Gypsy Lawder takes Baby Picture Michael Ross.
Inset: The tumour on Baby's head before treatment
Posted on 06/16/2010 7:30:23 AM PDT by martin_fierro
AT least six Gold Coast pets have had their lives extended during clinical trials of a cancer drug discovered in a tropical Queensland rainforest.
Nine-year-old staffy Baby is one of the miracle mutts treated with the drug EBC-46, which its developer QBiotics hopes to begin trialling on humans next year.
Baby had an aggressive tumour on her face and would have lost both eyes if the cancer was surgically removed.
But within a week of being injected with the drug, the tumour had almost completely disappeared.
Dr Andrew Blum, of Greencross Vets Palm Beach, who undertook local trials, said it was one of the most exciting developments he had experienced in his 37-year career.
He has treated six dogs with the drug so far and said all had improved remarkably.
"I have seen some remarkable resolution of tumours that otherwise wouldn't have been a success surgery wise," he said.
"Some would have died or had limbs taken off."
Dr Blum said within hours of injecting the drug, a tumour would swell and redden.
"Then it actually liquifies and gets destroyed and disappears, leaving an open wound.
"In a matter of weeks it is all gone. It's just astounding, the results we've had, you just haven't seen anything like it.
"It's the most exciting drug I've seen.
"The success has just been unbelievable."
Baby's Burleigh Heads owner Kathy Lawder said she watched as the tumour near her dog's right eye was attacked by the hour.
After a week, the tumour had shrunk from the size of a ping-pong ball to a small lump.
"She is a different dog, back to her normal self before she got cancer, her coat is shiny and healthy and she has put on weight," she said.
"It truly is an amazing discovery.
"We just hope this drug has the same results on humans -- you can imagine the amount of lives that will be saved or at least prolonged due to this treatment."
The drug, which may have the potential to treat human skin, head, neck, breast and prostate cancers, is made from blushwood seed, found only in rainforest on the Atherton Tablelands.
QBiotics is seeking investors to raise $10 million to begin human trails of the drug.
Inset: The tumour on Baby's head before treatment
I hope this is true and can be switched to human use.
We should certainly all pray for this.
I would not get hopes for humans up too much. From the dog cancers I’ve seen they are slow growing and must not metastisize quickly. We’ve had growths the size of chiceken eggs removed surgically from our Golden Retreiver, no recurrance and she’s now almost 14.
On the the other hand, a spot the size of a pencil eraser in my sister’s lung killed her in less than a year.
Something smells about this....though I would like to be wrong...and this is comimg from an RN with 24 years in the business!
sfl
book mark
Well, in an era of “Hope & Change” that really turned out to be hoax & chains, maybe this is something real. Who knows, but I certainly pray that it is.
Buyer beware. If it sounds too good to be true...
About 40 years ago I had a dog that developed a large tumor on the neck, we took him to the vet who treated him and by freezing I think, and the tumor liquidfied as described in the article.
So when I saw that the tumors of this dog also liquified I was not so sure that this is a genuine cure for cancer or a scam to get investors to raise 10 million.
I'm sorry you lost him. A good dog is such a joy.
Priceless photo, and I agree...we have raised Rotties for 35-years and lost a bunch to cancer. Always tough and I remember every pal.
After a long day hunting.
I was just thinking that this morning when I was playing with one of our dogs... how something so small and simple could bring such great joy.
You have more than one????????????
Yeah, we have two miniature long-hair daschunds.
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