USA to Test Indian Homeopathy Cancer Cure

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USA to test Indian homeopathy cancer cure

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Kolkata, Oct 5. (PTI): The National Cancer Institute (NCI) of USA on

Monday said it was looking at collaborating with the All India

Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for multi-centric trials of a

homeopathic cancer cure protocol developed by a city-based homeopath

duo, making it the first such alternative medicine to be tested by

the coveted global body.

 

Dr Jeffrey White, Director of the the office of Cancer Complimentary

and Alternative Medicine of NCI told a press meet here that they

were in talks with AIIMS for simultaneous trials of the protocol in

USA and India.

 

"We will soon appoint collaborators in India and the USA to oversee

the process and gather data on the patients undergoing the cancer

cure protocol at the clinic of Kolkata-based homeopath P Banerji,

whose case presentations to the NCI were found to be very

impressive," White said.

 

Though AIIMS had been dabbling with yoga and dietary anti-oxidants

to test their anti-cancer efficacy, this would be the first time

that the premier national medical research body tests a homeopathic

formulation for the purpose, he said.

 

White would hold a high level meeting with AIIMS authorities on

Thursday and finalise the modalities of the collborative project.

 

"The project is pending clearance of the ethics committee of AIIMS

as also a nod from the Indian Council of Medical Research. But going

by the response, we are hopeful of the collaboration happening

within the next four months," he said.

 

The project, he said would begin by next April, he said.

 

The protocol, developed by the homeopath-duo P Banerji and his son

Pratip Banerji caught NCI's attention a couple of years back after

the clinic reported 'significant tumour regression' in a number of

lung cancer cases.