[E. Pluribus Unum]

Effective cancer treatments would be suppressed for the same reason we have the War on (Some) Drugs - to protect the pharmaceutical industry's monopoly.

Good luck trying to change anything.

[spectre]

I heard Dr. Bursynski was banned from practicing his Cancer treatment (or something to that effect). I am wondering if he is in Private practice and still seeing patients? He has always fascinated me into thinking he might be on to something, other than the Chemo.

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[editor-surveyor]

The answer to this question obviously is the same as the answer to the question "why do they continue to represent 'AIDS' as a communicable disease in spite of all of the statistical evidence that indicates that it is caused by drugs?"

To enrich the pharmaceutical industry. - Was there ever any question?

[Saundra Duffy]

How many people have to die this horrible death? And why are we all brainwashed about it? If you protest, they brand you some kind of whacko nut case from hell. Some of these cancer "treatments" don't make any sense at all. And if you tell the medical profession to "shove it" they get all offended and mad and try to put you in jail (if it's your child you're protecting from the torture). My Mother obeyed every doctor she met up with and she suffered and died from cancer. Makes you wonder. Thanks for this article. For victory & freedom!!!

[jammer]

This argument has been going on for at least 30 years (laetrile). It makes good points, but more persuasive to me is that doctors, pharmaceutical company researchers, employees, and others that may be in on the racket also get cancer. Their families get cancer. I think that if the data were there to support these alternative claims, people would use the treatments.

[hoot2]

"clamor magazine"

ugly twin to mad magazine....n unreliable source...

[poweqi]

For years I have felt the very same thing.I have seen cancer removed from a lady that had a herbologist mix up a salve and "drew" the cancer out her back. I have removed skin cancer from my own body with the black cancer salve, I also beleive that to maintain a high ph blood level prevents disase from growing.In the mid-80's I watched a HBO program called Hoxley's Cancer Cure. From that point on I knew that the Cancer Society was a hoax.

[Chesner]

Anecdotal evidence, at best. While I really feel terrible for the parent's of the little girl described in the article, just who told them that when she died "it was not from cancer, but from brain damage as a result of chemotherapy and radiation treatments". I imagine it was Dr. Burzynski, as there is no way that his antineoplastins wouldn't work, right?

[goodieD]

Doesn't suprise me a bit. They'll never allow a cure for any major moneymaking disease. Who is gonna put themselves out of work?

[LadyDoc]

PARANOIA ALERT PARANOIA ALERT ALL THESE MEAN PEOPLE ARE CONSPIRING TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF HUMAN SUFFERING AND ONLY I AM ABLE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE CONSPIRACY

(yup, I checked, it's a full mooon tonight)

[billybudd]

There is a health monopoly in this country, maintained by the government, as is to a greater extent in Europe. Numerous regulations and bureaucracies, including the FDA, drug laws, HMOs, etc., create a restrictive environment for those who want to innovate in this field. Moreover, those in the field have an obvious incentive to uphold the existing system: it protects their position and excludes potential competition.
That said, I don't think it's reasonable to argue that simply because suppression exists in the medical industry, that somehow alternative treatments are more likely to succeed. They could work, certainly (perhaps even better than what's in the mainstream). But, in fact, the alternative treatments which fall outside of the mainstream medical industry carry a higher risk, by their very nature. Of course, it should be a patient's decision (or a parent's decision for his child) whether to take that risk or not. The government should have no say in these matters, but unfortunately, it has a great deal.
We're in a conundrum. What are you going to do -- overhaul the entire regulatory structure of the medical industry?

[unclejon]

I agree that there may be effective alternative treatments for cancer. I feel that I owe my life to an herbal mixture called Essaic. Over 10 years ago I was diagnosed with a form of lymphoma (cancer of the lymph glands). I was told that it was treatable but not curable. And that in time the treatments, chemo and radiation, would no longer be effective. Well, I had both, and the cancer came back both times as predicted. It was then that I began researching and experimenting with alternatives. Glad I did. I will never know for sure if I am cured and what is responsible, but I have had no symptoms for 7 years.

The problem with alternatives is most of them are unpatentable. Therefore, there is no way to ever hope of selling for a profit. No one would would invest the hundreds of millions to develope, test, and pass FDA regs if one cannot expect a return.

Also, that is why there is generally little scientific proof due to minimal amount of controlled studies. In light of that, all claims of success are ridiculed as anecdotal.

The fact that I am alive today is merely anecdotal evidence that to a doctor proves nothing. The absence of any clinical disease is explained as "spontaneous remission".

On the other hand, the fact that I am alive today, flies in the face of years of reasearch, which predicts that I should have died several years ago.

I feel it is counterproductive and unhealthful, to get caught up in conspiracy theories, even though I believe there is much more than a grain of truth to some of these ideas.

Therefore I believe the best thing to do is try to spread the word on the availability of alternatives and do everything we can to break down the barriers to their manufacture and use.

[concerned about politics]

Asprin comes from the willow tree.
It is a natural substance, and therefore cannot be patented. That's why it so cheap, but look at the price on non-asprins!

Know why the cancer society was studying the peach pit? It's a relative to the almond. An almond or two a day and you need not fear cancer.
"Stress has been linked to cancer."
Know why? The large intestine closes during stress. It is the bodies way of keeping food in the system for longer periods. It's part of the "fight or flight" reflex.
Modern food is full of toxins, it's tampered with from the field to the table.
An almond will supply the body with a very light weight oil, and the food will will pass through the tightened intestine, comfortably.
it also contains acids that cause the formation of bile, assisting the oil as it passes.
When the toxic foods are allowed to pass, the poisons do not build up and weaken the system. The cells will not mutate.
By studying the peach pit, the almonds cousin, a patent medicine can be developed.
The cancer industry has become like the red Cross, a billion dollar industry. If they "found" a cure, millions would be lost in "donations" and millions of jobs would be lost.
Plant an almond tree, because you heard it here first. Many diseases will someday be cured by the simple almond tree.
You heard it here first!

[TX Bluebonnet]

I've been reading up on the cure by Royal Raymond Rife. Incredible stuff. Here's a link.

I've quit giving to the Cancer Society

[LaineyDee]

I have read about Burzynski's treatments for over 10 yrs, through a health newletter that Dr. Whitaker puts out. It's a very interesting alternative to conventional medicine. Most of his patients are "last resort" types who have been given up by their doctors... and he still has an 85% cure rate. (According to Dr. Whitaker)

Burzynski Website