CancerCompass message board discussion started by Faith1 on 11/30/2006 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,8056,0.htm Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ I'm trying to read through as much information as I can but was wondering if anyone has any positive feedback about Laetrile - B17? Or anything that might help my Dad make an informed choice! Thanks Faith1 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT Laetrile has shown little anticancer effect in laboratory studies, animal studies, or human studies. I could cite a dozen references, but there are over 23,000 hits in google on the phrase "laetrile, fraud" that you can look at. Amnia Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT I thought it was too good to be true! Dad is looking at anything to help really. A letter in the national press caught his attention. Thank you anyway. Take care Faith1 Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT What is it?  I just learned that my mother has Rectal Cancer and I don't know what to do!!! Fore18 Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT On 11/30/2006 Amnia wrote:Laetrile has shown little anticancer effect in laboratory studies, animal studies, or human studies. I could cite a dozen references, but there are over 23,000 hits in google on the phrase "laetrile, fraud" that you can look at. Another point of view: Why are Laetrile and many other substances used in alternative-cancer therapy not readily available in the U.S.? The short answer is that these substances are not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The full answer, however, is a bit more complex. The reason they do not carry approval is that they have not undergone the extensive FDA testing that all new drugs must pass before being approved for common use. That's the law in the United States. This process takes years of research work, requires tens of thousands of pages of reports, and costs hundreds of millions of dollars. The only firms that can afford this are large pharmaceutical companies. Not even they will undertake such expense unless they can eventually make a profit through sales, and that means they must obtain a patent on the substance being tested. However, substances found in nature cannot be patented, only man-made chemicals and processes can. Since Laetrile and many other substances used in alternative-cancer treatments are found in nature, they cannot be patented. That means they will never be tested according to FDA protocol. Consequently, they will never be officially approved no matter how effective they may be. That is why you often hear it said that alternative cancer therapies are "unproven." That is a very misleading statement. They may not have been proven by FDA protocol, but many of them definitely have been proven as both safe and effective by actual clinical experience in the treatment of thousands of cancer patients. Unfortunately, until the laws are changed, the only officially approved substances we will ever have for the treatment of cancer in the United States are man-made, patented chemicals! For further information go to http://www.cancure.org/laetrile.htm So important to keep an open mind.... Shemay Shemay Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT Hello Faith1Even though your message was from November 06, I wondered how  your father was doing now? I can only share my experience, I believe one muststrengthen ones immune system to fight the cancer,,,How you ask...High potency Vitamin C therapy administered intraveneously 10,000 mls and Laetrile B17, I did this for 1 year, I also used conventional surgery to remove the tumours...I also changed the way I ate, no meat, and organically...Take what you want from this....Im now a survivor, may this happen for your father,,,,Jeanne Jeannechat Sat, 07 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT  On 4/7/2007 Jeannechat wrote:Hello Faith1Even though your message was from November 06, I wondered how  your father was doing now? I can only share my experience, I believe one muststrengthen ones immune system to fight the cancer,,,How you ask...High potency Vitamin C therapy administered intraveneously 10,000 mls and Laetrile B17, I did this for 1 year, I also used conventional surgery to remove the tumours...I also changed the way I ate, no meat, and organically...Take what you want from this....Im now a survivor, may this happen for your father,,,,Jeanne I am interested to hear more about your cancer, protocol, alternative therapy expenses and your current health!  My 34 yr old husband has stage III rectal cancer and recently underwent chemo/radiation/avastin treatment for 6 weeks in Houston at MD Anderson.  He gets surgery Dec. 11.  Now they are recommending 6 months of chemo as adjuvant therapy.  I'm into nutrition and alternative med. and all of this chemo talk makes me sick.  Please tell me what you did, and what you may think of IPT insulin potentiated chemo and your IV vitamin C and laetrile.Thanks,Arielle   mikk5 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT