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"As the popular discourse about the emotional trauma of receiving a diagnosis of cancer became increasingly frank, the culture of care within oncology itself also began to change. A 1961 survey of physicians in a particular region of the United States found that more than 90 percent of them usually did not reveal a cancer diagnosis to the patient. A 1979 survey of physicians working in the same geographical region found, in contrast, that 97 percent of physicians now did so." - Anne Harrington, The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine (Get the book.)

"Acta Radiologica oncology 1986;25:281-284. 17 Horsman MR, Chaplin DJ, Brown IM. Tumor radiosensitization by nicotinamide: A result of improved perfusion and oxygenation. Radiation Research 1989;118:139-50. 19 Horsman PE, Kristjansen MR, Mizuno M, Christensen KL, Chaplin DJ, Quistorff B, Overgaard J. Biochemical and physiological changes induced by nicotinamide in a C3H mouse mammary carcinoma and CDFi mice. Int J Radiation oncology, Biology, Physics 1992;22:451-54. 20 Chaplin DJ, Horsman MP, and Aoki DS." - Dr. Abram Hoffer, MD, FRCP (C) and Dr. Harold D. Foster, PhD, Feel Better, Live Longer with Vitamin B-3 (Get the book.)

"With that goal in mind, in 2001, I founded the Deirdre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric oncology at the Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, New Jersey, to raise people's awareness of the environmental factors that contribute to childhood cancer and other serious childhood diseases. In our campaign to reduce kids' exposure to environmental toxins, we place a big emphasis on the dangers of cleaning chemicals and pesticides in schools and homes." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.) "She lectures locally and nationally on pediatric integrative medicine and is an expert on the uses of herbals and supplements in pediatric oncology. Kenneth R. Warren, Ph.D., is the Associate Director for Basic Research within the NIH's National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). Since joining the staff of NIAAA in 1976, he has held a number of institute positions, from scientific review administrator to director of the Office of Scientific Affairs (OSA)." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Complementary/alternative medicine use in a comprehensive cancer center and the implications for oncology J. Clin. Oncol. 18,2505-2514. Burstein, H. J., Gelber, S., Guadagnoli, E., and Weeks, J. C. (1999). Use of alternative medicine by women with early-stage breast cancer. N. Engl. J. Med. 340, 1733-1739. Toner, C. (2004). Consumer perspectives about antioxidants. J. Nutr. 134, 3192S-3193S. Prasad, K. N?Cole, W. C, Kumar, B., and Che, P. K. (2002). Pros and cons of antioxidant use during radiation therapy. Cancer Treat. Rev. 28, 79-91. Prasad, K. N. (2004)." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"The case of the man with the pinkie still haunts Grund, a thoughtful, intense physician who now heads the oncology department at the Hospital of Central Connecticut, in New Britain. Recalling those few days when he cared for Black, Grund says, "There was no mistake here. Nobody in that whole line, from the orthopedist who operated on his finger to the post-op team to the psychiatrist to the cardiac unit, nobody made a mistake. Everybody did everything right. Things just happen in hospitals." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"However, if I take on the oncology shibboleths, I digress from my service to women who are well. Once a woman, occasionally a man, starts down this high-tech treatment path, they can only hope to be a "survivor" of their breast cancer rather than a survivor of the heuristic. So our brief is the well woman coming to grips with the specter of breast cancer. Our brief relates to the credo of "early detection hence early cure." The credo seems sensible, even incontrovertible. But there are provisos, important provisos." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.)

"He has no training in endocrinology or in oncology. He has conducted no original research and his study cites no new research. All that can be said of his "study" is that it takes the work of legitimate scientists out of context. Epstein's interpretations have often been rejected by the very researchers he cites, as well as by leading experts in endocrinology and oncology. Letters contradicting Epstein's claims have come from experts at the FDA, the National Cancer Institute, Dartmouth Medical School and Baylor College of Medicine." - Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., What's In Your Milk?: An Exposé of Industry and Government Cover-Up on the Dangers of the Genetically Engineered (rBGH) Milk You're Drinking (Get the book.)

"Wiley points out, "A review article in the Journal of Clinical oncology in October of 1998 compiled the results of a twenty-two year study following 31,510 women with breast cancer. Their overall conclusion was that over the course of twenty-two years of reviewing twelve different therapeutic regimens in various combinations, the cancer therapies only provided 'a modest improvement in survival rates' " (Lights Out, p. 144). Dr. Ralph Moss, MD, has written several books exposing the horrors of cancer industry. Of course these books are given no media attention." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.) "The effect is so large that, in my opinion," states Robinson, "if diet restriction were practiced by all cancer patients in the United States, the resulting life-extension might equal or surpass that resulting from the combined efforts of the entire current medical oncology effort." Interestingly, Robinson also found that Vitamin C supplementation at less massive megadoses of from 1-5 grams daily actually resulted in accelerated cancer growth. Only near-lethal doses of about 100 grams could yield the same cancer-suppressing effect as the raw fruit and vegetable diet." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"By the time he left the Dana-Farber in 1992, to head the division of oncology at UCSF, Henderson had already gained a reputation as a critic. Many of his colleagues scorned him, calling him a naysayer and snubbing him at medical meetings. High-dose chemo had become a medical juggernaut, and nobody wanted to hear that it might not work. But Peters himself knew that Henderson was right. He knew he had to subject high-dose chemo to the ultimate test, a randomized, controlled clinical trial." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"Oncology 1991:48:448. "Zumoff B. Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am 1994:21 (4):751. "'Lissoni P. et al. oncology 1995:52:163. "'Lissoni P. et al. oncology 1995;52:360. "Bami S, el al. oncology 1995:52:243. "" Voordouw BCG, et al. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1992:74:108. "'Arendt J. Clin Endocrinol 1988:29:205. i Milk Thistle SCIENTIFIC NAME(S): Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn. Family: Compositae referred to in older texts as Carduus marianus. Recently changed to Carduus marianum. COMMON NAME(S): Holy thistle, lady's thistle, marian thistle, Mary thistle. Milk thistle, St." - Ara Dermarderosian, Guide to Popular Natural Products (Get the book.)

"The case of the man with the pinkie still haunts Grund, a thoughtful, intense physician who now heads the oncology department at the Hospital of Central Connecticut, in New Britain. Recalling those few days when he cared for Black, Grund says, "There was no mistake here. Nobody in that whole line, from the orthopedist who operated on his finger to the post-op team to the psychiatrist to the cardiac unit, nobody made a mistake. Everybody did everything right. Things just happen in hospitals." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.) "By the time he left the Dana-Farber in 1992, to head the division of oncology at UCSF, Henderson had already gained a reputation as a critic. Many of his colleagues scorned him, calling him a naysayer and snubbing him at medical meetings. High-dose chemo had become a medical juggernaut, and nobody wanted to hear that it might not work. But Peters himself knew that Henderson was right. He knew he had to subject high-dose chemo to the ultimate test, a randomized, controlled clinical trial." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"Int J Radiation oncology, Biology, Physics 1992;22:451-54. 20 Chaplin DJ, Horsman MP, and Aoki DS. Nicotinamide, fluosol DA and carbo-gen: A strategy to reoxygenate acutely and chronically hypoxic cells in vivo. British Journal of Cancer 1990;63:109-113. 21 Horsman MR, Chaplin DJ, Brown JM. Tumor radiosensitization by nicotinamide: A result of improved perfusion and oxygenation. Radiation Research 1989;118:139-50. Chen G, Pan QC. Potentiation of the antitumor activity of cisplatin in mice by 3-aminobenzamide and nicotinamide. Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology i988;22:303-307." - Dr. Abram Hoffer, MD, FRCP (C) and Dr. Harold D. Foster, PhD, Feel Better, Live Longer with Vitamin B-3 (Get the book.)

"Avastin's launch was the most successful in US oncology history, earning $545 million in its first ten months on the US market. 'This exceeded the first full-year revenues of any other product in this therapeutic category by approximately $175 million,' said Levinson.44 The larger companies, meanwhile, from the first germ of an idea to the fanfare of a major launch, seek to minimize risk." - Jacky Law, Big Pharma: Exposing the Global Healthcare Agenda (Get the book.)

"Licorice root extract shows antitumor activity. Oncology; 14(2): 164. 2000. Arase Y, Iketla K, Murashima N et al. The long term efficacy of glycyrrhizin in chronic hepatitis C patients. Cancer; 79:1494-1500. 1997. Armanini D, Bonanni G & Palermo M. Reduction of serum testosterone in men by licorice. N Engl J Med; 341 (15): 1158. 1999. Baba M, Shigeta S, Antiviral activity of glycyrrhizin against varicella-zoster virus in vitro. In: Antiviral Res 7(2):99-107. 1987. Barbara L; Belsasso E; Blasi A et al. Pirenzepine and carbenozolone in gastric ulcer." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"The letter was forwarded to the American Society for Clinical oncology, which sent out an advisory to its members and a press release, announcing the fraud. Bezwoda would later claim his work wasn't fraudulent after all. A year later, the society issued a second statement after an audit of another study by Bezwoda, saying that his results "should not be used as the basis for the treatment of any patient." That warning came too late for four women in Seattle." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"Immunomodulatory effects of Iscador®: a Viscum album preparation. Oncology; l(suppl):51-65. 1986 Hajto T, Hostanka K, Frei K, Rordorf Chr, Gabins H-J. Increased secretion of tumor necrosis factor interleukin 1: und interleukin 6 by Heiman mononuclear cells exposed to galactoside - specific lectin from clinically applied Mistletoe extract. Cane Res; 50:3322. 1990a. Hajto T, Hostanka K, Gabius HI. Modulatory potency of the galactoside-specific lectin from Mistletoe extract (Iscador), the host defense system in vivo in rabbits, patients. Cane Res; 49:4803. 1989 Hajto T & Lanzrein C." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.) "Natural killer and antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity activities and large granular lymphocyte frequencies in Viscum album-treated breast cancer patients. Oncology; 43:93-97. 1986 Hall AH, Spoerke DG & Rumack BH. Assessing mistletoe toxicity. Ann Emerg Med; 15:1320-1323. 1986 Hamacher H. Mistel {Viscum album L.) - Forschung und therapeutische Anwendung. In: ZPT; 18(l):34-35. 1997 Hamacher H, Mistel (Viscum album E) - Forschung und therapeutische Anwendung. In: ZPT; 18(l):34-35. 1997 Hamacher H, Scheer R. Anthroposophie/Phytotherapie: Mistel-Forschung und therapeutische Anwendung." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"Individual chemotherapy drugs have different potential for GI side effects, and this is a topic for you and your oncology team to discuss. Any way you slice it, chemotherapy drugs have the potential to impose drastic depletions in every class of nutrient, including proteins, fats, and micronutrients (vitamins and minerals). Some pointers: • Eat healthfully. Do what you can to eat a very healthy diet while undergoing chemo. This is probably the most important step you can take towards helping yourself to heal." - Hyla Cass, M.D., Supplement Your Prescription: What Your Doctor Doesn't Know About Nutrition (Get the book.)

"Mistletoe lectins and their A and B chains. Oncology; 43(suppl l):23-34. 1986 Friess H, Beger HG, Kunz J et al. Treatment of advanced pancreatic cancer with mistletoe: results of a pilot trial. Anticancer Res; 16:915-920. 1996 Gabius HJ, Gabius S. Die Misteltherapie auf dem naturwissenschaftlichen Priifstand. In: PZ; 139(22): 1745. 1994. Gabius HJ, Gabius S, Joshi SS, Koch B, Schroeder M, Manzke WM, Westerhausen M. From ill-defined extracts to the immunomodulatoty lectin: Will there be a reason for oncological application of Mistletoe? Planta Med; 60:2-7. 1994." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"Rose Papac, MD, a professor of oncology at Yale University School of Medicine, once pointed out that there is little opportunity these days to see what happens to cancers if left untreated. "Everyone feels impelled to treat immediately when they see these diseases," says Papac, who has studied cases of spontaneous remissions of cancer. Being stifled with fear, and in some cases being paranoid about finding a quick-acting remedy for the dreaded illness, many people don't give their bodies the chance to cure themselves, but instead choose to destroy what does not need to be destroyed." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"Aloe decreases surgical recovery time, according to a report in the Journal of Derm otologic Surgery and oncology. Eighteen acne patients underwent facial dermabrasion surgery, in which lesions are scraped away. Dressings were applied to their faces, with half of each person's face receiving the standard dressing coated with surgical gel, and the other half with aloe added to this dressing. The half of the face treated with aloe healed approximately seventy-two hours faster than the other side. Dermatologist James Fulton, M.D." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.)

"Hospitals hired Response oncology to teach teams of nurses and oncologists, in two-day sessions, how to administer high-dose chemo and perform a transplant. The company also advised hospitals on how to build new wings and then handled the insurance claims. While hospital administrators wanted their share of the profits, oncologists wanted their share of the glory. Transplantation was a medical high-wire act, a daredevil procedure that brought a patient to the brink of death and then snatched her back at the last moment. " - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"Shalom Kalnicki, a charming, outgoing Brazilian who led radiation oncology programs at the more than thirty facilities within the cancer institute. This is the specialty you hope you never need, but when you do, if you're really lucky, you get somebody like Shalom. An exuberant and erudite man, Kalnicki had interests in topics well outside of mainstream medicine. He knew firsthand that no matter how good care had become for cancer patients, a fundamentally new look had to be taken at keeping the disease at bay." - Devra Davis, The Secret History of the War on Cancer (Get the book.)

"Today, radiation oncology is much more sophisticated, using radiation types that spare the skin and concentrate the destructive beams mostly on the tumor. Still, some radiation does scatter into the surrounding normal tissues, and in patients with extensive tumors the health effects of this scatter effect can be significant. For twenty-six years I gave cancer patients powerful antioxidants before, during, and after their radiation treatments, with a significant reduction in complications and an improved effectiveness of the radiation against the tumor." - Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., Health and Nutrition Secrets (Get the book.) "It is widely known in the oncology world that immunosuppressed transplant patients have a significantly higher cancer rate than those with normal immune systems. This is thought to be secondary to a loss of the body's normal immune surveillance system, which seeks out cells transforming into cancer cells and destroys them. Over fifteen years ago scientists found that exposing animals to MSG could produce a significant loss of delayed type immunity, and that this immune defect would persist for a lifetime." - Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., Health and Nutrition Secrets (Get the book.)

"The Center for Environmental oncology at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute cautions that some substances in cosmetics mimic the female hormone estrogen, and that such additives in hair-care products may be contributing to otherwise inexplicable incidences of breast cancer among African American women (the primary users of such hair treatments) under the age of forty.5 Other common substances in cosmetics include what a growing number of scientists suggest may be endocrine-disrupting chemicals, mutagens, and reproductive toxins." - Mark Schapiro, Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power (Get the book.)

"Office of the Associate Scientific Director for Viral oncology (OASDVO). J. B. Moloney, Ed., Washington, D. C: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1971, pp. 11-14. PROGRAM MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL Science Management Team Dr. J. B. Moloney, Associate Scientific Director for Viral oncology, NCI Mr. L. R. Carrese, Deputy Associate Director foT Program, NCI Dr. L. R. Sibal, Associate for Program Coordination, Viral oncology, NCI Dr. D. J. Rubin, Scientific Coordinator for Extramural Research, VO, NCI Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officers and Contract Specialists Mr. John P." - Leonard G. Horowitz, D.M.D., M.A., M.P.H., Emerging Viruses: AIDS And Ebola : Nature, Accident or Intentional? (Get the book.)

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