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Repurposed Drugs

Transcript There's a category of treatments for cancer that the average person knows nothing about. It's called repurposed drugs. And what that means is that there are, of course, thousands of...

Stages & Grades

Transcript I want to explain about stages of cancer and grades of cancer, and you might want to know what stage and grade your cancer is in, but I also want to talk about why that's important....

Immune System

Transcript Another huge topic in cancer is the state of the immune system. And I believe that this theory, the immune surveillance theory that was put forward by Mack Macfarlane in the 1950s is...

ASCO 40th (2004)

Breast Cancer and Targeted Therapies I attended the 40th annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO). The meeting coincided with my 30th anniversary in the cancer field,...

A Rational Approach To Cancer

Quality of Evidence We believe in a rational approach to cancer. In this context, the word “rational” has two meanings. The first is the common dictionary meaning: “Consistent with or based on...

AACR Meeting 2001

Telomerase, Quercetin, and Novel Antitumor Agents From March 24 to 28, 2001, I attended the 92nd annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in New Orleans, Louisiana....

Cancer Control Society Meeting 2004

Laetrile, Mexico, Freedom of Choice, Humanitarian Award I regularly attend the annual meetings of both the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the Cancer Control Society (CCS). Both...

Cancer as a Disease of Civilization – History

Cancer as a Disease of Civilization Is cancer a disease of civilization? Is it related to other diseases that seem to increase with industrialization? If so, what are the implications for people...

CAM Use on the Rise (2001)

Harvard Study A study from Harvard Medical School has shown that complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has become a permanent feature of medicine. CAM is prevalent among the younger...

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...

Joseph Issels, MD, A Pioneer

Issels Program Josef Issels, MD was a pioneer of cancer chemotherapy and immunotherapy in postwar Europe. He graduated from the University of Würzburg in 1932. After serving as a medic on the...

California and Mexico Clinic Trip

Around the Los Angeles Area In March, 2005, I completed a two-week, 2,000 mile automobile trip through the state of  California. I began this journey on March 2 in Long Beach, where I gave the...

How to Choose a Clinic Wisely

Treating the Whole Person Most people realize that the choice of an oncologist is one of life’s more important decisions. But it is no less important to choose one’s complementary and...

L-Carnitine for Fatigue

Cancer Related Fatigue L-carnitine can relieve cancer-related fatigue, especially when associated with the use of sunitinib (Sutent®) for kidney cancer. This was especially so if the patients’...

Appetite and Anorexia Issues

Improving Appetite Based on their clinical experience, naturopaths often recommend a combination of digestive enzymes plus hydrochloric acid (HCl) and bile salts as needed for improving appetite....

Diarrhea Remedies

Diarrhea as a Side Effect The main remedies supported by clinical trial data are as follows:: Abdominal acupuncture Aloe vera Fish and fish oil Green tea (EGCG) Lactoferrin Mistletoe Mushrooms,...

A Natural Remedy for Anemia

A natural remedy for anemia is lemongrass tea (Cymbopogon citratus). A clinical trial in Nigeria showed an improvement in red blood cell counts with the use of this tea for one month. There are...

Alopecia – Hair Loss

Alopecia (Hair Loss)Many chemotherapy drugs may cause alopecia or hair loss. The conventional approach to chemotherapy-associated hair loss is to wear a wig or a head covering. The American...

Pain-Nerve Pain-Neuralgia

Remedies for Pain The main remedies supported by clinical trial data are as follows: Acupuncture Aloe vera Cannabis Fish and fish oil Ginger Melatonin Mushrooms Soy Turmeric Vitamin C Vitamin D...

Metastatic Cancer- Poole and Watson

A Tale of Two Papers Poole and Watson I would like to contrast the mainstream media's reception of the papers of E.M. Poole and her colleagues with the opposing views on antioxidants of Nobel...

T-Vec Imlygic

T-Vec (Imlygic) Imlygic (from Amgen), is an oncolytic herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) armed with the immune-boosting GM-CSF.In 2015, T-Vec (talimogene laherparepvec) a.k.a. Imlygic (from...

Aspirin

May Reduce the Risk of RecurrenceAt the present time, it is increasingly apparent that one of the world’s most common drugs, aspirin, can also have a powerfully retardant effect on cancer,...

The State of Naturopathy in the US

Naturopathy in the U.S. is derived from the Naturheilkunde movement in Germany. In the U.S., it was associated with Benedict Lust (1872-1945), a disciple of a forward-thinking German...

Cancer As a Metabolic Disease- a Book Review

Warburg Rules! A Review of Thomas Seyfried’s Cancer As a Metabolic Disease Once in a long while, a book comes along that revolutionizes our understanding of the cancer problem. Such a book is...

How to Increase Lymphocyte Count

Strength in NumbersA low lymphocyte count (lymphocytopenia) was seen in 28% of patients about to receive chemotherapy for colorectal cancer. Patients were randomized to receive interleukin-2...

Interleukin-2

Does this “Wonder Drug” still hold promise? Interleukin-2 (IL-2) is a substance formed naturally in the body by what are called activated T cells, a kind of white blood cell. In a semi-synthetic...

The Concurrent Use Debate

To Supplement, or Not To Supplement Few issues in oncology are as controversial as the use of dietary supplements, including antioxidants, by cancer patients. Of particular interest is the...

Some Antioxidants and Metastases

Studies on Antioxidants and the Spread of Cancer There is considerable research on the effect of various antioxidants and the spread of cancer (metastases). Most of this points to a preventative...

Of Enzymes, Worms and Cancer

Out in the Garden That unloved little girl of the children's rhyme, who sat in the garden eating worms, may  have been onto something. There is a new health product on the market called...

Breast Cancer Stem Cells Introduction

Very Dangerous CellsBreast cancer stem cells were first identified in an article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) in 2003. The first author was Mohammad Al-Hajj,...

Antioxidants and Cardiac or Kidney Damage

Antioxidants and Organ Health Cardiac damage is a well-identified problem in long-term survivors of successfully treated cancer. There are reports of coenzyme Q10 and aged garlic extract (AGE)...

Amifostine And The Concurrent Use Debate

Antioxidants and ChemotherapyThe use of amifostine undermines the frequently heard argument that antioxidants will inevitably interfere with chemotherapy. That is because amifostine is classified...