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Esophageal 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...

Sanoviv Medical Institute

Founded by Dr. Myron Wentz, the Sanoviv Medical Institute operates under the directorship of Ramsés Ortega, MD. Sanoviv Medical Institute views cancer as a significant degenerative disease and...

S4 e3 - green tea and cancer

S4 E3 – Green Tea & Cancer

Studies show interesting results, but there may be unwanted side effects. https://youtu.be/RStpsJOeu5o Description Dr. Ralph W. Moss and his son Ben discuss the anti-cancer properties and...

Olive oil & cancer

Olive Oil & Cancer – A 1,000,000 Person Study

https://youtu.be/E3Lf_9vwtts Description Dr. Ralph W. Moss and son Ben discuss the anti-cancer properties in olive oil. Researchers studied over a million people and found highly encouraging...

Is PolyMVA a Cancer Cure?

PolyMVA–A Friendly Skeptic’s ViewIn December 1998, I had the pleasure of receiving a visit from Merrill Garnett, DDS. Garnett is a former naval dentist who took up medical research in 1959 and...

Coral Calcium for Cancer

Coral Calcium–A Friendly Skeptic’s ViewIf you had insomnia at any time over the past year, you probably know about coral calcium. For many months, a self-described scientist named Robert...

Is Laetrile Really Vitamin B17?

Crucial Facts "Laetrile's history has been complex, tortuous, kaleidoscopic. Begin­ning inauspiciously like hundreds of other small-time anticancer schemes, Laetrile soared to a notorious...

Very Hot Tea May Cause Esophageal Cancer

A Healthful Habit? In general, drinking tea is a healthful habit. But there is one exception. If you drink tea very hot you are more likely to get cancer of the esophagus. The danger comes from...

Oncothermia: Principles and Practices

A Summation of the Life Work of a Remarkable Hungarian Scientist Review of A Textbook by Andras Szasz, Nora Szasz, and Oliver Szasz Springer Verlag There have been numerous books and monographs...

Exosomes

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...

In Memory of Robert A. Good MD, PhD

A Celebrated Cancer Researcher “He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look for upon his like again.” —Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act I, Scene ii Dr. Robert A. Good, MD, Ph.D., one of the...

Is Laetrile a Vitamin?

Vitamin B17 It is amazing that although the scientific community rejected the claim that laetrile (the cyanogenic glycoside, amygdalin) is a vitamin, a broad section of the public still accepts...

Red Clover – Trifolium Pratense

A Rich and Useful PlantThere is no stronger association between a plant and traditional cancer remedies in the U.S. and Europe than common red clover (Trifolium pratense). Sooner or later, it...

Black Raspberries Help Prevent Esophageal Cancer

Antioxidants Evidence continues to accumulate that colorful fruits and vegetables (high in  antioxidants) can help prevent cancer. In mid-August, scientists at Ohio State University  were able to...

Plants to Include in Your Anticancer Garden

Cancer Fighting Plants Numerous plants contain ingredients that fight against the occurrence and recurrence of cancer. Soy, grapes, broccoli, the list goes on. There is general agreement that...

Does Beer Prevent Barrett’s Esophagus?

Bitter is Better Beer is one of the most popular drinks in the world. Consumption ranges from 2 liters (or  quarts) per person per year in India to a whopping 132 liters in the Czech Republic...

Garlic

Antibiotic and Immune-Modulating Properties Garlic (Allium sativum) is a plant whose edible bulbs contain flavonoids and sulfur-containing compounds: diallyl sulfate, alliin, ajoene, and,...

Beta-Glucans

Anti Inflammatory Foods for Gastrointestinal Mucosa If mucous membranes are inflamed, it is important to minimize stress on them. Doctors generally recommend a mild diet served lukewarmly. If you...

High Fructose Corn Syrup HFCS and Cancer

A Harmful Invasion HFCS is a manufactured form of fructose that has invaded an astonishing number of supermarket foods. Those foods that do not contain HFCS may contain chemically similar but...

Avocados and Cancer

In Praise of Avocados The Haas Avocado The Haas avocado (Persea americana Mill.) is an American success story. A California mailman named Rudolph Haas discovered this cultivar, which turns...

Kidney Cancer and Alcohol

What about alcohol? In the past few years, there has been a significantly increased incidence of kidney (renal cell) cancer. A number of factors have been identified that increase the risk of...

Milk, Dairy and Cancer

Heavy Whipping Cream, Fatty Cheeses, Fresh Ricotta … The first thing that some people do when they learn they have cancer is to swear off all milk and dairy products. Prof. Colin Campbell’s...

G is for Garlic

G is for Garlic, and its CousinsIn April, the number of medical publications on garlic topped 1,500, over 250 of which  are related to cancer. Garlic and its cousins (onions, chives, scallions...

Northern California CAM Cancer Clinics

 CAM in CA The CAM situation in northern California is favorable. In other words, the chances of finding a CAM practitioner to provide intelligent help with cancer are good in this region....

Choosing a Hospital

A Most Important Decision We cannot emphasize enough how important it is to choose wisely in this regard. Dealing with a cancer diagnosis is one of life’s most challenging moments. Oftentimes,...

Flaws and Fallacies in Radiation Therapy

Complexity of Trial Design It is rarely shown that radiation actually extends life (i.e., median overall survival) through straightforward comparisons that are preplanned within randomized...

Metronomic Chemo Offers Hope in Esophageal Cancer

 Metronomic chemotherapy is being used in the U.S. with some preliminary success in difficult-to-treat cancers. Nick Chen, MD, Ph.D., an oncologist who serves as medical director of the Seattle...

Photodynamic Therapy – Mesothelioma

A Highly Focused TechniquePhotodynamic therapy is a technique whereby a photosensitizing (light-sensitive) agent is administered intravenously or intrapleural (the agent is typically Photofrin...

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...

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...

Nanoknife or Irreversible Electroporation

A New Form of Electrical AblationNanoKnife seems to be significantly less destructive of normal tissue than any other method. The “NanoKnife” (despite the name) is not an instrument made of...