A Bitter Kernel of Truth for MSKCC
Fifty Years Later, Sloan Kettering Admits There Was Science Behind Laetrile In 1977, I was fired by the famed Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York City for “failing to carry...
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Bladder Cancer Treatment Guide
This diagnosis-specific guide explains current evidence on standard treatments, including benefits, risks, side effects and key questions to ask your doctors. It is based on independent research...
Klinik St. Georg
Bad Aibling, Germany Klinik St. Georg, known for its integrative approach to cancer care, combines traditional and alternative treatment methods to offer a comprehensive healthcare experience....
Biliary Tract & Gallbladder Cancer Treatment Guide
This diagnosis-specific guide explains current evidence on standard treatments, including benefits, risks, side effects and key questions to ask your doctors. It is based on independent research...
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors with Nobel Laureate– Dr. James P. Allison
Dr. James P. Allison won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his application of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors to treat cancer. With impressive results and widespread use throughout oncology, he...
Should Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy Be Prescribed Antioxidants?
Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy and AntioxidantsIn September 2005, CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians published a warning by Gabriella D’Andrea, MD, against the concurrent use of antioxidants with...
Hyperthermia Evidence
Scientific StudiesRandomized Controlled TrialsThe modern scientific acceptance of hyperthermia rests on several outstanding randomized trials: one that was organized in Munich, Germany for the...
Immune Checkpoint Drug History
The Long History of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors It does not diminish Jim Allison’s remarkable achievements to note that scientists have long known that tumors employ mechanisms to block the...
Tissue Agnostic Therapy
“Guided Missile” Drugs and Immune Checkpoint BlockadeThe dawning of the era of personalized medicine in the 21st century also holds out new prospects for patients. One can now direct...
Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG)
Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG)Scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have commented: “Bacillus Calmette-Guérin is one of the most successful immunotherapies in cancer...
The Immune System and the Role of Immunotherapy
A Healthy Immune System is Primed One thing that almost all cancers have in common is that they are related to the immune system. A healthy immune system is primed to attack ”non-self” as opposed...
Cancer Immunotherapy – An Introduction
The Most Exciting Development in Oncology Signatures of Mutational Processes In Human Cancer “There is at bottom only one genuinely scientific treatment for all diseases, and that is to stimulate...
Immune Checkpoint Blockade (ICB)
A Revolution in Cancer Therapy “Treatment of cancer has been revolutionized by immune checkpoint blockade therapies.” —Moshe Sade-Feldman, et al. Mass General Hospital, Boston “Cancer biologists...
Do Cell Phones and Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields RFEMF Cause Cancer?
What does Science Say? Do devices such as cell or mobile phones, which emit radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF), cause cancer? According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), this is...
Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)
Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a form of cancer treatment that uses light to destroy cancer cells that have first been pre-sensitized with a drug called a...
High-intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU)
Is HIFU an Effective Alternative to Surgery? According to the Focused Ultrasound Foundation, High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) is a revolutionary technology that could help treat “diseases...
Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) and Where to Get it
A Bright Past and Future The use of light to treat diseases, including presumably external cancer, is very old. According to an article on the development of the field: “Phototherapy (light...
RIGVIR Viral Therapy
Riga Virus Therapy Available in Latvia A form of viral therapy that is available to today’s patients is Rigvir®, short for “Riga virus.” (Riga is the capital of Latvia, where this treatment was...
Bone Metastases
Treatments Cancer of many kinds can spread to the bones from elsewhere in the body. In fact, bone metastases are by far the most common cause of cancer within the bones of the skeleton. Generally...
Modified Fractionation Schemes
Hyperfractionation These are innovative schedules that adjust the time frame in which radiation is delivered to decrease the toxicity of treatment and increase the total amount of radiation...
Arizona Clinics
CAM and Cancer in Greater Phoenix The astonishing red rocks of Sedona symbolize the deep connections of this area to holistic thinking and complementary medicine in general. We took a very...
An Historical Account of Mexican Cancer Clinics
Coretta Scott King Brings Attention The death on January 31, 2006, of Coretta Scott King, widow of the slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., saddened the world. She was certainly one...
Quercetin
Quercetin, A Natural Bioflavonoid There was an exciting presentation at the 92nd annual ASCO meeting by Nianzeng Xing, MD, PhD, then a research fellow in the Urology Department of the Mayo...
Calorie Restriction and Related Topics
Autophagy and “Peak Fasting” The concept of autophagy supports the reason for prolonging the (standard) nightly fast. Toshinori Ohsumi, MD, received the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology...
Artichoke and Silymarin
A is for Artichoke Back in the Fifties, I read a story called "The Heart of the Artichoke." As a lugubrious teenager, the artichoke seemed like an appropriate metaphor for life: the bitter leaves...
Probiotics and Chemotherapy
Probiotics and Microbiome Diversity A randomized trial compared chemotherapy (the drug epirubicin) alone to chemotherapy plus a single probiotic, Lactobacillus casei. The three-year...
Maca Root
Sexual Desire and PotencyThere are numerous over-the-counter products claiming to help increase the likelihood of firm erections after cancer treatment. Some of the most common of these contain...
Sea Vegetables
An Area of Interest for Scientists There are numerous scientific articles on sea vegetables (proponents object to the term seaweed) and cancer, but few clinical trials. A study from South Korea...
Anvirzel
Some Oleander Results One may have heard of a CAM cancer treatment called Anvirzel. This is an extract of the attractive shrub Nerium oleander L., which has been used for decades as an adjunctive...
Escharotics
A Caustic Agent An escharotic (pronounced es-kar-ót-ics) is defined as “a caustic agent, such as a strong acid or base, that is used to destroy tissue and cause sloughing.” The use of cauterizing...
Mistletoe – Viscum Album
A Semi-Parasitic PlantMistletoe (Viscum album) is a semi-parasitic plant found throughout most of Europe. Because it is considered harmful to the tree, its importation is banned in the U.S. (A...
Cancer on the Decline: Playing with Numbers
If you listened to the mainstream media in February 2006, you might have thought that the end of cancer was finally in sight. The cancer death rates were down for the first time in over 70 years....
Cancer Journeys: Life is a Ride
In this episode of The Moss Report, Dr. Ralph Moss and co-host Rachael Moss interview Chris Joseph about his journey with cancer. In October 2016, at age 59, Chris Joseph learned he had...
The PREDICT® Nomogram
Gray Zone An invasive ductal carcinoma that does not have any obvious signs of aggressiveness creates a difficult “gray zone” of confusion. The big question is whether or not a patient needs...
Cancer Stages and the Cancer Staging System
The words “staging” and “staging system” have a special meaning when it comes to cancer. According to the NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms, staging means: “Performing exams and tests to learn the...
Cancer Stem Cells: The Hidden Drivers of Tumor Growth
CSCs are one of the hottest topics in oncology, the subject of over 17,000 journal articles. On average, five new scientific papers on this issue appear every calendar day. In this review, I will...