| Chemotherapy refers to the treatment of cancer | | | | interesting facts: |
| by chemicals that kill cells, specifically cancer cells. | | | | The great lack of trust is evident even amongst |
| Chemotherapy acts by killing cells that divide | | | | doctors. Polls and questionnaires show that three |
| rapidly, one of the main properties of cancer cells. | | | | doctors out of four (75 per cent) would refuse |
| This means that it also harms cells that divide | | | | any chemotherapy because of its ineffectiveness |
| rapidly under normal circumstances: cells in the | | | | against the disease and its devastating effects on |
| bone marrow, digestive tract and hair follicles; this | | | | the entire human organism. |
| results in the most common side-effects of | | | | This is what many doctors and scientists have to |
| chemotherapy-myelosuppression (decreased | | | | say about chemotherapy: "The majority of the |
| production of blood cells), mucositis (inflammation | | | | cancer patients in this country die because of |
| of the lining of the digestive tract) and alopecia | | | | chemotherapy, which does not cure breast, colon |
| (hair loss). | | | | or lung cancer. This has been documented for |
| Chemotherapy was first proposed as a treatment | | | | over a decade and nevertheless doctors still utilize |
| for cancer right after World War II, when | | | | chemotherapy to fight these tumors." (Allen Levin, |
| research on mustard gas demonstrated that it | | | | MD, UCSF, "The Healing of Cancer", Marcus |
| has the ability to kill living cells, particularly those | | | | Books, 1990) |
| which rapidly divide, such as those in the intestinal | | | | "If I were to contract cancer, I would never turn |
| tract, bone marrow and lymph system. Doctors | | | | to a certain standard for the therapy of this |
| soon came up with the idea that they could use | | | | disease. Cancer patients who stay away from |
| mustard gas to poison cancer, which constitutes | | | | these centers have some chance to make it." |
| the most rapidly dividing cells of all. In fact, many | | | | (Prof. Gorge Mathe, "Scientific Medicine Stymied", |
| of the drugs we use today are close cousins of | | | | Medicines Nouvelles, Paris, 1989) |
| mustard gas, one reason we find them so toxic. | | | | Dr. Hardin Jones, lecturer at the University of |
| (The Immortal Cell, Dr Gerald B Dermer, Avery | | | | California, after having analyzed for many |
| Publishing Group, Garden City Park, 1994) | | | | decades statistics on cancer survival, has come to |
| Oncologists define "cure" and "response" in | | | | this conclusion: "... when not treated, the patients |
| different terms. They look only at "response" that | | | | do not get worse or they even get better'. The |
| is, shrinking the tumour as a measure of success, | | | | unsettling conclusions of Dr. Jones have never |
| without considering whether it increases survival | | | | been refuted. (Walter Last, "The Ecologist", Vol. |
| or improves quality of life. Dr. Urich Abel, a | | | | 28, no. 2, March-April 1998) |
| German epidemiologist, who examined virtually all | | | | "Many oncologists recommend chemotherapy for |
| the articles (several thousand in all) on | | | | almost any type of cancer, with a faith that is |
| chemotherapy, plus the work of some 350 | | | | unshaken by the almost constant failures." (Albert |
| scientists working on cancer therapies, has found | | | | Braverman, MD, "Medical Oncology in the 90s", |
| that when a tumour mass partially or temporarily | | | | Lancet, 1991, Vol. 337, p. 901) |
| disappears, those tumour cells which are remaining | | | | "Our most efficacious regimens are loaded with |
| resist the effect of the chemo can sometimes | | | | risks, side effects and practical problems; and |
| grow much faster afterward. Often, patients who | | | | after all the patients we have treated have paid |
| did not respond to chemo survive longer than | | | | the toll, only a miniscule percentage of them is |
| those who do. (Der Spiegel: 1990; 33: 174-6. See | | | | paid off with an ephemeral period of tumoral |
| also J Otolaryn, 1995; 24(4): 242-52) | | | | regression and generally a partial one." (Edward G. |
| A top NCI scientist has observed that for most | | | | Griffin "World Without Cancer", American Media |
| forms of cancer, many patients may initially | | | | Publications, 1996) |
| respond. But in only three forms of cancer | | | | "After all, and for the overwhelming majority of |
| ovarian, small cell lung cancer, acute | | | | the cases, there is no proof whatsoever that |
| nonlymphocytic leukemia did any appreciable | | | | chemotherapy prolongs survival expectations. And |
| percentage survive without disease, and even | | | | this is the great lie about this therapy, that there |
| then it was, at best, less than a sixth of the total | | | | is a correlation between the reduction of cancer |
| group of patients. In all the other types of cancer, | | | | and the extension of the life of the patient." (Philip |
| disease free survival was rare. | | | | Day, "Cancer: Why we're still dying to know the |
| Shrinkage of solid tumours should not be | | | | truth", Credence Publications, 2000) |
| overinterpreted, as it often has little or no survival | | | | "Several full-time scientists at the McGill Cancer |
| benefit, according to oncology consultant GM | | | | Center sent to 118 doctors, all experts on lung |
| Mead of the Royal South Hants Hospital. (BMJ, | | | | cancer, a questionnaire to determine the level of |
| January 28, 1995) Major chemo manufacturer | | | | trust they had in the therapies they were |
| Bristol Myers discloses that only 11 per cent of | | | | applying; they were asked to imagine that they |
| patients taking the carboplatin and 15 per cent of | | | | themselves had contracted the disease and which |
| patients taking cisplatin had a complete response | | | | of the six current experimental therapies they |
| to the drugs; remission lasted on average, about | | | | would choose. 79 doctors answered, 64 of them |
| a year, and both types of patients survived, on | | | | said that they would not consent to undergo any |
| average, only two years. | | | | treatment containing cis-platinum - one of the |
| One of the most used chemotherapy drugs is | | | | common chemotherapy drugs they used - while |
| cyclophosphamide, which comes from mustard | | | | 58 out of 79 believed that all the experimental |
| gas. It can cause nausea, vomiting, hair loss, | | | | therapies above were not accepted because of |
| anorexia, and damage the blood, heart and lungs. | | | | the ineffectiveness and the elevated level of |
| Another drug, cisplastin (Platinol), made of the | | | | toxicity of chemotherapy." (Philip Day, "Cancer: |
| heavy metal platinum, can damage nerves, | | | | Why we're still dying to know the truth", |
| kidneys, and cause hearing loss and seizures. It | | | | Credence Publications, 2000) |
| can also cause deafness, irreversible loss of | | | | "Doctor Ulrich Able, a German epidemiologist of |
| motor function, bone marrow suppression, anemia | | | | the Heidelberg Mannheim Tumor Clinic, has |
| and blindness. | | | | exhaustively analyzed and reviewed all the main |
| Mechlorethamine, an analogue of mustard gas (the | | | | studies and clinical experiments ever performed |
| "M" of MOPP treatment, the standard procotol for | | | | on chemotherapy.... Able discovered that the |
| Hodgkin's disease), is so toxic that those | | | | comprehensive world rate of positive outcomes |
| administering the drug are advised to wear rubber | | | | because of chemotherapy was frightening, |
| gloves and avoid inhaling it! This drug is known to | | | | because, simply, nowhere was scientific evidence |
| cause thrombosis, jaundice, hair loss, nausea and | | | | available demonstrating that chemotherapy is able |
| vomiting. Merck, its manufacturer, warns in the | | | | to 'prolong in any appreciable way the life of |
| PDR that "the margin of safety in therapy with | | | | patients affected by the most common type of |
| MUSTARGEN is narrow and considerable care | | | | organ cancer.' Able highlights that rarely can |
| must be exercised in the matter of dosage. | | | | chemotherapy improve the quality of life, and he |
| Repeated examinations of blood are mandatory | | | | describes it as a scientific squalor while maintaining |
| as a guide to subsequent therapy. " | | | | that at least 80 per cent of chemotherapy |
| Chemotherapy can cause heart problems, destroy | | | | administered in the world is worthless. Even if |
| bile ducts, cause bone tissue death, restrict | | | | there is no scientific proof whatsoever that |
| growth, cause infertility, lower white and red cell | | | | chemotherapy works, neither doctors nor patients |
| counts and lead to intestinal and lactose | | | | are prepared to give it up. (Lancet, Aug. 10, 1991) |
| malabsorption. 90 per cent of the time it doesn't | | | | None of the main media has ever mentioned this |
| even work to eliminate the cancer completely. | | | | exhaustive study: it has been completely buried. |
| Italian Oncologist Dr. T. Simoncini discovered some | | | | |