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CANCER OF THE FEMALE GENITALS
Case Histories
include Cancer of the Uterus,
Cervix,
Vulva, Vagina, and Positive Pap
Smears
Orthodoxy claims that only one
out of every five patients with
cancer confined to the cervix will
be dead in five years(1). Statistics
could not be located for cancer of
the cervix which had penetrated
surrounding tissue, but they
probably would show a mortality rate
of at least two times that of a
restricted site. One of every three
patients with cancer of the uterus
who do not use Laetrile but
choose orthodox therapy instead will
be dead in five years (2)
Cancer of the ovaries, when treated
by orthodox methods, accounts for a
greater number of deaths than all
other genital cancers combined. Two
out of every three patients with
cancer of the ovaries who do not
choose Laetrile but choose
orthodox therapy instead will be
dead in five years. Over one-half of
all patients with cancer of the
vagina who submit to orthodox
treatment are dead within eighteen
months (3). Keep these
facts in mind when reading the
following Laetrile case histories.
(1)
Clinical Oncology for Medical
Students and Physicians, op. cit.p.
166.
(2)Ibid, p. 172.
(3) Ibid, pp. 174, 181, 183.
W166I: Cancer of the Uterus and
Cervix
This sixty-two-year-old woman has a
remarkable history of change in Pap
smear and tissue studies in just six
months. She had had routine physical
exams, including normal Pap smears;
until March, 1976, at which time the
Pap smear report stated, "Atypical
cells present. Possibly adeno-origin."
On May 13, 1976, a biopsy was
performed and the pathology report
read in part as follows:
Microscopic Diagnosis:
Endo biopsy of endameerium
showing mucin secreting
adenocarcinoina [cancer].
Although it is possible
that this is a niucin
secreting adenocarcinoma
arising in the endometrium
or endocervix, a metastatic
lesion must also be
considered.
On May 21, 1976, there was a
second evaluation by another
pathologist, who, on the basis
of the tissue studies, confirmed
the diagnosis of cancer.
This woman had not proceeded with
the recommended treatment, and
finally on June 8, 1976, three
months after the initial positive
Pap smear, she received a letter
from her doctor at Kaiser Permanente
Medical Group in Oakland,
California, which read in pan as
follows:
The purpose of this letter
is to review your medical
situation and to
state our opinion in regard
to the treatment of your
condition....
The pathology report of the
tissue obtained was
adenocarcinoma of the
endoinetrium. Subsequently,
additional tissue was obtained
from die endocervical canal and
this, too, showed adenocarcinoma
of the endometrium.... My
conclusion was that you had
endometrial carcinoma [cancer]
of the uterus with extention to
the cervix..
At that time, I, too, [in
addition to another medical
doctor] advised you that the
appropriate treatment for this
condition would be hysterectomy
with postoperative irradiation
with Cobalt to the side pelvis
externally and radium to the
vaginal vault.
The letter continued pointing
out the dangers of not seeking
the suggested treatment and
advising the patient that if she
would not accept the recommended
treatment they could not be
responsible for the outcome of
her disease.
This woman came to the Richardson
Clinic to begin metabolic therapy
including Laetrile on June 14, 1976.
Blood studies were within normal.
She received 9 gms. of Laetrile I.V.
daily for twenty days and then the
I.V. dosage was gradually reduced
and supplemented with Laetrile
tablets on the days she did not
recieve shots. According to the
patient, she accepted the vegetarian
diet and followed it without
allowing herself any exceptions.
She had a Pap smear on September 29,
1976, about three months following
the beginning of treatment. The
findings were, "Class I—negative."
No cancer was present. Tissue
pathology exam on December 17, 1976,
was also negative for cancer. The
patient wrote the Richardson Clinic
Novenaber 12, 1976. The letter
stated in part as follows:
The advice of the surgeons
left me in a state of
emotional shock. I felt
after seeing them that I had
to prepare for impending
death.
My first visit to the clinic of
Doctor Richardson changed my
mind. I had the good luck of
meeting a young woman from Santa
Barbara, California, already in
the waiting room who had been
his patient for over two years.
She looked healthy, radiant, and
full of energy. She had
recovered from cancer of the
breast through vitamin
therapy....
[This sixty-two-year-old woman
continues her summary]. I lost
weight during the first six
weeks of the diet—something I
had always wanted. I felt a
little weak during the first
week and did less jogging than
the three miles I usually do
each morning. But, I worked in
my hard, stressful, and
demanding job without any
interruption and without anyone
noticing any change. As a matter
of fact, to this day, I’ve had
no more than three days vacation
all summer and fall.
The most important fact to me is
that I could continued my normal
life in all its forms during my
treatment, without any absence
from work, without pain or other
problems. I consider myself
healthier now than before, less
strained.
L152L: Cancer of the Ovary
Mrs. L., a sixty-one-year-old woman,
went to her local doctor on November
5, 1975, because of a
brownish discharge from her vagina.
Examination revealed a mass on the
right side of her pelvis.
The patient was hospitalized for
exploratory surgery. On November 17,
1975, her uterus, both fallopian
tubes and both ovaries were removed.
The frozen section on the right
ovary showed adenocarcinoma
(cancer). The final pathology
diagnosis, from Dameron Hospital,
Stockton, California, was "clear
cell carcinoma—(‘mesonephroma’)
stage I-C."
In addition to the cancer of the
ovary, "floating" cancer cells were
identified in the peritoneal fluid.
When the patient went back to her
local doctor for a six-week
check-up, he felt a small lump near
the line of the surgical incision.
The patient stated that her local
doctor was insistent that she have
radiation. When advised that she
simply could not afford it, he said
she should at least have
chemotherapy, which would not be so
expensive. Mrs. L. stated that her
doctor warned her that without
radiation or chemotherapy, she would
have no more than a year to live.
Approximately a month following
surgery, Mrs. L. came to the
Richardson Clinic for metabolic
therapy, including Laetrile. She has
responded favorably and, despite her
doctor’s dire predictions, continues
to enjoy good health and to lead a
normal life without pain or the
disability from radiation or
chemotherapy.
M158SX: Cancer of the Ovary
This woman was seventy-one years old
when she was admitted as an
emergency patient in June, 1973. She
had had progressive abdominal pain
and swelling. Also, this patient had
a severe cough and, in addition, she
was unable to have a bowel movement.
Surgery report stated in part:
A massive right ovarian, lobulated
and degenerative tumor was found,
there was a solid, necrosing,
degenerating carcinoma of the ovary.
There were multiple abdonimal
ovarian intestinal adhesions and a
large amount, [4,000 cc.] of acetic
fluid was present. The right ovarian
tumor had to be dissected from the
right ureter... the pathology
reports of the tumor showed
adenocarcinoma of the right ovary
with extensive hemorrhage, necrosis
and cystic degeneration.
The other pertinent laboratory and
X-ray findings were: (1) Chest
X-ray: bilateral pulmonary
congestion, (2) Barium enema:
multiple diverticula of the colon,
(3) IVP: ureters normal on both
sides but incomplete drainage of the
right renal collecting system, (4)
Bone scan: suggestive of a
neoplastic (cancer) process of D6,
dorsal vertebra, (5) Admitting blood
count: 11.9 gm. hemoglobin, 32,300
WBC’s, 80 segs. Alkaline phosphatase
was 3.3, (6) Class III cells were
found in the fluid removed from the
abdomen.
Because of the nature of the surgery
(having to cut around the ureter
leaving cancer tissue behind) and
the suggestion on the X-ray of
cancer metastasis to the spine (D6
vertebra), further treatment was
recommended following surgery. The
July, 1973, discharge summary
concludes:
It was felt pelvic irradiation with
cobalt would be in order and
subsequent chemotherapy to be
instituted as patient was evaluated
during the course of time. The
family was consulted as to the very
guarded prognosis.
The patient’s daughter said that the
family was advised the patient would
probably not live three months. The
daughter stated:
Even though I refused, the
doctor set up a cobalt
appointment for mother. We
cancelled. Her weight prior
to her illness was 140
pounds. In the hospital she
went down to 125
pounds and by the time we
arrived at the Richardson
Clinic her weight was down
to 110 pounds.
Mrs. S. came to the Richardson
Clinic and began metabolic
therapy in August, 1973. Within
a month, she had gained fifteen
pounds and returned to her
pre-illness level of strength.
Mrs. S. has remained on Laetrile and
the other recommended vitamins and
minerals and continues to follow the
recommended diet.
At the time of publication, this
seventy-three-year-old woman—who was
given three months to live
—has now extended that grim
prediction to three and one-half
years. This is truly impressive in
view of the fact that she had an
incompletely removed ovarian
carcinoma with metastasis to the
spine. Nevertheless, her latest
contact with the Richardson Clinic
revealed that she feels strong
enough to fly back and forth across
the United States by herself to
visit family and friends. She
continues to be symptom-free, and it
appears that her disease is
controlled.
M122T: Cancer of the Cervix,
Stage I
This fifty-five-year-old patient
began "spotting" from the cervix in
mid-January, 1975. Subsequent
exam at Kaiser Hospital in Oakland,
California, revealed cancer of the
cervix, Stage I.
Surgery was planned for March 10,
1975. The physician noted on
February 22, 1975: "Patient is going
to have cancer surgery; uterine
involvement; radical hysterectomy.
Mrs. M. has not told her husband
because she is concerned about his
heart condition."
Mrs. M. explained later that she
decided not to go through with the
surgery because she had seen her
mother die of cancer after having
had surgery and radiation. She had
heard her mother say before her
death that, if she had to do it
again, she would never have
submitted to surgery; rather she
would have "lived with the lump."
The patient began metabolic therapy
March 4, 1975, at the Richardson
Clinic. (She sought out the Clinic
after hearing Laetrile discussed on
the Tom Snyder TV Talk Show.)
In a letter to Mrs. M. dated March
27, 1975, the gynecologist at Kaiser
Hospital expressed his concern about
her failing to keep her surgical
appointment in these words:
This is to inform you that
you have an invasive
carcinoma of the cervix. You
have failed to keep two
admission dates for surgery
for therapy of this
carcinoma. I have been
unable to reach you by
telephone. You are strongly
urged to contact this office
to arrange or follow-up and
treatment
The patient states that she was
also advised that she would be,
"dead in three months" if she
did not have surgery or
radiation. In spite of these
admonitions, the patient
continued with metabolic therapy
and refused surgery or
radiation. Pathology report from
a Pap smear taken March 18,
1975, revealed: "Class I
negative. No atypical cells
present [no cancer]." That was
only fourteen days after
starting metabolic therapy.
Notation from Dr. Richardson at the
Richardson Clinic on September
25, 1975, (after pelvic exam of
Mrs. M.) states: "Patient still
bleeds easily. No visible tumor."
This was seven months following the
diagnosis of cancer of the cervix,
Stage I.
Mrs. M. stated in a letter to the
Clinic dated March 13, 1976 (one
year after her initial diagnosis):
I decided to start Laetrile
because in my opinion the
FDA did not offer any
logical argument against it.
I started Laetrile treatment
on March 4, 1975. I
cancelled my original
surgery date and moved it to
March 21, 1975. However,
after three weeks on
Laetrile, I felt so
energetic I cancelled
surgery again. The two
doctors called me at home
and at work. They talked to
my husband [whom the patient
had not wanted to be
informed about her
diagnosis]. One doctor told
me the tumor would-kill me
in three months if I did not
have surgery.
I followed the diet with very
few exceptions. In my first year
I have had no meat, no coffee,
no liquor, and no dairy
products. I take the Laetrile
and other vitamin supplements
every day. I still take one
10cc. shot [3 gms.] of Laetrile
every week.
I have not been back to Kaiser
for an examination since I feel
well and healthy. I work every
day at my job, and am active in
my community. I have not
developed any other lumps. I
have not lost weight. I feel
strong. This is sufficient proof
to me that my cancer is under
control.
When my doctor [the one who
wanted her to have surgery]
asked me if I knew how painful
death from cancer would be, I
said yes I knew. My mother had
breast cancer. She was butchered
and burned and died a slow and
painful death. We had to keep
her arm in ice packs twenty-four
hours a day because of cobalt
burns. My mother was not helped
or saved. That is precisely why
I rejected surgery and
radiation.
Mrs. M. is still a healthy,
active woman as of January,
1977, two years following
diagnosis of cancer of the
cervix. She has been appointed
to the Community Development
Agency of one of northern
California’s large counties. She
has been involved in planning
rehabilitation of older homes in
her community. One of her
current goals is to work for the
establishment of a community
center in her home town. She
also paints in her "spare" time.
B133L: Cancer of the Cervix
This twenty-eight-year-old woman
went to her local doctor in
November, 1975, complaining
of severe pain in the area of the
cervix, a heavy vaginal discharge,
and extreme tiredness. The Pap smear
was Class III. The patient was
advised to come in for another Pap
smear, colposcopy (visualization of
the cervix), and a biopsy. The
patient had only the second Pap
smear.
Finally, at the urging of her
family, she went to the University
of California Medical Clinic in San
Francisco, California, and had a
third Pap smear and, this time, a
colposcopy and a biopsy. The biopsy
was positive for cancer of the
cervix. Pathology diagnosis of the
January 28, 1976, biopsy was, "squamous
cell carcinoma in situ, cervix."
Surgery was advised strongly.
The patient chose instead to come to
the Richardson Clinic in January,
1976, for metabolic therapy,
including Laetrile. She states in a
letter received in April, 1976, "1
have improved quickly both
physically and emotionally. The pain
is gone, the discharge is gone, and
so is the tiredness. I am no longer
afraid of cancer."
The patient went back to the same
doctor at the University of
California Medical Clinic for a
re-examination in April, 1976. The
patient states, that upon seeing
her, the gynecologist (who knew she
was on vitamin therapy) laughed and
said, "I’ll bet you think it’s gone,
don’t you?"
It was gone. The doctor could
find nothing suggesting cancer. Even
the biopsy site had healed. Another
Pap smear was taken. The patient
states the doctor left the room
immediately after taking the Pap
smear and did not want to discuss
the vitamin therapy at all.
Material from this woman’s cervix
described as "white epithelium
peeled off cervix" was submitted for
pathology evaluation on April 14,
1976. The pathology diagnosis was,
"strips of dyplastic epithelium
(white epithelium peeled off
cervix). No Pap smear classification
was given and no indication of
cancer was found. This is a change
of tissue from obvious cancer to no
observable cancer in just three
months.
The patient was last seen at the
Richardson Clinic in January, 1977.
At that time, there was every
indication that her cancer had been
controlled successfully.
A101AJ: Pap Smear Class V
Mrs. A, a forty-one-year-old female,
went to her local doctor for a
routine physical; the Pap smear
taken at the time, May 24, 1973, was
class IV+. The pathology report
stated: "Many groups of abnormal
squamous cells are noted that are
highly suspicious of malignancy.
Advise IMMEDIATE repeat smear for
cytologic confirmation."
One week later, May 30, 1973, the
repeat Pap smear was class V for
carcinoma in situ. The pathologist
stated: "Many groups of cells
suggestive of malignancy noted.
Advise D&C and conization."
In March, 1974, she again was
examined by her local doctor, and
the Pap smear was again class V. The
doctor reported:
A repeat Pap test by Dr.
[name omitted] showed the
same result as did a biopsy.
There was no doubt,
whatsoever, that this was a
very small carcinoma with
minimal tissue invasion.
This patient was opposed to any
surgery and, after considerable
delay, went to the Richardson
Clinic for metabolic therapy.
This was begun on March 10,
1975.
Pap smear pathology report of April
1, 1975, (three weeks after starting
metabolic therapy) stated:
"Class II atypical, cells present
consistent with benign [non-cancer],
cellular changes."
Upon conclusion of the initial
course of metabolic therapy, she had
a repeat smear. Pap smear pathology
report of May 28, 1975,
stated: "Class 1, no atypical cells
present." There was no longer any
evidence of cancer.
In a letter dated March 3, 1976, the
patient stated she had been to her
local doctor "about three months
ago" and that he told her everything
looked good. She further stated that
the Pap smear taken at that time was
Class 1 (no cancer).
There are two final thoughts that
come to mind in this case. One is
that some women apparently can have
identified cancer and not progress
as rapidly as is generally assumed
to be the course in cancer of the
cervix. The second is more subtle.
This woman very likely also would
have had a Class I Pap smear
followmg a course of radiation
therapy. Extensive radiation to the
cervix and nearby tissue, however,
can produce a permanent irritation
of the vaginal wall, making marital
relations out of the question.
Though this might not be of vital
concern to her radiologist, it
certainly would to the patient and
her husband.
K124M: Class IV+ Pap Smear
This patient was forty-nine years
old at the time of her first Class
IV+ (cancer cells present) positive
Pap smear, which was performed in
June, 1973. She had a cervical
scraping, which was positive, and a
positive zerogram. The doctor
insisted that she have a
hysterectomy, and her husband was
strongiy urging her to go along with
the doctor’s recommendations.
About this time, the patient states,
"The wife of one of Doctor
Richardson’s patients was visiting
her daughter who lives in my home
town, Davenport [Iowa]. She was told
about my report and made a special
call to my home to tell me about
vitamin therapy. She made the
necessary arrangements and
encouraged me to go. In her words,
‘What have you got to lose?’"
The family was so against her
decision that they refused to
co-operate in any way. She took a
bus and came out to California
alone.
She had her first Class I (normal,
no cancer cells) negative Pap smear
July 12, 1973, only nine days
after starting on metabolic therapy.
The staff at the Richardson Clinic
describe her crying for joy, and
after her happy tears she obtained a
photocopy of the Pap smear,
autographed it, "With kindest
regards"—and mailed it back to the
family. There was a happy reunion in
Davenport at the conclusion of the
initial course of therapy.
Routine Pap smears during the
subsequent three years have
continued to be negative. The
patient says she does not stay on
the diet but does continue most of
the vitamins and eats eight apricot
kernels a day.
Her family doctor can offer no
explanation for the negative Pap
smears. The patient states he flatly
refuses to discuss Laetrile, saying
the only possible answer is, "You
are one in a million that a scraping
cured."
PI62N: Pap Smear, Malignant [Cancer]
Cells Present
At the age of thirty-four, this
woman had a Pap smear during a
routine physical examination at
Mason Clinic in Seattle, Washington.
The Pap smear, taken on September 9,
1974, was positive. The report
stated, "many malignant [cancer]
squamous cells."
An appointment was made for a cold
knife conization [removal of a cone
of tissue] and biopsy study of the
material removed from the cervix.
The patient states that she was
advised due to the presence of
cancer cells in Pap smear material
that she would most likely need a
hysterectomy.
This woman was familiar with
Laetrile and metabolic therapy and
decided to cancel the cold knife
conization, much to the distress of
her local doctor. She arrived at the
Richardson Clinic on October 10,
1974, and began the usual series of
twenty 9 gm. I.V. shots of Laetrile.
Mineral intake was balanced in
accordance with her hair analysis.
Blood studies were essentially
normal, with the exception of the
transaminase SGO, which was 175 mu/mu
(lab normals, 7-40).
Repeat blood studies on January 7,
1975, showed the transaminase SGO
had risen to 206 mu/mil. A Pap smear
was repeated on January 7, 1975.
Pathology report stated, "Class III,
atypical cells present consistent
with marked squamous dysplasia."
This patient’s response to metabolic
therapy was much slower than some of
the other cases m this section on
Pap smear response. She is included,
however, to emphasize the variation
in time of patients’ responses to
metabolic therapy.
The Pap smears are listed in
chronological order:
9-9-74 Many malignant [cancer]
cells.
1-7-75 Class III. atypical cells
present consistent with marked
squamous dysplasia.
11-18-75 Class IV, abnormal cells
present suggestive of carcinoma.
3-15-76 Class III, moderate
dysplasia [abnormal cells that are
not positively cancer.
11-3-76 Class 1, negative [normal,
no cancer cells present].
This woman has had no treatment
for her cancer of the cervix
except metabolic therapy
including Laetrile.
She wrote the following on the back
of her 1976 Christmas card to Dr.
Richardson and his wife, Julie:
Thanks for the good news. .
. . Please use my case in
your book with my deepest
gratitude.
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