From another alternative health email newsletter that I subscribe to, from Dr. Isaac Eliaz (his website is HERE):
Just a couple of days ago, I stumbled across a truly infuriating story in The New York Times. The headline?
“Promising Results in Stomach and Breast Cancer Drugs”
Now, considering the fact that a large portion of my career has been devoted to the search for effective cancer therapies, you might find my frustration just a little confusing. After all, it goes without saying that any progress in the fight against cancer—however small—is incredibly good news that’s worth celebrating.
So why am I so frustrated by this latest story?
Well, the Big Pharma-controlled media would have you believe that this new research is a major breakthrough—when, in fact, a closer look reveals a classic example of “one step forward and two steps back.”
Let me explain…
Herceptin is a breast cancer drug, used in combination with chemotherapy to target breast tumors abundant in a specific protein called Her2. As it turns out, this protein is not limited to breast cancer cases—in fact, researchers found that roughly 22 percent of the 3,807 stomach cancer patients they examined also showed high amounts of Her2 in their tumors. So naturally, the goal of this new study (conveniently sponsored by Herceptin’s manufacturer, Roche) was to examine the effects of the drug on 594 of these patients—all diagnosed with Her2-positive stomach tumors.
The result? Stomach cancer patients treated with chemotherapy alone lived a median of 11.1 months… compared with 13.8 months among those who received Herceptin in addition to standard chemo.
At first glance, that seems like great news—there’s no question that every extra day counts when you’re fighting for your life. But what media reports failed to mention are the notorious side effects associated with Herceptin treatment: fever, chills, nausea, and muscle aches in many cases… with heart or lung failure falling upon an even more unlucky few.
Combine these complications with the already well-known side effects of chemotherapy, and those two extra months of survival may not look so promising after all. Especially when research has shown for some time now that you can achieve similar results—while actually improving your quality of life—by making lifestyle and dietary changes, adding supplements and botanicals to your daily regimen, and integrating body mind medicine into your protocol.
What’s more, these changes can benefit far more than just a small percentage of patients—and they don’t require additional drugs (or any of their health-robbing side effects, for that matter).
If you’ve been a member of my community for a while, then you know that modified citrus pectin—known as MCP, for short—is one of my primary targets of research. And over the last fifteen years, I have been involved in numerous published, peer-reviewed studies showing the promising cancer-fighting power of this single natural compound. Ongoing clinical trials continue to demonstrate its unique ability to halt tumor metastasis—even in late-stage treatment-resistant cancer patients—safely, effectively, and without notable side effects.
Sadly, without the backing of a big-name drug company, you aren’t likely to hear the mainstream media reporting on this truly extraordinary breakthrough anytime soon. So in the meantime, I consider it my duty as a doctor to do the job for them.
That’s why I’d like to invite you to read my comprehensive report on the growing role of modified citrus pectin in the fight against cancer. It’s absolutely free, and you can download it from my website HERE.
As always, I encourage you to share it with friends, family, and anyone who might benefit from this valuable information. Armed with the contents in this free report, it’s my greatest hope that you will feel empowered to make your own decisions in the face of this frightening diagnosis… with or without Big Pharma’s “help” along the way.
Yours in good health,
Isaac Gabriel Eliaz, M.D., L.Ac., M.S
P.S. from Jane: Modified Citrus Pectin is a treatment I've been reading about and keeping track of for almost four years; Dr. Eliaz is not a quack. If the day ever comes when I'm searching for further treatment, it's definitely on my "check this out" list (the one that I know I will never get from a "regular" doctor).
Breast Cancer kills more women each year and what we need to do now is how to prevent the spread of this killer disease.
Posted by: Cheap Soma | Sunday, July 12, 2009 at 08:33 PM