisembryonictheoriesonanticancerdefensemechanisms.The Polish government eventually allowed him to emigrate to the United States, and by 1970 Dr.

BurzynskihadbecomeastaffmemberatBaylorCollegeofMedicine,continuinghistheoriesaboutthecauses and treatments of cancer. Because his research had been interrupted by obligatory militaryservice,nearlyadecadehadpassedsincehehadfixedonthenotionthatthehumanbodymustpossessa built-in system to resist cancer and similar diseases. He believed that without this system, no onecouldhopetowardoffthecancer-creating“seaofcarcinogens”thatsurroundus.Ofcourse,believingthat a natural defense system exists does not explain what it is made up of and how it works, butmentorsfromhisuniversitydaysofferedsomeclues.From a former chemistry professor Dr. Burzynski had learned about the information-carrying

peptides,whicharerelated to theantineoplastonshehadyet touncover.OtherclueshadcomefromDr.MarianMazur,professoratthePolishAcademyofScienceandawidelyacclaimedauthorityinthecyberneticfieldofscience.Cyberneticslooksathowsystemswork;oneofitskeyelementsisfeedback,whichprovidesawaytocontrolandcommunicatewithinasystem.Ifcancercellsbecomedestructivebecause they have received only bad information, the task is not to kill them but to get the rightinformationtothemtomakethemnormalandhealthy.Cyberneticsprovidesinsightintothenatureof

improving communications within a system so that the desired information or feedback is properlytransmitted.Ahousehold thermostat isanexampleofa feedbackdevice:a toolused toclose thegapbetween an actual result—say, room temperature of 90 degrees—and a desired result—a morecomfortable70degrees.Dr.Burzynskiconcludedthatactiveingredientofthebody’scancerdefensesystemmightbefoundin

the family of peptides—small blood proteins—which are known to communicatewith and affect thegrowthofcells.Withinthatsystem,thesesubstancescouldoperateasafeedbackdevicetocorrectthedifferencebetweenactual cancer cells and thedesiredhealthy cells or to reprogramcancer cellswithgoodinformationsothattheycouldbecomeconstructiveandvitalinsteadofpathogenic.Peptides are a popular subject of modern medical research. Nearly fifty different types have been

foundthatcanstimulatecellgrowth.One,knownaspeptideT,isattractingattentionforitspotentialintreatingAIDS.Dr.Burzynski is thusbynomeanstheonlyscientistexploringthepotencyofpeptides,buthehasbeenatitlongerthanmostandhasachievedfindingsuniquetocancertherapy.An early discovery involved the level of peptides in advanced cancer patients. Their blood samples

revealedonly2 to3percentof the amount typically found inhealthybodies—adrasticdifference. Ifpeptides, asDr.Burzynski assumed, played a role in the body’s natural defense system, these cancerpatients had at somepoint beendisarmed.Theywere victimsofmisinformation, because therewerenotenoughpeptidestocarrygoodinformationtothecancercells.Thenexttaskwastodetermineexactlywhatkindofpeptidescancerousbodieslack.Burzynskiputhis

doctorate inbiochemistrytogooduse, studying themakeupandstructureof thedeficient substancesanduncoveringaninterestingeffect.Whenappliedtotissuecultures,thepeptidesmissingfromcancerpatientsactuallysuppressedthegrowthofhumancancercells.

But while progress was evident, the puzzle was far from solved. It was not enough to know thatantineoplastonscouldcarryappropriateinformationtocancerouscells;ithadtobedeterminedhowtoget them to do it in order to ameliorate tumor growths. Dr. Burzynski turned to his knowledge ofsystems, cybernetic science, and information theory.The ideaofusing feedback toadjustandcorrectanobviousimbalanceseemedappropriatetothepossibleroleofantineoplastonsintreatingcancer.

TheTreatment:ReprogrammingCancerCellsDr.Burzynski’sconceptconstitutedascientificleap,yetitappearsamazinglysimpleinlightofthemostbasicfunctionpeptidesperform:Theytransmitinformationtothecells.Someaimtospuron,otherstoinhibit,cellulargrowth,buttheyalldoitbysendingmessagesthebodycanobey.Dr.Burzynskilikenstheprocesstotheuseofthealphabet:“It’slikehavingtwenty-sixalphabetletters

—you can create an infinite variety of words.”428 Using the right “code” becomes the key toreprogramming cancerous cells. Theoretically, it is possible to stop a peptide messenger carryingdangerous, damaging goods and hand over a more beneficent, favorable package for it to deliverinstead.The best time to change the peptide code is when cells are new and immature. Guided by good

information, the cells can successfully pass through all the normal stages of development. They cangradually take on the special traits they need to serve different parts of the body—in other words,differentiate.Whencellsdifferentiate,theyhavereachedmaturity.Imaginebeingstuckinchildhoodorpuberty,nevergiventhemeanstochangeandgrowintoafinallyfunctioningadult.Thisisthestateof

acancercell.Itdoesn’tknowhowtodifferentiateandmature,becauseitsgeneticcodeisgarbled.Inahealthy body with a sufficient level of peptides and antineoplastons, good information is quicklycommunicatedtothecancercell,andthecellisrenderedharmless.Butwhentheselevelsarelow,thecancercellcontinuestobevictimizedbythewronginformation.Dr.Burzynski’streatmentisaimedatending the cancer cell’s confusion.He puts antineoplastons into the bloodstream to carry the propergeneticcode,haltthegrowthofuselesstumors,andencouragecancercellstodifferentiate.Antineoplastonsarenotforeignsubstances.Becausetheyappearnaturallyinthebody—andevidently

arefoundatamuchhigherlevelinhealthybodies—theydon’tposeatoxicthreat.ThisfactalonesetsDr. Burzynski’s approach miles apart from traditional cancer therapies. Radiation treatments andchemotherapydestroycancercellsbutalsodestroyanyothercellsintheirpath.Twosignificantobservationshavebeenmadeaboutthesideeffectsofantineoplastontreatment.First,

mostpatientsexperiencevirtuallynosideeffects.Thefewthathaveappearedhavebeenminor,short-lived, and easily controlled, such as skin rashes, chills, and fever. The second andmore remarkableobservation is that the treatment can actually create positive side effects in decided contrast totraditional medical treatments. Patients have shown increases in white and red blood cell counts,decreasesinbloodcholesterol,andstimulatedskingrowth;theseandothereffectsareknowntoaidthebody’snaturalhealingpowers.Antineoplastontherapyhastremendouspromisenot just intheorybutinpractice.However,anewmedicineormedicaltreatmentisnotacceptedovernight.Themedicalandscientific

communitiesaswellascertaingovernmentalbodiessetrigidtestingstandardstoensurethesafetyandeffectivenessofeverysupposedcurative.Antineoplastonsarenoexception.

TestsandResultsForseveraldecadesDr.Burzynskihasbeensubjectinghis theory to the testingprocedurerequired toproveitsworth,anditisholdingupwellunderpressure.Morethan60percentofthepatientstreatedduring theBurzynskiResearch Institute’s phase I testing showed considerable improvement,whereasthenormisonly3percentatbest.Each phase of testing has different goals. Phase I is designed to examine any side effects thatmay

occur and to determine proper dosages of the antineoplaston “medicine.” Phase II entails a morespecific study of whether and how themedicine acts to reduce or eliminate cancerous growth, andphaseIIIwouldtakeanevencloserlookattheseissues,amonglargergroupsofpeoplewiththesametypesofcancer.When phase I clinical trials began, Dr. Burzynski didn’t expect much in the way of an anticancer

effect.Hisaimwas to findouthowmuchmedicinepatients shouldbegiven, startingwithverysmalldosesthatcouldbeincreasedovertime.Hehadnowayofknowingbutcouldonlysuspectwhichkindsofcancerwouldrespondbesttohistreatment.Whatheexpectedandwhathegotweretwodifferentthings.TheresultsinthebestcasesoftwentydifferentphaseItrialsshowedsignificantanticanceractivity.In

themostsuccessfultrial,notonlydidmorethan60percentofthepatientsrespondtotreatment;morethan20percentremainedcancer-freeforoverfiveyears.Thesepatientssufferedfromsomeofthemostserious and difficult-to-treat forms of cancer, including advanced lung and bladder cancer, andmalignantmesothelioma—atypeofcancerthatresultsfromasbestosexposureandisespeciallyresistanttotraditionalmedicine.

InphaseIItrials,patientsaregroupedaccordingtotheirbasictypeofcancer.Dependingonhowandwhere those basic typesdevelop in the body, different phase II treatments are tried. For example, incurrenttrialswithbreastcancer,treatmentvariesdependingonwhetherthediseasehasspreadtothelungsortotheliverorbones.In1992, twenty-fourpatientswithmalignant lymphoma (cancerof the lymphatic system)hadbeen

treated in phase II trials.Chemotherapy had failed to help nearly 70 percent of these patients.Onlycertainformsofthiscancer,suchasHodgkin’sdisease,haveevershownrealsuccessfromconventionaltreatment.Butwithantineoplastoncare,85percentshowedvastimprovement.The most impressive results have been in brain cancers (astrocytoma stages III and IV and

glioblastoma)andmetastaticcanceroftheprostate.InasmallphaseIItrialofastrocytomaconductedby Dr. Burzynski, twenty patients were enrolled. All diagnoses were biopsy-confirmed. All but onepatient had received (and failed) one or more prior standard therapies. Four patients achievedcomplete remission and two others partial remission.The responses of ten patientswere classified asobjectivestabilization(lessthan50percentdecreaseoftumorsize).SincetheendofthisstudyinMay1990,someofthesepatientshaveachievedpartialandevencompleteremission.Eveniftheyareonlypreliminaryfindings,suchresultsareimpressiveinthistypeandstageofcancer.InanotherphaseIIstudyofstageIVprostatecancerrefractorytohormonaltreatmentbegunin1988,

twocompleteandthreepartialremissionswerereportedinagroupoffourteenpatients.Sevenpatientsobtainedobjectivestabilization.Ina1997interview,Dr.Burzynskioffersusmoreoftheclinic’ssuccessstories:

Whenwestartedourprogram,weconcentratedonthetypeofcancersthatareuniformlydeadly,such terrible types of malignant tumors as primary malignant brain tumors that are known inmedical terminology as astrocytoma, glioblastoma, and medulla blastoma. These tumors areuniformlydeadly.Practicallyeverybodywhodevelopshigh-gradeastrocytomaorglioblastomadiesfromthedisease.There’snocureavailable,andthedeathcomesquickly,usuallywithinayear.

We concentrated on the treatment of such highly malignant tumors to prove a point thatantineoplastonswork.Otherwise,iftherearesomeothertreatmentsavailable,wecouldbeaccusedof perhaps using these additional treatments which couldmake the tumors disappear. But thosetreatments do not exist. If we are able to eliminate highlymalignant brain tumors by the use ofantineoplastons, these are the first cases in medical history of this happening. Because weconcentrateoureffortsonthetreatmentofsuchbadmalignantbraintumors,ofcourse,mostofourstatistics concentrate on these tumors.We already finished three clinical trials, phase II trials, insuch malignant brain tumors. And we found that the success rate of the patients who arerespondingtothetreatmentisbetween67to80percentamongthesetrials,whichmeansthatonly20percentto33percentofthepatientsdonothaveanyproperresponsetothetreatment.

Wealreadyhave long-term follow-up for someof thesepatients, includingeight-year follow-upwhen the tumorsdisappeared anddidnot comeback.Wecan say thatwewere able tonotonlydecrease and eliminate these tumors, but also cure a number of patients from these tumors.Wecontinuetohaveclinicaltrialsindifferenttypesofmalignantbraintumors.Currently,wehaveovertwenty different clinical trials in the area of malignant brain tumors, and we are accepting thepatients throughsuch trials. If somebody is interestedwecan,of course,offerhim the treatment,and then he can go back home and continue the treatment back home under the care of his

doctor.429

TheClinicThe Burzynski Clinic in southwest Houston currently sees approximately 70 to 120 patients eachmonth.Theclinicoperatesonanoutpatientbasis.Theaverageperiodofcareinvolvesanintensivetwo-to three-week period with patients visiting the clinic daily followed by an additional four to twelvemonths of self-administered care at home. The average cost of treatment is between $25,000 and$30,000.The antineoplastons that have been responsible for the dramatic results mentioned above are

manufactured in Dr. Burzynski’s plant in Stafford, Texas. According to Dr. Burzynski, they areconsidered a form of chemotherapy because a chemotherapeutic agent is technically any “organizedmixtureofchemicalsthatfightamalignancy.”However,theydonothavethedevastatingsideeffectsofthe traditional class of chemotherapeutic drugs because they are formulations that are identical toproteinsthatarepresent inthebody.Naturalantineoplastonsaresmallproteins isolatedfromhumanurine or blood. Synthetic antineoplastons are chemically identical to the natural proteins but aresyntheticallyderived.Syntheticsareeasierandcheaper tomanufactureandareevenmoreefficaciousintreatingspecificcancerssuchasbrainandprostatecancer.Othercancers,though,respondbettertothenaturalsubstances.Dr. Burzynski uses a deliberately coordinated assortment of antineoplastons, both synthetic and

natural, as the case requires.When he thinks it is appropriate, he refers patients for other types oftreatment (chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery) to augment the antineoplaston injection or capsuletherapy.Whilehehashadlittlesuccesswithcancerofthetesticlesandchildhoodleukemia,hehashadastoundingresultswithbraintumors,malignantlymphomas,andcancerofthebladderandprostate.TheBurzynskiclinic’slatestreportfromJanuary2012showsthatoutof1,849patientstreatedforthe

fifteenmost commoncancer types treated at the clinic, the averageobjective response (percentageofindividuals whose cancer hasmeasurably improved) was at 50 percent. For some cancers, includingovarianandnon-Hodgkin’slymphoma,theobjectiveresponseexceeded60percent.Inallbutthreeofthefifteenmostcommonlytreatedcancers,agreaterpercentageofpatientsexperiencedstabledisease(where the condition is not decreasing or increasing in extent or severity) than progressive disease(wheretheconditionworsens).

LookingtotheFutureTherearecurrentlytenFDA-sponsoredclinicaltrialsunderwaytoassesstheantineoplastontreatmentintreatingpatientswithvariousformsofcancer.AsofJanuary2012,thereisoneopenclinicaltrial.ThepossibilitiesofDr.Burzynski’s therapyappearendless.Antineoplastonscorrect(i.e.,stop)cancer

developmentinawaythebodyunderstandsandeasilytolerates.EvenwithphaseItreatments,whicharen’t intended to produce maximum benefits, some patients emerged cancer-free. Of course,successful outcomes result from traditional approaches aswell.Careful surgery can aid recovery, andchemotherapy has had particular success with rarer types of cancer such as Hodgkin’s disease andchildhoodleukemia.WhatDr.Burzynskioffersisanopportunitytouseandstrengthenthebody’snaturaldefensesystem.

The need to explore and develop antineoplastons and other safe remedies will continue as long aspeople are exposed to air pollution, radiation, chemicals, ultraviolet rays, and the like. For more

informationonthistherapy,contact:

BurzynskiClinic9432KatyFreewayHouston,Texas77055(800)714-7181www.burzynskiclinic.com

Dr. Burzynski and his colleagues routinely publish the results of their latest research; recent studyresults may be found at the following website: http://www.burzynskiclinic.com/scientific-publications.html

DR.NICHOLASGONZALEZ’SENZYMETHERAPYFormore than twodecades,NicholasGonzalez,M.D., has refined anunconventional andpromisingcancer therapy that involvespatient-specificdietarychanges,detoxificationtechniques,andtheuseofsupplements with a particular emphasis on pancreatic enzymes. Early in his medical school studies,Gonzalez had the rare opportunity to meet a true visionary, Dr. William Donald Kelley, who hadrecently been in the news because of his alternative cancer treatment of actor Steve McQueen.Although an orthodontist rather than amedical doctor, Kelley had been a trailblazer in the field ofcancermedicinebycuringhimselfofpancreatic cancer in theearly1960s.ThroughconnectionswiththeheadofMemorialSloan-KetteringCancerCenter,GonzalezwasabletodeviseameanstoevaluateKelley’swork,whichinvolvedinterviewingover1,000ofKelley’spatients.Gonzalez’researchultimatelyled him to embrace Kelley’s cancer therapy and change his entire focus to become an alternativeoncologist.

AccordingtoGonzalez:

Mostconventionalcancerresearchersproposethatthediseasedevelopsfromnormalcellsinanyof our various tissues, the end result of defects in the DNA occurring spontaneously due toexposure to environmental toxins or as part of the normal aging process.… Dr. Kelley believes,however, that cancer forms only from stem cells, undifferentiated precursors located in all ourvarious tissues, that serve as replacements for those cells lost due to normal turnover, disease,injury,oraging.…Kelleydoesagreewithmainstreamscientists thatsmallnumbersofcancercellsforminallofuseachday,butonlyrarelydothesemutantstakeholdandleadtoclinicaldisease.Conventional researchersargue that the immune system,especially thenaturalkiller cells,protectus from such malignancies. But Dr. Kelley disagrees: He claims certain pancreatic enzymes,particularly the proteolytic or protein-digesting enzymes—andnot the immune system—representthefirstlineofdefenseagainstmalignancy.430

Buildingontheresearchofhismentor,WilliamDonaldKelley,D.D.S.,Gonzalez treatshispatientswith enzymes derived from pig pancreas. The substance contains a type of proteolytic, or protein-degrading, enzyme that is useful in digesting the protein coating of cancer cells. This is importantbecause it is a necessary step before the cancer cells are destroyed by the body’s immune cells. Inaddition,pancreaticenzymescanstimulateanticancerfactorsintheblood,thatis,naturalkillercells,T-

cells,andtumornecrosisfactor.

SuccessRateIn 1994, Gonzalez began a study on enzyme therapy in the treatment of patients with inoperableadenocarcinoma of the pancreas. Published in 1999 in the journalNutrition and Cancer, the studyshowedasignificantlyhighersurvivalrateamongthosepatientswhounderwentenzymetherapy.Outoftheelevenpatientsobservedinthestudy,ninesurvivedoneyear,fivelivedfortwoyears,fourmadeittothreeyears,andtwosurvivedbeyondfouryears.Pancreaticcancerisoneofthemostuntreatableandquickly fatalcancers thanbefallus, soGonzalez’ resultswerequiteremarkable.Havingbeentoldthat apositive result forhis studywouldhavebeen for 3out of 10patientswith stage IVpancreaticcancer tosurviveoneyear,Gonzalezsurpassedthisgoalbyaconsiderableamount. Incontrast,a trialevaluating 126 patients treated for pancreatic cancer with the conventional cancer drug gemcitabineshowedthatnotonepersonsurvivedbeyondnineteenmonths.A 2007 article by Dr. Gonzalez and Linda Isaacs, M.D., that was published in the peer-reviewed

journal Alternative Therapies provided the case studies of thirty-six patients treated with enzymetherapy. Despite being given a poor prognosis and having advanced cancer, each of these patientsexperiencedextraordinarysurvivalrates.431

TreatmentSpecificsPatients are instructed to takeup to45gof thepancreatic enzymeproductdaily throughoraldoses.Severalotherindividualizednutritionalprotocolsareimplementedthatincludefollowingaspecializeddiet (which can range from almost entirely vegetarian to amoremeat-based regimen), and taking avariety of supplements containing vitamins,minerals, and other food concentrates.Theuse of coffeeenemasandotherdetoxifyingtoolsarealsoutilizedduringtreatment.Every patient seen at the clinic is evaluated during two in-depth sessions. The total cost of these

sessions is $4,000. The supplements prescribed to patients are sold by an independentmanufacturerandcost,onaverage,$800amonth.Thecostofasix-monthfollowupvisitis$850,androutineofficevisits run $250. At any given time, Dr. Gonzalez and his colleagues treat approximately 400 cancerpatientsattheirManhattanoffice.

Formoreinformationonthistherapy,contact

NicholasJ.Gonzalez,M.D.,P.C.36AEast36thStreet,Suite204NewYork,NY10016(212)213-3337http://www.dr-gonzalez.com/index.htm

REVICITHERAPYThe late biochemist andphysicianDr.EmmanuelReviciwas the innovator of a remarkablenontoxicformofchemotherapythathaseffectivelytreateddifferentformsofcancerandotherillnesses.Duringthe first part of his long career, which began in the 1920s, Dr. Revici conducted groundbreaking

research into the role of lipids, which are fundamental building blocks of human biology, in thedevelopment of cancer. Much of Dr. Revici’s studies centered on the observation that lipids areinsoluble in blood and therefore selectively absorbed by damaged body tissue. His research alsodeterminedthattumorshaveahighconcentrationofabnormalfreelipids.Usingthisinformation,Dr.Revicidevisedamethodinwhichnaturalsubstancesderivedfromplant,

mineral, and animal material could be integrated with lipids to create a special compound. Byintroducing these compounds to the bloodstream, the treatment transports therapeutic agents todiseased and abnormal tissue where they help restore normal body function. In treating cancerpatients, Revici utilized selenium compounds due to their exceptional capacity to be absorbed bytumorsandsubsequentlydestroycancercellsandshrinkthesizeoftumors.

TreatmentSuccessReviciMedical, theNewYork-basednonprofitdedicatedtoadvancingtheworkofDr.Revici,reportsthat the therapy has compiled numerous case studies that detail significant improvement in theconditionofpatientswithprostate,kidney,breast,pancreatic,andothercancers. Insomecases,a fullclinical remission has been reported. Because the substances added to these lipid compounds arenatural and nontoxic, the majority of patients taking Revici’s medications experience no significantadversereactions.RaphaelKellman,M.D., practices an integrative cancer treatment that incorporates theprinciples of

the Revici Therapy. The therapy aims to improve the function of cell, organ, and systems throughnaturalmedicineandtechnologiesdesignedtoimproveoxygenationandrestorehomeostasis.Formoreinformationonthistherapy,contact:

RaphaelKellman,M.D.150East55thStreet,6thFloorNewYork,NY10022(212)717-1118http://raphaelkellmanmd.com/

ADDITIONALTHERAPIESOzoneTherapyNottobeconfusedwithatmosphericozone,medicalozoneispureandconcentrated,andhasuniquehealingproperties.AlthoughozonetherapyisnotwidelypracticedintheUnitedStates,EuropeansandCubanshavebeenbenefitingfromthesetreatmentsforyears.Ozoneisusedbothprophylacticallyandasatreatmentforawidevarietyofdiseases,includingcancer.

Anantineoplasticsubstance(onethatinhibitsthegrowthoftumors),ozonestimulatestheproductionof white blood cells and increases production of alpha interferon, interleukin-2, and tumor necrosisfactor.Ithasalsobeenfoundtoenhancetheactionofvariousantitumordrugs.According to the naturopathic physicianDr. StanleyBeyerle, prostate cancer patients often respond

quitewell to ozone treatment if the cancer is left encapsulated (that is, not biopsied).Other types ofcancer that Beyerle has seen major improvements with, using ozone, are tonsillar, throat, ovarian,colon,andbreastcancer.432

Onemodeofdeliveryofmedicalozoneisautohemotherapy,inwhichaportionofthepatient’sbloodismixed,outside thebody,with adoseofozone/oxygen, and then reintroduced into the circulation.Othermethodsusedarerectalinsufflationsanddrinkingozonatedwater.

IndividualizedVaccinesWhensomeofapatient’sowncancercellsarecombinedinalaboratorywithsomeofhisorherwhiteblood cells, it’s possible—in some cases—to create a personalized vaccine thatworks to stimulate thepatient’simmunesystemtodestroythecancer.DramaticresultsusingthisapproachhavebeenseeninEuropeandinclinicsfollowingDr.JosefIssels’simmunotherapytreatment.

Coley’sToxinsThisisanother,older,vaccineapproachtocancer.Dr.WilliamColey,whopracticedintheearlypartofthe 20th century, found that certain inactivated bacteria could be given to patients to energize theirimmunesystemsagainstcancer.Itwasasif,byfirstfightingagainsttheweakeropponent,thebacteria,the body built up its defenses and became more able to fight the cancer. Research has shown thistreatment tobeof significant value, although aperceiveddrawback is the fever thatdevelops shortlyafterthevaccineisgiven.This,accordingtoproponentsofColey’streatment,isactuallyasignthatthevaccineisworking,andshouldnotbesuppressed.

714-XBased on thework ofDr.GastonNaessens, 714X is a compoundmade fromnitrogen-rich camphorandorganicsalts,whichisgiventorendertheimmunesystemmoreefficientinitsbattleagainstcancercells.Naessens’s theory,whichgrew fromextensivecancer researchusingahigh-poweredmicroscopethathedeveloped,isbasedontheobservationthatcancercellscannibalizethebodytofeedtheirneedfornitrogen.Bysupplyingnitrogentocancercellsvia714-X,thegrowthofcancercanbestymiedwhilethebody’sownnaturaldefensesarefortified.NaessensachievedimpressiveresultscuringcancerinhisnativeFranceandhisadoptedcountryofCanada,and714-XcontinuestobemadeavailablethroughCerbe, Inc.Resultsof714-X treatment,whichusuallyconsistsofa seriesof injections into the lymphnodes of the groin, include tumor shrinkage,weight gain, a lessening of pain, and extended survivaltime.Peoplereceiving this treatmentarecautionednot to takevitaminsEorB12while theyundergotreatment,asitmaycountertheeffects.

HydrazineSulfateThisexperimental treatment showspromise, as ithelpscancerpatients regain lostweight. It seems toimproveappetiteandfeelingsofwell-beingandmayhelpshrinktumors.433,434

ThymusExtractThe thymus is responsible for a number of immune system functions, including the importantproduction of T lymphocytes, which are a kind of white blood cell that controls “cell-mediatedimmunity.”Thissimplyreferstotheimmunemechanismsnotcontrolledbyantibodies.Cell-mediatedimmunityisvitalinwardingoffinfectionbyspecificbacteria,yeast(includingCandidaalbicans),fungi,parasites, and viruses (including herpes simplex, Epstein-Barr, and the viruses that cause hepatitis).Furthermore, cell-mediated immunity is essential for strengthening the system so that it can fight

againstthedevelopmentofcancer.

UkrainThe plant celandine is combinedwith thiophosphoric acid to create ukrain, a substance used by so-calledterminalcancerpatientstoblocktumorgrowthandrevuptheirimmunesystem.

CarnivoraA treatment for skin cancer, carnivora is a mixture of the juice of the Venus flytrap, alcohol, andpurifiedwater.Thispreparation,appliedtopically,stimulatesT-helpercells.

IscadorThis is amistletoederivativegivenby injection. Iscadorhasbeen showneffective in the treatmentofbreast,cervical,bladder,bronchial,ovarian,andskincancers.435,436

LarchArabinogalactanThisisasubstancederivedfromtheWesternlarchtree.It’susedintheformofapowdercalledLarix,orAra-6,whichstimulatesimmunecellactivityandraisespatients’energylevels.The most important piece of knowledge when preventing and fighting cancer is this: You have

control.Whiletoxinsexistinourenvironments,foods,workplaces,andotherconsumergoods,weeachhave the ability to take power over our own choices.With the protocols I have laid out for eating,exercising,andavoidingtoxins,youhaveallthetoolstomakehealthy,effective,andnaturalchoicestoeliminatecancer.

Gary Null’s Healthy and Delicious AnticancerRecipesThefollowingrecipescoincidewithmyrecommendationsforhealthyeating—namely,thesemealsaimtoincludethosefoodswhichactivelyfightcancer,andexcludethosefoodswhichhavebeenshowntobecarcinogenic.

Appetizers

BARLEYWITHCOLLARDGREENSANDLEEKS1cupcollardgreens,slicedthin¼cupvegetablebroth½cupleeks,sliced2clovesgarlic,minced1cupfreshtomatoes,chopped¾cupmushrooms,sliced(reserveafewslicesforgarnish)½cupredbellpeppers,sliced¼cupfreshparsley,chopped½teaspoondriedoreganoSeasalttotaste½teaspoonfreshlygroundblackpepper3cupsbarley,cooked

Placethecollardgreensinasteamerandsteamoverboilingwaterfor20minutes.Heatthevegetablebrothinaskilletandsautétheleeksandgarlicforabout3minutesuntiltender.Addthetomatoes,mushrooms,bellpepper,parsley,oregano,salt,andblackpepper,andsautéforabout10minutes,stirringfrequently.Addthesteamedcollardgreensandsautéforanadditional5minutes.Garnishwithslicedmushroomsandservewithcookedbarley.

Yield:2servings

BAVARIANCABBAGE¼cupvegetablebroth1smallyellowonion,diced1clovegarlic,chopped1oz.kombuorarameseaweed,soakedinwaterforabout10minutestoreconstitute1cupgreencabbage,shredded

½cupredcabbage,shredded1GrannySmithapple,diced1teaspoonmaplesyrupSeasalttotaste½teaspoonfreshlygroundblackpepper1tablespoonapplecidervinegar

Heatthevegetablebrothinalargepanandsautétheonion,garlic,andseaweeduntiltender,about3minutes.Addgreenandredcabbage,apple,maplesyrup,salt,pepper,andvinegar,andcook,covered,overlowheatforapproximately20minutes.Garnishwithfreshfruit.

Yield:2servings

EGGPLANTCAPONATA½cupvegetablebroth1largeyellowonion,diced2clovesgarlic,minced2stalkscelery,sliced4tomatoes,chopped½cupfreshbasil,chopped2smalleggplants,diced4tablespoonspinenuts2tablespoonscapers,drained2tablespoonsapplecidervinegarSeasalttotaste½teaspoonfreshlygroundblackpepper

Heat the vegetable broth in a skillet and sauté the onion, garlic, and celery until the onion istranslucent.Addthetomatoesandbasilandsimmer,covered,for10minutes,stirringfrequently.Addtheeggplant,pinenuts,capers,vinegar,salt,andpepper,andsimmerfor15minutes.Servewithtoastedbread.

Yields:4servings

CREAMYTOFUDIP2cupssilkentofu2tablespoonschoppedfreshparsley

2tablespoonspreparedmustard2tablespoonsapplecidervinegar2tablespoonschoppedfreshdill(reservesomeforgarnish)Seasalttotaste½teaspoonfreshlygroundblackpepper¼cupchives,chopped

Placethetofu,parsley,mustard,vinegar,dill,salt,pepper,andchivesinafoodprocessororblenderandpuréeuntilsmooth.Placeinaservingdishandgarnishwithdill.Servechilled,withrawvegetables.

Yield:6servings

DATESPREAD1cupcookedredkidneybeans2tablespoonsdates,chopped1tablespoonfreshmint,chopped½cupcashews,chopped1tablespoonchiaseeds2tablespoonsgradeBmaplesyrup1teaspoonalmondextract1teaspoonvanillaextractSeasalttotaste

Puréethebeans,dates,andmintinafoodprocessoruntilsmooth.Addthecashews,chiaseeds,maplesyrup,almondextract,vanillaextract,andsalt,andpulseuntilwellmixed.Servewithcrackersorrawvegetables.

Yield:5servings

HOLIDAYSTUFFEDMUSHROOMS6largemushrooms,de-stemmed(mincestemsandsetaside)2tablespoonsextravirginoliveoil1mediumyellowonion,diced2clovesgarlic,minced1redbellpepper,chopped2tablespoonsflaxseed,ground2teaspoonsfreshparsley,chopped

½teaspoonfreshsage,chopped½teaspoonfreshrosemary,chopped½teaspoonfreshthymeSeasalttotaste½teaspoonfreshlygroundblackpepper1tablespoonfreshchives,chopped,forgarnish

Preheatovento350ºF.Place the mushroom caps on a baking sheet sprayed with nonstick olive oil and bake for 15minutes,oruntilbrown.Heatoliveoilinaskilletandsautéonion,garlic,andredpepperuntiltheonionistranslucent.Place the minced mushroom stems, onion, garlic, red pepper, flaxseed, parsley, sage, rosemary,thyme,salt,andpepperinafoodprocessorandpulseuntilcoarselychopped.Stuffmushroomcapswithfillingandgarnishwithchives.

Yield:6servings

SPICYTOMATOSALSA1cupfreshtomatoes,chopped¼cupredonion,chopped1tablespoonfreshparsley,chopped4tablespoonsfreshbasil,chopped1teaspoonginger,chopped1teaspoonextra-virginoliveoil2tablespoonsfreshhotpeppers,mincedSeasalttotaste½teaspoonfreshlygroundblackpepper

Combinealltheingredientsinamediumbowlandmixuntilwellblended.Servewithvegetablechipsorrawvegetables.

Yield:6servings

SPICYBULGURSALADDressing:

2tablespoonswalnutoil1tablespoonraw,unfilteredapplecidervinegar1clovegarlic,pressedSeasalttotaste½teaspoonfreshlygroundblackpepper

Pinchofcayenne1cupbulgur,cooked1cupspinach,coarselychopped1jarmarinatedartichokehearts,quartered1tablespoonfreshbasil,chopped½teaspooncurrypowder½cupalfalfasproutsforgarnish

Whiskvinegar,oil,garlic,salt,andpeppertogetherinasmallbowl.Placebulgur, spinachartichokehearts,basil, andcurrypowder ina saladbowland toss the saladwiththedressing.Garnishwithalfalfasprouts.

Yield:2servings

Breakfast

AMARANTHPEACHDELIGHT2cupswater1cupamaranth1teaspoonchiaseeds½cupdriedpeaches,chopped¼cupraisins½cuppecans,chopped½teaspoongroundcinnamon¼teaspoongroundcloves¼teaspoongroundnutmeg

Combine water, amaranth, and chia seeds in amedium saucepan and bring to a slow boil overmediumheat.After15minutes,addthedriedpeaches,raisins,pecans,cinnamon,cloves,andnutmeg,andcooktodesiredconsistency.Garnishwithpecans.

Yield:2servings

BLUEBERRY-APRICOTOATMEAL1cupwater¾cupsteel-cutoats1tablespoonchiaseeds

1teaspoongroundcinnamon½teaspoongroundginger½cupfreshblueberries½cupslicedapricot½banana,sliced

Bringwater toaboil inamediumsaucepan,add the steel-cutoats, chia seeds,cinnamon,ginger,blueberries,andapricotslicesandreduceheat.Simmer5to8minutestodesiredconsistency,stirringfrequently.Garnishwithslicedbananaandberries.

Yield:2servings

HAWAIIANRICECEREAL¼cupshreddedunsweetenedcoconut,forgarnish½cupchoppedmacadamianuts½cupappleorotherfreshjuice1banana,sliced½cuppittedfreshcherries,chopped½cupfreshpineapple,chopped2cupscookedbrownrice1teaspoonflaxseeds,rawortoastedPreheatovento375ºF.

Placeunsweetenedcoconutandmacadamianutsonanungreasedbakingpanandbakefor3to5minutesoruntillightbrown.Inamediumsaucepancombinetheapplejuice,banana,cherries,andpineappleandcookoverlowheatfor3to5minutes.Stirinthebrownrice,flaxseeds,andmacadamianutsandcookforanadditional2minutes.Garnishwithtoastedcoconut.

Yield:2servings

BANANACOCONUTBUCKWHEATCEREAL½cupuncookedcreamofbuckwheatcereal¼cupflaxseedmeal2½cupswater1tablespoondriedapricot1tablespoondriedcurrants1tablespoonraisins

1½teaspoonsgroundcinnamon½cupbanana,sliced¼cuptoastedcoconutflakes

Combinecreamofbuckwheat,flaxseedmeal,andwaterinamediumsaucepanandbringtoaslowboilovermediumheat.Addtheapricots,currants,raisins,andcinnamon,andcook5to8minutestodesiredconsistency,stirringfrequently.Garnishwithslicedbananaandcoconut.

Yield:2servings

COCONUTNUTRICE1cupbrownrice,cooked½cuptoastedcoconutflakes(savehalfforgarnish)½cupcashews,chopped½cupdriedapricots,chopped1teaspoonchiaseeds1teaspoongroundcinnamon½teaspoongroundnutmeg¼cupall-naturalapplejuice¼cupsunflowerseeds,forgarnish

Combine brown rice with coconut, cashews, apricots, chia seeds, cinnamon, and nutmeg in amediumbowl.Placehalfthemixtureandtheapplejuiceinafoodprocessorandpulseuntilcoarselyground.Addbacktotherestofthericeandmixwell.Garnishwithapricotpiecesandcoconut.

Yield:2servings

Soups

MISOTOFUSOUP1tablespoonwalnutoil4scallions,sliced2clovesgarlic,minced1largecelerystalk,sliced4cupswater1packagefirmtofu,diced

½redbellpepper,chopped½yellowbellpepper,chopped3tablespoonsfreshparsley,chopped(savehalfforgarnish)½teaspoonoreganoSeasalttotaste½teaspoonfreshlygroundblackpepper4tablespoonsbrownricemiso

Heat the oil in a large saucepan and sauté the scallions, garlic, and celery until tender, about 2minutes.Addthewater,tofu,redandyellowbellpepper,parsley,oregano,salt,andpepper,andsimmerfor10minutes.Remove1cupofhotliquid,dissolvethemisoinit,returnittothesaucepan,andblendwell.Garnishwithparsley.

Yield:2servings

PORTUGUESEKALEPOTATOSOUP1tablespoonoliveoil1yellowonion,diced3clovesgarlic,minced4cupswater2cupsfreshkale,chopped(reserve1tablespoonforgarnish)1largeYukongoldpotato,peeledandcutintocubesSeasalttotasteFreshlygroundblackpeppertotastePinchofnutmeg3teaspoonsspearmintleaves1teaspoonpaprika,forgarnish

Heattheoilinalargesaucepanandsautétheonionandgarlicuntiltheonionistranslucent.Addthewater,kale,potato,salt,pepper,nutmeg,andspearmint,andcookovermediumheatfor15minutes.Removethepotatofromthesoupandplaceinablenderorfoodprocessorwithsomeofthecookingliquidandpuréeuntilsmooth.Returnthepuréedpotatotothesoupandstiruntilwellblended.Garnishwithchoppedkaleandpaprika.

Yield:2servings

TURNIPANDBLACKBEANSOUP1tablespoonoliveoil1yellowonion,diced2clovesgarlic,minced2cupsblackbeans,cooked4cupswater1largeturnip,dicedKernelsfrom1earoffreshcorn1teaspoonfreshthyme,chopped½teaspooncumin1bayleafSeasalttotaste½teaspoonfreshlygroundblackpepper¼teaspooncayenne2tablespoonschives,minced,forgarnish

Heattheoilinalargesaucepanandsautétheonionandgarlicuntiltheonionistranslucent.Addtheremainingingredientsandsimmeroverlowheatfor20minutes.

Garnishwithchives.

Yield:4servings

ALGERIANCHILI1tablespoonoliveoil1mediumyellowonion,diced4clovesgarlic,minced2scallions,chopped(reserve1tablespoonforgarnish)1stalkcelery,chopped4cupswaterorvegetablebroth1tomato,coarselychopped1smalldriedredchili1redbellpepper,chopped½tablespoonsweetpaprika1tablespooncurrypowder½cuptomatopaste2teaspoonsgroundcumin3cupsnavybeans,cooked1bayleafPinchofcayenne

3tablespoonsfreshparsley,chopped(reserve1tablespoonforgarnish)Seasalttotaste½teaspoonfreshlygroundblackpepper

Heattheoil inalargesaucepanandsautétheonion,garlic,scallions,andceleryuntiltheonionistranslucent.Add the water, tomato, chili pepper, red bell pepper, paprika, curry powder, tomato paste, andcumin,andsimmeruntilthemixturethickens,stirringfrequently.Addthebeans,bayleaf,cayenne,parsley,salt,andpepper,andsimmerfor15minutes.Garnishwithparsleyandscallions.

Yield:4servings

ITALIAN-STYLEPINTOBEANSOUP2tablespoonsoliveoil1yellowonion,diced2clovesgarlic,minced1stalkcelery,chopped1redbellpepper,chopped4cupswater2cupspintobeans,cooked2carrots,sliced1cupmushrooms,sliced½cuparugula,chopped½teaspooncuminSeasalttotaste½teaspoonfreshlygroundblackpepper

Heattheoilinalargesaucepanandsautétheonion,garlic,celery,andredpepperuntiltheonionistranslucent.Addwater,beans,carrots,mushrooms,arugula,cumin,salt,andpepper,andsimmerovermediumheatfor20minutes.

Yield:4servings

FAVORITEVEGETABLESOUP2tablespoonswalnutoil1yellowonion,diced2clovesgarlic,diced1stalkcelery,sliced(reserveafewslicesforgarnish)

4cupsvegetablestock1cupmungbeans,cooked½redcabbage,sliced1tablespoonchoppedfreshparsley½teaspoongroundoregano2tablespoonsfreshbasil,chopped1tablespoonfreshthyme,choppedSeasalttotaste½teaspoonfreshlygroundblackpepper1sprigthymeforgarnish1cupbasmatiorbrownrice,cooked

Heat the oil in a large saucepan and sauté the onion, garlic, and celery until the onion istranslucent.Add vegetable broth,mung beans, cabbage, parsley, oregano, basil, thyme, salt, and pepper, andcookovermediumheatfor15minutes.Placesoupcontentsinablenderorfoodprocessorandpurée.Returnthepuréetothesaucepanandcookuntilthoroughlyheated.Garnishwithcelery,rice,andthyme.

Yield:4servings

Entrees

APPLE,WALNUT,ANDTOFUSALADDressing:

2tablespoonswalnutoil1tablespoonlemonjuice1clovegarlic,pressedSeasalttotaste½teaspoonfreshlygroundblackpepperPinchcayenne

Salad:½cupyellowonion,diced1stalkcelery,sliced¼teaspoongroundcumin1GrannySmithapple,diced1packagefirmtofu,diced½cupwalnuts

½cupchives

Whiskoil,lemonjuice,garlic,salt,pepper,andcayennetogetherinasmallbowl.Placeonion,celery,cumin,apple,tofu,andwalnutsinasaladbowlandtosswiththedressing.Garnishwithchives.

Yield:2servings

BROCCOLICAULIFLOWERWITHSHIITAKEMUSHROOMS¾cupunsweetenedalmondmilk1tablespoonoatflour1tablespoonflaxseedmeal1tablespoongratedlemonzest1clovegarlic,minced1scallion,chopped1tablespoonfreshoregano,chopped1tablespoonfreshthyme,chopped1tablespoonfreshbasil,choppedSeasalttotaste½teaspoonfreshlygroundblackpepper¼teaspooncayenne1headbroccoli,separatedintoflorets½headcauliflower,separatedintoflorets½cupshiitakemushrooms,chopped1cupextra-firmtofu,diced½redbellpepper,chopped½cupgratedvegancheesePreheatovento325ºF.

Whisk together almond milk, flour, flaxseed meal, lemon zest, garlic, scallions, oregano, thyme,basil,salt,pepper,andcayenneinasmallbowl.Combinethebroccoli,cauliflower,mushrooms,tofu,andredpepperinamixingbowl.Lightlygreaseabakingdishwitholiveoil,andaddthebroccolimixture.Pourthealmondmilksauceevenlyoverthevegetables.Sprinklewithvegancheeseandbakeuntilthesaucethickens,approximately25minutes.

Yields:2to4servings

BROWNRICEWITHPEPPERSANDHERBS1tablespoonwalnutoil

1mediumyellowonion,chopped2clovesgarlic,minced½redbellpepper,diced½yellowbellpepper,diced½bellpepper,diced1½cupsbrownrice,cooked¾tablespoonfreshparsley,chopped½teaspoonfreshtarragon,choppedSeasalttotasteFreshlygroundblackpeppertotaste¼cuparugula½cupcherrytomatoes

Heattheoilinalargesaucepanandsautétheonionandgarlicuntiltheonionistranslucent.Addthepeppersandsautéforaminuteortwo.Addtherice,parsley,tarragon,salt,andpepperandsautéfor3to5minutes.Garnishwitharugulaandslicedcherrytomatoes.

Yield:2servings

CAULIFLOWERWITHGARLICHUMMUSSAUCE1cupchickpeas,cooked3tablespoonstahini2clovesgarlic,minced1teaspoonlemonjuiceSeasalttotaste½teaspoonfreshlygroundpepper¼teaspooncayenne1cupcauliflowerflorets1cupredbellpepper,chopped1smallredonion,diced3tablespoonsfreshparsley,chopped(reserve1tablespoonforgarnish)¼teaspoonturmeric½cupunsaltedwholecashews2cupsrice,cooked

Preheatovento425ºF.Placechickpeas,tahini,garlic,lemonjuice,salt,pepper,andcayenneinafoodprocessorandpuréeuntilsmooth.

In a mixing bowl, combine the chickpea purée, cauliflower, red pepper, red onion, parsley,turmeric,andcashewsandmixwell.Pourthemixtureintoalightly-greased,9-inchby12-inchbakingdishandcoverwithfoil.Bakefor15to20minutes,oruntilthecaulifloweristender.Serveoverrice.Garnishwithparsley.

Yields:2servings

BRUSSELSSPROUTSCREOLE2tablespoonsoliveoil1largeyellowonion,diced2garliccloves,minced½redbellpepper,chopped½orangebellpepper,chopped1freshtomato,chopped½cupwater2tablespoonsfreshbasil,chopped2tablespoonsfreshparsley,chopped¼cupolives,pittedandsliced1tablespoongratedlemonzestSeasalttotaste½teaspoonfreshlygroundblackpepper2cupsBrusselssprouts,steamed½headredleaflettuce

Heattheoilinamediumsaucepanandsautétheonion,garlic,andbellpeppersuntiltheonionistranslucent.Add the tomato, water, basil, parsley, olives, lemon zest, salt, and pepper and let simmer for 15minutes,stirringoccasionally.AddtheBrusselssproutsandsimmerforafewminutesuntilwarm.Serveonabedofredleaflettuce.

Yield:4to6servings

BUTTERNUTSQUASHWITHTOASTEDSESAMESAUCE1butternutsquash,cutinto½-inchpieces1tablespoontoastedsesameoil3tablespoonstahini1clovegarlic,minced

1tablespoonfreshparsley,choppedSeasalttotaste½teaspoonfreshlygroundpepper2tablespoonsgomasio¼cupsesameseeds½cupbabymesclun

Steamthesquashfor15to20minutesuntiltender.Removefromtheheatandplaceinindividualdishes.Whisktogethertheoil,tahini,garlic,parsley,salt,andpepperinasmallbowl.Pourthetahinimixtureoverthesteamedsquash.Sprinklewithgomasio,parsley,andsesameseeds.Garnishwithbabymesclun

Yield:2to3servings

CHICKPEAANDZUCCHINICURRY2tablespoonsoliveoil1largeyellowonion,sliced4clovesgarlic,minced1teaspoonmustardseeds1largetomato,chopped1cantomatopaste½cupwater1tablespoontamari2thinslicesoffreshgingerroot,minced2teaspoonsturmeric¼teaspooncayennepepper2teaspoonsgroundcumin2teaspoonsgroundcoriander1teaspoongroundcinnamon½teaspoongroundclovesSeasalttotaste½teaspoonfreshlygroundblackpepper1cupchickpeas,cooked2mediumzucchini,sliced4to5cupscookedbrownrice2tablespoonsfreshchives,chopped

Heattheoilinalargeskilletandsautétheonionandgarlicuntiltheonionistranslucent.Addthemustardseedsandcookuntiltheypop,stirringfrequently.Add the tomato, tomato paste, water, tamari, ginger, turmeric, cayenne, cumin, coriander,cinnamon,cloves,salt,pepper,andchickpeasandstirwell.Coverandsimmerforabout15minutes,stirringfrequently.Addthezucchini,mixwell,andletsimmerforanother10minutes.Servewithbrownrice.Garnishwithchives.

Yield:4to6servings

CRUNCHYHERBEDGREENBEANS2tablespoonsoliveoil1smallyellowonion,diced2clovesgarlic,minced¼cupwater1poundgreenbeans,trimmed½cupgreenpepper½cupredpepper½cupyellowpepper½teaspoonmarjoram1tablespoonfreshrosemary,choppedSeasalttotaste½teaspoonfreshlygroundblackpepper

Heattheoilinaskilletandsautétheonion,garlicandpeppersuntiltheonionsaretranslucent.Add thewater, green beans,marjoram, rosemary, salt, and pepper and sauté for 3 to 4minutes,untilthegreenbeansarejusttender.

Yield:4servings

GOULASH1tablespoonoliveoil1mediumyellowonion,chopped2shallots,minced2clovesgarlic,minced1stalkcelery,chopped1largetomato,chopped1cupvegetablebroth1packagefirmtofu,diced

1cupasparagus,sliced½cupchickpeas,cooked¼teaspooncarawayseeds½teaspoonHungarianpaprikaSeasalttotaste½teaspoonfreshlygroundblackpepper1tablespoonBragg’sLiquidAminos¼cuptahini

Heat theoil ina largesaucepanandsauté theonion, shallots,garlic,andceleryuntil theonion istranslucent.Addtomatoandvegetablebrothandsimmerfor15minutes.Add tofu, asparagus, chickpeas, caraway seeds, paprika, salt, and pepper, and simmer for 10minutes.AddtheBragg’sLiquidAminosandstirwell.Servewithtahini.

Yield:4servings

GREENPEAMILLETCOUSCOUS2tablespoonswalnutoil2shallots,minced2clovesgarlic,minced1½cupsvegetablebroth¾cupmillet1tablespoonchiaseeds½cupfreshpeas1/3cupfreshspearmint,chopped1tablespoonBragg’sLiquidAminos,ortotaste½cupparsleyleaves½teaspoonpaprika

Heattheoilinalargesaucepanandsautétheshallotsandgarlicfor3minutes,untiltender.Add the vegetable broth, millet, chia seeds, peas, and spearmint and simmer over low heat forabout15to20minutes,oruntilwaterisabsorbedandmilletistender.RemovefromheatandstirinBragg’sLiquidAminos.Garnishwithparsleyandpaprika.

Yield:2servings

PURPLECABBAGEANDSPAGHETTISQUASHSTIR-FRY1tablespoonoliveoil2scallions,sliced3clovesgarlic,minced2cupsvegetablebroth½spaghettisquash,diced2cupsbroccoliflorets2cupspurplecabbage,sliced1packagefirmtofu,cubed1teaspoonfreshginger,minced2tablespoonsfreshparsley,chopped1tablespoonfreshthyme,chopped2tablespoontamari½teaspoonfreshlygroundblackpepper¼cupsesameseedsforgarnish

Heattheoilinalargesaucepanandsautéthescallionsandgarlicuntiltender.Addthevegetablebroth,squash,broccoli,cabbage,tofu,ginger,parsley,thyme,tamari,andpepper,andsimmerfor15to20minutesuntilvegetablesaretender.Garnishwiththesesameseeds.

Yield:3servings

Desserts

BANANACARAMELCUSTARD1cupalmondmilk2tablespoonsarrowroot2teaspoonsvanillaextract½teaspoonalmondextract2teaspoonsgroundcinnamon1teaspoongroundginger½teaspoongroundnutmeg1cupbanana,sliced1cupmaplesugar1tablespoonwater

Inamediumbowl,combinethemilk,arrowroot,vanillaextract,almondextract,cinnamon,ginger,andnutmegandmixwell.Placethemixtureinasaucepanovermediumheatandsimmer,stirringconstantlywithawhiskor

woodenspoon,untilthickened.Oncethickened,removefromheatandstirinbananaslices.Inasmallpanoverlowflame,combinethemaplesugarandwaterandcookuntilgoldenbrown.Pourthesugarmixtureevenlyintoalarge,greasedramekin(or4individualramekins).Addthebananamixtureandrefrigeratefor2to4hours.Toserve,gentlyloosenthepuddingfromthesidesofthedishbyrunningasmallknifearoundtheinsideoftheramekin.Placeaplateontopofthedishandinvert.(Note:Itmaybenecessarytowarmthebottomoftheramekinbeforeinverting.)

Garnishwithslicedbananasandasprinkleofmaplesugarandcinnamon.

Yield:2to4servings

GOLDENSTRAWBERRYBLUEBERRYCRUMBLE½cupspeltflour½cupriceflour1tablespoonarrowroot1cupdatesugar,divided2tablespoonswalnutoil1cupfreshorfrozenblueberries1cupfreshorfrozenstrawberries2teaspoonsfreshlysqueezedlemonjuice1teaspoongroundcinnamon1tablespoonflakedcoconut,freshorpackaged

Preheattheovento300ºF.Inalargebowl,combinetheflour,arrowroot,½cupdatesugar,andwalnutoilandblendusingaforkorpastryblender.Placeblueberriesandstrawberriesinasoufflédishandmixinlemonjuice,½cupdatesugar,andcinnamonuntilberriesarewell-coated.Coverberriesevenlywiththecrumblemixture.Placeintheovenandbakefor15to20minutes,oruntilgoldenbrown.

Yield:4servings

CHILLEDCANTALOUPESTUFFEDWITHCHERRYCREAM1cupfreshorfrozencherries,pitted½teaspoonlemonextract½teaspoonalmondextract

2cupssilkentofu1cantaloupe

Cut the cantaloupe in quarters. Remove the fruit from the peel, slice into bite-sized pieces, andreturntothepeel.Combinethecherries, lemonextract,almondextract,andtofu ina foodprocessororblenderandpureeuntilsmooth.Placethecherrycreaminadessertdishandservewiththeslicedcantaloupe.Garnishwithslicedlemon.

Yield:4servings

HOLIDAYGINGERBREAD¾cupoatflour2tablespoonsarrowroot1½teaspoonsbakingpowder1teaspoongroundcinnamon1teaspoongroundginger¼teaspoongroundcloves1teaspoongroundnutmeg½cupapplebutter½cuppuremaplesyrup¼cupalmondmilk1teaspoonorangeextract2tablespoonswalnutoil½cupwalnuts

Preheatovento325ºF.In a large bowl, combine the flour, arrowroot, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, andnutmeg.Inanotherbowl,combinetheapplebutter,maplesyrup,almondmilk,orangeextract,andwalnutoilandbeatuntilsmooth.Foldthebatterintotheflourmixture,addthewalnuts,andblendwell.Placeinagreasedloaforbakingpanandbakefor25minutesoruntilatoothpickplacedinthecakecomesoutclean.

OPTIONALGLAZE:2cupsconfectioner’ssugar2tablespoonsalmondmilk1tablespoonmaplesyrup

½teaspoonvanillaextract

Combineallingredientsinabowlorblenderandmixuntilsmooth.Drizzleglazeovertopofthegingerbread.Garnishwithslicedfigs,gratedcarrot,orwalnuts.

Yield:4servings

TestimonialsThe following testimonials are various first hand accounts by people who have successfully followedGary’sNull’snaturalprotocols.

HOMEOPATHICMEDICINELillianonRectalCancerThreeyearsago, Iwasdiagnosedwithacancerbelowmyrectumforwhich I receivedchemotherapyand radiation. That got rid of it for a while, but in time it reappeared in my liver. I received fiftychemotherapytreatments,buthadIknownwhatIunderstandtoday,Iwouldneverhavehadany.Iwasverysickandwaitingtodie.Icouldnotholdfoodorwaterdownandlosta lotofweight.My

bowelsweretotallyparalyzed,andIcouldnotgotothebathroomatall.ThenursestoldmeIonlyhada short time to live, and Iwanted todie.Thepainwas sobad that Ihad to liveonmorphine andanarcoticpainpatch.ThankGodmydaughter introducedme toahomeopathicdoctorwhogavemeanew leaseon life.

Mydoctorhasdoneanawfullotforme.Mytherapyconsistedofalotofnaturalherbsandvitamins.Ijuiced and ate a diet high in healthy vegetables. Redmeatswere eliminated. In addition, I receivedcolonictherapytodetoxifymybowel.When I got home, I had renewed strength. I couldwalk around and even drive, whereas before I

needed a wheelchair. In sixmonths, I have been able to gain someweight back and have nomorebowel trouble. Ihadamyelogramlastmonth.ThedoctorswereshockedthatIwasable tocomethisfar.Theycan’tbelieveit.Iamatotallydifferentperson.Iamamazedandmywholefamilyisamazedas well. I feel that if I didn’t go there, I would be gone. If I had to do it over, I would not havechemotherapyorradiationatall.Iwouldgothehomeopathicroute.

ESSIACTEAMarilynonBreastCancerMyhusbandbroughthomeanarticleoutofthenewspaperaboutEssiacteajustbeforeIhadmylymphnodesremoved.Thedoctorsfiguredforsurethatthelymphnodeswereinvadedwithcancer.Istartedonthisteatendaysbeforegoingbackintothehospital.Iwentinandthelymphnodesandtherestofthe surrounding tissueswere clean.Three specialistswere very surprised and kept remarkingwhat amiracleitwasbecauseofthestageIIIcancerthathadalreadybrokenfreeofthetumorandwasalreadyinvadingtherestofthebreast.Although I opted for a traditional approach to treatment, I attribute the lack of hair loss and the

ability to handle radiation and chemotherapy without side effects to the benefits of the tea. I feelwonderful today. I’vegot anew leaseon life. Idrink theEssiac tea twiceperday faithfully.Thishasbeentwoyearsnow.LynetteonBoneCancerTheprognosiswasreallybad.Iwenttoseeabunchofspecialists,andtheybasicallyallsaidthesamething: If I lived Iwouldn’twant to,becauseeverythingwas justdisintegrating. Itwasabigoldmess,

andIwasn’trealhappybecauseIwasn’tabletogetanyanswers.Iwenttothehealthfoodstoreandstartedreadingdifferentbooksandtalkingtosomepeople.That’s

howIlearnedaboutEssiactea.Iwaskindofskepticalbutgotanumbertofindoutwhatthedealwason this tea. I spoke to someonewho toldme that shehad comeacross an all-naturalherbal tea thatdoesn’taffectanyothermedicationthatyou’reon.Isaid,“Whattheheck?I’lltryit.”At the time, I could barely walk. I have total shoulder replacements and a hip replacement. The

doctors trieddoingbonegrafts,but thatdidn’t take.Thediseasewas inmyankles,wrists,andknees.Theywantedtodokneereplacementsurgeryonme.Inmysituation,thereisnostoppingthedisease,andthereisnotreatmentforit.Whattheydoiscutoutthedeadboneandtrytoputmetal inthere.I’mbasicallyallbionic.WhenIstarteddrinkingthetea,Icouldbarelywalk,Iwasoncrutches,andmylegswereswollen.I

had themwrapped. Idrank the tea three timesperday.Within three to fourdays, Ididn’thaveanypain.IhadsomeX-raysdonebeforestartingontheteaandafterward.Beforethetea,theywerereallybad.

Myboneswerefracturedandbroken,andall the ligamentswereeatenaway.Fourweeks later,IhadX-raystakenagain.Thedoctorwasamazed.TheX-raysshowedsomebonedamage,butnotasmuchasbefore.Aweeklater,IwenttoanotherdoctorandhadX-raystakenagain.Thiswassixweeksaftertakingthestuff.Allthebonedamagewasgone.Therewasnothingthere.TheythoughttheymixedupmyX-rays.TodayI’mgreat.Igobikingandstudymartialarts.Thisstuffisgreat.

DR.NICHOLASGONZALEZ’SENZYMETHERAPYEdmundonKidneyCancerFourandahalfyearsago,Ihadmajorsurgery.Thedoctorsremovedmyleftkidney,alargetumor,andonelymphnode.Ifollowedthiswithaninterferonprogramforninemonthstopreventanyrecurrenceof the tumor.Unfortunately, this did not work forme, because a second tumor came back. At thattime, the doctor said that even though kidney cancer does not respond to radiation or chemo, weshouldtryradiation.Theradiationstabilizedthesecondtumorbutdidnotmakeitdisappear.Atthattime,Irealizedthattheinterferonwasnotgoingtowork.AfriendofminewasonanaggressivenutritionalprogramwithDr.NicholasGonzalezinNewYork

City. I started this program three and ahalf years ago.Threemonths after I began theprogram, thesecondtumordisappeared.Myweight,whichwaswaydownto105,isnowbacktonormalat135.I’mfeelinggood.Mycolor isback.AndrecentCTscansandbone scanshavebeennegative. I’mseventyyearsold.HenriettaonBreastCancerwithMetastasestotheLungIhadlymphnodeinvolvementandwentthroughsurgery.Aftersixmonthsofchemotherapy,Ihada50percentchanceof surviving fiveyears.Theynever sayanythingaboutgetting totallywell, just fiveyears.Afterthreeyears,itmetastasizedaroundmyleftlung.Atthatpoint,theprognosiswasnotgood.Iwastoldthatmylifeexpectancywastwotothreemonths.At that point, I found Dr. Gonzalez in New York City. His treatment is a three-part program

consisting of supplements, diet anddetoxification. I have been going toDr.Gonzalez for three yearsandninemonths.

Theprogramhasbeenverysuccessfulforme.Ican’tsayitisaneasyprogram.Itrequiresalotofself-disciplinebecausethedietisrigorous.I’mnotsayingthatyoujuststartonthisprogramandfeelgreat.Youdon’t.Ifanything,I feltworsebeforeI feltbetter,becauseofthetoxicitythatwasbuiltupinmybody.But ithasworked forme,andIbelievesostrongly in theprogramthat ithas takenthe fearofcanceraway.I thinkthismaybeamajorkeytomyrecovery,becausewhenyoubelieve insomethingthatstrongly,ittakesfearaway.Atthispoint,Iamstabilized.Mycancerlevelisdowntoasafezone,andIamfunctioningnormally.I

feelgreat.MyoncologistsaidthatifindeedIwasstillalive,Iwasaveryluckywoman.Theydidn’tgivemeanyhopeoflivingwiththetraditionalmedicine.

GERSONTHERAPYTomonSkinMelanomaInMarch1982,Ifoundamoleontherightsideofmyforehead.Itdidn’tconcernmemuchbecauseitwasn’tbig;itwasabouthalfthesizeofmylittlefingernail.Italkedtomyfamilyphysicianaboutit,notthinkingmuchofit,butwhenhesawthething,hewasconcerned.Hesaid,“We’dbettertakethisoffandbiopsyit.”Theydid that, and the report that cameback really shockedme,because Ihadbeeneatingorganic

foodsandarightdietformanyyears.Thenewswasallbad.Itwasmalignant,itwasClarkLevel4.…After the surgery, the cancer returned within ten days to the site of the incision. I guess that was

becausetheydidn’tgetitall.ThenIbegantohavetumorsappearingallovermyupperbody,chest,andarm.Thisallhappenedwithinamatterofdays.Initially,theywantedtodoextensivesurgeryatthesiteoftheoriginalappearance,butwhenthething

spread, four different doctors started givingme different advice. Basically, they were all saying thatnothingwasgoingtocurethiscancer.At that point, I declined the radical surgery that theywanted to do on the site ofmy head, and I

startedlookingfordifferentapproaches.Iknewsomethingaboutalternativemethods,butnobodywasatallhopeful,untilwetalkedtotheGersonpeople.WecalledtheGersonInstitute,andtheysaidthatthe Gerson therapy was very effective againstmelanomas. They said that the fact that I hadn’t hadothertreatments thatwouldtendtosuppress the immunesystemwas inmyfavor. Iknewsomethingaboutthetherapy,soitwasn’tacompleteshock.IhadsomebeliefinDr.Gersonandhistherapy,soItriedit.I talkedtoCharlotte[GersonStraus],andshesaidthatmelanomapatientsdetoxifyrapidly.Shesaid

my chances of recovery were good, but that I would have quite a bit of nausea in the beginning.Everythingshetoldmecametrue.Igotquiteillinitially,thetypeofillnessthatyou’dhaveifyouhadastomachflu.But Iwasnervousenoughaboutmysituationthatafter Ihadbeenonthe therapy foraweekorso,Ithought,myGod,I’mnotgoingtobeabletodothis.Thefamilyhadacouncilofwar.WealltalkeditoverwiththeInstitute.Theycalmedmedownand

toldmethey’dcutbackthejuicesalittlebit,andcutbackthemedicinealittleforafewdays,andjustkeeptryingit.Wegotthroughthatperiod,andIfeltbetteragain.The heart and soul of the Gerson therapy is that every hour of the day, from eight o’clock in the

morning to seven at night, you have an 8-ounce glass of fresh-squeezed vegetable and fruit juice. Italternates.Basically,onehouryouhavea juicethat’shalfcarrot juicemixedwithapple juice,andthe

nexthouryouhavegreenjuice,whichIthinkisthreedifferenttypesoflettuce,plusgreenpepper,redcabbage,andthenapplewiththatalso.Thejuicesarelacedwithpotassiumsalts.Inaddition,youhavethreemeals.TheGersontherapyisnotafastatall,butyourdietisspecified.In thebeginningof the therapy,you startdigesting thecancerandputting itoutof thebody in the

formofmetabolictoxins.Ifyourbodyisfullofcancerthewayminewas,you’regoingtohavealotoftoxinstoprocess.Tohelpthatout,inthebeginning…youtakeacoffeeenemaeveryfourhourswhenyou’reup:6:00a.m.,10:00a.m.,2:00p.m.,6:00p.m.,and10:00p.m.Thecoffeeenemasputthedrugcaffeine directly into the portal vein. That enables the liver to detoxify a lotmore efficiently than itcouldotherwise.Thecoffeeenemaisagreathelp.Itrelievespain,itrelievesdigestivediscomfort,anditisacrucialpartofthetherapy.That’sbasicallyhowitwentinaday.Withintwomonths,everyvisibletumoronmybodyhadregressed.Theyhadshrunk,driedup,and

fallenoff.Itallhappenedsoquickly.IstartedoutinMarch1982thinkingIwasahealthyguy.Then,inearlyMay1982,IwastoldthatIhadcancerandvery littlechanceto live.InJuly1982,IwasontheGerson therapy, and everything cancerous that could be seen had regressed and disappeared. TheGerson people said that even though everything that could be seen was gone, there wasmore of aproblemunderthesurface.TheyrecommendedthatIstayonthetherapyforeighteentotwenty-fourmonths,whichIdid.Istayedonthetherapyfortwentymonths,andinthesubsequentthirteenyears,I’vehadnorecurrenceofthecancer.Overtheyears,I’vetalkedtohundredsofpeoplewithcancerofvarioustypes,andItrytosharemy

experiencewith them.You canprettymuch seewhowill succeedwith this typeof therapy andwhowillnot.Peopleusedtothepassivemode,whereprofessionalsdothingstothem—theycut,theyburn,andtheyputchemicalsin,andthepatientssittherewhileithappenstothem—aregenerallyhorrifiedwhentheyfindouttheextenttowhichthepatienthastocooperateinhisownrecoveryononeofthesemetabolicprograms.Butpeoplewhocan take that aboardhave a very, veryhigh success rateon thistherapy.Theexceptionsarepeoplewhohavebeenbombedwithchemotherapybeforetheygetonit.InordertodotheGersontherapy,youhavetobemotivatedandopentoradicalchangeinlifestylethatadietchangelikethisimposes.JoanonBreastCancerI had a radical mastectomy. One year later, I had a recurrence. I was not biopsied, however. Thesurgeonsaidthathewouldmonitorthismass.MyhusbandandIdidalotofresearchanddecidedtotrytheGersontherapy.Ibegantheprogramin

August1977.ByMay1978,whenIsawthesurgeonagain,themasswasgone.Sincethattime,Ihaveremained completely clear. Ithasbeen eighteenyears, and Ihaveneverhad any recurrences. Ihavehadmyselfcloselymonitoredovertheyearsbysurgeonsandlabwork.TheGersontherapyis intensiveandcomprehensive. Itconsistsofnutritional treatmentthroughdiet

and thirteen juices per day. It consists of medication, potassium, niacin, thyroid, lugol solution,pancreatin, acidol pepsin, and liver and B12 combined as daily injections. It also consists ofdetoxificationintheformofcoffeeenemastohelptheliver.It’saverycomprehensivetherapy.I still continuewithmy diet of organically grown fruits and vegetables. I also continuewith almost

dailycoffeeenemas.Ihavenoteatenmeat,exceptforpoultryandfish, fortheseeighteenyears.Thatwasadecision Imadeonmyown.Somepeoplegoback to their formerdiets,but I realized thatmyformerdietwastoohighinfatsandcouldbeapossibleproblemagain.Ididnot tell the surgeon that Iwasdoing theGerson therapy.Nordidhe askmeanyquestions. I

wantedtokeepthesurgeonmonitoringme,soIdecidednottomakehimangrybytellinghimwhatIhaddone.Atthetime,therewasnottheknowledgeandtheeducationaboutanyoptionsasfarastreatmentwas

concerned,except for theorthodoxestablishmentoptions. Ihadbeentoldat thebeginningabout theAmericanCancerSociety’sstatisticsandwhattheirthoughtsontreatmentwere.IwasanR.N.whosawthatmuchofthistreatmentwasineffectivewiththecancerpatients,soIdidnotfeelthattheAmericanCancer Society was credible. Having seen this inmy profession, I decided that I was going to do adifferenttherapy.IhadreadaboutGerson’stherapyinDr.Gerson’sbook.Ifeltitwascredibleandthethingtodoformyself.PatriciaonPancreaticCancerIhadpancreatic cancer that spread tomy liver, gallbladder, and spleen, andwas told that Ihad lessthanthreemonthstolive.Mydoctorsweredoingnothing.TheysaidthatchemotherapyandanythingelsewouldnothelpmeandthatIshouldpreparemyfamilyandgetmyaffairs inorder.Iwas intheprocessofdoingthat.Then,onemorning,myhusbandandIheardabouttheGersonclinicinMexico.Myhusbandgotupandsaid,“That’sit.Packyourclothes.We’regoing.”WewentdownonMarch7, 1986, and started the therapy thatday.Before I started the therapy, I

hadbeenthrowingupmouthfulsofblood.Iwasjustaboutfinished.Tendayslater,Istoppedbringingupblood,and thepainwasgone. I said tomyhusband, “Idon’tknow if I’mgoing to live,but I feelbetterthanIhaveinayear.”Sixmonthslater,Iwenttoseemydoctor,whowonderedwhyIwasstillaround.HeaskedifIwould

haveaCTscan,whichIdid.Thetestshowedthatthemassesofcancerhadgone.Mydoctorsaid,“Idon’tknowwhatyou’redoing,andIdon’twanttoknowwhatyou’redoing,butjustkeepdoingit.”IthinkhewasshockedtoseethatIwasstillaround.Another six months down the road, he askedme to take another CT scan, which I did. He said,

“Patricia,there’snosignofcanceratall.”Thatwasnineyearsago.Today,Ifeelwonderful.Ihavenosignofcanceratall.ItookthetwoGersonbookstomydoctor,andhereadthem,buthesaidthatitwasjusttoodeepfor

him.Hejustcallsmehismiraclenow.MarilynonMelanomaandCervicalCancerI developed these conditions in 1979 when I was thirty-six years of age. My prognosis from myphysicianswasnotgood.Themelanoma,inparticular,wasveryvirulent.Theydidn’tcomeoutandtellme how long they thought I had to live, but they tactfully tried to tellme thatmy chances weren’tgood. I readanddid someofmyown researchand found thatwith stage IVmelanoma, thepatienttendstoexpireinonetofiveyears.It’snowbeenfifteenyears.I’mnotatypicalpatient.IdidalotofresearchandpickedDr.MaxGerson’stherapybecauseIfeltthatitwasthehardestand

themostcurative.Ithadthebestresultswithmelanoma.IwasinspiredbythefactthatDr.GersonhadworkedwithAlbertSchweitzer,andthathewasapioneer.Hejustwasanincrediblephysicianwithawonderfulanswer,butnotmanypeoplewerewillingtousehistherapyfortheirproblems.I found that after the first six months of the therapy, I began to feel really normal. I didn’t have

reactions and feelings that comewhen youdo ametabolic therapy. I started to feel intuitively that Iwasn’tgoingtodie—thatIwasnevergoingtohavearecurrence.Iknowthatthemindhasagreatdealtodowithhealing.Ijustknewbecausethisdietwasbuildingmycellsthatmymindwasstronger.IfeltthatIhadturnedthecorner.It’sbeenalmostsixteenyears,andIfeelbetterthanIeverhaveinmylife.

IattributethattoDr.Gerson’sworkand,ofcourse,myparticipatinginit.SharononNon-Hodgkin’sLymphomaIdidnothavechemotherapy.IwentdirectlytotheGersonHospital.Iwastherefortwoweeks,andinfivedaysI losttwenty-eightpoundsoffluid.Ihadbeenveryswollenwithedema.WhenIgotback,Icontinuedonthetherapy,andinsixmonthsIwentbacktothedoctor.IhadanMRI,andmytumorwasgone.Iamnotonamodifiedtherapy.It’sbeenthreeyears.GeorgeonPancreaticCancerIwenttotheGersontherapycenterinFebruary1983.Priortogoingthere,mywifeandIwereonthewaytoHawaii.WewereinSeattleandpreparingtoleaveforHawaiithenextmorning.Igotverysickand had a lot of pain inmy stomach and back.We phoned the doctor whowas listed in the hoteldirectory,andtookataxitothehospital.Ihadabloodtest,anX-ray,andanexaminationbyadoctorthere.Thedoctor said thathewasn’t surewhat theproblemwas,buthe suggested thatwenotgo toHawaii.Hesaidweshouldgohomeinsteadandgetfurthertestsdone.That’swhatwedid.Mydoctorsentmetoaspecialist inVictoria. Iwent througha lotof tests that Ihadneverheardof

before.OnJanuary21,thespecialisttooksomebloodtestsandsaidthattheamylaseinmybloodwashigh.Anormallevelwasbetween70and320,andminewas627.Itprovedthattherewasaverybadinfectioninmybody.I finally took aCT scan,which showed amass in theheadof thepancreas.The specialist said that

therewasabsolutelynoquestionaboutit.Ihadcancerofthepancreas.WehadheardaboutGerson’stherapythroughsomebodymydaughterknew.WephonedtheGerson

InstituteandwentdownthereinFebruary1983.Wespentonemonththere.Afterward,westayedinourcondoinEscondidoforeightmonths,becausethatwastheonlyplacewe

couldgetorganicfoods.WehadourorganicvegetablesdeliveredbyaladywhogothervegetablesfromthesamesourceastheGersons.Whenwe camehome, I hadputweight on, and I felt good.Myblood testswere also good. I took

anotherCTscan,anditshowednotumor.IphonedtheheaddoctoratGerson’sinApril1984,andhetoldme to stay another fourmonths on the program….Thatwas eleven years ago, and I have hadabsolutelynoproblemsince.

REVICITHERAPYFernandoonProstateCancerIwasdiagnosedforprostatecanceratagefifty-six.Iscored8ontheGleasonscale,whichIunderstandisratherhigh.Thecellswerehighlyundifferentiated,whichIunderstandmakesthemproliferatemorerapidly.And Iwas also at a relatively young age to getprostate cancer.Those three things, everyoneseemed to agree, would make it more aggressive. My urologist immediately suggested a radicalprostatectomy. I declined, for two reasons, because I was not and am not convinced that invasivetherapieslengthenthelifespan,andontheotherhand,theydoalteryourlifestyletremendously,andIwas not ready to undergo the changes that operations of that sort apparently cause you.After someresearch,IdecidedtocometoDr.Revici,andI’mveryhappythatIdid.I’ve alsomade changes tomy lifestyle, nutritionally and with supplementation. I’ve started to take

ozone therapy. Basically, what Dr. Revici’s therapy did to an extremely aggressive carcinoma isapparently to have stopped it in its tracks. From what I’ve heard from mainstream doctors and

urologists tellme, theway it seemed from theoutsetwas that Ididnothavemuch time—twoandahalfor threeyears.Here Iam,with lotsofenergyandveryenthusiastic to theresponsemybodyhashad to Dr. Revici’s therapy. I’ve been in remission five years, and I hope we can extend thatindefinitely.JosephonPancreaticCancerIhadcancerofthepancreas.Myprognosiswasnotgood.ThesurgeontoldmetogototheLordandprayforamiracle,andthatwasit.Ihadthreetosixmonthstolive,andItriedthechemotherapy.AndthenIwasputintouchwithDr.Revici,andoncethathappened,Istoppedchemotherapy.Istayedonhistherapyuntilnow—thatwastenyearsago.Idonothavepancreaticcancernow.I’vebeencured.CharlotteonOvarianandOatCellLungCancerIn1980,Iwasdiagnosedwithovariancancerandoatcelllungcancer.Ihadahysterectomyandstartedonchemotherapy.Ireallywasnotpleasedwithchemotherapyandwas lookingaroundforsomethingelse.WhenIcame toDr.Revici, Iwentoffchemotherapyandstarted takinga sulfurdrughehad incapsules.Itookthatdrugforaboutsixmonths.WhenIwentoffchemotherapy,IwastoldthecancerwouldreturnbytheendofthemonthandthatIwouldbedeadinsixmonths.Aftersixmonths,IhadanX-raydone,and therewasnosignofany lung tumor,and I’veneverhadanyreoccurrence.Nowsixteenyearslater,I’mstillcancer-freethroughDr.Revici’streatments.NormanonColonCncerOversixyearsago,Ihadsurgeryforcoloncancer.Thedoctorsdidn’thaveanyrecommendations;theysaidIwasonmyown.Iheard aboutDr.Revici anddecided to seehim. It’s probably thebest thing Ihavedone inmany,

manyyears.Iwentonhisprogram,whichconsistsmostlyofminerals.Atfirst itwasratherintenseinthatIhadtousethemfourtimesperday,butlikeeverythingelse,yougetusedtoit.Now I’m on a maintenance program where I use his prescribed minerals one month on and six

monthsoff.MyCEAtest,which is the test that theyuse forcoloncancer,comes inbelow0.5. IonlyneedtohaveacolonoscopyeverytwoyearsbecauseI’vebeenclearforseveralyears.I’mjusthappytobehere.Ionlyhavepraiseforhim.RobertonAngiosarcomaI discovered that I had a lump inmy jaw. I went through a series of extensive tests, including twobiopsies,oneinthehospitalandoneoutside.ItincludedMRIs,CTscans,X-rays,andthatsortofthing.Out of that came the diagnosis of angiosarcoma. Basically, the doctor who was associated withGeorgetownHospital toldmethatwith thisdiagnosis Ihadaboutonechance in tenofbeingalive infiveyears.Hesaidthatthatparticularkindofcancerwasnottreatablebyanyoftheusualtechniques,namelysurgery,radiation,orchemotherapy.Given thatkindofprognosis, andgiven the lackof treatmentoptions, Idecided itwas time to look

elsewherefortreatment.MywifehadworkedwithaladywhowasaformerpatientofDr.Revici,soIknewofDr.Revici throughher and contacted thedoctor. Iwas activelyunderhis care for about sixyears. By that I mean I went to see him in his office approximately once a month. The treatmentconsistedprimarilyofcapsulesthatItookorally.Heputmeonanumberofdifferentmedications.Whatstruckmeabouthistreatmentisthathetailorsittotheperson.Hewouldsometimeshaveme

ontwoorthreemedications.Hewouldtellmetocallhiminthreeorfourdays,andhemightchangethemedication,dependinguponhowIwasreactingto it.Overthatperiod,heprobablyhadmeona

coupledozendifferentthings.Ihavenotbeenreceivingtreatmentforalittleoverayear.HisofficeaskedmetohaveanMRIdone,whichIdid,andacoupleofmonthsago,Isentthemthe

results. Basically, theMRI shows that in the last three years, there has been no growth at all in thetumor.JayonSquamousCellCarcinomaIhadasquamouscellcarcinomainthethroatandwasgiventwotosixmonthstolive.Theywantedtooperateandremovemyentirevoicebox—myvocalcordsandeverything—andgivemechemo,whichIwouldn’tallow.I immediately got on Dr. Revici’s therapy and studied his entire program relating not only to his

medication,butalsotothenutrition,vitamins,minerals,enzymes,andevensomebioactivefrequencieslateron.That was thirteen years ago. Today, I feel like amillion dollars. I have never spent a night in the

hospital.I’mveryactive.AtthetimeIstartedonhisprogram,youcouldn’tunderstandme.IsoundedliketheGodfather’sgodfather.Inaperiodofaboutfourmonths,myvoicewasbacktonormal,andI’veneverhadasickday.I’ve spokenwithmy original diagnosing physiciansmany,many times. I happened to know one in

NewYork,andoneinCalifornia,whoaretopguysintheallopathicfieldinotolaryngology.Abouttwoyears later,I finallyagreedtoletthemdoasecondin-depthbiopsyonmythroat, justtogetthemoffmyback,becausetheywerefriendsofmine.Whenmyrightvocalcordwasoriginallydiagnosed,itwasoverthree-quartersofaninchindiameter.Theycouldn’tunderstandwhyallofthisclearedupinsuchashortperiodoftime.Itwasall100percentclear.ArthuronKaposi’sSarcomaIwasdiagnosedattheVAhospital.Thedoctorstheresuggestedoperatingtocutoutthesoresonmyfoot.Ididnotagree.Ididn’tliketheapproachtheyhadthere.IdecidedIwouldtryanothermethod.Fortunately,I listenedtoyouandlearnedaboutDr.Revici.I

begantreatmentwithhimbackin1991.Isuccessfullyovercamemycondition.LeeonBreastCancerMy cancer started in 1986. I felt a lump in the right breast, and had a mammogram, which wasnegative. The doctor said that the lumpwas benign, and that I shouldn’t worry. In 1988, the lumpseemedbiggerandharder,andIwasadvisedagaintogetamammogram.Thistime,itshowedamass.IthenhadabiopsyatBethIsraelHospital,whichdiagnoseda4cminfiltratingductalcarcinomainmybreast. I saw a number of doctors and surgeons who advised a modified radical mastectomy, withchemotherapyandradiation.Iknewthattherewereotheroptionsfromlisteningtoyourprogramandreading.IdecidedtotryDr.

Revici’snontoxic individualized cancer therapy, even though Iwaswarnedby all thedoctors thathewasaquack,andthatIcoulddiewithoutconventionaltreatment.IhadthelumpectomyinDecember1988,andIbegantreatmentwithDr.ReviciinJanuary1989.Ifoundhimtobeverycaringandconsiderate.HeencouragedmetocallhimoftentotellhimhowI

wasfeeling.Hisownphonenumberwasgiventome.In July1989, I stopped the treatmentbecause I felt that sixmonthsof itwas sufficient.Aboutnine

months later, I felt another lump in the same breast. A mammogram revealed another mass,approximately1.5cm,andthetumormarkerforbreastcancerwashigh.

I returned toDr. Revici inMay 1990, and he urgedme to have the lump removed. I didn’t wantanotheroperation,andDr.Reviciwasunderstanding.Hesaidthathewouldtrytohelpmeanyway.I was given a variety of Dr. Revici’smedicine. At times I became discouraged, but Dr. Revici kept

reassuringmethatthelumpwouldgoaway.Gradually,itdidbecomesofter,andafterabouttwoyears,Inolongerfeltthelump.ThelastmammogramIhadwasnegative,andthetumormarkerforbreastcancerwasnormal.Istill

takeDr.Revici’smedicineabouteverytwomonths.Ialsotakevitaminsandherbs.Ichangedmydiet.Idon’thavemeatorchicken,andIeatverylittlesugarordairy.Idrinkbottledwaterandtakeexerciseclassesinyogaandlow-impactaerobics.IamverygratefultoDr.Revici.RonaldonBone,Lung,andKidneyCancerMyexperiencewithcancerbeganin1976,whenalargetumorwasdiscoveredinmypelvisjustabovetheknee.Itresultedinanamputationin1977.In1979,thecancermetastasizedtothelung,andIhadanoperationonmyrightlungtoremoveacoupleofnodules.Tomyregret, in1980,Iwasdiagnosedwithrenalcellcarcinoma.Atthattime,theytoldmethatIhadsixmonthstotwoyearstolive.Therewasno treatmentavailable.Surgerywasn’tpossible.Neitherwaschemotherapyexpected tobeofanybenefit.Atthatpoint,IheardaboutDr.Revici,andwenttoseehim.IstartedonhistherapyinOctober1980.

Tomy surprise,within about amonthor so, I began to feelmyenergy return.Myappetitebegan toincrease,andmyconditionimproved.Icontinuedonhistherapyforawhile.ThenIreturnedtowork.Ihadanotherepisodeofmetastaticcancerin1987.Againthebonecancerwasactiveinmylefthip.I

wentback toDr.Revici.Withhishelp, Iwent into remission.Unfortunately, in1991, Ihadanotherepisodeofboneand lungcancer. IwentbacktoDr.Reviciagain,andhavecontinuedonhis therapyuntil today. The tumor in the right lungwas a little resistant to the treatment, but after a couple ofyearsoftreatment,itappearsthatthetumorisgoingintoremission.I’mveryhappyaboutthat.I’vebeenable toenjoyareasonablequalityof lifeover theseyears, thanks toDr.Revici’s treatment.

My life certainly has been extended beyond the six months to two years that was expected by thetraditionalmedicalcommunity.

DR.STANISLAWBURZYNSKI’SANTINEOPLASTONTHERAPYTheresaonStageIVLymphomaIn1984,afterthebirthofmydaughter,IhadabiopsythatshowedthatIhadstageIVlymphoma.MydoctorssaidthatIshouldgoonchemotherapyrightaway,eventhoughIwouldn’tbeabletogetridofthelymphoma.Theysaiditwasincurable.Ihadasecondopinion…andtheysaidthesamething,buttheysaidtheycouldcheckitforawhile

andnotgivemeanychemorightaway.Ineverdidenduphavingchemotherapyorradiation.Today, I’m great, thanks to Dr. Burzynski. He gave me the anti-neoplaston therapy, whichmeans

anticancer.It’sapeptidethathediscovered.Apparently,mostpeptidesaregrowth-enhancingpeptides.Peptides are precursors to amino acids, which are the precursors to proteins. The peptides that hefoundarepeptidesthat inhibit thegrowthofcertaintypesofcells.Ratherthankillingthecancercellsalongwitha lotofotherhealthycells,peptides justkeepthecancercells fromgrowing.They liveouttheirlifespan,andthentheydieoff.Eventually,whateverorganisaffectedisturnedbackintoahealthyorgan.That’swhathappenedwithme.

WhileIwashealing,Imadealotofchanges.IrealizedIhadalotofangerthatIwasn’tdealingwith.Iwas taught thatanger isbadandhurtful,andIdevelopedawayofsuppressingmyangerwhilenotevenknowingthatIhadit.Soonepartofgettingwell,abigpart,wascomingmoretotermswithmyanger, accepting it, and expressing it appropriately, rather than stuffing it inside and turning it intocancer.Anotheraspectwas learning tovisualizemycancergoingaway,andholdingamorepositiveviewof

my future. Idid changea lotof things. I changedmy job, and I changeda lotofmy relationships. Iwentthroughalotofchanges.Today,IfeelalotdifferentthanIdidthen.I’mmuchmoreawareofmyfeelings,andphysicallyIfeel

alotbetter.OverthemonthsthatIworkedwithDr.Burzynski’smedicine,Isawmycancergraduallydisappear. Iwasgrateful tobeable todealwithmyhealingprocess inanontoxicway,andI’mreallygratefultobealive.VenutaonBreastCancerOne week after diagnosis, I had a mastectomy. Then they wanted to give me chemotherapy, but Ididn’twant it. IdecidedtogotoDr.Burzynski.HeconnectedmetoanIVforfivemonths,nonstop,twenty-fourhoursperdaywithhis anti-neoplastonmedication.During that time, Iwasnever sick. Ihadanormallife.Ihaveaseven-year-oldchild.I’vebeengoingtomeetingsatschool.I’vebeendrivingmycar.Ihavechemotherapy,andIcandrivemycar.Ineverevenlostmyhair.NobodyinthewholeworldknewthatIwashavingchemotherapy.Afterfiveyears.Iamtalkingwithyou.Currently, I am perfect. I have no cancer. I feel good, and I run my own business. I go to Dr.

Burzynskiforcheck-ups,andeverythinglooksgood.EllenonIntestinalAsbestosCancerThisisthesametypeofcancerthatSteveMcQueendiedof.Itwasaslow-growingcancer.Iwason250pain pills a month for ten years. Finally, Sloan-Kettering gave me two years to live. I called Dr.Burzynskiandaskedhimifhecouldhelpme.Afterthefirstweekoftreatment,Iwasoffthepainpills.Ihadnosideeffects.Iwasonhisprogramforninemonths,andIgotcured.TessieonLymphomaIwas advised to get chemotherapy,which I started in June 1992. In July 1993, it reappeared inmyneck.My doctor said thatwithmy condition, chemotherapymight help. But the second time that Istartedchemotherapy,thetumorwasnotgettingsmaller.IhadthefeelingthatIhadtodosomethingdifferent.IdecidedtogotoDr.BurzynskibecauseIgot

tiredofthechemotherapy.ItoldmydoctorthatIwasgoingtostopthechemotherapyandgetasecondopinion.Mydoctorwasshocked,andhestartedputtingpressureonmetogobackonchemotherapy.HesaidIwouldloseground,butIdidn’t.Today,Iamfreeofcancer.Actually,thechemotherapywascausingmetoloseground.IwassoweakfromitthatIwasrunninga

fever. I had bronchitis, and I had pneumonia.My heart was also damaged from the chemotherapy.After getting well, I went back to my doctor for blood tests to send to Dr. Burzynski, and he wasignoringme.MaryJoonLow-GradeNon-Hodgkin’sLymphoma,StageIVIwastoldthatIneededabonemarrowtransplant,massivechemotherapy,totalbodyirradiation,andsixweeksoftotalisolationinahospital.Mydoctorgavemenoguarantee,buthesaidthatthiswasmyonly chance for a cure.My other optionwas to take chemotherapy and radiation every two years. I

alreadyhadatumoronthesideofmyneck,whichwasgrowing.IfIdidn’tfollowhisadvice,hesaiditwouldpressagainstmyorgansandIwoulddie.I did somemore research. That’s when I heard aboutDr. Burzynski’s totally nontoxic treatment. I

thoughtIwouldbefoolishnottotryit.WhenIcalledmydoctoratUCLA,hewasadamantthatInotstartDr.Burzynski’streatment,butIdiditanyway.My medical records are open to everybody. Every CT scan I had showed a reduction. I have

maintainedmydoctoratUCLAwhosays,overandoveragain,“Ican’tsayit’snotworking,butIdon’tknowwhyit’sworking.”Hecallsmeaspontaneousremission.One thing that is so importantaboutDr.Burzynski’s treatment is that it is totallynontoxic. I liveda

completelynormal lifewhile Iwason it. Iwas able todogrocery shopping,drivemykid’s carpools,everything.

DR.GARYNULL’SPROTOCOLSMurrayI have always respected Gary’s work and looked forward to a worthwhile experience. I am apsychotherapistandhadreservationsaboutChiGong,butIthoughtthatithadmerit.BreathworkandPhysique were marvelous, as was learning power walking up hills. Since the retreat, I continue tomeditate and use technique exercises. I had previously been diagnosed with bladder cancer, andmakingthesechangeshascausedittoreverse.I am grateful for the retreat experience, lectures, and support groups, and I plan onpassing on the

informationIlearnedfromthelecturestomypatients.NinaIwasdiagnosedwithlungcancer.Iwasanemicandhadarthritis,almostnoenergy,andelevatedbloodpressure.PainwentthroughmewhenIwalked.Iunderwentradiation,chemotherapy,andbodyscans.Iwasreadyforalifechangebutwasnotcertainwheretogoorwhomtosee.AfterhearingGaryNull

on television and radio, Iwas curious and joined a health support group. I ate flesh foods anduseddairy.TodayIamvegan.Idrinkgreenjuicesandfollowtheprotocolcompletely.Iamcancer-freewithout

medication.Myarthritishasdiminished,andIcanuseandenjoymybodybywalking,doingyoga,andworkinginthewardrobedepartmentofatheatricalcompany.Ilookforwardtoagoodseasonwiththecrew.Iamdelightedwiththeresultsofeachnewbloodtest.Ihavedevelopedpersonalinsight.AdeleIwasa cancerpatient. Ihad frequent illnesses. Ihadnoenergy. Iwasvery tired.Enteringa supportgroupgavemehope,andI followedtheprotocol. Ienjoyeditandmygroupcompanions.Today, thecancerisinremission.Theprotocolhelpeddetoxthiscondition.Imaintainamorepositiveattitudeandcompleted aNewYorkmarathon. I donot get sick frequently anymore and find I havemuchmoreenergy.AlimThreeofthetumorsIoncehadarenomore;anotheronehasdecreasedinsize.Myskinissofterandsmoother.Mystomachissmaller.Ifeelmoreenergetic.Iexerciseregularly.Grace

Thebiggestchangethathasimpactedmeisthatmybreastcancerisnowgone.Therearenoindicationsofanycancer.MyvisionhasalsoimprovedsinceIstartedusingGaryNull’sAnti-AgingVitamins.EttaBefore—She had a hysterectomy for uterine cancer, but the cancer returned. She went throughchemotherapyandradiation.Shehadarthritis,psoriasis,andlowenergy,andshewasoverweightandunhappyatwork.After—Hercancerseemstobeinfullremission.Shelosttwenty-sixpounds.Herpsoriasisisgone.Her

hairandskinarehealthy,herarthritisisgone,andherimmunesystemisstrong.It was through class assignments and other workbook activities that she learned she was hard on

herselfandcametoexperiencethepositivereliefofforgivenessofselfandothers.Ettalefthertoxicjob.Shemeditatestwicedaily,exercises,practicesyoga,andliftsweights.

DR.LAWRENCEBURTON’STHERAPYCraigonLymphomaIwasoriginallydiagnosed in1979with amalignant lymphoma.By the time itwasdiagnosed, itwasalreadystageIV,whichmeantthatitwasinmybones.Iwasgivenradiationand threedifferentseriesofchemotherapy inearly1980.Whentheysawhow

myliverwas,theygavemea10percentchanceofseeingChristmasDay.Icontinuedonmoreradiationandchemotherapy.In themeantime, I saw aprogramon60Minutes aboutDr. LawrenceBurton in theBahamas and

howhewas blackballed from themedical establishment.Hewas being recognized as a viable cancerresearcher.Ikeptitinthebackofmymind.I kept getting worse and worse and worse. Finally, I went to the Bahamas as a last resort. The

treatment I received was a daily injection of four different proteins. There were absolutely no sideeffectswhatsoever.Ibegantofeelbetterrightaway.Ofcourse,I’dbeenthroughalotofchemotherapy,andIwascomingoutof that. It tookmeaboutayear toreally startcomingback,buteverythinghasbeenfine.I’vehadalotofcheck-upseversince,andthere’sabsolutelynosignofcancerinmybody.JesseonLymphomaIn1980,Iwasdiagnosedwithlymphoma.Ihadtwentytreatmentsofradiation,andelevenmonthsofchemotherapy.During this time, the cancer continued to spread. It spread to both lungs, and to thebonemarrow.Duringthistwoyearsoftreatment,Ihadmanybiopsiesdone,whichallturnedouttobemalignant tumors.After the twoyears, they toldme tocomeback in twoweeks,and theywould tellmewhattheyweregoingtodonext,butthatIhadvery little timeleft,andtheyweregoingtotrytomakemeascomfortableastheycould.When I came home, I knew I was not going back, because I had heard of this place in Freeport,

Bahamas. Icalleda lady,andshegavemeaphonenumber toreach theBahamas. Icalled,andtheytookme.Ihadtobringmyrecords,whichthedoctorsdidnotwantmetohave,buttheycouldn’tholdme,sotheygavemeverylittleinformationtotakewithme.IwenttoFreeportinJune1982.WhenIwent,Ireallydidn’tgoforacure,becauseIhadbeentold

thatIhadaveryshorttimeleft.IcouldlookatmyselfandIknewthat,becauseIhadtumorsallovermybodyandonmyface.Iwascoveredfromtoptobottom.

After going toFreeport,Dr.Burton toldme that the lymphoma that I had, chemowouldnot eventreat.Afterhetoldmethat,Iknewthathewastellingthetruthbecauseithadcontinuedtospread.AfterbeinginFreeportforjustafewdays,IhadatalkwithDr.Burton,andaftertalkingwithhim,I

knewthathehadthecure.Hesaidtome,“Youdon’thaveaproblem.”Thatinitselfdidsomuchforme,becauseyouwillhaveatendencytobelievewhatadoctortellsyou.ThereIsat,barelyabletoholdmyheadup,andDr.BurtonwastellingmethatIdidn’thaveaproblem.Aftertwoweeks,allofthevisibletumorsweregone.Afteroneweek,Icouldseeagreatdifferencein

thewaythatIfelt.Andafterfiveweeks,Iwassenthome.ItwasinJuly1982.WhenIcameback,Isawmytreatingphysician.HesaidthatIwascured,butthat itwasthechemo

thatcuredme.HetwistedhisstorybecauseIhadfivebiopsiesjustbeforeleavinghiscareandgoingtotheBahamas,andtheywereallmalignant.Hedidthebiopsies,andhegavemethereports,tellingmethathewasgoingtomakemeascomfortableashecouldbeforeIdied.Yet,whenIcamehomefromFreeport,hetoldmethatIwascured.That,initself,makesmeverybitter,knowingthatadoctorwilllietoyou,andtellyoujustanything.I

reallydon’tappreciatethat.Tome,cancerintheUnitedStatesisjustamoneyracket.Iknowwhattheytookfromme,andtheygavemenothing.Iwouldlovetohavearefund.

714-XTHERAPYSusanonHerSon’sHodgkin’sDiseaseLastsummer,BillywasdiagnosedwithHodgkin’sdisease.Wedidn’tknowanybetter,sowewentwithchemotherapy. Billy had five treatments from August until October. Although he did fairly wellcompared to somepeople,hedidhave the typical sideeffects.Hegotnauseousand tired,he losthishair,andhehadsomejawpain.Hismainconcernwiththechemotherapywasthat itwaspoisonous.Hewouldlookatthedrugsdrippingintohisbodyandrealizehowtoxictheywere.That,inanutshell,iswhyheranaway.Whenwestartedtotalkaboutusingother formsof treatment, thedoctorsbegantousescaretactics

onus.They toldus thatBillywoulddie ifhewentoff chemotherapy, and theydescribed toBilly, indetail,exactlyhowhewoulddie.Theysaidthatinadditiontothechemotherapy,Billywouldhavetohaveradiationattheendofthetreatmentprogram.Billyrefusedanymoretreatment.We were contacted bymany people aboutmany therapies. One of these people, Charles Pixley of

WritersandResearchinRochester,NewYork, toldusabouta therapycalled714-X.Initially,hesentusabooklet about the treatment.Eventually,Billy,myhusbandand Idecided touse it.Thatwas inJanuary,andBillyhassinceflourished.Hiscancerisgone.LastDecember,hewastested,andtherewassomecanceratthatpoint.InMarch,hewastestedagain,andthecancerwastotallygone.Hecontinueswith the treatment. They recommend a six-monthminimum treatment.We’re almost at the end ofthat.Billyisflourishingwiththistherapy.Hishairhascomeback.Hehasgainedweight.Hehasgrown.He

is like a vacuum cleaner as far as his appetite goes. He is a very active young man. He lovesskateboarding,andskateboardseverydayifweatherpermits.Thedoctorswhooriginally saidhewouldhave beendeadmore or less pat us on the back and say

that’snice.Insteadofexpressinginterest, theytriedtoforceus intocontinuingwithchemotherapybyreportingustotheDepartmentofSocialServices.However,noactionwasevertaken,andwewereable

topursuethetreatmentofourchoice.Ihave informedthemediaaboutourstory inanattempt togetonnationalTV. Iwant to tell them

about 714-X and where to get it, because we get hundreds of calls from people all over who havesearchedforit.Themediaisapparentlyafraid,becausetheyallappearinterestedwhenIcallthem,butIneverhearbackfromthem.HarryonMassiveTumoroutsideColonIwasgivensixmonthstoayeartolive.Thesurgeonsaidformetoliveitup,andeatanddoanythingIwantedtodo.Hesentmetotheoncologist,whotoldmethattheycouldgivemetreatmentsbutthatIhadabouta15percentchanceofbeinghelped,andeven if Iwashelped, the treatmentswouldonlyincreasemy longevity by a couple ofmonths. I was discouraged with that, so Imade some trips toMexico to study various alternative treatment approaches. Then I got a newsletter from a friend ofmineabout714-XandIdecidedtotryitbecauseitwassomethingIfeltIcouldcontinueon.My songaveme the injections,whichwerepainless.We followed thisprogram for sixmonths.The

totalprogramconsistedof168shots.RightafterIstartedtakingthe714-X,Ifeltbetter.Ifeeljustfinenow.WhenIstartedonthisprogram,mysonturnedmywayoflivingaround180degrees.Hepreparedan

organicdietforme.Icutoutalcoholandcutdownoncigarsmokingtooneinthemorningandoneatnight.Since then, I have feltmuchbetter than I have in years.The 714-X stimulatedmy immune system

backtonormal.I went back tomy doctor two years later andwas given a colonoscopy and some other tests. Tests

showed that the tumorhadnot enlarged and that the growthhad stopped. It becamedormant.Theoncologistwantedtoseeme,Iguess,outofcuriosity.HetoldmethatIhavea60percentbetterchanceofsurvival.Hesaidthat,eventually,thetumorwillshrinkandthendisappear.RickonLeukemiaAtfirst,Itriedchemotherapy,butitfailedtoworkfivetimes.Aftereachtreatment,Iwouldexperiencea relapse becausemy leukemiawas so aggressive. Iwasworking onmy next option, a bonemarrowtransplant.IowaCityhadafewmatchesforme.Thefirstonetheytestedwasalmostaperfectmatch,so I went in and had the transplant done. They gave me a 5 percent chance of actually making itthroughthetransplant.EvenifImadeitthroughthetransplant,Ionlyhadanother5percentchanceofcure. I survived the transplant but, threemonths later;my blood tests were really bad.My plateletsneverdidrecovercompletely.I continued looking for answers. I was very familiar with Reich’s technology and felt strongly that

something along those lines couldhelpme.Theonlyproblemwas thatnobodywasusingordealingwiththistechnology.I had a live cell blood analysis done, which tells you more than a CBC or any test given in

conventionalmedicine.According tomy test, itwasobvious that Iwas relapsing from the transplant.Myrelapsewasn’tdocumentedbyconventionalmedicine,but,ofcourse,theydon’tusethismethod,soitdoesn’tmatter.Iknew,andotherpeopleknew.Eventually, I found a group that was duplicating what Reich did with his ray tube. I found this

machine,gotthe714-Xagain,andwentbackonthesealternativetherapies.Threeweeksaftergettingthismachineandgettingbackon the714-X,mybloodcounts, every singleoneof them, returned towithin the normal range. It was amazing. Everybody was astounded by it. I don’t know what to

attribute it to, but I do know that something helped me. I had my transplant in January 1994. IrecoveredaroundApril,andhereitisMay1995.I’vehadnormalbloodtestseversince.

COMBINATIONTHERAPIESANDLIFESTYLECHANGESEdonProstateCancerIhadaradicalprostatectomy.Afterward,myPSAkeptgoingup.Itgotto9.1.Theythoughtitwouldbeinthelymphnodes,andtheywantedtodochemoandradiation.Atthatpoint,Iwasprettydisgusted;Iwanted to try some alternative approaches. Iwent for hypnotherapy. I also startedworkingwith adietitian to change my diet. I started eating whole foods: fruits, vegetables, foods that weren’tprocessed.Iatemoreorganicfoods.Thiswasabigchangeforme,becauseIwasbroughtuponmeatandpotatoes.Itwasalsodifficultfor

mebecause Igrewupnot likingvegetables.Asa child,mymother forcedus toeatwhatwasonourplates,which included spinach andBrussels sprouts andbroccoli, and I didn’t even likebeing in thesameroomasaBrusselssprout.SoIhadalotofchangingtodo.IalsostartedEssiactea.WhenIstartedontheteaandthediet,itstartedmovingmyPSAdown.It’s

downto0.1now,thenormalrange.Ifeelashealthyasahorse.

CathyonStageIVHodgkin’sDiseaseIwas in such bad shape that I couldn’t lay down orwalk. Therewas fluid inmy lungs and tumorsaround my heart, which advanced into my abdomen. I had been on chemotherapy for about tenmonths.Atfirst,thechemogotmebackonmyfeet,butafterawhileitstoppedworking.That’swhenthe doctors recommended a bonemarrow transplant. They said it wasmy only hope for long-termsurvival.Atthatpoint,Isimplycouldnottolerateanymorechemotherapy,andthethoughtofabonemarrow

transplantwasout of thequestion. I hadheard about 714-X froma verywell-respectedphysician inBritishColombia,andIdecidedtostartit.Atthesametime,Ibegantofollowaholisticprogram.Imadequiteafewchanges.IhadalwaysthoughtthatIhadahealthylifestyle,butIlearnedthat,in

fact,itreallywasn’t.IstarteddoingeverythingthatIcoulddotostrengthenmyimmunesystem.Thatincludedacompletelychemical-freelifestyleandanorganicdiet,withnowhitesugarorflourandverylittle dairy. The little dairy that I did have was unpasteurized and organic. I also had a lot of freshvegetablejuiceandusedonlydistilledwater.Iwasalsoverycarefulaboutusingchemical-freeskinandhairproductsandaboutavoidingtoxinssuchashouseholdcleanersandpesticides.Alongwiththat,Iwasonaverystrictdetoxificationprogramwhichincludedcellcleanses,gallbladderflushes,andcoffeeenemas. I exercised using a trampoline and took pancreatic enzymes and glandulars that werespecifically prescribed for me by a holistic physician. Altogether, it did the trick, and now I’mcompletelyclear.Ibegantonoticeimprovementtwotothreeweeksintotheprogram.Myenergylevelincreased,andI

had less pain. The best way to describe it is to say that I started to feel likemy old self again. Twomonthsafterstartingthe714-X,IhadaCTscandone,anditshowedmarkedimprovement,soIknewIwasontherighttrack.Iwasveryexcited.Onmylatestscan,whichIjusthadlastmonth,itshowedthattherewasnosignofdiseaseatall.Ifeelwonderful.Themostimportantthingistohavehopenomatterwhatyourphysiciantellsyou.Youhavetobelieve

thatthereismoreoutthere.Youcanfightforyourlife.Idid,anditworked.It’sjustamatterofgetting

therightinformation.Ithinkit’simportanttogetinformationfromboththemedicalsideaswellastheholisticsideandfindoutwhat isbest foryouandwhatyoubelieve in.Thengofor it.Puteverythingintoitthatyoucan,anditwillwork.

KarinaonBreastCancerI was diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago, and they gave me six months to live. I did thechemotherapy.Ididfoursurgeries,andnothingworked.IfeltlikeIwasgoingtodie.Idecidedtodosomethingdifferentandrunawayfromthedoctors.Ididmacrobioticsfortwoyears.Ichangedmylifecompletely. Ichangedmydiet. Iusedtoeatbadfood—icecreamandmeat—nowIeatvegetables,atleast five green per a day, and all kinds of supplements. I eat beans, tofu, and tempeh, and drinkvitaminC. Idanceeighthoursperdayandhavea lotofenergy. I stillhave the tumor,but it’sgoingaway.

OrvilleonLymphomathatHadMetastasizedI am sixty-six years old and had always enjoyed good health until two years ago, when a bumpappeared over my right temple. It started growing fast and was about the size of a marble. It wasremoved,andIwastoldthatIhadanaggressivenon-Hodgkin’ssmallcelllymphoma.Iwasinterestedin alternative medicine, and that’s the route I took. First I went to Mexico for treatment, and itdisappearedinaboutthreeweeks.IthoughtthatwasfantasticsinceIhadarrivedwithcancerallovermybody.Afewmonthslateritbegantoappearagain.IwenttoDr.MichaelSchachter’sclinicinSuffern,New

York.Afteracoupleofweeksoftreatmentsthere,itvanishedagain.Thenitcamebackathirdtime,monthslater.Atonepoint,thecancergotaslargeasagolfballonmy

jawbone.ItwaspullingatmycheekandIcouldhardlytalkorswallow.Itwasjustabad-lookingthingandabad-feelingthing,anditcausedmealotofpain.ThistimeIcombinedthetherapyDr.Schachterhadmeonwithhomeopathy.Basically,thetherapies

Iused included eatingorganic foods and adding such things as laetrile, shark cartilage, homeopathicremedies,andawell-planned,well-thought-outvitaminandmineralprogram.Thebottomlineis,itworked.Utilizingallthedifferenttherapiesmadethecancershrinkandvanish.

Mymedicalrecordsshowthatitdisappearedintwomonthsandelevendays.Thatwaslittleoverayearago.AnytimeIgetanexamination,everythingisclean.Idon’tseemtohaveanysignofcancer.Thereisnothinglikethealternativewayoftreatingcancer.

LucindaonAdvancedBreastCancerIhadseverebreastcancerthatmetastasizedtomyribsandthroughoutmywholespine.Myprognosiswas poor. Basically, I was told there was nothing they could do forme. Still, they wanted to try byputtingme through the trauma of chemo and radiation, even though it wasn’t going to cureme. Itcouldonlypossiblyprolongmylifealittlebit. Irefusedtreatment,andthey justsentmehometodiewithaboxfullofdrugs.Somethinginsideofmesaid,“No,waitaminute,Ichoosenottodothis.There’ssomeotherreason

I’msupposedtobehere.”ThroughthegraceofGod,ortheuniversegivingmeanotherchance,IwasputincontactwithaclinicdowninMexicocalledGenesisWest.Iwentdowninawheelchaironjustabouteverydrugyoucouldpossiblyname.Iwastotallynonfunctional,mentallyandphysically.

In the clinic I received a wide variety of treatments. A few of them involved ozone therapy andhyperthermia.Ofcourse,dietandsupplementationtobuildtheimmunesystemwereused.Thewholebasisofthisisthatthebodyisbuilttorepairitselfandthatithasthatcapability.I came back a total fighter. Now I’mwalking, talking, and livingmy life completely and fully. I’m

fightingeveryday,andI’mdeterminedtobeatthis.Thechange isnothingshortofmiraculous. In fact, themedicaldoctorsareamazed.Ofcourse, they

don’twant toadmit it,but it’s realconcreteproof for them. Ihaven’tgone in forany tests, likebonescanorMRIoranythinglikethatyet,buttheylookatmeandcanseethatI’mclear-eyed,walking,andfunctioning.Nobodycantellanythingiswrongwithme.Obviously,somethingI’mdoingisworking.Thisexperiencehasbeenablessing forme. Iwantpeople toknowthat theyhavea lotmorepower

and control within themselves than they know, and they need to learn that because there is alwayshope.You’vegottoalwayskeepfightingifthat’swhatyouwant.

LeslieonMetastaticBreastCancerI have been treated at Dr. Schachter’s office for a little over a year. I came from Sloan-Kettering inManhattan,whereIwastreatedwithradiationandchemotherapy.Iwasthereforninemonths.Noneofthosetreatmentsworked,andthecancerkeptspreading.Itfinallyspreadtomyliver,andIwasgivensixmonthstolive.WhenIcametoseeDr.Schachter,Iwasinprettybadshape.WhenIstartedonhisoralsupplements,

andlateronhisIVsupplements,Istartedtogetbetter.Atthesametime,Icutoutdairyproductsandredmeat and increasedmy intake of fresh fruits and vegetables. Imade sure that I had no refinedfoodsorsugar.IfIdidhavesomethingitwouldbefromtheorganicfoodshelfratherthanfromafastfoodchain.Istartedjuicingandthatgavemeatremendousliftinenergy.Mybodywastellingmethatitwasveryhappy.Thatwasa turningpoint forme inknowinghowimportantnutrition is inbattlingcancer.Istartedtolosethecancerfrommybody.Thetumormarkersimproved,andIstartedgainingweight.

Ihadmuchmoreenergy.Atthispointintime,mybloodtestsarebacktonormal.Ifyoulookedatme,youwouldnotknowIwasacancerpatient.Whathappenedtomeisamazing.Ifeelthatitwasacombinationoftherighttreatmentsformeanda

lotofprayer,creativevisualization,andmeditation.Icontinuetolivethatwaynow.

EthylonMetastaticBreastCancerIwasoriginallydiagnosed inNovember1987.At that time, it spreadtomybonesand liver. Iwasonchemotherapy for two years, on and off, andwas experiencing tremendous fatigue during and afterchemotherapy. I had reactions where I had sores in my mouth, bleeding in my nose, and generalmalaise.Sincestartingdirectozoneandvitamindrips,Ihavenomorebleeding,nomoresores,andnofatigue.The last timeIwas in thehospital forchemotherapy,mydoctorsaid tome,“We’llprobablyhave to

giveyouatransfusion.”Ireplied,“Idon’tthinkyou’reright.”HedidsomebloodworkandthentoldmethatIwasmuchstrongerthanhehadthoughtIwas.I really feel a tremendous, tremendous difference. I can’twait until tomorrow to getmy vitaminC

drip because it is very healing forme.When I start getting ozone nextweek, I’m going to be a newperson.

OXYGENTHERAPY

RichardonProstateCancerBeforediscovering that I hadprostate cancer, I had severepains, especiallyduring sexual relations. Iwaspassingbloodandhadanawfultimeurinating.Iwenttoseeaspecialist.Aftertakingtests,hetoldmeIhadasolidcancerandthatheneededtooperate.Fortunately, I learnedthroughsomeoneelseaboutadoctor inMexico.WhenIgot to theclinic,my

prostatecountwas78. Ibeganozone treatments,andafter threeweeks,mycountwasdownto37. Icontinued treatments at home, and after sixmonths,my count was down to zero. I continue usingozonetothisveryday.Itakeitindifferentways.Ihaveanozonemachine,andIuseitwhentakingabath, and Iozonatemydrinkingwater aswell. Iuse it a lot,because I feel if Idon’t, the cancerwillcomeback.Sincemytreatments,IfeelbetterthanIhavefeltinyears.NowIcanpasswaterwithoutaproblem.I

canworkandfeelverygood.Iammorethanpleased.Ifithadn’tbeenfortheozonetreatments,Iwouldn’tbeheretoday,becausethatcancerwouldhave

hadme.Surgerywouldhavedonenogood.

AngeloonColorectalCancerwithMetastasestotheLiverIwasfeelingtiredeverydayandcominghometotakeanapintheafternoon.Thatwasn’tme.Ihadbeenarealactivepersonallmy life.Mywifesuggested that I takeabloodtest tosee ifanythingwaswrong. I did, andmy doctor found thatmy bloodwas low.He suggested that I wait another weekbeforetakinganothertest,whichIdid.Mybloodwasstill low,sohesuggestedacolonoscopy.Iwentandhaditdone.Thecolonoscopyfoundatumorinmycolon.Ihaditoperatedonandtakenout.Thesurgeontoldmethathesuccessfullyremoveditandthattherewasnomorecancerthere.About three months later, I had a CT scan done that found spots on my liver. The cancer had

metastasizedonmyliver.Ireceivedchemotherapytreatmentsforapproximatelysixmonths.Afterthefirstsetoftreatments,anothertestwastaken,whichfoundthatchemotherapyhadn’tdoneanygood.Icontinuedwith the chemotherapy for another threemonths.When that didn’t help, the doctor saidthattherewasnothingmorehecoulddoforme.IaskedifIshouldcontinuewiththechemoorjustsitanddie.Heshruggedhisshoulders,asiftosaytherewasnothingmorehecoulddoforme.IaskedthedoctorhowmuchtimehethoughtIhadandhesaidthreetofourmonths.My son, who was there with me, had heard about a holistic program at Santa Monica Hospital

utilizingozoneandvitamintherapy.HesaidIshould take the treatments there,andIdid. I receivedtreatmentsfortwenty-onedays.TheyaskedmetowaitforeightweeksbeforehavingaCTscan.WhenIfinallytooktheCTscan,theradiologistcalledmydoctorandtoldhimthathehadneverreadaCTscan like mine before. It showed that the cancer cells in my liver had become capsulized. Thatpreventedthemfromspreading.Thecancercellshaveremainedencapsulated,andI’vebeeninremissionforayearandahalf.There

isnoquestionaboutit.Theozonetreatmentsavedmylife.Infact,IhavesomuchfaithinitnowthatIplanongoingthereeveryyearandahalfjusttomakesurethatitstaysthatway.

JaneonBreastCancerI was diagnosed in 1989 with breast cancer, for which I had a modified radical mastectomy. I had

numeroussurgeriesbeforethattimeaswell.Iwasn’treallyhavinganylifeatthatpointintime.Iwasasickpersonwaiting todie.Theyhad cutout someof the cancer, but Iwasn’twell.A friendofminefinallyadvisedmenottohaveanymoreofthosetreatmentsbecausetheywerekillingme.IhadthebookThirdOpinion,whichhadsomethinginitaboutDr.Donsbach.IcalledSantaMonica

Hospitalandwentdownthere.IwasastoundedbythehumanenessoftheSantaMonicaHospital.Inotherhospitals, IhadsomenegativeexperienceswhereI felt totallyrobbedofalldignityandwhereIwastreatedlikeaspecimen.SantaMonica had a program that I could tolerate. I had decided that Iwas not going to have any

morecutting,anymoreradiation,oranymorechemo.Therewouldbenomoreinvasiveprocedures.ThefirstweekIfeltreally,reallysickbecauseIwasdetoxifyingfromallthechemicalsinmysystem.I

had been on ten different medications for multiple problems. Besides cancer, I had ulcers, asthma,everything you could possibly imagine. The cancer had set off a systems reaction, and I was havingproblemsineverypartofmybody.After about the tenth day, I started to feel like getting out of bed. I began to participate in the

therapiesandstartedbeachwalks.Icontinuedtogetbetterandbetter.IhavebeentheresixorseventimesbecauseIhadsometumorsintheotherbreastaswell.Ireceived

ozone,hyperthermia,andthymusinjections.Idon’thaveanytumorsnow.Mostofall,Ihavealife.Iworkfulltime,andIplayanactiveroleinthe

livesofmygranddaughteranddaughters.Iamabletogotochurch.Iparticipateinlibraryprograms.Iwalkonthebeacheveryday.Ifollowmyprogram.IlearnedthingsinthehospitalthatIneedtoberealcarefulwith.SantaMonicaHospitalwillbethe

firstplaceIgotoifIbegindevelopingsymptoms.Idon’tthinkIwill,though.IthinkI’mcured.

CharlesonProstateCancerI had a needle biopsy roughly a year ago, which indicated prostate cancer. I never believed in theorthodox approach and sought another method of treatment. Finally, I decided that I would go toMexicoandgettreatment,whichwasnotavailableintheUnitedStates.Afterdoingacertainamountof researchandcheckingwithotherpeople, Idecided theDonsbachclinic inRosaritoBeachwas thebestplacetogo.IhadbeenfamiliarwithDr.Donsbachforanumberofyearsandfeltthatheofferedthebestoptions.Ifeelthatthetreatmenthasbeenverysatisfactory.Atpresentmyprostatehassubstantiallyimproved.

I’mnotfreeofcanceryet,buttherewasnotanypromisethatIwouldbethatquickly.Iamcontinuingoutpatientcare.ButIfeelithasmostdefinitelymadeadifference.ThePSA,forexample,hasdroppedvery substantially,which is probably the bestmeasure of prostate cancer. I certainly feel a great dealbetterthanwhenIfirstwenttoRosaritoBeach.

GayonColonCancerIwasdiagnosedwithcoloncancerin1989.Aftertheygavemeeighteenmonthstolive,Ioptedtofindother alternatives and did so. I never received standard treatments even though they wanted to dosurgeryandchemotherapy.Rightnow,I’msittingonanIVofhydrogenperoxidewithDMSOandallkindsofsupplementsand

vitamins.That,alongwithagooddietandthehelpofagoodfriend,hasgottenmethisfar.Accordingtotheirpredictions,Ishouldhavebeendeadin1991bythelatest.In1991,Imademysecondvisitto

theHospitalSantaMonicainRosaritoBeach.NowIaminremission.WhenIamcheckedbytheM.D.s,theyareamazed.Ihavenomorecancerin

my colon. I have literally passed tumors through the rectum. The latest test showed that I have notumors.

HIPPOCRATESHEALTHCENTERMikeonKidneyCancerI’mahighschoolteacherfromLosAngeles.InFebruaryof1993,Ihadakidneystone.AftersomeX-raysandaCTscan,Iwasdiagnosedwithkidneycancerinmyrightkidney.Ihadtwoorthreetumors.MydoctortoldmebluntlythatifIdidn’thavearadicalnephrectomy,whichmeanttheextractionofallmylymphnodesunderneathmyarmallthewaydowntomyhip,ifIdidn’ttakeoutmyadrenalglandsandkidneycompletely,andifIdidn’thavethatoperationbyNovemberofthatyear,Iwouldbedead,noquestionaboutit.ItoldhimthatIwantedtogetasecondopinion,andhetoldmethatitwouldbeuselessbecauseit’scutanddried;therewasnootherthingthatIcoulddo.My brother, Ronnie, was diagnosed as having cancer of the bone marrow by Sloan-Kettering and

JohnsHopkinsUniversity.IcalledhimtosaythatIhadcancer,too.Hetoldmetodowhathedid.HewenttotheHippocratesCenterandwentonafast.Iwentonathirty-two-daywaterfast.ThenIwentonaseven-dayjuicefast.Afterthat,Ibecameavegan.Inotherwords,Ididn’teatanymeat,chicken,fish,ordairyproducts.Imaintainthatdiet.I go in for aCT scan every sixmonths.The last one showed that the smallest tumor shrank a very

small amount. I’ve had every kind of blood test and analysis that you can possibly think of. I justrecently had one, and I sent it over to the Hippocrates Center because I’m going back there. Theyfoundthateverythingwithmybloodis100percentnormal.I’mingreathealth.TheHippocratesCenter looksatyouasawholeperson.Theydon’tthreatenyou;theyjusttreatyou

likeahumanbeing.Theyuseanaturaldiet.Inotherwords,theydon’theatanythingup.Everythingisarawfoodandrawgrains,slightlycooked.I havemaintained a phenomenal lifestyle. I’m active. I have three children. I’m not dead. I teach

everyday,andit’sprettyhecticteachinginthebarriosofLosAngeles.YetImaintainahighactivityinlife.WhatcanItellyou?Thingslookgreat;I’malive,andI’mhere.

GeorgeonProstateCancerIwenttoaHippocratesHealthCenterprogramforthreeweeks,abouttwoyearsago,andasaresultofthat,my prostate cancerwent into remission. It was a program that consisted of organic, fresh, rawvegetables.Italsoconsistedofgreendrinks,whichweretakentwiceperday.Inadditiontothat,therewasagreatdealofwheatgrassthatIdrank—alsoenemas.Ididthatforthreeweeks,andthenIstayedontheprogramafterI leftthegroup.Iwenttothedoctoraboutaweekago,andthedoctorsaidthatmycancerhasdisappeared;itisnolongerthere.

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Endnotes1 “41 percent of Americans will get cancer.” UPI.com. http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2010/05/06/41-percent-of-Americans-will-get-cancer/UPI-75711273192042/(accessedMarch2,2012).2“WhyWeAreStillLosingtheWinnableWarAgainstCancer.”World-Wirehttp://world-wire.com/2011/12/09/why-we-are-still-losing-the-winnable-war-against-cancer/(accessedJanuary16,2012).3Epstein,SamuelS.NationalCancerInstituteandAmericanCancerSociety:CriminalIndifferencetoCancerPreventionandConflictsofInterest.Self-PublishedManuscript.UnitedStates:XlibrisCorporation,2011.4Ibid.5Ibid.6 Pierce, Tanya Harter. Outsmart Your Cancer: Alternative Non-toxic Treatments that Work. 2nd ed. Stateline, NV: ThoughtworksPublishing,2009.7 “How the Losing Cancer War Is Being Spun Warns Samuel S. Epstein, M.D.” PR Newswire. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/how-the-losing-cancer-war-is-being-spun-warns-samuel-s-epstein-md-and-quentin-d-young-md-71761482.html (accessedJanuary16,2012).8“TheNCIAnnualFactBook”OfficeofBudgetandFinance.http://obf.cancer.gov/financial/factbook.htm(accessedAugust21,2013).9Epstein,SamuelS.NationalCancerInstituteandAmericanCancerSociety:CriminalIndifferencetoCancerPreventionandConflictsofInterest.Self-PublishedManuscript.UnitedStates:XlibrisCorporation,2011.10“FY2013Budget”NationalCancerInstitutehttp://obf.cancer.gov/financial/attachments/2013cj.pdf(accessedAugust20,2013)11 “Medical Experts Prescribe Legislation to Help Prevent Cancer.” world-wire.com. http://world-wire.com/news/0906150001.html(accessedJanuary23,2012).12Ibid.13 Ho, Dr. Mae-Wan. “Cancer:An Epigenetic Disease.” The Institute of Science in Society. http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Cancer_an_Epigenetic_Disease.php(accessedApril5,2012).14 Rubin, Harry, and Bryan Ellison. “Individual Transforming Events in Long-Term Cell Culture of NIH 3T3 Cells as Products ofEpigeneticInduction.”CancerResearch52(1992).http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/52/3/667.full.pdf(accessedApril2,2012).15 Ho, Dr. Mae-Wan. “Cancer:An Epigenetic Disease.” The Institute of Science in Society. http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Cancer_an_Epigenetic_Disease.php(accessedApril5,2012).16Ibid.17 Null, Gary, and Robert Houston. “The Great Cancer Fraud.” Available at Legacy Tobacco Documents Library. Reprinted fromPenthouse,1979.http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/ter51e00;jsessionid=34B2F322366104BD923E3AB60D6430A8(accessedMarch19,2012).18 Epstein, Samuel. “Samuel S. Epstein: The American Cancer Society Trivializes Cancer Risks: Blatant Conflicts of Interest.” TheHuffingtonPost.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/samuel-s-epstein/the-american-cancer-socie_b_568292.html(accessedJanuary23,2012).19Ibid.20Ibid.21Epstein,SamuelS.NationalCancerInstituteandAmericanCancerSociety:CriminalIndifferencetoCancerPreventionandConflictsofInterest.Self-PublishedManuscript.UnitedStates:XlibrisCorporation,2011(accessedMarch19,2012).22Ibid.23Ibid.24Ibid.25 “Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone.” American Cancer Society.http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/othercarcinogens/athome/recombinant-bovine-growth-hormone(accessedJanuary31,2012).26 Israel, Brett. “How Many Cancers Are Caused by the Environment?” Scientific American, May 21, 2010.http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-many-cancers-are-caused-by-the-environment(accessedFebruary8,2012).27DavisD.,TheSecretHistoryoftheWaronCancer,BasicBooks,NewYork,2009.28 Sanet, JonathanM, and Frank Speizer. “Sir RichardDoll, 1912–2005.”American Journal of Epidemiology 164, no. 1 (2006): 95-100.http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/164/1/95.full(accessedMarch13,2012).29“AmericanCancerSociety:MoreInterestedinAccumulatingWealththanSavingLives.”www.wnho.net/acs.pdf(accessedJanuary30,2012).

30 Epstein, Samuel S. “The Stop Cancer Before Before it Starts Campaign: How to Win the Losing War Against Cancer.”Preventcancer.com.http://www.preventcancer.com/press/pdfs/Stop_Cancer_Book.pdf(accessedAugust13,2013).31 Boseley, Sarah. “Renowned Cancer Scientist Was Paid by Chemical Firm for 20 Years.” The Guardian.http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2006/dec/08/smoking.frontpagenews(accessedFebruary14,2012).32Ibid.33Ibid.34Ibid.35Ibid.36 Epstein, Samuel S. “The Stop Cancer Before Before it Starts Campaign: How to Win the Losing War Against Cancer.”Preventcancer.com.http://www.preventcancer.com/press/pdfs/Stop_Cancer_Book.pdf(accessedAugust13,2013).37DavisD.,TheSecretHistoryoftheWaronCancer,BasicBooks,NewYork,2009.38Ibid.39 Epstein, Samuel S. “The Stop Cancer Before Before it Starts Campaign: How to Win the Losing War Against Cancer.”Preventcancer.com.http://www.preventcancer.com/press/pdfs/Stop_Cancer_Book.pdf(accessedAugust13,2013).40Null,Gary,andRobertHouston.“LegacyTobaccoDocumentsLibrary:TheGreatCancerFraud.”LegacyTobaccoDocumentsLibrary.http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/ter51e00;jsessionid=34B2F322366104BD923E3AB60D6430A8(accessedMarch19,2012).41Ausubel,Ken.WhenHealingBecomesaCrime:TheAmazingStoryoftheHoxseyCancerClinicsandtheReturnofAlternativeTherapies.Rochester,VT:HealingArtsPress,2000.42AmericanCancerSociety.“ThePositionoftheAmericanCancerSocietyRegardingTobaccoandLungCancer[HistoricalOverviewofACS Fight against Tobacco Use and Possible Link to Lung Cancer].” Available at Tobacco Documents Onlinehttp://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:10MJIMUK_1kJ:tobaccodocuments.org/ctr/11316540-6570.html%3Fstart_page%3D11%26end_page%3D12+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us(accessedJanuary25,2012).43Davis,DevraLee.TheSecretHistoryoftheWaronCancer.NewYork:BasicBooks,2007.44 Epstein, Samuel. “Samuel S. Epstein: The American Cancer Society Trivializes Cancer Risks: Blatant Conflicts of Interest.” TheHuffingtonPost.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/samuel-s-epstein/the-american-cancer-socie_b_568292.html(accessedJanuary23,2012).45Epstein,Samuel.“TheAmericanCancerSociety:TheWorld’sWealthiest“Nonprofit”Institution.”Archive.IS.http://archive.is/zS9Do(accessedNovember14,2013).46Ibid.47Ibid.48 “Charity Navigator Rating—American Cancer Society.” Charity Navigator. http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=6495(accessedJanuary19,2012).49Ibid.50Ibid.51Epstein,SamuelS.NationalCancerInstituteandAmericanCancerSociety:CriminalIndifferencetoCancerPreventionandConflictsofInterest.Self-PublishedManuscript.UnitedStates:XlibrisCorporation,2011.52Ibid.53Ibid.54“WhyWeAreStillLosingtheWinnableWaragainstCancer.”World-Wire.http://world-wire.com/2011/12/09/why-we-are-still-losing-the-winnable-war-against-cancer/(accessedMarch16,2012).55 Marchione, Marilynn. “Taxol may be ineffective for many cancer patients.” Deseret News, November 10, 2007.http://www.deseretnews.com/article/695217600/Taxol-may-be-ineffective-for-many-cancer-patients.html?pg=all(accessedMarch6,2013).56Ibid.57 Cummins, Ronnie, Janette Sherman, Quentin Young, and Samuel Epstein. “WhyWe Are Still Losing theWinnableWar AgainstCancer.” WorldWire. http://world-wire.com/2011/12/09/why-we-are-still-losing-the-winnable-war-against-cancer/ (accessed November14,2013).58Epstein,SamuelS.NationalCancerInstituteandAmericanCancerSociety:CriminalIndifferencetoCancerPreventionandConflictsofInterest.Self-PublishedManuscript.UnitedStates:XlibrisCorporation,2011.59Epstein,SamuelS.Cancer-gate:howtowinthelosingcancerwar.Amityville,N.Y.:BaywoodPub.,2005.60 Cummins, Ronnie, Janette Sherman, Quentin Young, and Samuel Epstein. “WhyWe Are Still Losing theWinnableWar AgainstCancer.” WorldWire. http://world-wire.com/2011/12/09/why-we-are-still-losing-the-winnable-war-against-cancer/ (accessed November14,2013).

61Epstein,SamuelS.“AsleepattheWheeloftheWaronCancer.”PhysiciansforSocialResponsibility.http://www.psr.org/environment-and-health/environmental-health-policy-institute/responses/asleep-at-the-wheel-of-the-war-on-cancer.html(accessedMarch19,2012).62 “Review finds conflicts of interest in many cancer studie.” e! Science News.http://esciencenews.com/articles/2009/05/11/review.finds.conflicts.interest.many.cancer.studies(accessedMarch16,2012).63Epstein,SamuelS.NationalCancerInstituteandAmericanCancerSociety:CriminalIndifferencetoCancerPreventionandConflictsofInterest.Self-PublishedManuscript.UnitedStates:XlibrisCorporation,2011.64Moss,Ralph.”TheRalphMossStory.”www.whale.to/cancer/ralph_moss_story.html(accessedMarch5,2012).65Ibid.66Ibid.67Ibid.68 “Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.” SourceWatch. http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Memorial_Sloan-Kettering_Cancer_Center#cite_note-14(accessedMarch27,2012).69 “Paul Marks: Executive Profile & Biography.” Businessweek. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=83425075&ticker=EVN:AU&previousCapId=9376903&previousTitle=OCEANAGOLD%20CORP-CDI (accessed March 27,2012).70“BoardofDirectors.”Merck.http://www.merck.com/about/leadership/board-of-directors/home.html(accessedMarch6,2012).71 Cone,Maria. “President’sCancer Panel: EnvironmentallyCausedCancersAre ‘GrosslyUnderestimated’ and ‘NeedlesslyDevastateAmerican Lives’.” Environmental Health News. http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/presidents-cancer-panel (accessedFebruary15,2012).72 Epstein, Samuel. “President’s Cancer Panel Warns of Toxic Effects of BPA.” The Huffington Post.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/samuel-s-epstein/presidents-cancer-panel-w_b_566541.html(accessedNovember14,2013)73 Epstein, Samuel. “Samuel S. Epstein: President’s Cancer Panel Warns of Toxic Effects of BPA.” The Huffington Post.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/samuel-s-epstein/presidents-cancer-panel-w_b_566541.html(accessedMarch9,2012).74 “Update on Bisphenol A for Use in Food Contact Applications: January 2010.” Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) |.http://www.fpsa.org/update-bisphenol-use-food-contact-applications-january-2010(accessedNovember14,2013).75Carollo,Kim.“FDARejectsBanonBPA—.”ABCNews.http://abcnews.go.com/Health/fda-rejects-ban-bpa/story?id=16038492(accessedApril9,2012).76 Silverstein, Amy. “Is Susan G. Komen Denying the BPA-Breast Cancer Link? Mother Jones.http://motherjones.com/environment/2011/09/breast-cancer-komen-bpa(accessedMarch9,2012).77Ibid.78Ibid.79 “Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk: What We Can Do Now.” National Cancer Institute.http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/annualReports/pcp08-09rpt/PCP_Report_08-09_508.pdf(accessedAugust12,2013).80 Harris, Gardiner. “Formaldehyde Is Added to List of Carcinogens—.” New York Times.http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/11/health/11cancer.html(accessedMarch9,2012).81 Epstein, Samuel. “Milk: America’s Health Problem.” American Nutrition Association.http://americannutritionassociation.org/toolsandresources/milk-america%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%E2%84%A2s-health-problem (accessedNovember14,2013).82“AICRStatement:HotDogsandCancerRisk.”MedicalNewsToday.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/158507.php(accessedMarch12,2012).83 “The ‘Dirty Dozen’ Consumer Products.” Cancer Prevention Coalition.http://www.preventcancer.com/consumers/general/dirty_dozen.htm(accessedFebruary15,2012).84Moore,Nancy.“Cancer-CausingFoods:3Culpritsand6TopFoods.”NaturalHealing,NaturalHealth.http://www.natural-healing-health.com/Cancer-Causing-Foods.html(accessedMarch12,2012).85“AnnualReporttotheNationShowsContinuingDeclineinCancerMortality.”JNCI.http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/103/9/NP.1(accessedFebruary15,2012).86“CSPISaysFoodDyesPoseRainbowofRisks.”CenterforScienceinthePublicInterest.http://www.cspinet.org/new/201006291.html(accessedFebruary15,2012).87 Bracy, Kate. “Toxic Beauty: The Ugly Truth about Cosmetics.” American Nurse Today 6, no. 5 (2011).http://www.americannursetoday.com/article.aspx?id=7820&fid=7770(accessedMarch5,2012).88Ibid.89Ibid.

90“The‘DirtyDozen’IngredientsInvestigatedintheDavidSuzukiFoundationSurveyofChemicalsinCosmetics.”www.davidsuzuki.org.http://www.davidsuzuki.org/issues/downloads/Dirty-dozen-backgrounder.pdf(accessedMarch6,2012).91Ibid.92 “FDA: Some Chicken May Have Small Amount of Arsenic” phillyBurbs.com.http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2011-06-08-fda-chicken-arsenic_n.htm(accessedMarch12,2012).93Adams,Mike.“FDAFinallyAdmitsChickenMeatContainsCancer-CausingArsenic(butKeepEatingIt,Yo!).”NaturalHealthNews.http://www.naturalnews.com/032659_arsenic_chicken.html(accessedMarch12,2012).94 “FDA: Some Chicken May Have Small Amount of Arsenic.” phillyBurbs.com.http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2011-06-08-fda-chicken-arsenic_n.htm(accessedMarch12,2012).95 “Questions and Answers Regarding 3-Nitro (Roxarsone).” U.S. Food and Drug Administration.http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/SafetyHealth/ProductSafetyInformation/ucm258313.htm(accessedMarch13,2012).96Ibid.97Ibid.98 Smith, Jeffrey. “Jeffrey Smith: Obama’s Team Includes Dangerous Biotech ‘Yes Men.’” The Huffington Post.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-smith/obamas-team-includes-dang_b_147188.html(accessedMarch13,2012).99Null,Gary,andJeremyStillman.”TheDirtyDozenDrugs”Scribd.http://www.scribd.com/doc/70552555/The-Dirty-Dozen-Drugs-by-Gary-Null-Ph-D(accessedMarch12,2012).100Ibid.101“CFR—CodeofFederalRegulationsTitle21.”FDA.gov.www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=558.369(accessedFebruary28,2012).102Ibid.103Ibid.104 “Environmental Health Perspectives: Seafood Contamination after the BP Gulf Oil Spill and Risks to Vulnerable Populations: ACritique of the FDA Risk Assessment.” Environmental Health Perspectives.http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1289%2Fehp.1103695#top(accessedMarch14,2012).105Ibid.106Ibid.107 Jacobson, Brad. “FDA OK’s High Levels of Dangerous Carcinogens in Seafood.” Reader Supported News.http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/313-17/8994-fda-oks-high-levels-of-dangerous-carcinogens-in-seafood (accessed March14,2012).108 “Lobbying Spending Database, Food & Drug Administration, 2011.” OpenSecrets.org.http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/agencysum.php?id=135(accessedMarch15,2012).109 Parker-Pope, Tara. “Mammogram’s Role as Savior Is Tested.” The New York Times, October 24, 2011.http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/24/mammograms-role-as-savior-is-tested/(accessedNovember14,2013).110 Kruk, J, andHAboulenein. “Psychological Stress and The RiskOf Breast Cancer: A Case Control Study.”Cancer Detection andPrevention28,no.6(2004):399-408.111 Prate, Dawn. “Mammograms Cause Breast Cancer (And Other Cancer Facts You Probably Never Knew.” Natural News.http://www.naturalnews.com/010886.html(accessedOct1,2013).112Kawa,Lucas.“RegularDoctor’sCheck-UpsareaBigWasteofMoney.”BusinessInsider.http://www.businessinsider.com/check-ups-dont-improve-health-outcomes-2013-1(accessedOct1,2013).113Welch, HG, and BA Frankel. “Likelihood that aWoman with Screen-Detected Breast Cancer Has Had Her ‘Life Saved’ by ThatScreening.”ArchInternMed171,no.22(2011):2043-6.114Wright,C.J.,andC.B.Mueller.“ScreeningMammographyAndPublicHealthPolicy:TheNeedForPerspective.”TheLancet346,no.8966(1995):29-32.115Welch,H.G.,S.Woloshin,andL.M.Schwartz.“TheSeaOfUncertaintySurroundingDuctalCarcinomaInSitu–ThePriceOfScreeningMammography.”JNCIJournaloftheNationalCancerInstitute100,no.4(2008):228-229.116 “Thermography Is a Safe Alternative to Mammography.” Natural Health News.http://www.naturalnews.com/033586_thermography_mammography.html(accessedFebruary2,2012).117Ibid.118 Epstein, Samuel. “Corporate Sponsors Control Mammography Industry Warns Cancer Prevention Coalition.” World-Wire.http://world-wire.com/2011/10/21/corporate-sponsors-control-mammography-industry-warns-cancer-prevention-coalition (accessedFebruary3,2012).

119 Gale, Jason. “Prostate Exam Deaths From ‘Superbugs’ Spur Inquiry Into Cancer Tests.” Bloomberg.http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-05/prostate-exam-deaths-tied-to-superbug-ills-spur-cancer-test-inquiries.html (accessedFebruary1,2012).120Ibid.121 Gordon, Serena. “Prostate Biopsies Can Raise Risk of Hospitalization.” USATODAY.com.http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/medical/menshealth/story/2011-09-23/Prostate-biopsies-can-raise-risk-of-hospitalization-in-older-men/50528990/1(accessedFebruary1,2012).122 Sandblom et al. “Randomised Prostate Cancer Screening Trial: 20-Year Follow-Up.” British Medical Journal1;342:d1539 (2011).http://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.d1539(accessedJanuary18,2012).123Schröderetal.“ScreeningandProstate-CancerMortalityinaRandomizedEuropeanStudy.”TheNewEnglandJournalofMedicine360:1320-1328(2009).http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa0810084(accessedJanuary23,2012).124Ibid.125Marchione,Marilynn.“SetbackReportedinResearchintoCancerTreatment.”Yahoo!News.http://news.yahoo.com/setback-reported-research-cancer-treatment-222634604.html(accessedNovember14,2013).126 University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. “50 is the Golden Age to Begin Routine Colonoscopies”http://www.med.umich.edu/cancer/news/colonoscopy05.shtml(accessed8/4/13)127 U.S. Multisociety Task Force on Colorectal Cancer et. al.“Colorectal Cancer Screening and Surveillance”https://www.med.upenn.edu/gastro/documents/AGAtechnicalreviewcolorectalcancerscreening.pdf(accessed8/20/13)128 W.S. Atkin& B.P. Saunders.“SurveillanceGuidelinesAfter Removal of Colorectal Adenomatous Polyps”http://gut.bmj.com/content/51/suppl_5/v6.full.pdf(accessed8/20/13)129WebMD.“Colonoscopy”http://www.webmd.com/colorectal-cancer/colonoscopy-16695(accessed8/0/13)130 UK Department for Work and Pensions “Tests for Bowel Cancer Including Rectal Cancer”http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.dwp.gov.uk/publications/specialist-guides/medical-conditions/a-z-of-medical-conditions/bowel-cancer/tests-bowel-cancer.shtml(accessed8/20/13)131Levin,TRet.al.“ComplicationsofColonoscopyinanIntegratedHealthCareDeliverySystem.”AnnInternMed145,no.12(2006):880-6.132 Johns Hopkins Medicine. “Colonoscopy”http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/healthlibrary/test_procedures/gastroenterology/colonoscopy_92,P07693/(accessed8/20/13)133 Rabenecket et al. “Bleeding and perforation after outpatient colonoscopy and their risk factors in usual clinical practice”http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18938166(accessed8/20/13)134LawrenceB.Cohen,MD,Faculty,DavidM.Kastenberg,MD,Faculty,DavidB.Mount,MD,Faculty,andAlanV.Safdi,MD,Faculty“CurrentIssuesinOptimalBowelPreparation.”GastroenterolHepatol5(2009):3-11.135 “GradeDefinitionsAfterMay 2007.” (USPSTF). http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/gradespost.htm#crec (accessedNovember14,2013).136 Tanner, Lindsay. “Study: Many Elderly Get Colon Screening Too Often.” The Washingtion Times.http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/9/study-many-elderly-get-colon-screening-too-often/?page=all(accessedNovember14,2013).137“Study:ManyElderlyGetColonScreeningTooOften.”Yahoo!Health.http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread149881.html(accessed2/2/12)138Sharp,Kathleen.BloodFeud:TheManWhoBlewtheWhistleonOneoftheDeadliestPrescriptionDrugsEver.NewYork:Dutton,2011.139Ibid.140Reinberg,Steven.“AnemiaDrugsMayRaiseDeathRiskinCancerPatients.”Health.com.http://news.health.com/2009/05/01/anemia-drugs-may-raise-death-risk-cancer-patients/(accessedMarch1,2012).141 Harris, Gardiner. “FDA Urges Doctors to Cut Back on Anemia Drugs.” New York Times.http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/health/policy/25drug.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss(accessedFebruary29,2012).142Ibid.143Reinberg,Steven.“AnemiaDrugsMayRaiseDeathRiskinCancerPatients.”Health.com.http://news.health.com/2009/05/01/anemia-drugs-may-raise-death-risk-cancer-patients/(accessedFebruary29,2012).144 Harris, Gardiner. “FDA Urges Doctors to Cut Back on Anemia Drugs.” New York Times.http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/health/policy/25drug.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss(accessedFebruary29,2012).145Marchione,Marilynn.“USATODAY.”USATODAY.COM.http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/story/health/story/2012-03-07/Setback-reported-in-research-into-cancer-treatment/53402208/1(accessedNovember14,2013).

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overview,136testimonials

coloncancer,189Hodgkin’sdisease,187–189,191–192leukemia,189–190

Aacidophilussupplements,111acrylamides,27,92ACSFoundation,16AgentOrange,12AIDSvirusinbloodsamples,59–60alcohol,91,102,106aldosterone,118alkalinefoods,72–73,115aloevera,86alphainterferon,135alpha-lipoicacid,78,116–117Alpharma,30,31alternativetherapies.seealsotestimonials

antioxidantsupplementsalpha-lipoicacid,78,116–117beta-carotene,79carotenoids,79–80coenzymeQ10,81–82dimethylsulfoxide(DMSO),82essentialfattyacids(EFAs),78flavonoids,80glutamine,82glutathioneperoxidase,81grapeseedextract,82selenium,80–81silibinin(milkthistle),81superoxidedismutaseandcatalase,81

vitaminA,79VitaminC,77–78vitaminE,80vitaminK,80

avoidancesalcohol,91,102,106antibiotics,91dairyproducts,90,95,102electromagneticradiation(EMR),92meat,90,91,95,98,102,111pesticides,4,8,72,91,103processedfoods,92,102radiation,92tobacco,91,102,106

combinationtherapiestestimonials(breastcancer),192,193–195testimonials(lymphoma,metastasized),193testimonials(prostatecancer),190–191testimonials(StageIVHodgkin’sdisease),191–192

combiningtraditionalandunconventionaltherapies,110conventionaltherapiesand,ix–xidiet.seealsofoods;specifictherapies

alkalinefoods,72–73cruciferousvegetables,73,115fiber,74greentea,75,88healthylifestyle,71–72juices,75macrobioticfood,76,192mushrooms,75,89oliveoil,74–75poornutrition,linktocancerdevelopment,72redfoods,74seaweeds,76,140–141spices,76–77vegetariandiet,57–58

herbsaloevera,86astragalus,86–87

berberine-containingherbs,89echinacea,87EclecticTriphasicMedicalSystem(ETMS)and,115–119Essiactea,89,166–167,191feverfew,90garlic,87ginger,88ginkgobiloba,87ginseng,88HoxseyHerbalTherapy,63,89lentinan,89licorice,118redclover,89,117–118schisandra,117theanine,88–89turmeric(curcumin),88,117

supplementsbindweed,85chromium,85–86conjugatedlinoleicacid(CLA),83dehydroepiandrosterone(DHEA),82enzymes,83genistein,86lactoferrin,84melatonin,83modifiedcitruspectin(MCP),84n-acetyl-cysteine(NAC),84oliveleafextract,84resveratrol,85sharkliveroil,84–85zinc,85

suppressionofnaturalcancertherapiesbymainstreammedicalgroupsBurzynski’santineoplastontherapy,60–62Gerson’slow-saltvegetariandiet,57–58varietyof,62–63

typesof714-Xtherapy,136,187–189Burton’simmuno-augmentativetherapy(IAT),59–60,185–187

carnivora,137Coley’sToxins,135–136energy-based,63enzymetherapy(Gonzalez),131–132,167–169HippocratesHealthCenter,199–201hydrazinesulfate,136immunotherapy,63,112individualizedvaccines,135iscador,137larcharabinoglactan,137–138oxygen-based(glyoxylide),63ozonetherapy(oxygentherapy),112–113,135,194,196–199ReviciTherapy,133–134,175–180thymusextract,137,198ukrain,137

whole body therapies. see antineoplaston therapy (Burzynski); Eclectic Triphasic Medical System(ETMS);GersonTherapy;IsselsTreatment

AmericanCancerSociety(ACS)corporatedonationsto,andwealthof,15–16andcorporatemanipulationofpubliccancerpolicy,13,14denialofenvironmentallinkstocancerbyofficials,7–9fiscalirresponsibilityandcorruptionin,6–7mammography,andconflictsofinterest,37–38andmanipulationofstatisticsbyhealthorganizations,2–4nonprofitorganizationof,ACSFoundation,16originsof,astheAmericanSocietyfortheControlofCancer,6,9,14resistanceto/suppressionofnaturalcancertherapiesby,56–57,60,61,63,97testimonials,anddoubtin,172useofchemotherapydrugs,44–45

AmericanChemistryCouncil,24,33AmericanIndustrialHealthCouncil,11AmericanMedicalAssociation(AMA),63AmericanNurseToday,27AmericanSocietyfortheControlofCancer(laterACS),6,9,14AmericanTobaccoCompany,14Amgen,15,43amygdalin,20,21amylase,174–175anemia,42,43,51

angiosarcoma,177–178animalfeed,7,29–31antibiotics,91antidepressants,103antineoplastontherapy(Burzynski)

biochemicaldefensesystem,121BurzynskiClinic,careperiodandcosts,128–129discovery,119–120evolutionof.cyberneticsandpeptides,122–124futureof,andFDA-sponsoredclinicaltrials,130reprogrammingcancercells,124–125sideeffects,125testimonials

breastcancer,182intestinalasbestoscancer,182lymphoma,182–183non-Hodgkin’slymphoma,183StageIVlymphoma,181–182

testsandresults,126–128,129–130whytumorsdevelop,120–121

antineoplastons,60–62,120,124,125,129,135antioxidantsupplements.seealternativetherapiesaplasticanemia,51appendixcancer,48Ara-6,137–138Aranesp,43ArchivesofInternalMedicine,41,52ArchivesofSurgery,49arsenic,29,31asbestos,12–13,126,182Ashford,Nicholas,4AstraZeneca,15astragalus,86–87astrocytoma,127Avastin,46,47avoidances,106Avon,15

B

Barram,William,16basalcellcarcinoma,82BaylorCollegeofMedicine,120,122beans/legumes,73beeffrankfurters,24–25berberine-containingherbs,89beta-carotene,79Beyerle,Stanley,135BFIWasteSystems,15BigPharma,15,20,31Binder,Gordon,16bindweed,85biopsies,38–40,135bisphenol-A(BPA),22–24bladdercancer,126,129,137,184BloodFeud:TheManWhoBlewtheWhistleonOneoftheDeadliestPrescriptionDrugsEver(Sharp),42Bobst,Elmer,14bonecancer,166–167,180BostonUniversityMedicalCenter,54BP,15Bracy,Kate,27braintumors,83,91,127–128,129breastcancer

theACSand,7,8andalternativetherapies,134,135,137chemotherapeuticdrugTaxol,23contributorsto,90,91DCIS(ductalcarcinomainsitu),3,36–37,179dietandnutrition,79–80,81–82,83,88herbsusedinETMSapproach,117,118increaseof,4andlymphnoderemoval,50mammography,34–38mastectomies,49–50metastasisof,68naturalpreventionandtreatment,38,74,75,76,77andradiationtherapy,52,53,54surgicaltreatmentof,49–50tamoxifen(preventiondrug),increasesriskofuterinecancer,18,46

testimonialsantineoplastontherapy(Burzynski),182combinationtherapies,192,193–195Dr.Null’sProtocols,185enzymetherapy(Gonzalez),168–169andessiactea,166GersonTherapy,171–172oxygentherapy,197–198ReviciTherapy,179–180

thermographyuseindetectionof,37Bristol-MyersSquibb,15,18,20,21BritishMedicalJournal,39Broder,Samuel,19bromelain,83,117bronchialcancer,137Burton,Lawrence,59–60,185–187Burzynski,Stanislaw,60–62,64,119–130.seealsoantineoplastontherapy(Burzynski)BurzynskiClinic,60,128–129BurzynskiResearchInstitute,120,126–128Burzynski:TheMovie,62butylatedhydroxyanisole(BHA),27,28butylatedhydroxytoluene(BHT),27,28

Ccamphor,136cancer.seealsoalternativetherapies;carcinogensandtoxins;waroncancer

alternativeversusmedicallyapprovedtherapies,ix–xiapoptosis(celldestruction),78,80–81,83,84,89inbloodcells,68causesof,68andcelldifferentiation,81,85,121,125–126cellmigration,67–68inchildren,26,52andcorporateconflictsofinterest.seewaroncancer“cure,”wordmanipulationbyhealthofficials,3–4,51,113–114defined,67–68diagnosisestimatesandstatistics,ix,1,2–4growthofcells

metastasizing,48,68,83andneedlebiopsies,39self-seeding,49andtypesofcancer,67–68ineffectivedrugtreatments,17,18,43latestagetreatments,alternativetherapies,106,110,113–114,126–128,132naturalpreventionandtreatment

dietandnutrition,195,200,201.seealsospecifictherapiesmentalandemotionalwelfare,71,112,117,118–119,181,192,194physicalactivity,71powerofindividualchoice,137–138,171,192,194VitaminC,56–57

naturalprevention,considerationsfor,38,71Procrit,controversyover,42–44assystemic,whole-bodydisease,97–98,105–106,107–108treatments

chemotherapy.seechemotherapyradiationtherapy.seeradiationtherapysurgery,48–50

tumors,20,39,40,48,49,50,51,52,67–68aswhole-bodydisease,105–106,107–108

Cancer,53Cancer:ASecondOpinion(Issels),112CancerPreventionCoalition(CPC),2,4,24–26carcinogensandtoxins

environmental1,4dioxane,29andtheACS,7–9,18arsenic,29,31bisphenol-A(BPA),22–24Bracy’sfindingsoncosmeticsandpersonalcareproducts,27–28DavidSuzukiFoundationfindingsoncosmeticsandpersonalcareproducts,28–29andtheFDA,29–31infoods/animalfeed,24–26,29–31,32–33hairdyes,7,8lackofregulation,7,23,24,27,29,33linktocancerdeniedbymedicalorganizations,10–12,13,15,22andtheNCI,17,18

needtolimitexposureto,4–5

inpersonalcareandcosmeticproducts,4,23,26–29pesticides,4,8,72,91,103andthePresident’sCancerPanel,8,17,22inradiationtherapy,51inseafood,andtheFDA,32–33SirRichardDoll’sresearchon,10–11smoking,andthetobaccoindustry,2,4,10,13,14–15,72,79,91,102

formaldehyde,24,28occupational

asbestos,12–13,126,182electromagneticradiation(EMR),92formaldehyde,24,28andhistoricalmedicine,108linkstocancer,denialof,5,7,11,15parentalexposure,4

carcinoma,3,36–37,79,82,107,112,178carnivora,137carotenoids,79–80Carson,Rachel,91CatfishFarmersofAmerica,32–33celandine,137Cell,49Centanit,112CenterforDiseaseControl(AIDSprogram),60CenterforScienceinthePublicInterest(CSPI),26CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention(CDC),2CentroHospitalarioInternacionalPacifico,S.A.(CHIPSA),114Cerbe,Inc.,136cervicalcancer,80,91,137,173–174ChemicalManufacturers’Association,11,12chemotherapy

antineoplastontherapyasformof,129costsassociatedwith,47,48drugs

Avastin,46,47Bristol-MyersSquibb,largestmanufacturerof,15,18,20,21Herceptin,47Provenge,47

tamoxifen,18,46Tarceva,47Taxol,18useof,accordingtoACS,44–45

harmfulsideeffectsof,45,46–47,48,58,69,125“hotchemotherapy,”48ineffectivenessof,incancercelleradication,45–46,114naturalaids,87,88,89needforreassessmentof,45originsof,45toxicityof,69typesofcancermostaidedby,130

ChiGong,184chickens/poultryindustry,29–31childhoodleukemia,4,91,130Chinesemedicine,76,86,87,117ChlorineInstitute,8chlorophyll,73–74ChristianDior,15chromium,85–86chroniclymphocyticleukemia,75cigarettesmoking,2,4,10,13,14–15,72,79,91,102citrusfruit,73Clapp,Richard,4CleanAirAct,7coaltardyes,28Coca-Cola,15Coca-ColaBottlingCompany,24CochraneReview,38CodeofFederalRegulations(FDA),31coenzymeQ10,81–82coffee,106coffeeenemas,99–100,133,170,172,192Coley,William,135–136Coley’sToxins,135–136coloncancer

andalternativetherapies,135dietandnutrition,76,79,82,87,88andrBGH,8

testimonials714-Xtherapy,189oxygentherapy,198–199ReviciTherapy,176–177

colonoscopy,40–41colorectalcancer,48,74,75,89,196–197conjugatedlinoleicacid(CLA),83cosmeticandpersonalcareproducts,4,15,23,26–29cruciferousvegetables,73,115curcumin(turmeric),88,117curcuminoids,118Curie,Marie,50–51cybernetics,122–123cytokines,78,82,90

Cdairyproducts,90,95,102DavidSuzukiFoundation,28–29Davis,Devra,14dehydroepiandrosterone(DHEA),82Dendreon,47DepartmentofHealthandHumanServices’NationalToxicologyProgram,24DES(syntheticestrogendiethylstilbestrol),7Descartes,René,108detoxification

combinationtherapies,192compoundsincruciferousvegetables,73compoundsingreenfoods,73inETMSapproach,116–117,118inGersontherapy,94,98,99–100,102,170,172inGreekmedicine,110inIsselsTreatment,110,111,113andoxygentherapy,198

diabetes,52dibutylphthalate,27Dietary,HerbalandNutritionalStrategiesforTreatingandPreventingCancer(Yance),115dietaryfats,102diethanolamine(DEA),28,29

dimethylsulfoxide(DMSO),82Doll,Richard,10–13Donsbach,Kurt(andHospitalSantaMonica),198,199DowChemicals,12ductalcarcinomainsitu(DCIS),3,36–37,179Dunleavy,Steve,21DuPont,15,38dyes,26,28

Eechinacea,87EclecticTriphasicMedicalSystem(ETMS)

costsoftreatment,119detoxification,116–117,118emotionalandspiritualhealth,117,118–119otherherbsused,117–118protocolforcancertreatmentandprevention,115–116wholebodytherapies,115–119

electromagneticradiation(EMR),92ElizabethArden,15EmoryUniversity,52endocrine-relatedcancers,76,83EnvironmentalHealthPerspectives,32EnvironmentalProtectionAgency(EPA),33enzymetherapy(Gonzalez)testimonials,167–169enzymes,83,111,117.seealsoalternativetherapiesepigeneticcausesofcancer,5–6Epogen,43Epsomsaltbaths,116Epstein,Samuel,2,4,15,36essentialfattyacids(EFAs),78,116Essiactea,89,166–167,191EstéeLauder,15estrogen,24,90exercise,71externalbeamradiotherapy,52–53

Ffasts,200

FDA.seeFoodandDrugAdministration(FDA)fever,103–104,113,136feverfew,90fiber,74Fishbein,Morris,63fishingindustry,32–33,78flavones,115flavonoids,80flaxseedoil,78FoodandDrugAdministration(FDA)

antineoplastontrialssponsoredby,130andbisphenol-A(BPA),23andbreastimplants,8challengestoalternativetherapiesby,61–62,63Provengeapprovedby,47regulationofProcrit,42,43riskassessmentforseafood,,32–33toxinsinanimalfeed,andlackofregulation,29–31toxinsinfood,andlackofregulation,27

foods.seealsoalternativetherapiesanticancerdiet

alkalinefoods,71–73cruciferousvegetables,72,114fiber,73greenfoods,72–74greentea,74juices,74macrobioticfood,75,191mushrooms,74,138–140,141–143oliveoil,73–75redfoods,73seaweeds,75spices,75–77

antioxidantsupplements.seealternativetherapiestoavoid

dairyproducts,89,94,101meat,89,94,97,101,110processedfoods,91,101

dietandnutrition,inIsselstreatment,105,106,108,109,110

inETMSapproach,114geneticallymodifiedcow’smilk,7levelsofconcern(LOCs)forseafood,31poultryindustry,andtoxinsinanimalfeed,28–31recipes.seeRecipesriceindustry,30seafood,toxinsin,31–33toxinsin,andunlabeledandlabeledingredients,23–26toxinsin,DavidSuzukiFoundation,27

formaldehyde,24,28FredHutchinsonCancerControlCenter,19FreedomofInformationAct(FOIA),32fruits,72–73,83

GGalen,Claudius,108GanzheitTherapy.seeIsselsTreatmentgarlic,87gastriccancer,77,83,87Gelb,Richard,21gemcitabine,132Genentech,15GeneralElectric,38GeneralMills,24GeneralMotors,15GenesisWest,194GeneticEngineering,DreamorNightmare?(Ho),5genistein,84Gerlach,Franz,112Gerson,Charlotte,58,64,94,96,101,103–104,170Gerson,Max,57–58,64,94,98,114GersonInstitute,58,94,104GersonTherapy,94–105

cancerpatientsandresults,104–105coffeeenemas,99–100,170,172costsoftreatment,105dietandnutrition,57–58,102–103,170,172“healingcrisis,”103–104

livertherapy,98–99,172migrainetreatment,anddiscoveryofnutritiontherapy,57,94–97potassiumlevels,reestablishing,100–101,170,172testimonials

breastcancer,171–172cervicalcancer,173–174melanoma,173–174non-Hodgkin’slymphoma,174pancreaticcancer,172–173,174–175skinmelanoma,169–171

theoreticalbasisof,cancerassystemicdisease,97–98Gevertzen,Alan,16Gilman,Alfred,45ginger,88ginkgobiloba,87ginseng,88GlaxoSmithKline,15glioblastoma,127glutamine,82glutathione,116–117glutathioneperoxidase,81Gold,Mitchell,47Gonzalez,Nicholas,62–63,64,131–133,167–169Goodman,Louis,45grapeseedextract,82Grassley,Chuck,19“TheGreatCancerFraud”(Houston&Null),6–7,56–57Greekmedicine,107–108,113greenfoods,73greentea,75,88Griffin,EdwardG.,51

HH.LeeMoffittCancerandResearchInstitute,52hairdyes,7,8Hammer,Armand,17Hartwell,Leland,19TheHealingofCancer:TheCures,theCover-UpsandtheSolutionNow(Lynes),64herbalmedicine.seealsoalternativetherapies

andEclecticTriphasicMedicalSystem(ETMS),115–119HoxseyHerbalTherapy,89

Herceptin,47Hippocrates,107–108HippocratesHealthCenter,testimonials,199–201historyofmedicine,andIsselsTreatment,107–108Ho,MaeWan,5,6Hodgkin’sdisease,112,127,130,187–189,191–192homeopathicmedicine,165–166Houston,Robert,6Hoxsey,Harry,63,89HoxseyHerbalTherapy,63,89hyperpyrexia(feverinduction),113hyperthermia,194,198

IICI,12immuno-augmentativetherapy(IAT),59immunotherapy,63,112ImperialChemicalIndustries,18infants/childreninutero,4,23,32,79intensity-modulatedradiationtherapy(IMRT),54interferon,87,135,167–168interleukin-2,135InternationalJournalofGynecologicalCancer,46intestinalasbestoscancer,182Isaacs,Linda,132iscador,137isoflavones,115,118Issels,Josef,63,105–114,135IsselsTreatment,105–114

costsoftreatment,114dietandnutrition,106,107,109,110,111historicalmedicalrecords,precedentofcancer,107–108hyperpyrexia(feverinduction),113immunotherapy,63,111,135initialdiscoverybyDr.Issels,106–107overview,105–106ozonetherapy,112–113

psychotherapy,111supplementtoconventionalmethods,110,111survivalratesoflate-stagepatients,106,110,113–114tonsillectomyandtoothextraction,106,109,111vaccines,108,109–110,112

JJ.H.Whitney&Co.,17Jaffe,Harold,60Jenner,Edward,108Jn-Charles,Alexandra,53JohnHopkinsUniversity,200JohnWayneCancerInstitute,39Johnson&Johnson,42,43JournalofClinicalOncology,54TheJournaloftheAmericanMedicalAssociation,50JournaloftheNationalCancerInstitute,19,54JournalofUrology,39juices,75

KKachnic,LisaA.,54Kaposi’ssarcoma,178–179Kelley,WilliamDonald,131–132Kellman,Raphael,134kidneycancer,134,167–168,180,199–200Koch,William,63KochIndustry,24

LLacksCancerCenter,49lactoferrin,84TheLancet,38larcharabinoglactan,137–138Larix,137–138Lasker,Albert,14Lasker,May,14leadacetate,28lentinan,89

leukemia,4,10,68,75,91,92,130,189–190leukocytes,113Lewis,W.B.,14licorice,118LiggettandMyers,14limolines,73lipids,133–134Little,ClarenceCook,9livercancer,2,7,80,84,103liverdetoxification(ETMSapproach),116–117liverproblems,79livertherapy(Gersontherapy),98–99,172lubile,99LublinMedicalAcademy,122lungcancer

alternativetherapiesand,126asbestosand,12–13contributorsto,91dietandnutrition,72,79,80,84,87,88smokingand,14–15.seealsocigarettesmokingstatistics,x,3testimonials

Dr.Null’sProtocols,184ReviciTherapy,176,180

lupusvulgaris,96–97lutein,79lycopene,79lymphnoderemoval,50Lymphogram,112lymphoma

alternativetherapies,127,129contributorsto,91dietandnutrition,89occurrenceof,68testimonials

antineoplastontherapy(Burzynski),181–182,182–183combinationtherapies,193Dr.LawrenceBurton’stherapy,185–187GersonTherapy,174

Lynes,Barry,64

Mmacrobioticfood,76,192malignantlymphoma,127,129malignantmesothelioma,126mammography

campaignsforpromotionof,andrecommendationsfor,38dangersof,36andDCIS(ductalcarcinomainsitu),36–37errorratesincancerdetection,35–36healthcareprofessionalsinvolvedin,andcostsassociatedwith,34–35promotersof,andconflictsofinterest,37–38thermographyversus,37

Marks,Paul,21MassachusettsGeneralHospitalCancerCenter,48Mazur,Marian,122McCahill,LaurenceE.,49McClellan,Dean,42–43McDonald’s,15McGrady,Patrick,Sr.,56McQueen,Steve,131,182meat,90,91,95,102,111MederiCentreforNaturalHealing,115,119Medicare,41,44,47,54MedizinischeWelt,57MegaEPA,78melanoma,91,105,169–171,173–174melatonin,83MemorialSloan-KetteringCancerCenter(MSKCC),19–21,45,49,59,131,194,200Merck,21Merck&Company,15Mercola,Eric,62mercury,28migrainetreatment,andGersonTherapy,57,94–97milk,8,24,25–26milkthistle(silibinin),81modifiedcitruspectin(MCP),84

Monsanto,12,30Moss,Ralph,19–21,45MountSinaiSchoolofMedicine,52mouthcancer,91mushrooms,75–76,89,139–140,142–143,151

Nn-acetyl-cysteine(NAC),84Naessens,Gaston,136NationalCancerActof1971,3NationalCancerInstituteandAmericanCancerSociety:CriminalIndifferencetoCancerPreventionand

ConflictsofInterest(Epstein),2NationalCancerInstitute(NCI),2,3,5,6,16–19,24–26,38,59,61,62,64NationalConfidentialEnquiryintoPatientOutcomeandDeath(NCEPOD),UK’s,46,47NationalFisheriesInstitute,32–33NationalInstitutesofHealth(NIH),1,3,11,18naturalproducts,29NaturalResourcesDefenseCouncil(NRDC),32–33neoblastine,109neoplastons,120,121.seealsoantineoplastontherapy(Burzynski)nephrectomy,200TheNewEnglandJournalofMedicine,18,40,47NewYorkPost,21NewYorkTimes,53Nissan,15Nitarsone,31nitrites,25Nixon,Richard,2,17nomlines,73non-Hodgkin’slymphoma,91,129,174,183,193nonprofits,16,18NorthernSydneyCancerCentre,45–46Novartis,15Null,Gary,6–7,56–57,59,60,61,184–185nurses,oncology,47NutritionandCancer,132

Ooatcelllungcancer,176

Obama,Barack,22oilspill,2010,32–33oliveleafextract,84oliveoil,74–75Omega-3fattyacids,78,116OrthoBiotech,42OutsmartYourCancer(Pierce),2ovariancancer

alternativetherapiesand,129,135,137dietandnutrition,77,81,87hormonesinmeatand,90hotchemotherapyand,48testimonials,ReviciTherapy,176

oxygentherapytestimonialsbreastcancer,197–198coloncancer,199colorectalcancer,metastasistoliver,196–197prostatecancer,196,198–199

ozonetherapy,112–113,135,194.seealsooxygentherapy

Ppancreaticcancer

alternativetherapiesand,131,132,134dietandnutrition,76,84,89testimonials

GersonTherapy,104,172–173,174–175ReviciTherapy,176

pancreaticenzymes,131,132,192pancreatin,99,172parabens,28,29Paracelsus,108Paré,Ambroise,108Pauling,Linus,56–57Pennzoil,15Penthousemagazine,6,61peptides,120,122,123–124,181.seealsoantineoplastonsperillaoil,78pesticides,4,8,72,91,103

Peto,Richard,10–11Pfizer,21,31pHlevels,body,72,117PhilipMorris,21phthalates,27physicalactivity,71phytochemicals,74–75,80,115phytonutrients,72,73–74,115Pierce,TanyaHarter,2Pixley,Charles,188PolishAcademyofScience,122“The Politics of Cancer: Suppression of the New Cancer Therapies: Dr. Lawrence Burton” (Null &

Steinman),59,60polycyclicaromatichydrocarbons(PAHs),32–33potassium,100–101,103,170,172Potts,Percival,108Powell,SimonN.,54President’sCancerPanel,8,17,22processedfoods,92,102Procrit,42–44prostatebiopsies,39prostatecancer

ACSand,8andalternativetherapies,127,129,134,135biopsiesand,39–40contributorsto,90conventionaltreatments,54conventionaltreatmentsfor,47dietandnutrition,74,76,80,82,83,84,86herbsusedinETMSapproach,118metastasisand,68testimonials

combinationtherapies,190–191HippocratesHealthCenter,200–201oxygentherapy,196,198–199ReviciTherapy,175–176

proteolyticenzymes,132Provenge,47psychotherapy,111

pulsatilla,117

Qquercetin,80,115,117QuestioningChemotherapy(Moss),45

Rradiationtherapy

avoiding,92breastcancertreatment,andcomplicationsresultingfrom,52,53breastcancertreatment,andcosts,54inchildren,andlaterdiabetesissues,52dangersandsideeffectsof,51–53,125economicsandprofitabilityof,53–54intensity-modulatedradiationtherapy(IMRT),54newertechnologies,andharmfulsideeffects,52–53safetyandeffectiveness,lackof,50–51,53interminallyillpatients,53

RadiologicalSocietyofNorthAmerica,36Rauscher,Frank,17rBGH(recombinantbovinegrowthhormone),8,26,30,90Recipes

appetizersBarleywithCollardGreensandLeeks,139–140BavarianCabbage,140–141CreamyTofuDip,141–142DateSpread,142EggplantCaponata,141HolidayStuffedMushrooms,142–143SpicyBulgurSalad,144SpicyTomatoSalsa,143–144

beans/legumesAlgerianChili,150CauliflowerwithGarlicHummusSauce,155ChickpeaandZucchiniCurry,157–158DateSpread,142FavoriteVegetableSoup,151–152Goulash,159GreenPeaMilletCouscous,160

Italian-StylePintoBeanSoup,151TurnipandBlackBeanSoup,149

breakfastAmaranthPeachDelight,144–145BananaCoconutBuckwheatCereal,146–147Blueberry-ApricotOatmeal,145CoconutNutRice,147HawaiianRiceCereal,146

DessertsBananaCaramelCustard,161–162ChilledCantaloupeStuffedwithCherryCream,163GoldenStrawberryBlueberryCrumble,162–163HolidayGingerbread,163–164

entreesApple,Walnut,andTofuSalad,152–153BroccoliCauliflowerwithShiitakemushrooms,153–154BrownRicewithPeppersandHerbs,154–155BrusselsSproutsCreole,156ButternutSquashwithToastedSesameSauce,156–157CauliflowerwithGarlicHummusSauce,155ChickpeaandZucchiniCurry,157–158CrunchyHerbedGreenBeans,158–159Goulash,159GreenPeaMilletCouscous,160PurpleCabbageandSpaghettiSquashStir-Fry,160–161

fruitAmaranthPeachDelight,144–145Apple,Walnut,andTofuSalad,152–153BananaCaramelCustard,161–162BananaCoconutBuckwheatCereal,146–147Blueberry-ApricotOatmeal,145ChilledCantaloupeStuffedwithCherryCream,163CoconutNutRice,147DateSpread,142GoldenStrawberryBlueberryCrumble,162–163HawaiianRiceCereal,146

grainsAmaranthPeachDelight,144–145BananaCoconutBuckwheatCereal,146–147

BarleywithCollardGreensandLeeks,139–140Blueberry-ApricotOatmeal,145BrownRicewithPeppersandHerbs,154–155CauliflowerwithGarlicHummusSauce,155ChickpeaandZucchiniCurry,157–158CoconutNutRice,147FavoriteVegetableSoup,151–152GreenPeaMilletCouscous,160HawaiianRiceCereal,146SpicyBulgurSalad,144

mushroomsBarleywithCollardGreensandLeeks,139–140BroccoliCauliflowerwithShiitakemushrooms,153–154HolidayStuffedMushrooms,142–143Italian-StylePintoBeanSoup,151

saladsApple,Walnut,andTofuSalad,152–153SpicyBulgurSalad,144

soupsAlgerianChili,150FavoriteVegetableSoup,151–152Italian-StylePintoBeanSoup,151MisoTofuSoup,147–148PortugueseKalePotatoSoup,148–149TurnipandBlackBeanSoup,149

tofuApple,Walnut,andTofuSalad,152–153BroccoliCauliflowerwithShiitakemushrooms,153–154ChilledCantaloupeStuffedwithCherryCream,163CreamyTofuDip,141–142Goulash,159MisoTofuSoup,147–148PurpleCabbageandSpaghettiSquashStir-Fry,160–161

recombinantbovinegrowthhormone(rBGH),8,26,30,90rectalcancer,165–166redclover,89,117–118redfoods,74Redstone,SumnerM.,16

Reich’stechnology,190Reiman,Anthony,43–44renalcellcarcinoma,180ReproductiveToxicology,23resveratrol,85Revici,Emmanuel,133–134ReviciMedical,134ReviciTherapy

overview,133–134testimonials

angiosarcoma,177–178bonecancer,180breastcancer,179–180coloncancer,176–177Kaposi’ssarcoma,178–179kidneycancer,180lungcancer,180oatcelllungcancer,176ovariancancer,176pancreaticcancer,176prostatecancer,175–176squamouscellcarcinoma,178

Revlon,15Rhoads,CorneliusP.,45rice,31Rife,RoyalR.,63RJRNabisco,21Rogers,Paul,7Rotkin-Ellman,Miriam,32,33Roxarsone,29Rubin,Harry,5Ryan,DavidP.,48

SSamadi,DavidB.,52SantaMonicaHospital,197,198,199sarcoma,112,177–179Sarkogen,112Schachter,Michael,193,195

schisandra,117Schmidt,BennoC.,17Schweitzer,Albert(andMrs.),94,97seafood,toxinsin,32–33seaweeds,76,140–141TheSecretHistoryoftheWaronCancer(Davis),14seeds,73Seffrin,John,16selenium,80–81,134serumactivator,111sharkliveroil,84–85Sharp,Kathleen,42–43Siemens,38SilentSpring(Carson),91silibinin(milkthistle),81siliconebreastimplants,8skincancer,3,84,137skinmelanoma,169–171skintuberculosis,96–97sleep,118Sodi-Pallares,Demetrio,101sodium,andpotassiumbalance,100–101,103SouthernShrimpAlliance,32–33soybeans,73,115spices,76–77squamouscellcarcinoma,178Steinman,Leonard,59stereotactic“radiosurgery”(akaCyberknife),52–53stomachcancer,75,87,89Sugiura,Kanematsu,19–20superoxidedismutaseandcatalase,81“TheSuppressionofCancerCures”(Null),61surgery,50–55,114SusanG.KomenfortheCurefoundation,23–24syntheticestrogendiethylstilbestrol(DES),7

Ttalc,28tamoxifen,18,46

Tarceva,47Taxol,18Taylor,Michael,30testicularcancer,2,4testimonials

714-Xtherapycoloncancer,189Hodgkin’sdisease,187–189,191–192leukemia,189–190antineoplastontherapy(Burzynski)breastcancer,182intestinalasbestoscancer,182lymphoma,182–183non-Hodgkin’slymphoma,183StageIVlymphoma,181–182

bycancertypeangiosarcoma,177–178bonecancer,180breastcancer,168–169,171–172,179–180,182,185,192,193–195,197–198cervicalcancer,173–174coloncancer,176–177,189,196–197,198–199colorectaltoliver,196–197Hodgkin’sdisease,187–189,191–192intestinalasbestoscancer,182Kaposi’ssarcoma,178–179kidneycancer,167–168,180,199–200leukemia,189–190lungcancer,176,180lymphoma,181–183,185–187,193melanoma,173–174non-Hodgkin’slymphoma,174,183ovariancancer,176pancreaticcancer,172–173,174–175,176prostatecancer,175–176,190–191,196,198–199,200–201rectalcancer,165–166skinmelanoma,169–171squamouscellcarcinoma,178

combinationtherapiesbreastcancer,192,193–195

Hodgkin’sdisease,191–192lymphoma(metastasized),193prostatecancer,190–191

Dr.LawrenceBurton’stherapy,185–187Dr.Null’sProtocols,184–185enzymetherapy(Gonzalez)

breastcancer,168–169kidneycancer,167–168

Essiactea,191GersonTherapy

breastcancer,171–172cervicalcancer,173–174melanoma,173–174non-Hodgkin’slymphoma,174pancreaticcancer,172–173,174–175skinmelanoma,169–171

HippocratesHealthCenterkidneycancer,199–200prostatecancer,200–201

homeopathicmedicine,165–166onmetastasizedcancers

bone,lung,kidney,180breastcancer,168–169,193–195colorectaltoliver,196–197lymphoma,193

oxygentherapy(ozonetherapy)breastcancer,197–198coloncancer,196–197,198–199prostatecancer,196,198–199

ReviciTherapyangiosarcoma,177–178bonecancer,180breastcancer,179–180coloncancer,176–177Kaposi’ssarcoma,178–179kidneycancer,180lungcancer,180oatcelllungcancer,176

ovariancancer,176pancreaticcancer,176prostatecancer,175–176squamouscellcarcinoma,178

TexasMedicalBoardv.StanislawBurzynski,62theanine,88–89ThermalInsulationManufacturersAssociation,17thermography,37ThirdOpinion,198Thomas,Donald,16Thompson,CraigB.,21throatcancer,135thymusextract,137,198thyroidcancer,2,5Timemagazine,9tobaccoindustry,14–15,21.seealsocigarettesmokingtoluene,28tonsillarcancer,135triethanolamine(TEA),28trypterines,73tuberculosis,94,96–97tumornecrosisfactor,87,132,135tumors.seealsospecificherbsandsupplements

alkalinefoodsand,72andantineoplastontherapy,120,127–128cancerdefined,67–68andGersontherapy,98,99,100,102,103,105andIsselstreatment,107,109–110,112,113whytheydevelop(Burzynski’stheory),120–121

turkeyindustry,29turmeric(curcumin),88,117Turner&Newall,12–13

UU.KSocietyforthePreventionofAsbestosandIndustrialDisease,13ukrain,137Unilever/BestFoods,15UniversityofAlberta,43UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,5

UniversityofIllinois,ChicagoSchoolofPublicHealth,2UniversityofMichigan,19UniversityofSouthampton,26U.S.PreventativeServicesTaskForce,41uterinecancer,18,46,74,76,84–85,88,185

Vvaccines,108–110,112,135–136Varmus,Harold,18,19vegetables

alkaline-forming,73,83,115cruciferous,73,115greenfoods,73–74

vinylchloride,12vitaminA,77,79,111vitaminC,77–78,111vitaminE,80,111vitaminK,80

Wwaroncancer

andtheAmericanCancerSociety(ACS).seeAmericanCancerSociety(ACS)conventionalpreventionanddetectionmethods

andbiopsies,38–40colonoscopy,40–41conventionalapproach,34mammography,34–38

conventionaltreatmentschemotherapy,44–48,114combinedwithunconventional(Isselstreatment),110costsassociatedwith,44,47,48,114financialbeneficiariesof,54–55Procrit,controversyover,42–44radiationtherapy,50–55reconsiderationofneeded,54–55surgery,48–50,114threemaintherapies,44,69,114

corporateinterestsandconflicts,andtheFDA,29–31,32–33deconstructingthestatistics

fundingissues,3–4manipulationofstatisticsbyhealthofficials,2–3,36,46,51,114

failureof,1industryinsiderstory,19–21mainstreammedicalorganizations,corruptionwithin,6–7,47,62,64–65medicaldeceptionforcorporategain

andtheAmericanCancerSociety(ACS),13–16conflictswithspecialinterests,12,14,17,21,22,33andtheNationalCancerInstitute(NCI),16–19pharmaceuticalindustryinfluenceon,18,20,21,31Procrit,controversyover,42–44SirRichardDoll,10–13

andprevention,lackoffocuson,3–6,7–9,17.seealsocarcinogensandtoxinspublicdeception,2–3shiftingthemedicalparadigm,64–65suppressionofnaturalcancertherapiesbymainstreammedicalgroups

Burton’simmuno-augmentativetherapy(IAT),59–60Burzynski’santineoplastonstherapy,andFDAgrandjurytrialsagainst,60–62conclusion,64–65Gerson’slow-saltvegetariandiet,57–58mainstreammarginalizationofalternativemedicine,56–57naturalandnontoxictherapieschallenged,62–63

WarnerChilcott,14WashingtonPost,19,62Wendy’sInternational,15Whitney,Jock,17whole body therapies, 93–94. see also antineoplaston therapy (Burzynski); Eclectic TriphasicMedical

System(ETMS);GersonTherapy;IsselsTreatmentWilliams,Ashbel,15WorldWithoutCancer(Griffin),51

YYaleUniversityMedicalSchool,41Yance,Donald,115–119yogurt,111Young,Quentin,4

ZZeneca,15,18

zinc,85