KILLER CANCER TREATMENT: HOW CHEMOTHERAPY KILLS BOTH CANCER CELLS AND PATIENT

Killer cancer treatment: How toxic chemotherapy kills both cancer

cells and cancer patients

" If cancer specialists were to admit publicly that chemotherapy is of

limited usefulness and is often dangerous, the public might demand a

radical change in direction—possibly toward unorthodox and nontoxic

methods, and toward cancer prevention. ...The use of chemotherapy is

even advocated by those members of the establishment who realize how

ineffective and dangerous it can be. " - Ralph W. Moss, author, The

Cancer Industry

Imagine that you own a house that is absolutely perfect and beautiful

with all the necessities, except that it has some rodents inside.

When you call the exterminators, they tell you that they won't be

able to target just the rodents, as these rodents are of an

especially stealthy breed. They tell you they're just going to set

off a series of explosions in your house that may kill the rodents.

They warn you, " Oh yeah, it may destroy some of your house in the

process, but, hey, you want those rodents out of your house, right? "

There's probably no way you would allow that; instead, you would do

some research and find other, more specific and less generally

destructive ways of getting rid of the rodents.

 

The allegorical exterminators' logic makes no sense; yet, it's the

same logic that doctors who prescribe chemotherapy follow. Like the

exterminators' explosions, chemotherapy doesn't exclusively target

cancer cells; it also harms your good cells, destroying some of your

body – your " house " – in the process. As a result, many chemotherapy

patients lose their hair, develop immune deficiencies, lose weight

and vomit. Chemotherapy poisons your body as a whole in an attempt to

kill the cancer cells before the " treatment " brings your body to an

unrecoverable state.

 

As Gary Null and James Feast write, " (After chemotherapy,) the hope

is the cancer is going to be totally dead and you are only half dead

and recover. " Unfortunately, some people are more than " half dead "

after chemotherapy and remain damaged for the rest of their lives, no

matter how long or how short that life may be. They never realize

that according to many alternative health practitioners, there are

safer ways of combating many types of cancer.

 

Former chemotherapy patient Anne explains in Michio Kushi's and Alex

Jack's book, The Cancer Prevention Diet: " My mind rebelled at the

thought of another six months of that poison. On several occasions,

the doctor couldn't perform chemotherapy treatments on me because my

white blood cell count was dangerously low. I promised my body I

would not undergo any further chemotherapy treatments. "

 

Anne's account reflects the feelings of all too many cancer patients

who have suffered through months of often debilitating chemotherapy.

The side effects that chemotherapy patients feel and others see – the

extreme nausea and vomiting, the hair loss, the weight loss – are

indicative of the intense havoc that chemotherapy is causing within

the body. According to the Life Extension Foundation, chemotherapy

drugs are " cytotoxic, " meaning that " they kill cells that are

extremely active. " Cancer cells are, of course, extremely active.

However, so are the cells of the hair and the immune system, for

example, which accounts for chemotherapy's destructive side effects.

 

As if these side effects are not enough, cancer therapy commonly

includes surgery and radiation, both of which have their own dangers

and side effects. As Professor Null writes in his Complete

Encyclopedia of Natural Healing, " The mainstream medical

establishment often prescribes mastectomy, radiation and chemotherapy

to treat cancer, an approach that has been described as a slash-and-

burn strategy. " The treatment for breast cancer is unfortunately

often the general rule among cancer treatment – cut off the affected

organ, poison the body with chemotherapy and then harm the body even

more with radiation.

 

In Get Healthy Now, Professor Null describes one woman's experience

with mainstream medicine's approach to breast cancer

treatment: " Three days later, she had her breast lopped off. That was

followed up with lots of chemotherapy. Her hair fell out and she

vomited 24 hours a day. She couldn't keep any food down. Then they

did radiation and her skin burnt up and two of her ribs broke. " He

concludes, " Most people don't know how dangerous radiation is. I had

seen enough. I wouldn't touch any of that medicine with a 10-foot

pole. " Surgical removal of the cancerous body part also has its own

aftereffects, of course, requiring not only the normal recovery after

any surgery, but also coping with the psychological effects of having

a body part removed.

 

 

It may all be unnecessary in the first place

As cancer patients suffer from the side effects of chemotherapy and

other methods of mainstream cancer treatment, the fact remains that

according to many medical practitioners, these treatments are

unnecessary and sometimes do more harm than good. In response to

chemotherapy's many side effects, Dr. Atkins says in Burton

Goldberg's Alternative Medicine, " Only in situations in which

chemotherapy is proven to be effective and curative would I recommend

it. In general, this might be testicular cancer. "

Many people also think that surgery can sometimes do more harm than

good: Biopsy, for example, may in fact spread cancer cells, according

to Professor Null. Furthermore, the most extreme example of

unnecessary cancer therapy – treatment for false positive cancer

diagnoses – is more common than we'd like to believe, according to

Critical Condition authors Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele.

 

If, as many people believe, mainstream cancer treatment is sometimes

ineffective and always harmful to the body as a whole, then what is

the alternative? Goldberg writes that Ukrain, which is made from the

alkaloids of the greater celandine plant and the pharmaceutical

Thiotepa, " can do everything chemotherapy does but without the side

effects, so it renders chemotherapy largely unnecessary. " The beauty

of Ukrain is that it, unlike chemotherapy drugs, it only targets the

cancer cells and not your healthy ones. Furthermore, good nutrition –

vitamins, minerals, fiber, fresh fruit and vegetables, juices and

medicinal herbs – can do wonders against cancer. Of course, you need

to discuss a treatment plan that is right for your type of cancer and

your body with a medical professional, preferably a naturopath. But

before you say yes to chemotherapy, remember what it does to your

body and consider all available treatments.

 

The experts speak on chemotherapy:

 

" Chemotherapy poisons your body as a whole in an attempt to kill

cancer cells "

 

As Duesberg explains, AZT had been designed to work as would any

other chemotherapeutic drug. " chemotherapy, " he says, " is a rational

but desperate treatment for cancer. " The toxic drug given in the

process will kill any and all growing cells in the patient. After a

short round of chemo, " the hope is the cancer is going to be totally

dead, and you are only half dead and recover. " Duesberg points out

that the dangerous violence of the method, which is slaughtering

cells wholesale, not targeting only cancer cells, is evident in the

side effects. " You lose your hair, you lose weight, you get

pneumonia, you get immune deficiency, because it's severe cellular

intoxication. You kill a lot of good cells, too. "

Aids A Second Opinion by Gary Null PhD with James Feast, page 429

 

" How chemotherapy harms your body "

 

In September 1986, Anne decided to stop chemotherapy despite the

opposition of her oncologist. " My mind rebelled at the thought of

another six months of that poison, " she observes. " On several

occasions the doctor couldn't perform chemotherapy treatments on me

because my white blood cell count was dangerously low. I promised my

body I would not undergo any further chemotherapy treatments. "

The Center Prevention Diet by Michio Kushi & Alex Jack, page 131

 

Other treatments, with significant side effects, are being

investigated for more serious forms of the disease. Immunosuppressive

drugs that have been used for cancer chemotherapy and organ

transplants may reduce the autoimmune response. These drugs are

cytotoxic; that is, they kill cells that are extremely active, which

in autoimmune disease are white blood cells.

Disease Prevention And Treatment by Life Extension Foundation, page

1373

 

Nausea is usually a passing symptom that will almost always go away

by itself. In most cases, I recommend natural remedies for nausea

because they are often as effective as some of the prescription

antiemetic drugs, but they do not cause unnecessary side effects. The

only exception to this rule, however, is in the case of cancer

patients who are receiving chemotherapy; the kind of intense nausea

they may experience can be so severe that stronger measures may be

needed.

Secret Remedies by Earl Mindell RPh PhD, page 204

 

" The tri-fold approach to mainstream cancer therapy "

 

The mainstream medical establishment often prescribes mastectomy,

radiation, and chemotherapy to treat breast cancer, an approach that

has been described as a slash-and-burn strategy. This approach may be

in for a reappraisal with the recent insight by the medical world

that breast cancer is actually three different diseases, with

indistinct boundaries, rather than one. In other words, only some

breast cancers fit the image of a disease that is fast-growing and

fast-spreading. Two other categories of this condition exist, the

slowest-growing of which may never spread or be life-threatening at

all. With this realization comes the idea that giving everyone with

breast cancer chemotherapy may be unnecessary. Considering the

harmful effects of chemotherapy, the belated nature of this

realization is disturbing, to say the least.

Complete Encyclopedia Of Natural Healing by Gary Null PhD, page 72

 

Dr. Atkins regards chemotherapy as otherwise dangerous and best

avoided in treating the majority of cancers. Only in situations in

which chemotherapy is proven to be effective and curative would I

recommend it, he says. In general, this might be testicular cancer …

Alternative Medicine by Burton Goldberg, page 595

 

Three days later, she had her breast lopped off. That was followed up

with lots of chemotherapy. Her hair fell out and she vomited 24 hours

a day. She couldn't keep any food down. Then they did radiation and

her skin burnt up and two of her ribs broke. Most people don't know

how dangerous radiation is. I had seen enough. I wouldn't touch any

of that medicine with a 10-foot pole.

Get Healthy Now by Gary Null, page 762

 

I try never to use radiation treatment -- which is even more

dangerous than most forms of chemotherapy -- without also using

hyperthermia, says Dr. Atkins. Thanks to hyperthermia, we can shrink

tumors with far less radiation to get the same therapeutic outcome,

and our patients' immune systems and overall health are faring much

better as a result.

Alternative Medicine by Burton Goldberg, page 609

 

If prostate cancer (see related ebook on prostate cancer) develops,

mainstream medicine typically offers prostatectomy, or removal of the

prostate, chemotherapy, and radiation. All are ineffective and often

dangerous. Surgery, like biopsy, can actual spread cancer cells, and

often decreases sexual potency and urinary control. PACT, a prostate

support group, advocates hormonal blockers to induce cancer

shrinkage, which may hold the disease at bay for several years,

followed by a prostatectomy or cryosurgery (freezing of the

prostate). The most common hormonal blockers are Lupron and

Fludamide. As prostate cancer is generally slow growing, patients,

especially those in the early stages, have time to try less harmful

methods of treatment.

Complete Encyclopedia Of Natural Healing by Gary Null PhD, page 308

 

Rufer and her husband sued Abbott Laboratories, UWMC, and the cancer

specialist who treated her. UWMC and the doctor argued that they had

relied on the Abbott test results. Abbott denied all responsibility,

even though the literature distributed with its tests made no mention

of the potential for false positives. What's more, according to a

court opinion, it turned out that Abbott also had access to reports

that false positive results on its assay led to unnecessary cancer

treatment before 1998. It received over forty complaints of false

positives, including multiple complaints of unnecessary chemotherapy

and surgery before Jennifer Rufer's first treatment in April 1998.

Critical condition by Donald L Barlett and James B Steele, page 63

 

To reduce the need for steroids, immunosuppressants such as

azathioprine, 6-mercaptopurine (also used in the treatment of some

cancers), or cyclosporine may be substituted. Various chemotherapy

agents and organ transplant antirejection drugs are also used. Again,

these medications have their own problematic or dangerous side

effects. Therefore, thoughtful consideration of a treatment plan

coordinated by the patient's physician is required.

Disease Prevention And Treatment by Life Extension Foundation, page

614

 

The diagnosis of bilateral lung cancer was confirmed by x-rays, a CAT

scan, and a lung biopsy. Like Dr. Meshad, the physician at the center

recommended against chemotherapy. Ruth's prognosis was not good: the

cancer was aggressive and her history of liver disease made the use

of chemotherapy dangerous.

Sharks Still Don't Get Cancer By Dr I William Lane, page 155

 

" Alternatives to chemotherapy and other forms of mainstream cancer

treatment "

 

In other words, alternative therapies may pose a serious threat when

a patient, if swayed toward alternatives, loses the opportunity to

receive the (extremely) effective orthodox treatment? Run that by me

again. Time and time again it has been confirmed that the proven

medical treatments are not only ineffective but dangerous. The vast

majority of patients with cancer live longer and better if left

without the orthodox treatments. Oncologists will not accept these

treatments for themselves. No scientific research is needed to prove

that fresh vegetables, fruit, juices, medicinal herbs, vitamins,

minerals, fiber, etc. are not harmful to the body. It would be nice

if there were proof that surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy were

not harmful.

Health In The 21st Century by Fransisco Contreras MD, page 224

 

Finally, if cancer specialists were to admit publicly that

chemotherapy is of limited usefulness and is often dangerous, the

public might demand a radical change in direction—possibly toward

unorthodox and nontoxic methods, and toward cancer prevention. By

constantly touting the promise of anticancer drugs, orthodox

practitioners ward off this challenge to their expertise and

scientists parry the threat radically new concepts represent to their

long years of research. The use of chemotherapy is even advocated by

those members of the establishment who realize how ineffective and

dangerous it can be.

The Cancer Industry by Ralph W Moss, page 84

 

 

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