Guest guest Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 Philippine skin cancer cure on way to Australia, Canada An herbal cream developed by a Filipino inventor to cure a common skin cancer will be sold in Australia and Canada starting this year, the Department of Agriculture said. The department said the cream was invented by Rolando de la Cruz to cure " basal cell carcinoma " (BCC), a common skin ailment that affects about a million people. It said the cream was developed mainly from extracts of cashew nuts using biotechnology. Marketed through the RCC Amazing Touch International, the cream was earlier introduced in Europe and the United States, where it made waves and led to inquiries from other countries, the agriculture department said. Companies from Canada and Australia have sought exclusive distributorships for the cream, it added. De la Cruz said it was in the late 1970s when he discovered that cashew nut extracts could be used to remove warts and moles since these naturally produce heat. He said he thought the extracts could also cure BCC, since surgical treatments for BCC require heat to sear the tumor before it is excised. He said he did more research to develop the cream. Last year, the herbal cream was one of the 11 awardees at the 93rd Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, De la Cruz said. He said that in 2006 his non-surgical treatment of BCC earned him the Double Gold Award and a Diamond Award at the British Invention Show. Later that year, he said, he won the Obelisk Award as a world-class inventor. RCC Amazing Touch International has 17 clinics nationwide and has exclusive distributorships in clinics in Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, United Kingdom, Switzerland and the United States. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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