Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen---the same article, BLAST chemotherapy, as worthless

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New England Journal of Medicine Hammers Chemo, Applauds Alternative Cancer

Therapy...

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

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