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All the money donated to Cancer research has been going to the wrong people. We need to make sure it starts flowing in the right direction.
Originally posted by EthanT
I read about this on Mercola.com and it DOES sound worlds better than standard FDA approved treatments. But, I'm not sure I would classify it as THE cure for cancer.
From Mercola:
The film features several remarkable case stories of people who were successfully cured of cancer, but it's when the clinical trial data of conventional therapies versus antineoplastons are stacked against each other that the benefits of antineoplastons become really obvious:
Radiation or Chemotherapy Only
5 of 54 patients (9 percent)
were cancer free at the end of treatment
Toxic side effects
Antineoplastons Only
5 of 20 (25 percent)
were cancer free at the end of treatment
No toxic side effects
First, it looks to be a smaller sample size. Second, only 5 of the 20 were cured. 15 still had cancer, although I believe they were better off, just not "cured"
Here is one more for a trial with lethal childhood brainstem gliomas
Chemotherapy Only
1 of 107 patients (0.9 percent)
were cancer free at end of treatment
0 of 107 patients (0 percent)
survived past five years
Antineoplastons Only
11 of 40 patients (27.5 percent)
were cancer free at end of treatment
11 of 40 patients (27.5 percent)
survived past five years
FDA approved treatment: almost pointless. AntiNeoplastons: promising, but still up to 75% it did not work for.
So, promising, but I still think there's work to be done to really figure out THE cure for cancer. But, I haven't been able to watch the film yet. If there is something I'm missing, let me know.
I personally feel the bulk of the "cure" for cancer will end up having a large contribution from prevention - i.e. diet, sunshine, exercise, stress management, etc.
edit on 12-6-2011 by EthanT because: (no reason given)