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...
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)
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Agaricus Blazei and Chantarelle
DNA FragmentationIn regard to a mushroom, Agaricus blazei (part of many mushroom formulas), a component of its hot water extract was studied in human leukemic cells. It induced DNA fragmentation...
Effect of Medicinal Mushrooms on Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Cytotoxic Effects of PSK Protein-bound polysaccharide K (PSK) is derived from shiitake mushrooms. This belongs to the genus Basidiomycetes. PSK is an approved medication in Japan, among the...
Medicinal Mushrooms, PSK, and Leukemia
Protein-Bound Polysaccharide K (PSK) Protein-bound polysaccharide K (PSK) is derived from shiitake mushrooms, which belong to the genus Basidiomycetes. PSK is an approved medication in Japan,...
Taurolidine
Amino Acid Taurine One of the things I learned on a trip to European cancer clinics is that some complementary cancer doctors are using a simple chemical called taurolidine as a novel form of...
Treatment of Premalignant Lesions with Vitamin A
Leukoplakia or Erythroplakia If you have any of the premalignant conditions (such as leukoplakia or erythroplakia) you should ask your doctor about the use of vitamin A or vitamin A analogs...
Active Hexose Correlated Compound – AHCC
Hybridized Species of Mushroom AHCC stands for Active Hexose Correlated Compound. It is a brand name owned by the Amino Up Corporation of Sapporo, Japan. AHCC is an extract from some hybridized...
ASCO in 2002: A Hollow Event
38th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Everything about the 2002 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) was huge. There were 26,000...
Louis Lasagna, MD (1923-2003) Obituary
Dean Emeritus, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, and founder of the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development I note with sadness the passing of Louis Lasagna, MD, Dean...
CAM and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (2011)
Every year, tens of thousands of the world’s oncologists gather in Chicago for the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). This huge meeting brings together cancer...
The Precision Medicine Initiative
President Barack Obama In his 2015 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama launched the Precision Medicine Initiative. He stated at the time: “Doctors have always recognized that every...
Now, Whales are Dying of Cancer
A Colony of Beluga WhalesThere is a colony of beluga whales in the upper St. Lawrence River that do not migrate but patrol a stretch of the waterway where there is abundant plankton. "They have...
Cancer As A Metabolic Disease with Thomas N. Seyfried
Professor Seyfried received his Ph.D. in genetics and biochemistry from the University of Illinois, Urbana, in 1976. He's best known for his work with metabolism and ketosis, and how that...
Is Personalized Medicine the Future of Cancer Treatment? A Conversation with Dr. Nagourney
In this episode of The Moss Report Podcast, Ralph W. Moss speaks with Dr. Robert Nagourney about his well-documented approach to precision oncology. Nagourney's strategy takes a step away from...
Vitamin C, Quantum Physics, and the Metabolic Approach with Michael J Gonzalez
In this episode of The Moss Report Podcast, Dr. Michael Gonzalez of the University of Puerto Rico shares his enthusiasm for the intersections of cancer and Quantum physics. In his conversation...
Antioxidants for Cancer with Oncological Pioneer Dr. Keith Block
In this episode of The Moss Report Podcast, Ralph Moss talks integrative oncology with Keith Block, MD. It is difficult to imagine the field of integrative oncology without pioneer, Dr....
Breast Cancer Genes Picture Becomes Cloudier
Breast Cancer GenesSome years ago, the BRCA-1 and BRCA-2 genes [pronounced “Bráck-ah) were widely heralded as the definitive “breast cancer genes” (in fact, the abbreviations BR = breast, CA =...
Molecular and Genomic Testing
A Most Essential Topic Molecular and genomic testing is among the most essential topics in oncology. The fundamental question is, Can scientists analyze tissue at the molecular level to yield...
The Human Genome Project Reconsidered
Nobel Laureate James D. Watson PhD The 1990s and early 2000s coincided with the span of the Human Genome Project, of which the Nobel laureate James D. Watson, Ph.D., was the U.S. director. (He...
How To Get A CBC Test
Complete Blood CountIf the reader doesn’t have a recent blood test to reference, they should ask their medical doctors to order up standard “CBC” (complete or comprehensive blood count, also...
Chronic Lymphoid Leukemia – Modified T Cells
Chimeric Antigen Receptor-Modified T CellsIn August 2011, David L. Porter, MD, of PennMedicine, and other hematologists at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, created a stir when they...
Unmasking the Tumor…
Can a Pen-Sized Device Clean the Blood? There is a common idea that cancer arises simply because of the weakness of the patient’s immune system. Supposedly, our white blood cells (WBCs) patrol...
Obesity and Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Important Link There is an important link between obesity and the emergence of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in myelodysplasia syndrome (MDS) patients. Scientists at the Mayo Clinic analyzed a...
MDS, Leukemia and Vidaza®
Vidaza® and Myelodysplastic Syndrome and LeukemiaOne of the most interesting drugs for treating myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) [also called myelodysplasia syndrome] and leukemia is called...
The Moss Method™ – Guide to Cancer Stem Cells and Supplements That Fight Them
Why Fight Cancer Stem Cells? Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are the root cause of all that makes cancer dangerous. They are mainly responsible for cancer’s initiation as well as its ability to recur,...
Garlic In the Fight Against Cancer
Raw Garlic Extract (RGE)Zheng Cui, MD, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Tumor Biology at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, published a paper showing that a raw extract of garlic wiped out...
Does Insulin Potentiated Therapy Work?
An Attractive Alternative to Patients “Insulin potentiation therapy” (IPT) is a popular form of cancer treatment. Also called insulin-potentiated targeted low-dose (IPTLD) therapy, it is very...
Kombucha Benefits are Cloudy
A Fermented Drink I hadn’t thought about drinking kombucha tea until I saw a row of brightly colored glass bottles on a shelf in my local supermarket. For the uninitiated, kombucha is a fermented...
Can Chemotherapy Kill You?
Ten Scientific StudiesHere, we will consider ten scientific studies that show that chemotherapy quickly kills a certain percentage of patients who receive it. In most studies that number is in...
Why Precision Oncology Is Not The Solution
Personalized Medicine Precision oncology is defined as the “molecular profiling of tumors to identify targetable alterations.” Scientists have designed targeted drugs to attack mutations in...
Is There A Cancer Conspiracy?
Does a cure for cancer already exist? The American Cancer Society (ACS) recently conducted a telephone survey and found some disturbing trends. In particular, its pollsters discovered that 27...
Green Tea: Poor Person’s Avastin?
Correlation of EGCG It is nice to have good news to report. Take, for example, the role of EGCG, found in green tea, in fighting cancer. Below we highlight a laboratory study that correlates with...
Alternative Medicine in Canada
A Visit to Toronto We recently returned from speaking at the Whole Life Expo '97 at the Toronto Metro Convention Center, an event organized each year by Julia Woodford. The Expo was very well...
Galavit™ – Cancer Fighting Potential?
Galavit™ A Friendly Skeptics View I first came across Galavit® in November 2000, while on a tour of German complementary and alternative (CAM) cancer clinics. There had been an enthusiastic...
Charles R. Pixley Faces Prison Over 714X
Conspiring to Defraud the FDAOn Friday, April 19, 1996, Charles R. Pixley was convicted of one felony count of conspiring to defraud the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by impeding an...
Are Your Dental Fillings Safe?
Amalgam Fillings For years, a few unconventional dentists, such as Hal Huggins, DDS of Colorado Springs, CO, have campaigned against the alleged dangers of amalgam dental fillings. These are the...