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CANCER OF THE BREAST
Two out of
every three patients with cancer of the
breast who do not use Laetrile but
choose instead to submit to orthodox
therapies will be dead within five years(1).
if a cancerous lump is present for one
month only, fifty percent of patients will
have metastasis(2). The following Laetrile
case histories should be read with this in
mind.
M11OMX: Cancer of the Breast
In July, 1974,
this fifty-year-old woman sought medical
attention because of a lump in her left
breast. Subsequent mammogram and needle
biopsy were both negative. The mammogram
report concluded, however:
Clinically palpable firm mass in the
lower portion of the left breast
which radiographically presents as
an ill defined increase in density
not to unlike that of fibrocystic
change. The clinical feel of the
lesion, however, warrants biopsy.
The
patient decided to have the lump removed
but would not sign a surgery consent for
removal of the breast in the event the
lesion was cancer. Pathology report
stated in part:
Microscopic: In some areas the
tumor occurs as nests of cells which
extend into the surrounding adipose
tissue. The tumor extends to the
margins of resection.
Microscopic Diagnosis:
Infiltrating Ductal Carcinoma, Left
Breast.
The fact
that the tumor extended "to the margins
of resection" tells us that not all of
it was removed. Because of this, the
doctors urged her to have her left
breast amputated. The probable need for
cobalt therapy following surgery also
was suggested.
This woman
decided that she preferred to try metabolic
therapy including Laetrile. Treatment was
begun in August, 1974. She began the
standard twenty-day course of therapy,
receiving 6 to 9 grams of Laetrile I.V. per
day. This was supplemented by a regimen of
pancreatic enzymes and a broad spectrum of
vitamins and minerals. She began the
recommended animal-protein-free diet and has
remained on it since that time. She has
rejected all forms of orthodox therapy.
To the
surprise of her original physician, this
patient’s cancer has not reappeared, even
though it is certain that malignant tissue
remained after her excisional biopsy. She
continues to lead an entirely normal life
with no evidence of cancer.
F161W: Cancer
of the Left Breast with Metastases to the
Lymph Nodes
This woman was
fifty-three years old at the time she was
admitted to the hospital for evaluation of
changes in her left breast. The date was
February 6, 1975.
On her
hospital admission history, she stated she
had noted about December 12, 1974, that the
nipple of her left breast was pulled back
from its normal position. On examination,
the doctor admitting her to the hospital
felt the lymph nodes and stated that there
was an "indefinite mass."
The patient
had surgery the following day. The area
beneath the left breast was biopsied, and
the pathologist reported "infiltrating
ductal cell carcinoma." The doctor then
proceeded to do a radical amputation of the
left breast. The pathology report dated
February 10,1975, stated in part:
Gross:
Numerous
enlarged, obviously involved lymph nodes
are present.
Microscopic:
There are
ten slides and multiple sections....
Examination reveals the presence of
metastases in 8 of 13 examined lymph
nodes. Metastases are noted in the two
highest nodes.
Pathologic
Diagnosis:
Left
breast, infiltrating duct cell carcinoma
in large part scirrhous type with
metastases to 8 of 13 examined lymph
nodes.
The fact
that cancer had spread to the highest
lymph nodes examined is generally
considered a bad sign in terms of
patient survival.
The patient
states she saw her doctor again on March 24,
1975. Apparently he felt her
prognosis was so grave that he didn’t even
bother recommending radiation or
chemotherapy. He indicated there was little
hope for recovery and said simply, "You’ll
just have to face it." In a letter to the
Richardson Clinic, the patient described her
reaction to the interview with her local
doctor:
I was
appalled. There was nothing more to
be done, no recommendations, and
most of all, no one with whom I
could ask questions or discuss the
situation. I recalled seeing
a film about Laetrile. My husband
called the person who had shown the
film here in Grass Valley,
California, and after discussing it
with her and after reading several
books on the subject, we decided
that vitamin therapy was the answer.
The
patient came to the Richardson Clinic on
March 24, 1975. She received 9 gms. of
Laetrile I.V. every day for twenty days,
and then the dosage was gradually
reduced. Mineral intake was balanced
based on her hair analysis. Blood
studies were essentially normal.
Bio-assays were: (1) 3-24-75,
26.7; (2) 6-18-75, 18.7; (3)
10-2-75, 15.1; (4) 1-12-76, 14.5; (5)
3-29-76, 15.0; (6) 8-10-76,
21.4.
Currently the
patient is taking two 500 mg. tablets of
Laetrile per day and one 3 grm. I.V.
injection of Laetrile per month. She is
maintaining her vegetarian diet with the
exception of occasional servings of fish or
chicken.
It has been
more than two years since this patient was
abandoned by orthodox medicine. Under
metabolic therapy she continues in excellent
health. She does all of her housework, helps
in the yard, looks after her family and
cares for her elderly mother, who lives
nearby.
K132MH: Cancer of the Breast with Seeding
This woman
went to a clinic in Great Falls, Montana,
for a physical examination in May, 1974.
Examination revealed what appeared to be
cancer. Mrs. K. had a left modified radical
mastectomy for "infiltrating ductal
carcinoma" (cancer). Two of the eleven lymph
nodes were involved with metastatic tumor.
Following the
mastectomy, the patient received 4500 rads
of cobalt therapy to the left paraclavicular
region and the internal mammary areas
(collar bone and breast bone areas) in
fifteen divided doses over a period of three
weeks. She was seen by her doctor at regular
intervals during 1975.
She noted some
bumps developing in the area of her previous
surgery and radiation and returned to her
doctor in January, 1976. In a letter to the
Richardson Clinic dated April 7, 1976 the
doctor stated in part:
I
examined them [the growths] and
there were about 2-3 definite
nodules in the area of the previous
mastectomy. I biopsied some of the
nodules and this showed metastatic
adenocarcinoma consistent with
infiltrating ductular malignancy
[cancer].
The
patient states the doctor told her she
could not have any more radiation and
that he did not plan to put her on
chemotherapy. It was decided to put her
on a course of hormone therapy, instead.
She was informed, however, that such
therapy was not a cure and, in view of
her cancer’s return to the old site,
there was little orthodox medicine could
do for her.
The patient
stated in a letter to the Richardson Clinic,
March 26, 1976:
I took
them [the pills] a little, but they
were Stilbesterol, and I knew the
FDA had ordered the cattle feeders
not to use it as implants in cattle,
because the meat from cattle which
had been on the hormone might cause
cancer in humans.
The
patient continued on Stilbesterol for
only a few weeks more and then concluded
she should stop taking what she saw as a
cancer-causing substance. She stated
that the Stilbesterol caused her abdomen
to swell, that she was unable to control
her urine, and that, although past her
menopause, she began to menstruate
again.
The patient
came to the Richardson Clinic and began
metabolic therapy February 3, 1976. Only a
little aver one year has passed since the
return of cancer to the original site of
surgery and radiation. It is too early,
therefore, to come to definite conclusions
regarding the efficacy of metabolic therapy
in her case. It should be noted, however,
that most patients under such circumstances
experience a rapid decline and, at the end
of one year, either are deceased or are
facing a severe confrontation with their
disease. By contrast, this patient’s disease
appears to be completely controlled and she
is enjoying a normal life.
B157M: Cancer of Both Breasts
This woman was
fifty years old at the time of her first
radical mastectomy in June, 1967. The
patient states the doctor assured her they
"got it all."
A second
radical mastectomy was performed in the same
Michigan hospital in 1974. The patient was
told at the time of her second breast
amputation that it would be necessary for
her to have cobalt therapy, and when the
cobalt treatments were completed she would
have to have her uterus and ovaries removed.
She left her
home in Michigan at her doctor’s suggestion
and went to a Buffalo, N.Y., hospital to
prepare for subsequent treatments. The
patient had this to say about her treatment
in New York:
I went
to Buffalo believing I would receive
excellent care because it was
reputed to have a good
reputation.... From the moment I
entered the door I felt like a
number. I was never taken into an
office for a consultation with a
doctor about my case. I was sent to
a nuclear clinic and told to disrobe
and sit on a table. The two doctors
who came in did not speak to me,
only to each other. The exams
without explanation or consultation
continued for two weeks....
Later,
after conferring with two other doctors
in the same hospital who were not
associated with the nuclear medicine
department, Mrs. B. concluded she did
not want cobalt. According to the
patient, there were numerous phone calls
to her home from various physicians
urging her to come back and begin
treatment. It was made clear to her
that, if she did not submit to
radiation, her chances of survival were
almost zero. The patient stated, "My
feeling about this entire experience was
that I was being clawed back into a cage
at the nuclear clinic." She returned to
Michigan frustrated and disillusioned.
By June, 1975,
three small lumps had appeared on the sift
of the scar of the biopsy which had preceded
the second radical mastectomy.
The lumps
which had appeared in June, 1975, and one
lymph node were finally removed in December,
1975, at Hermann Hospital, Houston, Texas.
The pathology diagnosis stated:
1.
Skin with metastatic well
differentiated adenocarcinoma
extending into subcutaneous
tissue.
2.
Lymph node with metastatic well
differentiated adenocarcinoma.
According
to the patient, the physician who
performed the surgery in December, 1975,
advised the patient’s husband that if it
were his own wife he would insist on
cobalt therapy.
The patient
for a second time decided against cobalt.
About this
time she had heard of Laetrile and concluded
she would try nutritional therapy instead.
She began treatments on February 4, 1976.
Within just a few days, she noticed a
general improvement in her stamina and sense
of well-being. Her return to apparent good
health since that time has been impressive,
especially in view of the fact that she has
not always adhered strictly to the
prescribed levels of Laetrile or to the
recommended diet.
Psychological
scars, however, remain. In a recent letter
to the Richardson Clinic, the patient
stated:
My
only pain has been the result of
mutilating and unnecessary surgery.
The vegetarian diet distresses me
because, at this point in one’s
life, there are few pleasures
remaining to us and being
disfigured makes a dismal difference
in any other source of joy.
In spite
of the sad consequences of previous
orthodox therapy, the patient has
expressed gratitude not only to be alive
and well but also to have escaped the
probable pain and further disfigurement
of radiation.
I125M: Cancer of the Breast
This patient
was admitted to General Rose Hospital in
Denver, Colorado, for a right radical
mastectomy, which was performed on October
30, 1974. She was hospitalized for six weeks
following surgery because of an infection at
the operative site.
Following
surgery, she received radiation from
November 27, 1974, to February 20, 1975.
During that time, the treatments had to be
discontinued for a period of ten days
because of body bums.
Upon
completion of radiation therapy, the patient
was scheduled to start chemotherapy. She had
only two shots and discontinued the
treatment.
In a letter
written by the patient to the Richardson
Clinic she describes her local doctor’s
response to the idea of Laetrile:
Dr.
[name omitted] did the mastectomy
and planned the radiation and
chemotherapy. However, after two
injections of chemotherapy, I walked
off the entire mess except to
complete paying the bills....
I had read
about Laetrile and wanted to discuss
this with my doctor. He threw the book,
turned red, and yelled, "This is no damn
good." ...
March 10,
1975, I began vitamin therapy.
For the fist time, I began to feel
normal and enjoy being human once again.
I have continued the Laetrile shots, the
vitamins, and the cancer diet faithfully
since March 10, 1975, and it is now
March 4, 1976. I do all my normal work,
sleep eight hours each night, have much
energy, and enjoy life and friends once
again.
I have
confidence in my vitamin therapy. The
surgery and radiation made me feel like
a stumbling zombie. I feel like a
healthy individual since vitamin
therapy.
B145C: Cancer of the Breast
In August,
1974, this thirty-four-year-old woman began
to have pain in her left arm, for which her
family doctor was unable to find a cause.
The patient discovered a lump on her left
breast in March, 1975. She states
that she returned to her family doctor, who
advised her there was no lump; rather, she
was feeling the side of her breast.
Three months
later, however, the patient sought the
advice of her gynecologist, who said there
was a lump on her breast and advised
her to see a surgeon. Following several
consultations, the patient was admitted to
the hospital, where a radical left breast
removal was performed on August 11,1975.
The surgery
report states in part: "On dissecting the
tissue away from the highest axillary
structures on the chest wall above and
behind the axillary structures, tumor and
metastases were noted." The report stated
that all of the main tumor was removed, but
no mention was made of the metastases.
The pathology
report from St. Joseph’s Hospital In Denver,
Colorado, states the final diagnosis as:
"Infiltrating ductal carcinoma. Left radical
mastectomy with residual Intraductal
carcinoma [cancer not removed by surgery]
and axillary lymph node metastases."
The patient’s
husband was advised that the cancer had
Invaded the shoulder area and that the
surgeons were unable to cut out all the
cancer. Radiation and chemotherapy were both
advised, and the probability of subsequent
need to remove the patient’s ovaries was
also discussed.
The patient
and her husband decided that she should come
to the Richardson Clinic for metabolic
therapy instead
Metabolic
therapy including Laetrile was begun
September 10, 1975. In a letter dated
March 30, 1976, the patient summarizes her
experience in part as follows:
After about
the third or fourth shot, the pain In my
arm, which had not gone away even after
surgery, was gone, and I could use my arm in
a fairly normal way. I felt that any kind of
therapy which was constructive had to do
more good than destructive therapy.
Although this
patient is known to have had extensive
metastases at the inception of metabolic
therapy, and, thus, her prognosis (under
orthodox therapy) would have been extremely
unfavorable, she has responded beautifully.
Her general health and vitality have
improved, and her disease appears to be
satisfactorily controlled, inasmuch as she
remains symptom-free more than one and
one-half years after the incomplete removal
of her cancer.
(1)Clinical Oncology for Medical Students
and Physicians, op. cit., p. 99.
(2)Ibid. p.91
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