Cancer

Just about everyone knows someone who either has it or has died from it and a few have even recovered from it. Jimmy Gentry, a friend to many here recently passed from it. 

No doubt the medical science has come a long way... or has it? 
In 99% of the cases, the standard treatment is pretty much the same as it was decades ago. This is assuming you don't have certain types of "inoperable" cancer and that you "catch it early" where the chemical poisoning and radiation burning and surgical cutting will give you a fighting chance. If it's stage 4, they will still try the standard treatments to get the insurance money and maybe give you a few months extra, but essentially at stage 4, in most cases, it's game over. 

Of course the "side effects" of these treatments are in many cases as bad as or worse then the disease itself.  Read the side affects and warnings on the major chemo drugs that are used.... this will blow your mind. One of the chemicals used, if it kills the cancer you have, it opens your chances in a major way to new and deadly cancers...different cancers. 

So..........   all that to say this.

The other night, my wife and I were looking for something to watch on TV.... so we started scanning NETFLIX and came across the documentary called  Burzynski.


I had hear about this medical pioneer many years ago. We watched this documentary about his amazing discovery which has a much, much higher cure rate and his fight against the Texas Medical board and the FDA to get this life saving treatment approved. 

His treatment is: Antineoplastons

His treatment is amazing in that it has been proven to work.  It has cured inoperable brain cancer (and many others too) , it has no side affects, and is safe.  The documentary chronicles his fights to get his treatment into clinical trials (he succeeded), lawsuits filed by the government (multiple grand juries were convened and none indicted)  against him to prevent it's use, the manipulation of test data in the FDA clinical trials (years later to get the treatment approved for use by doctors across the nation) to ensure his treatment failed and was discredited (which it did and was) , and the ongoing attempt by the Texas Medical Board to discredit him and revoke his license. Yeah... they are still at it.... a recent trial date of April 5 2012 was postponed!

The opponents have argued in courts that they are not disputing that what he does is working and has a success rate that they can not achieve though conventional means of toxic chemicals, burning and cutting.  Still, they try to put him out of business. 

His patents on the treatments were stolen by the government. This is quite the story of a hero fighting the government and the massive resources they have to continually keep him tied up in legal battles.....and it's all about the money. 

His treatment (which works in many cases against just about all forms of cancer) is pennies on the dollar compared to the cost of chemo , radiation and surgery..... he is fighting a TRILLION dollar a year industry which would be practically shut down if his treatment was approved to the mainstream and as new developments are made in the treatment increasing it's success rate even more.

When he started to use this treatment, he decided to test it against the most deadly form of cancer. One form of cancer - diffuse, intrinsic, childhood brainstem glioma has never before been cured in any scientifically controlled clinical trial in the history of medicine. Antineoplastons hold the first cures in history - dozens of them. 

If you have NETFLIX you can watch this. There is so much more information in the vidoe than is possible to convey here in a short post. 

If you have cancer, you might want to see this: http://www.burzynskiclinic.com/

In the event you don't have Netflix...... The DVD: http://www.burzynskimovie.com/

Take the time to watch this if you can. 

Currently, he works in Houston Texas, and his manufacturing facility is also located there. 

On his website, you can contact his clinic and get more information.  

I have not had a need to contact them, so I'm in the dark on the details but I believe they are accepting patients into their FDA approved clinical trials. Treatment is only currently approved in Texas from what I understand.

pharmaceutical companies are the worst form of cancer.

codamedia


Guitarhacker - don't get me going on this one! I've lost three very close friends in Jan and Feb of this year, not to mention many family members over the past few years, my mother (at just 61) included in that.

It isn't that cancer can't be cured, it's that pharmaceutical companies have no interest in curing this dreaded disease. There is no money in the healthy and there is no money in the dead. The more they manage the illness with treatments the more money they make! Greed at it's highest level.

Cancer Organizations around the world must remove all pharmaceutical company representives from sitting on their boards! That is a huge conflict of interest not unlike large corporations (inc pharmaceutical companies)  funding political parties.

yes.... 100% agreed it's about the money.  I personally think the plan involves the food industry as well.... since most of what is now part of our "normal" diet is all processed foods. Things that are laden with chemicals and preservatives have become food for us from birth.  Now, we are seeing stories in the news of the FDA having SWAT style raids on farms that are producing organic milk and other foods, and laws that do not permit organic foods to be given away to homeless shelters and other people in need. 


I have also seen a few places on the internet, people who claim to have cured their own cancers (of various sorts) by using one of several "home remedies" that literally cost a few dollars with things available in many stores. The truth on this aspect is yet to be determined. This aspect involves body PH. I do know that plants in my garden will die, or be sickly and not produce green leaves and fruit if the PH of the soil is off by even a small amount from what they like.  In researching health and nutrition over the years, I have read more then my fair share of articles on the human body PH, and how it affects our overall health.


Not being a doctor (but I have slept at a Holiday Inn Express once or twice) , but having a vested interest in my health more then the doctor does..... I have looked into this area.  My doctor actually told me that it was impossible to alter the PH of the human body. I told him (and he is a friend whom I knew from outside of the office before I went to him for check ups) that he didn't know what he was talking about.  We discussed this briefly. 


By the food that you eat, or don't eat you can adjust the PH of the body in a small range. With 7 being neutral..... most people who are sick will have a PH below 7.... usually 6 point something.  People who are healthy will have a PH of 7 or slightly higher.  People with cancer will be in the lower 6 range....acidic.  I try to keep my PH in the 7.3 range, and it's not that hard to do. 


Body PH is very important to the overall health of the body and prevention of the degenerative diseases that are at epidemic proportions in this country today. 


The theory is (for preventing and curing certain types of cancer) that if you can raise the level to the high 7's to low 8 PH range and keep it there for a few days (7 to 10 days), the cancer cells will be starved of nutrients (mainly sugar which they thrive on) and will die quickly en mass. The high PH makes it impossible for cancer cells to take in sugar and metabolize it while healthy, normal cells can still metabolize what they need. The body will eliminate the  cells easily once they are dead.  Since cancer cells like an acidic environment, they will not be able to get a foothold in an alkaline body to begin with. 


The interesting thing..... is that the processed foods we eat are filled with sugar which is basically "cancer food". Read the ingredients list and look for sugar, corn syrup, high fructose, etc..... in the ingredients list of the things you eat..... you will be shocked how much sugar you actually consume.  In addition, in the male body, sugar becomes triglycerides in the blood stream which is a trigger/indicator,  for heart disease as well as cancer. Double whammy for us guys.  Breads and pastries are also not very good because they break down on the wrong side of the PH scale. 


TRUE STORY: This same doctor friend, a few years ago, did my blood work.  Cholesterol 230, Triglycerides 253. They sent me a prescription for a cholesterol reducing drug (side affects were liver & kidney damage) with instructions to take it and reschedule a blood test in 3 months.......so.... you know me.... I opted to do some research on the net. I figured 3 months more of high cholesterol would not kill me while I tried the "cure".  


So 3 months later, I went back to see the doc. His nurse asked if I needed a refill on the prescription and I said no.... I had not filled the first one yet. She looked at me with a look of disdain and asked why did I "bother" to have this blood test done again?  I asked her to go ahead and do the test anyway since I was paying for it. 


Two days later they called with the results. The nurse who called was the same one who did the test..... her first words were..." Mr Hartley, I don't know what you did, but it's working because these numbers are unbelievable".   Cholesterol was down to 200 (high end of normal range) from 230 and Triglycerides went from 253 to 93. All without chemicals that could damage my kidneys and liver. 


Want to know the "cure" I used?  Simple things.....  


Breakfast was unchanged: Usually a bowl of cereal with soymilk.


Lunch was changed from fast food to bring my own... fruits and veggies. Pears, grapes, celery, carrots, apples, dry roasted nuts of assorted kinds. 


Dinner was whatever my wife cooked that evening.... easy on the meats, and fill up on veggies. 


Drink WATER. No soda, no sweetened juices. 


That, my friends is all I did. and in 3 months I did what my doctor and his staff thought was impossible without drugs. 


Fruits and vegetables will tend to move the body in a healthy direction with an alkaline tendency. They contain no cholesterol and the sugars in them are easily digestible and are not in excess. 


I guess the important message here is that you need to get educated about nutrition and other things..... read ingredient lists on foods, avoid the bad stuff, and start drinking water.  


One more thing: Eat less...live longer. 

Brilliant Herb

Excellent thread!!

Calling that film a documentary is a bit of a stretch IMO. It's really more of an advertisement for the guy. I did alot of research on cancer treatments when my dad was diagnosed with it. This guy is a fraudulent quack IMO.


Randy

Ironically, most people who come up with the major break through's in various fields are always despised by their peers and are often called quacks and charlatans.  Sit down and don't rock the boat..... in this case... trillions of dollars are at stake. Entire fields and careers are at risk if this works....and of course there are the companies that make the drugs and the machines that are used.... they will all be out of a job as well.... there is a whole lot at stake and unfortunately, the people, the individuals, the ones with cancer don't matter when compared to the dollar. they are simply a revenue stream that is to be preserved as long as possible. 

Galileo .... didn't he state that the world was round at the risk of death.....and Christopher Columbus..... he caught some grief over a similar issue. Heck they were burning people at the stake back then for suggesting that the world wasn't flat. 


Oh yeah.... back to the topic of medicine.  This guy>>>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis  was mentioned in this documentary. He was the doctor who first realized that the simple act of washing one's hands after autopsy and treating other sick patients would greatly reduce the spread of infections between patients.  Read what happened to him for simply suggesting that doctors wash their hands. 

What he did was working... he just could not explain why.  Louis Pasteur finally proved the theory of germs and now, not only is hand washing required, additional precautions are now used to prevent infections.

As SB works to refine this treatment.... time will tell whether he is a charlatan or a genius. 


Does anyone realize or remember the last disease that a definitive cure was discovered and given to the public cheaply...or in some cases FREE? 

It was Polio.... back in the early 60's.  They gave the vaccine to kids for FREE in the schools.  Since then, there has been not one cure that I am aware of.  



The medical community doe not want any more cures...they want treatments since they make more money over a longer time frame.... AKA job security. So folks like SB raise a serious threat to their livelihood. 

Guitarhacker

drewfx1


If you google this guy you will find lots of, lets say,  questions.

Without a doubt. 


He has made lots of enemies in both the pharma biz, the medical profession, and in government. Nowhere have I heard him claim to be able to cure all cancer. Considering that the medical profession has a zero cure rate on childhood brain stem cancer and he has a number of cures.... I'd be willing to try his treatment if I ever am diagnosed with cancer. 

A friend of mine was diagnosed with lung cancer located in a place where the doctors said it was "impossible to operate".  Chemo, and radiation left him weak and sick and with no hair. Oh yeah.... and totally broke, even after insurance and government assistance.  He had to sell his house and land in the mountains and move into a used mobile home close to here. He was declared cancer free. One year later, a check up showed cancer in the same place and in a number of other places including his brain this time...and it was very aggressive. He did not survive very long.... since his  money was gone by this time, all he got was basic pain care. 


Consider that if what SB is doing will cause billions of dollars to be lost by the current cancer industry...... there is going to be many who want him removed from the picture. 


Take the time to watch the documentary and then you decide if he's on the right course or not. 

The goal and purpose of this thread is not to defend him.... his record does that.... it's simply to show you that there are other options.

The problem I have is he seems to fail at one the most basic rules of science:

The burden of proof is on the person making the "extraordinary" claim.

There seems to be little clinical proof to support his claims. And rather than just provide clinical studies supporting it, miraculous anecdotal stories are told and conspiracy claims are made instead.

An alternate review of the movie:

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/stanislaw-burzynski-bad-medicine-a-bad-movie/

I'll believe it when I see the clinical proof.

It seems to me there is something missing from the argument that the Govt., AMA,Pharmecutical, and insurance industries won't let a cure for cancer come to the market.

Govt.)  Since the largest payor of medical costs via Medicare/Medicaid does it not make since that a cure would save billions of dollars spent on treatment?

AMA i.e Doctors) Would the world not beat a path to the door of the doctor who can truly cure cancer and pay him untold millions for a scientifically proven treatment?

Insurance) Would these companies not want an actual proven cure that would save them the costs of current treatments?

Pharmecutical) Would the company that comes up with a scientifically proven cure not stand to earn billions of dollars in worldwide sales for years to come?

To suggest that any one of these entities would let the other hide an actual cure or treatment from the world is more than a little ridiculous to me. The fact that all of these groups spend millions annually for research into "real" treatments in search of a cure is what should be giving us hope.

Randy

  The introduction of more nuclear waste into the environment has at least as much to do with cancer as the food we eat or from smoking. As I understand it, it takes something like 29 years for plutonium to start to decay. We set off tons of bombs out west both underground and at sea. Add to this all of the waste from other countries and the potential for contamination is very real. These contaminants can go aloft on the air currents and wind up thousands of miles away. If it gets into the food it can go anywhere. They say that tuna caught close to Japan is contaminated. Our drinking water is another place where these kinds of contaminants can migrate to. Radiation  causes cancer and we are all exposed to doses of it all the time through solar and radon coming up though the ground. All of this adds up and by the time you are 50 or 60 years old the cumulative effects are enough to topple the scales for some people. Smoking and diet play into it as well, but I think are only a  part of the overall effect.

 My mother died from cancer at the age of 56. She didn't smoke and ate a lot of food produced from our garden. Stayed away from sugar. Ironically some of the sugar substitutes are far worse for you than sugar is. We caught and ate fresh fish. Using the term "caught" for cancer is not really accurate IMO. I look at it as more of introducing conditions over time that eventually lead to antibodies and cells behaving in an overly defensive way.Not like "catching" a cold.And you can't get rid of it like a cold.

 I am sure that there are corporate and financial interests in cancer treatment, but I don't think that the majority of the health profession would intentionally withhold a treatment that was effective and worked well. No more than I believe that the auto industry has had the way to make a totally energy free car for three decades.  If there were a successful treatment then we would need workers to administer the cures. There are plenty of other diseases out there for the remainder to help fight. I don't think unemployment would be a problem for a health care worker if we had a cure for cancer.

  I didn't watch the documentary, and maybe this guy is onto something. I certainly hope he is.

 

Guitarhacker


Does anyone realize or remember the last disease that a definitive cure was discovered and given to the public cheaply...or in some cases FREE? 

It was Polio.... back in the early 60's.  They gave the vaccine to kids for FREE in the schools.  Since then, there has been not one cure that I am aware of.  



The medical community doe not want any more cures...they want treatments since they make more money over a longer time frame.... AKA job security. So folks like SB raise a serious threat to their livelihood. 

I suspect if that were true, that stem cell research would have been abandoned.

Guitarhacker


my understanding is that they are currently in FDA approved clinical trials right now. 
All patients treated at the Texas clinic are part of that clinical trial process.

According the the site I linked (and that's part one of 3 very long and detailed articles), there are lots of open clinical trials.

My understanding from reading it is because everything he's doing is (so far) unproven, unregulated and off-label, he can only do his treatment under the guise of "clinical trials". I think one of the legal issues in Texas is whether he can continue to run (very expensive) clinical trials (paid for by the patients), prescribing (expensive) drugs off-label (from his personal pharmacy) at potentially toxic levels without showing any clinically conclusive positive results.

Just after Christmas I fired my doctor. I have long standing health issues that I wanted to solve, and he had no interest in doing anything more than giving me pills. I wanted to take up too much of his time on personalised care and treatment.

I now go to a public clinic for the pills I must have and work with a private clinic on a broader approach to health. Food is a big factor, as is knowing your own body and how it reacts to foods and environment. It may all be nonsense but it's actually starting to work.

My former doctor is highly respected by the medical community. I think this is because he is truly a "company man" when it comes to medicine. Strangely, he is also a huge supporter of accupuncture as an alternative form of treatment for almost anything. Could it be because he's  Chinese and  teaches it at a university and practices it at his private clinic? He's also on a government association that investigates and determines the legitimacy of alternative medical treatments.

They all have a personal agenda, and it's not you or me.

Bub


My Aunt Grace used to make real butter on Italian bread sandwiches, cooked with lard, drink a gallon of Fleischmann's Whiskey and a case of Piel's a week. She lived to be 91 and died of natural causes. True story. Nicest lady you'd ever want to meet.

One of my favorite actors, Peter Cushing (short bio here), vegan, squeaky clean, married once, became a recluse when his wife passed away, very physically fit, lived a good clean life ... he dies of of Prostate Cancer.

There's just no rhyme or reason to it.

You're right, Bub.  No rhyme or reason at all.  When your number's up...  it's up.  


Jim Fixx, the running guru died of a heart attack at 35.  It was eventually determined that he had a genetic condition and that he likely would have died years earlier had it not been for his healthy lifestyle.  

His bio:  


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Fix