The following respected scientists and doctors have articulated serious questions and opinions related to the efficacy of chemotherapy :
Dr. Abel, PhD : In a 1989 study -
" ... the personal views of many oncologists seem to be in striking contrast to communications intended for the public."
Dr. Martin Shapiro wrote an article in the Los Angeles Times, 1/9/87, "Chemotherapy: Snake-Oil Remedy?" : "
"Some oncologist inform their patients of the lack of evidence that treatments work ... others may well be misled by scientific papers that express unwarranted optimism about chemotherapy. Still others respond to an economic incentive. Physicians can earn much more money running active chemotherapy practices than they can providing solace and relief.. to dying patients and their families."
Dr. Albert Braverman wrote in 1991:
" … no disseminated neoplasm (cancer) incurable in 1975 is curable today. Many medical oncologists recommend chemotherapy for virtually any tumor, with a hopefulness undiscouraged by almost invariable failure."
Dr. Levin, UCSF :
“Most patients in this country die of chemotherapy. Chemotherapy does not eliminate breast, colon or lung cancer. This fact has been documented for over a decade, yet doctors still use chemotherapy for these tumors".
John Cairns, Professor of microbiology at Harvard University, published a critique in Scientific American in 1985 :
"Aside from certain rare cancers, it is not possible to detect any sudden changes in the death rates for any of the major cancers that could be credited to chemotherapy. Whether any of the common cancers can be cured by chemotherapy has yet to be established."
Alan Nixon, PhD, past President of the American Chemical Society :
"As a chemist trained to interpret data, it is incomprehensible to me that physicians can ignore the clear evidence that chemotherapy does much, much more harm than good."
Dr. Candace Pert, Georgetown University School of Medicine :
“Except for two forms of cancer, chemotherapy does not cure. It tortures and may shorten life - no one can tell from the available data.”
Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D., Cancer renowned researcher and writer :
“Conventional cancer therapy is so toxic and dehumanizing that I fear it far more than I fear death from cancer. We know that conventional therapy doesn’t work –if it did, you would not fear cancer any more than you fear pneumonia. It is the utter lack of certainty as to the outcome of conventional treatment that virtually screams for more freedom of choice in the area of cancer therapy. Yet most alternative therapies regardless of potential or proven benefit, are outlawed, which forces patients to submit to the failures that we know don’t work, because there’s no other choice. I started as a believer in chemotherapy.”
Dr. Samuel S. Epstein, Congressional Record, September, 9, 1987 :
“Chemotherapy and radiation can increase the risk of developing a second cancer by up to 100 times.”
Dr. William Campbell Douglass II regarding hypocrisy of Oncologist Survey :
“To understand the utter hypocrisy of chemotherapy, consider the following: The McGill Cancer Center in Canada, one of the largest and most prestigious cancer treatment centers in the world, did a study of oncologists to determine how they would respond to a diagnosis of cancer. On the confidential questionnaire, 58 out of 64 doctors said that all chemotherapy programs were unacceptable to them and their family members. The overriding reason for this decision was that the drugs are ineffective and have an unacceptable degree of toxicity. These are the same doctors who will tell you that their chemotherapy treatments will shrink your tumor and prolong your life! Thirty years ago, I worked with a radiologist who told me this: “If I get cancer, I’m going to Mexico.” So if you get cancer, don’t call your doctor; call your travel agent. There are alternative treatments available, but you will have to run the gamut of outraged chemotherapists, radiologists, and surgeons to find one. They will use cajolery, insults, fear, threats (”If you do this, I am off the case”), and misrepresentation to dissuade you.”
THE ABOVE PERSPECTIVES ARE THOUGHT PROVOKING . . . . .
There may be other treatments, i.e., “Alternative Treatments”, which late stage patients, i.e., Stage 3 and Stage 4 Cancer Patients, should research in their quest to find therapies which may be qualitatively more beneficial, less costly and harbor fewer side effects versus the questionable benefits of chemotherapy treatments. Ask the tough questions when consulting with your Doctor(s) or other healthcare practitioners in conducting the necessary research regarding your therapeutic path.
Keep the Hope !!
