Guest guest Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Dear Beth Regarding Thalidomide and Radiotherapy you will find so much negative material on net itself by using any search engine. Two damaging weapons together become more deadly. The survial rates quoted in the article are deceptive. As an alternative, first, if patient is seeking some miraculous inexpensive cure, read an experience reported: http://health.ayurveda/message/4048 Liver cancer responds to a variety of alternative treatments. Castor oil fomentation if tumors are paining, apricot kernel and seeds, apple seeds, flaxseeds with cottage cheese (Budwig protocol) or yogurt are a variety of choices. One of the greatest problem in alternative treatment is the pain the tumors give when the tumors death starts. Wheat grass, barley grass juice, Carrot juice, beat juice, ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, Rife machine etc etc so many choices avaialble. In India, Panch Gavya medicines are quite effective and a number of cases have been reported cured,even on net. Unfortunately, Panch Gavya medicines are not exported. Cancer has become waterloo for modern medicine and an are of lime light for alternative therapies. Dr Bhate , " Bethany " <bjezik wrote: > > Alt. Group, > Someone on another group I am on is asking for help. Anyone familiar with the therapy below or have an alternative route to suggest? > Thanks, > Beth > > - > Don Schwarz > > Wednesday, August 09, 2006 12:50 PM > [citizensoftheUSofA] off topic - few groups to post to - I ask your indulgence. > > > > To all moderators............ > > I know this is off topic but I am frantic for any > information regarding possible treatments > using the procedure described below. > > There are few, none, groups that discuss > this subject noted below. > > > Has anyone belonging to any of the groups I > have posted this email to, know if any medical > facilities in the Boston, Mass. area has performed > the medical procedure described below? > > This is the treatment of liver cancer tumors by > Thalidomide and radiation as concurrent means > of controlling the tumor. > > As you can see, it has only been published recently > in the Japanese Journal of Oncology - 2006. > > with heartfelt thanks for your responses...... > > Don in Massachusetts. > > > ==================================== > Results of Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy and Thalidomide for Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma > Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2006 36(2):93-99; doi:10.1093/jjco/hyi242 > > Wei-Chung Hsu1, Sue-Ching Chan5, Lai-Lei Ting6, Na-Na Chung1, Po- Ming Wang1, Kung-Shih Ying2, Jeng-Shiann Shin3, Che-Jen Chao3 and Gau- De Lin4 > > Departments of 1 Radiation Oncology, 2 Radiology, 3 Gastroenterology and 4 General Surgery, Cheng-Ching General Hospital, Taichung, 5 Department of Pharmacy, Buddhist Tzu-Chi General Hospital, Hualien and 6 Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan > > > Received September 1, 2005; accepted November 29, 2005 > > > ABSTRACT -------------- > > Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy and thalidomide in the treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. > > Methods: Between 1999 and 2003, 121 patients (mean age, 54.4 ± 12.4 years; range, 2081 years) with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma received three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy and thalidomide. Radiation was delivered in 1.5 Gy fractions twice daily for 5 days a week, for a total dose of 4575 Gy. Mean treatment volume was 429.52 ± 408.50 cm3 (range, 26.892284.82 cm3). Thalidomide was given concomitantly: 200 mg/day in 109 patients, 300 mg/day in 8 patients and 400 mg/day in 4 patients. Treatment responses, survival rates and factors affecting survival were analyzed. > > Results: Treatment responses were observed in 61% of the patients. Liver cirrhosis (P = 0.001) and tumor size (P = 0.001) significantly affected the tumor responses. Overall survival at 6, 12 and 24 months was 84.8, 60.0 and 44.6%, respectively. On univariate analysis, liver cirrhosis (P = 0.003), Karnofsky performance status (P = 0.007), tumor size (P < 0.001), portal vein tumor thrombosis (P < 0.001) and alpha-fetoprotein level (P = 0.003) were shown to significantly affect survival. On multivariate analysis, only thrombosis (P = 0.039) and alpha-fetoprotein level (P = 0.006) were shown to be factors affecting survival. > > Conclusions: Three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy with thalidomide seems to be effective in the treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. > ======================== > ================================================= > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 The Chemotherapy Mafia On July 20, 1995, the Washington State Medical Quality Assurance Commission raided the office of Glenn Warner, MD, an oncologist with unusual views on healing, and revoked his medical license. Allegedly, Warner had cured more than 1,000 patients from terminal cancer—not with chemotherapy and radiation but with diet and exercise regimens, certain immunotherapeutic drugs, and other holistic methods. When he appealed his case in court, the commission's attorney, Beverly Goetz, argued that cancer patients were " incapable " and " unqualified " to decide whether they received quality care or not. Only experts—like the members of said commission—were capable of making that judgment call, she said. Unfortunately, this standpoint seems to prevail in the United States these days. Self-determination takes a backseat in favor of state-mandated " health care. " A fact that becomes eerily obvious in cancer cases where minors are involved. But first, we should ask how valuable chemotherapy really is. There is no doubt that cancer is big business in the U.S. While in 1990, $3.53 billion was spent on chemotherapy, the number more than doubled to $7.51 billion only four years later. By 2009, so the latest projections, cancer therapy products and services will rake in over $27 billion. As the unfortunate Glenn Warner put it: " We have a multi-billion- dollar industry that is killing people, right and left, just for financial gain. Their idea of research is to see whether two doses of this poison is better than three doses of that poison. " Other experts agree. Alan C. Nixon, PhD, former president of the American Chemical Society, states, " As a chemist trained to interpret data, it is incomprehensible to me that physicians can ignore the clear evidence that chemotherapy does much, much more harm than good. " Alan Levin, MD, of the University of California Medical School agrees: " Most cancer patients in this country die of chemotherapy. Chemotherapy does not eliminate breast, colon or lung cancers. This fact has been documented for over a decade. Yet doctors still use chemotherapy for these tumors. . . Women with breast cancer are likely to die faster with chemo than without it. " His opinion is echoed by Ralph Moss, former assistant director of public affairs at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) and author of the book The Cancer Industry: " In the end, there is no proof that chemotherapy actually extends life in the vast majority of cases, and this is the great lie about chemotherapy, that somehow there is a correlation between shrinking a tumor and extending the life of a patient. " Even the General Accounting Office (GAO) found in a 1987 study on the progress of cancer treatment that " For a majority of the cancers we examined, the actual improvements have been small or have been overestimated by the published rates. . . Progress has been made, but not as great as that reported. " More and more cancer patients and their families are feeling skeptical about the value of chemotherapy and radiation as well. However, not allowed to think for themselves, some states have imposed mandatory treatment. The first widely published case was that of Katie Wernecke, a 12-year-old Texan who was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease in January 2005. After undergoing four rounds of chemotherapy, her cancer went into remission. The doctors advised subsequent radiation treatment, but father Edward Wernecke had informed himself on the Internet and was taken aback by an article in the New England Journal of Medicine, written by Vincent DeVita, former director of the National Cancer Institute. DeVita stated that radiation " by itself increases the risk of late second solid tumors in the irradiated field and the incidence rises steeply when radiotherapy and chemotherapy are combined. " Other mentioned side effects were stunted growth, sterilization, and an increased risk of breast cancer. Worried about the harmful long-term effects, Katie's parents decided to forego the radiation and follow up with holistic therapies. When Michelle Wernecke took her child out of the hospital despite protests of the oncologists, the Texas State Department of Child Protective Services issued an Amber Alert. The mother was arrested and sent to jail for kidnapping. Katie was put into foster care, along with her three brothers who were later released. At a court hearing in June, a radiologist asserted that Katie's cancer had returned and that she needed to undergo treatment again. Even though Katie said in a video statement that she was not willing to undergo radiation, she was ordered by the courts to do so. What's more, convinced that the Werneckes negatively affected her decisions, CPS cut off all communication with their daughter. Left to her own devices, the 12-year-old decided to make the choice herself, resisting treatment by pulling catheters out of her arm and disobeying doctors' orders. After a ten-month ordeal, at the end of October 2005, a district judge ruled that Katie could rejoin her family and seek alternative treatment out of state. " On June 11th, Katie celebrated her 14th birthday at home with family and friends, " her father writes in his blog. " Katie is doing very well. . . but she is not cancer free yet, so there is still a battle to win. She is in better physical condition than ever. " A happy ending? Recently, another story broke the news: The case of Virginian teenager Starchild Abraham Cherrix. The 16-year-old, diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease last summer, had undergone three months of chemotherapy that, in his own words, left him weak and nauseated. When the doctors told him in February that the cancer was back, he refused more chemotherapy. " I think it would kill me the second time, " said Abraham, who instead opted for a sugar-free, organic diet and herbal treatments at a clinic in Mexico. Here, too, Child Protective Services and the courts became involved, and a six-month-long battle began. In May, a judge ruled that Abraham's parents were guilty of neglect for supporting their son's decision; he also ordered shared custody between the parents and the Accomack County Department of Social Services, with the possibility of the Cherrix' losing custody entirely. Yet Abraham refused to comply with court orders, cheered on by supporters of holistic medicine: " I think it's my body. I can choose what's best for my body. If I don't have the right to do that, then I don't have any rights at all anyway. " At the Cherrix' request, a second judge stayed the first court order until trial, scheduled to begin on August 16. [Necessary intervention or medical terrorism by the nanny state? We'd like to hear from you at feedback.] Claudia French RN, LPHA cfrench180 International Medical Veritas Association http://imva.info/ Diabetics International Foundation http://members.tripod.com/diabetics_world/ , " Bethany " <bjezik wrote: > > Alt. Group, > Someone on another group I am on is asking for help. Anyone familiar with the therapy below or have an alternative route to suggest? > Thanks, > Beth > > - > Don Schwarz > > Wednesday, August 09, 2006 12:50 PM > [citizensoftheUSofA] off topic - few groups to post to - I ask your indulgence. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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