Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen December 26th, 2002 Times are a-changin' in the US Health community. Who would have believed that the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine would APPLAUD an Alternative Cancer Therapy, and in the same article, BLAST chemotherapy, as worthless. Well, it happened... in the December 12th, 2002 issue, in a review by James Spencer Malpas, M.D., D.Phil. St. Bartholomew's Hospital London EC1A 7BE, United Kingdom You can find the article in the Journal at http://content.NEJM.org/cgi/content/full/347/24/1986, if you're willing to fork over the ten bucks. For those of you that don't want to spend the ten, here are the quotes... Quote #1 - "He found the evidence in favor of conventional treatment unconvincing and opted for such alternative therapies as Gerson therapy with its strict diet, vitamins, and enemas. High-dose vitamin C and high-dose vitamin D, both contraindicated in the orthodox treatment of multiple myeloma, were later added to the regimen. What is evident is that this was the right therapy for him." Quote #2 - "The irony of the whole situation is that a recent randomized trial of treatment for stage 1 multiple myeloma by Riccardi and colleagues (British Journal of Cancer 2000;82:1254-60) showed no advantage of conventional chemotherapy over no treatment." Well, well... That ought to escalate the "quackbuster's" demise... Even the New England Journal has turned their back on their ludicrous assertions.... Tim Bolen Consumer Advocate This "Millions of Health Freedom Fighters - Newsletter" is about the battle between "Health and Medicine" on Planet Earth. Tim Bolen is an op/ed writer with extensive knowledge of the activities of a subversive organization calling itself the "quackbusters," and that organization's attempts to suppress, and discredit, any, and all health modalities that compete with the allopathic (MD) paradigm for consumer health dollars. The focus of the newsletter is on the ongoing activities, battles, politics, and the victories won by members of the "Health Freedom Movement" against the "quackbusters" It details "who the quackbusters are, what they are, where they are operating, when they appear, and how they operate - and how easy it is to beat them..." For background information on the "Battle between Health and Medicine" go to: http://www.savedrclark.net/by_whom2.htm. A copy of THIS newsletter, and older ones, are viewable at the website http://www.quackpotwatch.org/default.htm. For EVEN MORE interesting and related articles go to http://www.bolenreport.com. "Living Proof: A medical mutiny" Scribner, 2002 Abstract #8026 ASCO, 2004 MD Anderson Cancer Ctr, 3/03 Am Society of Hematology, 12/03 LINK to site w/protocol for Multiple Myeloma, Prostate and more LINK to funder of research, and more Source: NCI, 6/06 August 2006 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings Mol Cancer Ther, 4/05 Remember we are NOT Doctors and have NO medical training. This site is like an Encylopedia - there are many pages, many links on many topics. Support our work with any size DONATION - see left side of any page - for how to donate. You can help raise awareness of CAM.