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ACID/ALKALINE BALANCE: This treatment
is a combination of acid-neutralizing minerals like calcium and magnesium
to supply proper mineralization and to correct the acid/alkaline balance of the body. Two
proponents of this treatment are Carl J. Reich, M.D. and Bob Barefoot. In
addition another approach is the use of Potassium,
Rubidium and especially Cesium, which are alkaline elements. When taken,
it is believed they alkalinize cancer cells (neutralize their acid nature).
Cancer cells do not survive in the higher PH ranges and die off.
ADJUNCTIVE THERAPIES: Adjunctive
therapies are used in conjunction with others. Most cancer patients are
found to be deficient in selenium, so many doctors add it to their protocol.
Therefore, it would be considered an "adjunctive therapy." Other
adjunctive therapies would include: detoxification, specific
vitamins and supplements like Vitamin C and Co-Q 10, water
therapy, and nutrition balancing.
- Detoxification, the removal of toxins from the body,
is considered by many clinics as a very important part of their treatment. A variety of approaches
are used, including colon cleansing, fasting, chelation, water therapy, heat
therapy, and nutritional, herbal, and homeopathic methods. Max Gerson introduced
coffee into the enema procedure, which causes the liver to release stored up
toxins into the digestive system to be eliminated. Increasing your water
intake may be one of the best ways to get rid of toxins in the body.
- Nutritional therapy: Two types or
approaches are emerging. One is a specialized combination of nutrients used
as a targeted cancer therapy, depending on the individual needs of the
patient. The other, which also depends on the needs of the patient, is a
more general approach seeking to boost health and strength.
- Psychology and Psychotherapy, although used at most clinics,
would be considered an adjunctive therapy. Psychological counseling, support
groups and even psychotherapy make up a critically important aspect of therapy
in the world's most successful cancer treatment centers. Some doctors have
reported that a traumatic psychological event in a person's
life may trigger the
appearance of cancer one to two years later. Music, meditation, relaxation
techniques, and stress reduction have proven to significantly enhance
the power of the immune system. Some therapists include emotional and even
spiritual counseling, not only for the person's regular life, but in dealing
with the trauma of cancer. Biofeedback can also be used, where a
person
visualizes the immune cells of the body attacking the cancer cells.
AMYGDALIN (LAETRILE): When the natural substance called amygdalin is purified and concentrated for use in cancer therapy, it is
called Laetrile. Amygdalin is extracted from apricot seeds and prepared in both
tablet and injectable form. The injectable is more concentrated and capable of
delivering higher doses in a shorter period of time. It is usually recommended
at the onset of treatment for patients who are seriously ill. After several
weeks or a month, if the patient responds well to treatment, the physician will
reduce the dosage and prescribe tablets to replace injections. This therapy is
usually used in conjunction with the proteolytic enzymes, a broad-spectrum
nutritional program, and a diet calling for fresh fruits and vegetables, whole
grains, and the elimination of meat and dairy products for the duration of
treatment. For more information go to our Laetrile
information page.
ANTINEOPLASTONS: These are amino-acid compounds
(called peptides) found in the blood and urine of healthy people but which are
deficient in cancer patients. They were discovered in 1967 by Stanislaw
Burzynski, M.D., Ph.D., while a graduate student in Poland. When Burzynski came
to the United States to practice medicine, he patented a process for
manufacturing these substances and began to administer them to cancer patients
on the theory that they will cause cancer cells to revert back to normal cells.
In spite of fierce opposition by the AMA and FDA, many patients claim that their
cancers have been controlled by this treatment.
CAAT - Controlled Amino
Acid Treatment is a novel nutritional approach to cancer treatment developed
by Angelo P. John at A.P. John Cancer Institute.
CANCELL/CANTRON (ENTELE) and now Protocel: Cancell is a compound developed by James Sheridan around 1935. Although he obtained cure or
remission rates from 70 - 80% in mice, the FDA would not allow him to
go forward in full-scale testing or production. This product helps lower
the overall energy of the body to help starve the cancer. The cancer dies from
energy starvation and is cleaned up by the immune system. For the last 40 years he
and another man, Ed Sopcak, of Michigan, privately made and gave
away the product to cancer patients – all at
their own expense. Today, the Sheridan family endorses Protocel as
THE Cancell formula. For more information, call Bob Esh at (866)
962-8880.
ELLAGIC ACID: Ellagic Acid is a newly discovered extract derived from various
fruits such as red
berries and pomegranates.
Tests conducted at the Hollings Cancer Institute at the Medical
University of South Carolina show that Ellagic Acid has "proven to
be effective in preventing cancer, inhibiting the growth of cancer
cells." In addition, Ellagic acid acts as a scavenger to bind
cancer-causing chemicals, making them inactive.
ELECTRONIC THERAPIES: Rife, Beck,
Clark, and others have used electronic therapies to treat cancer. Many have had successes treating cancer using these devices.
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Electrotherapy, also
known as electrochemical tumor therapy, Galvanotherapie and electro-cancer
treatment (ECT), was developed in Europe by the Swedish professor Björn
Nordenström and the Austrian doctor Rudolf Pekar. The therapy employs
galvanic electrical stimulation to treat tumors and skin cancers. ECT is
used most often as an adjunct with other therapies. Using local anesthesia,
the physician inserts a positively-charged platinum, gold or silver needle
into the tumor and places negatively-charged needles around the tumor.
Voltages of 6 to 15 volts are used, dependent upon tumor size. To enhance
the cancer-cell-killing power of ECT, sometimes small amounts of
chemotherapy agents are applied to the skin and driven into the tumor by a
kind of sweating effect of the electric current ("iontophoresis").
ECT works by influencing the acid/alkaline (pH) levels within the tumor and
causing electrolysis of its tissue, which is more susceptible to direct
current than normal tissue. The pH change depolarizes cancer cell membranes
and causes tumors to be gently destroyed. The ECT process also appears to
generate heat shock proteins around the cancer cells, inducing cell-specific
immunity. This process triggers Natural Killer cells.
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Magnetic Resonance or
Bio-resonance: A newer technique based on an older technology. All cells
have a natural frequency of resonance and cancer cells differ in frequency
from normal cells. Radio waves set to resonate with cancer cell frequencies
can destroy them similar to the way a high pitched note breaks a glass. It
has never been adopted by the conventional medical establishment in
the United States, but Bio-resonance
devices have been in use in Europe for 23 years.
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Radiowaves set to resonate with certain frequencies can harm the cancer
cells
similar to the way in which a tone set to the proper pitch can shatter
glass
without harming other adjacent substances.
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Rife machines were
developed by Royal Rife, one of the originators
of this bio-technology. These devices transmit specific electronic
signals to deactivate or destroy living pathogens, bacteria, and cancers.
Rife also developed special electron microscopes. Rife machines have been
outlawed by the FDA, but some clinics like
American Metabolics use them in treatment. http://www.rife.org
for more information. There is also a Rife Forum at Subscribe: Rife-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
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Zappers are discussed below
ENZYMATIC THERAPY: Enzyme therapy is generally broken down into two
types: food enzymes and Proteolitic enzymes. Several researchers including Dr. John Beard,
Dr. Ernst Krebs, Jr., and Dr. Dean Burk found that the cancer cell is
coated with a protein lining and that it is this protein lining (or
covering) that prevents the body’s normal defenses from getting to the
cancer cell. They found that, if you can dissolve the protein lining
from around the cancer cell, the body’s normal defenses, the leukocytes
(white blood cells), will destroy the cancer cell. Woebenzyme is a
product from
Germany that appears to do just that. Chapters five and six of the
book
World Without Cancer describe this process in more detail.
DIET AND FOOD
THERAPIES: Many centers
are using a variety of food therapies to treat cancer. Max Gerson began in the fifties
saving lives using a strict diet of fresh vegetables and fruit. Many people have had successes just using a
macrobiotic diet, vegetarian diets, and the Budwig diet. Others add
products like wheat grass, barley green, and broccoli sprouts to their diet because
of special properties they contain. For example, broccoli sprouts (not just broccoli)
contains a cancer-fighting agent known as sulforaphane that prompts the body to
make an enzyme that prevents tumors from forming. For more information, go
to our list of cancer fighting
foods.
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Budwig diet/flax seed oil: The Flax seed (Linseed) oil diet was
originally proposed by Dr. Johanna Budwig, a German biochemist and expert on
fats and oils in 1951. Her simple formula of two tablespoons of flaxseed oil to a quarter cup of low fat cottage
cheese (or other foods containing sulfur) helps increase metabolism,
boosts the immune systems, reduces cholesterol levels, and helps inhibit
cancer-cell growth.
- Hallelujah Acres Diet
developed by Dr. George Malkmus is a vegetarian diet that has helped with a
variety of diseases, including cancer. For more information, go to their
website at
http://www.hacres.com/.
- Low sugar Diets seem to starve
cancer cells. Cancer cells seem to use sugar as their basic
"fuel." In addition, a high sugar intake seems to increase
factors in the body responsible for creating conditions that encourage
cancer to grow - for example, high acidosis, immune system suppression
and prosglandin production.
GERSON: The Gerson therapy consists of
detoxification and diet. Detoxification involves the use of coffee enemas. The
theory behind this is that caffeine is rapidly absorbed through the lower bowel
and travels directly to the liver where it stimulates the production of natural
immune factors. Care must be taken not to over-stimulate the liver which could
eventually lead to its fatigue and malfunction. The diet is similar to the
Laetrile diet, but is more strict. It includes twelve or more glasses daily of
freshly pressed fruit and vegetable juices, a daily vegetable soup, and
potassium/iodine supplements. The therapy was developed by Dr. Max Gerson, a
graduate of the University of Freiburg Medical School in Germany who fled to the
U.S. in 1936 as a refugee of fascism. For more information, go to our Gerson
Institute page.
GLYCOALKALOIDS: These are
used mostly for skin cancers. Lane Labs has done studies using their
product "Skin Answer" and has had good results on squamous cell
carcinomas. However, melanomas are not treated using this.
GREEN TEA: This is a popular cancer preventative and a
favorite of the Asians for centuries. Dr. Fujiki,
of Japan's National Cancer Center says "Green tea cannot prevent
every cancer, but it's the cheapest and most reliable method for cancer
prevention available to the general public." The active ingredient
is a chemical compound abbreviated to EGCG, which has strong free-radical-scavenging
properties. HAELAN:
Haelan is a promising nutritional-based anti-cancer agent
made from liquid soy bean extract. Its
array of benefits include blocking cancer-cell blood supplies, enzymatic
activity, tumor reduction, and boosting of the immune system. It has
also been found to help relieve the side-effects of conventional cancer therapies.
HERBAL EXTRACTS/PLANT PRODUCTS: There are many herbal extracts and concoctions
and plant products used to treat
cancer. These include:
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Artemesia, also known as wormwood
is being researched as a safe, non-toxic, and inexpensive alternative for cancer
patients.
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Italian researchers have found that an extract from
the chuchuhuasi tree fights tumors and reduces inflammation. (It is often
used for arthritis.) We have not had time to research this product.
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Essiac tea is an herbal concoction
composed of Burdock, Indian Rhubarb, Sorrel, Slippery Elm and other ingredients.
It was developed by a nurse in Canada, Rene Caisse (Essiac is Caisse spelled
backward). Caisse gave the formula to a company in Canada who markets the
product today. Indian Rhubarb contains benzaldehyde, one of the components of
Amygdalin (Laetrile). Many alternative physicians use Essiac to help cleanse the
blood, especially if a patient has been on chemotherapy or radiation. Note: Not all formulas being sold today are
authentic. To read more about Essiac go to
Rene Caisse's story.
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Graviola is a product from a tree in the Rain
Forests of the Amazon. Producers claim it is stronger at killing colon cancer
cells than common chemotherapeutic drugs and that it hunts down and destroys
prostate, lung, breast, colon, and pancreatic cancers, while leaving healthy
cells alone. It is supposed to help one's immune system as well. Go to http://www.graviola.org
for information. We have not heard from anyone that has successfully used this
product. If you are aware of anyone that has, be sure to let our webmaster
know.
- Hoxsey is an herbal
concoction composed of poke root, burdock root, barberry root, buckthorn bark,
and stillinga root. It is administered in two forms. One is taken orally and the
other is a salve (containing blood root) which, if the tumor is on or close to
the surface of the skin, is applied topically. The formula was first used in
1924 by Harry M. Hoxsey, a controversial and colorful figure who said he
obtained it from his grandfather. The elder Hoxsey was a farmer who observed one
of his horses apparently cure itself of cancer by instinctively eating certain
plants. Many plants which animals seek when they are ill contain nitrilosides.
Amygdalin (Laetrile) is classified as a nitriloside. For more information on
Hoxsey, go to our books and
videos section or the clinic
page.
- Pau D'Arco is an extract from the inner bark of a certain
South American tree. Lapachol, the active ingredient, can produce strong biological responses against
cancer. It is said that the pau d'arco tree yields lapachol and
20 other compounds that may be useful in treating cancer, lupus,
diabetes and Hodgkin's Disease.
- Radium weed, also known as petty
spurge or Euphorbia peplus,
may hold the key to treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer. It has been
used as a folk treatment for skin conditions for hundreds of years. An
Australian company Peplin Biotech has been studying the active
compounds in the weed and finding very good results.
- Red Clover - Used
for centuries. The National Cancer Institute researched the herb and
found 4 anti-tumor compounds in red clover.
- Saw Palmetto is often used in the
treatment of prostate cancer.
- Tian Xian (pronounced "Dianne
Sean") is a Chinese herbal supplement with ingredients that
help control, inhibit and destroy cancer cells. Go to http://www.tianxian.com/english/index.shtml
or http://www.cancer-herbs.com/contact/index.html
for information.
HYDRAZINE SULFATE: This is a common industrial
chemical that was first proposed in the treatment of cancer in the 1970s by
Joseph Gold, M.D., of the Syracuse Cancer Research Institute. Its use is based
on the fact that cancer is known to derive energy from fermenting sugar instead
of by burning oxygen, as do other cells. Gold reasoned that hydrazine sulfate would inhibit the liver's ability to
deliver sugar to the tumor and, in that way, inhibit tumor growth. Although this
is an alternative cancer treatment, it cannot be considered a natural therapy
because it is not based on any known mechanism of the body. However, the advocates of hydrazine
sulfate claim that it is useful in combating cachexia, the extreme loss of
weight that often is associated with the terminal stage of cancer. More info is at Syracuse Cancer Research
Institute's website at http://scri.ngen.com/
or http://www.kathykeeton-cancer.com/
or have your doctor call them at 315.472.6616.
However there are cautions that should be considered before you use this
product. Recipes for those using the product (tyramine-free, vinegar-free...
etc.) are available at http://www.angelfire.com/music/fiddle/recipes/recipesindex.html.
HYPERTHERMIA: The theory behind
hyperthermia (heat therapy) is that raising the temperature of the body
increases circulation and also increases the supply of oxygen to the
cancer site. Cancer cells do not thrive in the presence of oxygen. Tumors and cells
located near the surface of the body are more vulnerable to
heat treatments than those protected deep inside. Although the
prolonged high temperatures can be uncomfortable to the patient, this
treatment has produced excellent results.
IMMUNE-SYSTEM BOOSTERS/IMMUNO THERAPIES:
Also called Biological Response Modifier Therapy. A
biological response modifier is a substance that stimulates the body's response
to infection and disease. Products
like Colostrum, MGN3, IP6 (Inostal), Iscador
(Mistletoe), and mushroom extracts help rebuild the immune system and have been successful in
fighting and in many cases reversing
cancers. Many centers use some form of immuno
therapy. Some use herbs, such as Echinacea,
Pau D'arco, and Mistletoe, while others use those factors found in a healthy
immune system already such as interferon, interleukin, gamma globulin, and tumor
necrosis factor (TNF).
- Agaricus mushrooms from Brazil have been found to be very potent.
- Aloe vera helps the body fight
infections and malignant cells. It is also a detoxifier and an immunomodulator, meaning it will balance your immune system. One company,
Mannatech, produces a
stabilized aloe extract in pill form called Ambrotose.
- Alpha lipoic acid has been found to
have a number of positive impacts in relation to cancer. In its antioxidant
capacity, it protects a complex called NF kappa B. NF Kappa B is involved in
controlling cell division and is often damaged in cancer cells (by free
radicals). When this damage happens NF Kappa B is activated and oncogenes
can take over the cell cycle leading to uncontrolled cell division and
cancer. ALA in conjunction with N-Acetyl Cysteine has been found to repair
functional defects in the immune systems of cancer patients as well.
- Beta Glucan
helps build up ones immunity and can have anti-tumor effects.
- Carnivora
is an extract of the Venus Fly Trap plant. Carnivora externally applied has
helped with skin cancers and when taken in capsules, may stop the halt or
reduce tumor growth. The active component of carnivora is plumbagin, a
powerful immunological booster.
- Chlorella, a
single cell algae, also helps build the immune system.
- Colostrum is the fluid given by the
mother's breast within 24 hours after giving birth. It is a nutrient loaded with
immune-system boosters. Colostrum collected from calves are a good source
and can be found at many health food stores.
- Ganoderma
is a unique product containing vitamins, minerals, and different mushroom
species. It helps build the immune system and helps with detoxification,
especially of the liver. It also helps with the side effects of chemo and
radiation.
- Graviola - see Herbal/Plant Products
above
- Inositol is a natural phytochemical (plant
chemical) found in rice bran. Several studies since the mid-1980s have shown it
to increase Natural Killer (NK) cell activity and exhibit anti-tumor
activity.
- Interferon, or the Koch serum which is
supposed to force the body to create interferon, stimulate
the growth of certain disease-fighting blood cells in the immune system, and
to help slow tumor growth.
These substances are normally produced by the body, but some are produced in
the laboratory.
- Interleukin-2 is a synthetic version of a
naturally-occurring cytokine found in the human immune system. In
conventional treatment, larger doses of this are used vs. smaller amounts
used by alternative clinics. Also, recent studies seem to indicate that
melatonin combined with IL-2 may be more effective than chemotherapy in
treating lung cancer.
- Iscador is
an extract of Mistletoe.
- MGN3 was developed by Dr. Mamdooh Ghoneum from extracts of
rice bran and mushrooms. In published studies, MGN-3 was shown to
greatly increase NK cell activity. One source is Lane
Labs.
- Shark Liver Oil (below) is another good
immune system builder.
Insulin
Potentiation Therapy: IPT is an innovation in cancer care using
insulin to magnify the powerful cell-killing effects of ordinary chemotherapy
drugs, which can then be used in very low doses. Because cancer cells have so
many more insulin receptors than normal cells, insulin acts on them much more
strongly. The end result here is that the chemotherapy drugs get effectively
targeted just on the cancer cells to kill them, with little or no effects on
normal tissues. Thus IPT can avoid the dose-related side effects of
chemotherapy. One of the clinics using this approach is Contemporary
Medicine, run by Dr. Steven Ayers.
METABOLIC THERAPY: The dictionary definition of the word metabolic is that which pertains to
the physical and chemical processes involved in the maintenance of life. There
are two kinds of metabolism: anabolism, the process by which simple
substances are synthesized into complex ones; and catabolism, the process
by which complex structures are broken down into simple ones. Anabolism is
associated with the growth and repair of healthy tissue. Catabolism is
associated with the disease state and the breakdown of tissue. When the term metabolic
therapy is used by doctors of alternative medicine, it denotes, not a
specific therapy, but a category of treatments which are non-toxic,
non-invasive, and which support the anabolic process. Diet and enzymes are key
in this type of therapy. Dr. William Kelly and Dr. Nicholas Gonzales are well known for
their use of
metabolic therapy in treating cancer. Dr. Kelly's book is online at www.drkelley.com/CANLIVER55.html,
or you can order it from Christian Cancer Volunteers at 316-290-2128.
Mind/Body Approaches:
We have a page devoted to mind/body approaches at http://www.cancure.org/mind_body.htm.
OXYGEN AND OZONE
TREATMENT: The key to this therapy is getting elevated concentrations of
oxygen into the body or tumor using various means. Nobel Prize winner Dr. Otto
Warburg showed that cancer cells do not occur in a healthy, oxygenated environment. Many think
lack of oxygen is the prime cause of all cancers. An impressive variety of new ways to
introduce oxygen into the body are emerging including pressure chambers,
liquid oxygen, peroxide, chemical compounds, acid/alkaline balancing,
injections, and ozone treatments. Flooding cells with oxygen may
retard the growth of cancer cells or even help to return them to normal.
- Hydrogen Peroxide is a form of ozone
treatment. Administered intra-veneously,
this therapy supplies an abundance of oxygen to the cancer site. Since cancer
thrives in a fermentive state and does not do well in the presence of oxygen,
the effect is to inhibit or destroy the cancer. As with hydrazine sulphate, this
is not a mechanism found in nature, but many patients claim to have had their
cancers put into remission with this treatment.
- Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is generally
used for strokes and brain damage, but has been used by some clinics for
treating cancer. For more information contact the American College of Hyperbaric
Medicine in Florida at (305) 771-4000.
- Ozone therapy has been widely used in
Europe for many years. Ozone (O3) is a highly active form of oxygen. Because
it has powerful antiviral properties, it is also used in treating AIDS. In
the body, ozone gives off O which kills viruses and bacteria. It also
creates an oxygen-rich environment that may force cancer cells to shift from
an anaerobic metabolism to an aerobic, or oxygen-based, metabolism. Ozone
also produces molecular oxygen (O2), in the same way that hydrogen peroxide
does.
PolyMVA:
(Poly for polynucleotide reductase
and MVA = mineral, vitamins and
amino acids) is a nontoxic antioxidant liquid formula composed of alpha lipoic
acid and the element palladium. Poly-MVA is a compound that contains various
minerals, vitamins, and amino acids such as lipoic acid, palladium, B 12, and
other B complex vitamins. It is promoted as a nutritional supplement that is a
nontoxic alternative to chemotherapy. Because it is said to be able to
cross the blood brain barrier, this product is usually used with brain tumors,
but it is said to be effective against tumors in the brain, lung, ovaries, and
breast, and that it boosts the immune system, reduces pain, and helps people
regain energy and appetite. It is considered a powerful antioxidant that
can turn the toxins released by cancer into energy. According to its
manufacturers, the compound attacks cancerous cells and protects DNA and RNA.
They contend that the lipoic acid allows the various minerals, vitamins, and
amino acids to be easily absorbed into the system where they can kill cancerous
cells. Call 800-960-6760 for a packet of info or to order the product or got to www.polymva.net
for more information.
SHARK CARTILAGE: Much
attention has been focused on shark cartilage as a treatment for cancer. It is
believed that it inhibits a tumor's ability to create new blood vessels thereby starving
it away. Questions have arisen about the statement that "Shark's
don't get cancer." New
studies may show that sharks do get cancer, but even if they don't, it is
has been theorized that this may be because of the mineral rich environment
sharks live in and not due to the "shark cartilage." More
information is needed on this type of therapy. One of the most popular sources
of shark cartilage is BeneFin by Lane
Labs.
Shark Liver Oil contains
Alkylglycerols, chemicals that are found in mother's milk, the immune system
organs: liver, spleen, bone marrow, lymphatic tissues, and in the blood. One
chemical found in Shark Liver Oil is squalamine, which appears to shut down a
tumor's ability to connect to and develop its own blood supply, and may be
helpful in brain cancer. It is another good immune system builder. Go to Lane
Labs for more information.
714X (Naessen) or "Immunostim": 714X is a less documented but impressive cancer treatment based on the
microorganism theory of cancer. (For more information on this, see Zappers and
Anti-Parasitic herbals below.) Scientist Gaston Naessens developed a highly advanced new form of
microscope which led him to the discovery of a controversial blood
microorganism he named "somatid." From this he developed a therapeutic
treatment for cancer and even AIDS. 714X is a homeopathic
combination of ammonium compounds, camphor, phosphors and salts of silicate. A
similar product is Immunostim. Recently NCI has agreed to study 714X. For
details, go to http://www.naturalhealthline.com/newsletter/1june01/714x.htm
and http://naturalhealthline.com/newsletter/15sep01/714x.htm.
WHEAT GRASS: This therapy consists primarily of
detoxification and consuming a wheat-grass drink several times each day. Fresh
wheat grass in this form is a potent source of many vitamins, minerals and plant
enzymes. Thus, it is said to be nature's own nutritional program. Wheat grass
also contains Amygdalin/Laetrile, although other sources, such as apricot seeds
are more potent.
VACCINES:
Many clinics have developed vaccines that they use to treat cancer. One vaccine
called Coley's Toxins, developed by Dr. William Coley, appears to stimulate the
body to create an anti-cancer immune system response. Clinics that use vaccines
include: American Metabolic, BioPulse,
and
International Center for Medical & Biological Research, Inc., all in
Mexico.
- Dendritic cell cancer vaccines are special
vaccines that use the body's natural defense system to combat cancer.
Dendritic cells are a specialized type of immune system cells. Dendritic
cells initiate the immune response by processing antigen and presenting it
to lymphocytes to stimulate production of more lymphocytes. BioPulse
is one of the clinics on the forefront of this specialized technology.
- VG-1000
Vaccine is a specialized vaccine developed by Dr. Valentin I. Govallo, MD,
PhD, which undermines the cancer cells defense
mechanisms.
This vaccine is most beneficial in treating
carcinomas and melanomas, and it is also indicated for some sarcomas
(cancers of muscle,
bone, and connective tissue) and in leukemia. Patients recently subjected to
chemotherapy or radiation respond more slowly to VG-1000 as they have a
depressed immune system. However, patients who have had neither radiation
nor chemotherapy respond favorably. Thus VG-1000 is clearly indicated
as first-line treatment for persons with recently diagnosed cancers, as well
as to help prevent recurrence.
This treatment is now
available at two specialized facilities in North America, The Immuno-Augmentative
Clinic in Freeport, Grand Bahamas, and also CHIPSA's - Center for
Integrative Medicine in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
ZAPPERS AND ANTI-PARASITIC HERBALS: The thesis behind this theory is that all diseases are caused by parasites (including flukes)
and that all one has to do to eliminate the disease state is to eliminate the
parasites. The two methods normally advocated are (1) passing a low-amperage
electrical current through the body via a small, battery-powered device called a "zapper"
and/or (2) consuming a combination of
anti-parasitic herbals. There is strong evidence to support this theory, and we
at The Cancer Cure Foundation know that positive results are often obtained.
However, we question the explanations
of why this works. It is our view that the parasites are not the cause of diseases
but the result of them. It is possible that the disease state is caused by a
low electrical charge at the sub-cellular level which leads to an acidic
environment. It is this environment that, not only causes the cells
to malfunction (thus, the diseases), but which also reduces the cell's
defenses against parasites. Anything which raises the electrical potential
of the cells (the zapper?) or which moves the body toward an alkaline state
(the herbs?) will produce the desired healing effect. It is possible that the
herbs also have a genuine anti-parasitic effect in their own right by being
selectively toxic to the parasites. However, if the electrical concept is
valid, then the long-term healing effect is attributable, not to the herbal
therapy, but the electrical therapy.
One of the pioneers in the use of zappers and
anti-parasitic herbals is Dr. Clark. Her website is www.drclark.net.
Recently her clinic in Mexico was closed, but we understand that she will be
opening a clinic in Switzerland. We will post details as they become available.
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