“there is no hope for Josia’s tumor as there was only 5% survival.”
that is the stupidest statement I have read this morning.
I do not fault the parents who tried what they thought was their only chance. Brain tumors, cancer in general, can be a baffling disease in the way that it is treated and the way that bodies respond to the ‘standard’ treatment.
No doubt the FDA will spend lots of money on this and of course never talk about how chemo kills the patient or that cancer really isn’t cured when it comes back later
I couldn’t agree more. Some of the chemo treatments kill red blood cells in the marrow and cause even further damage.
5.0 out of 5 stars A real eye-opener, November 26, 2002
By Henry Wasserman (Deerfield, Illinois) - See all my reviewsThis review is from: The Burzynski Breakthrough (Hardcover)
Some say that Burzynski is a quack, but this book establishes that the reverse is true — he’s actually a hero who has discovered a way to save untold numbers of lives, while the establishment doctors who have ostracized him are the real phonies. Like many scientists who defy current paradigms, Burzynski has been subjected to ridicule and fierce opposition. Arthur Schopenhauer once wrote that “All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed, and third, it is accepted as self-evident.” My guess is that Burzynski’s treatment is nearing stage 3 and will eventually be accepted as a standard treatment.
In this very readable book, Elias establishes beyond much doubt that this treatment works on many cancers. The charts in the appendix are the only place I have ever seen comprehensive statistics reporting how well a particular drug performs against any specific type of cancer. Why don’t the other drugs report their numbers? Probably, because they don’t work nearly as well as this one. What’s more, Elias establishes through very meticulous documentation that the top scientific agencies of the U.S. government have known for years about how effective and non-toxic the Burzynski treatment usually is.
In short, this book is a must read for anyone with cancer or anyone with a relative or friend suffering from any form of the disease.
There is an obvious difference between %5 and nothing. A 5% survival rate means that there clearly is hope.