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CANCER OF THE HEAD AND NECK
Case Histories
Include: Cancer of the Nose, Tongue,
Throat, Vocal Cords,
and Tonsil
Three out of
ever four patients with cancer of the tonsil
and positive nodes who do not use Laetrile
but choose orthodox therapy instead will be
dead within five years(1). Two of every ten
patients with cancer of the vocal cords who
choose orthodox therapy will be dead in five
years(2). Those patients who do survive
therapy for cancer of the face usually
suffer extreme cosmetic deformities. The
following case histories should be read with
these facts in mind.
(1)Clinical
Oncology, op. cit., p. 242.
(2)Ibid. p. 246.
P1O3MX: Cancer of the Lymph
Glands in the
Neck and Cancer of the Base of the Tongue
In April, 1964,
at the age of thirty-seven, this woman
detected an enlarged lymph gland on the side
of her neck. Biopsy revealed "poorly
differentiated squamous cell carcinoma." The
patient had surgery—a left radical neck
dissection for removal of all the lymph
nodes—and, at the same time, the entire
right side of her thyroid and part of the
left side of the thyroid were removed. Later
pathology exam of all thyroid tissues showed
"thyroiditis" [inflamed thyroid] but no
evidence of cancer.
Several years
later she had a non-cancerous tumor, a
neurofibroma, removed. The surgery resulted
in the paralysis of her left vocal chord,
and also paralysis of her diaphragm.
Nine years
later, in May, 1973, at the age of
forty-six, she developed a lesion at the
base of her tongue. Biopsy was positive.
Pathology report revealed "poorly
differentiated squamous cell carcinoma,
transitional cell type." She was referred by
her local hospital to Massachusetts General
Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
Physical exam
revealed an irregular mass 2 cm. by 2 cm. at
the angle of the jaw. Examination of the
mouth revealed an approximately 2 cm. by 3
cm. (¾ inch by 1¼ inches) mass at the base
of the tongue on the left and "extending
down into the vallecula."
Pathology and
primary-site summary stated, "Poorly
differentiated squamous cell carcinoma
[cancer] transitional cell type of the base
of the tongue with metastasis to the
jugulodigastric area [neck]."
The patient
received 200 rads per day to a total of 6500
rads of cobalt60 irradiation.
About two-thirds
of the way through the course of this
treatment, a new area of cancer involvement
manifested itself—the lower right cervical
(neck) lymph node area. The upper right had
been included in the first field of
radiation, and now her doctors planned an
additional course. Radiology stated:
This will be
done through a single anterior tangential
portal—1500 rads per week for a total of at
least 5000 rads with care being taken not to
overlap any of the several fields.
The radiation
was completed on July 20, 1973, and the
patient was requested to return in three
weeks. During this period she lost all
ability to speak, which, according to the
hospital reports, "worried her a great deal"
because she could not work unless she could
talk.
The patient
progressed fairly well, considering the
extensive radiation. As late as October 12,
1973 (two and one-half months following
radiation), no new swelling of the neck
lymph glands or the lymph glands under the
arm were noted.
Between October
12, 1973, and November 7, 1973, however,
further exams yielded more bad news. In a
letter dated November 7, 1973, the Radiology
Department of Massachusetts General Hospital
advised this patient:
The lump in your
right axilla turns out to be of the same
nature as were the glands in the left side
of your neck. Therefore, I think you have
something further done about this. I would
like to give you some X-ray treatment to the
place from which the gland was removed. For
this you have an appointment with us on
Wednesday, November 14, at 10:30 A.M. We
will want to see you for treatment three
days a week for about three weeks. I have in
mind a course of drug treatment which I
should like to have instituted so as to
increase the security of control of your
trouble.
At this point
this forty-six-year-old widow decided she
had had all the orthodox cure she could
handle. One vocal chord was paralyzed, she
had lost her voice, her diaphragm was
paralyzed, she had had two surgeries on her
neck, most of her thyroid was gone, her skin
had been burned from the radiation, and her
salivary glands had ceased to function—and
still do not function. To this day she must
carry an atomizer of water in her purse,
and, must use it every few minutes to
moisten the inside of her mouth.
She declined
Harvard Medical School’s offer and turned
instead to Laetrile, in the hope of
controlling the cancerous axillary lymph
nodes.
In 1974 she went
to a medical doctor in the Southeast for
Laetrile treatment, and in September of 1975
came to the Richardson Clinic to continue
maintenance therapy.
Our last contact
with this patient was on January 5, 1977—two
years and two months after she turned down
additional radiation to the site of newly
developing cancer under her right arm. (The
only treatment this area has received is
metabolic therapy.) At that time she
reported she was in good health, that her
voice had returned, and that her cancer
apparently had been brought under control.
P1177J: Cancer of the Vocal Cords
This man went to
Kaiser Hospital in Santa Clara, California,
in August of 1971 because of persistent
hoarseness and difficulty in speaking.
The vocal cords
were biopsied and the pathology report dated
August 13, 1971, reads as follows:
Gross:
The three
specimens are imbedded in the order
in which they
have been identified.
Micro +
Diagnosis:
(1) No
demonstrable epithelial atypism right
posterior commissure of vocal chords.
(2) Squamous
carcinoma [cancer], right middle
commissure of
vocal chord.
(3) Squamous
carcinoma, right anterior cornmissure of
vocal chord.
Biopsy is
considered one hundred per cent accurate if
positive(1).
*(1)Clinical
Oncology for Medical Students and
Physicians, op. cit., p.
244.
Despite the
recommendations of the staff, however, this
gentleman accepted no surgery, no radiation,
and no chemotherapy whatsoever
He began
metabolic therapy August 18, 1971. Within
about eight weeks following metabolic
therapy his voice returned to normal.
He has had
intermittent laryngitis. He does a great
deal of talking in connection with his work.
The repeated laryngoscopic examinations of
the vocal cords through the years, however,
have never revealed a return of the tumor.
This patient’s
tumor regressed and has not returned. Five
and one-half years have passed since the
initial diagnosis. The only treatment he has
received is metabolic therapy.
C147DR: Cancer of the Right Tonsil,
Metastatic to the Right Neck
This
seventy-six-year-old man went to his local
doctor in March, 1974, for an ear
examination following a two to three-year
history of difficulty in hearing.
Examination also revealed an enlarged right
tonsil and an enlarged lymph node in the
right neck.
On March 4,
1974, this man was admitted to St. Joseph’s
Hospital, Eureka, California, where his
right tonsil was removed. Pathology
diagnosis of the frozen section was "lymphocytic
lymphosarcoma, well-differentiated." The
description of the surgery reads in part as
follows:
It was felt that
an excision biopsy would be more likely to
reveal the nature of tonsillar enlargement.
Therefore, a fight tonsillectomy was
performed. . . . During the process of
hemostasis, a frozen section was performed
on the removed tonsil. The pathologist’s
diagnosis was moderately well to
well-differentiated lymphoma. Therefore, the
procedure was terminated as the enlarged
lymph node must be presumed to be the same
pathological entity.
The local
physician planned to refer him to another
doctor for a complete lymphoma work-up. The
finding of positive nodes is a poor
prognostic sign. Cure rates (with orthodox
treatment) are as low as five per cent (1).
1Clinical
Oncology I or Medical Students and
Physicians, op. cit., p.
253
On April 19,
1974, the local doctor’s secretary wrote Mr.
C. a note which read in part:
It is very
important that you see a doctor about your
cancer. Dr. (name omitted) has been very
concerned about your getting help.
The local doctor
was advised that the patient wanted to go to
the Richardson Clinic, and his records were
forwarded.
The patient
completed his initial course of metabolic
therapy and returned home.
Mr. C. wrote to
the Richardson Clinic in April, 1976—two
years after his surgery and the diagnostic
impression of metastatic cancer of the neck.
He states he is still taking the recommended
vitamins and following the vegetarian diet,
that his health is good for a
seventy-six-year-old man, and that his
cancer appears to be controlled.
He has had not
any radiation or chemotherapy, nor has he
had any further surgery.
L128WX: Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Nose
This woman was
seventy-four years old at the time of the
first biopsy of the side of her nose on
August 12, 1971. The diagnosis was basal
cell carcinoma.
In a letter
dated August 24, 1971, the referring
physician stated:
Patient has
basal cell carcinoma of the face involving
the left nasal labial area with extension
onto the left nasal ala. The lesion is
fairly deeply infiltrating, but does not
appear to involve the mucous membrane
beneath.
Because of the
involvement of the ala of the nose, I do not
feel that radiation would be the treatment
of choice. The deformity following radiation
would be quite severe and I think that a
better cosmetic result could be obtained
with surgical excision. The closure may
necessitate a small nasal labial flap.
The patient, who
is a nurse, decided in view of her
experience to turn down the idea of surgery.
She stated she was warned that her face
would be gradually eaten away if she did not
have surgery.
This lady
decided to go on a no-meat diet, yeast,
vitamin C, and approximately thirty apricot
kernels per day, the latter in divided
doses. She stayed on this regimen
self-prescribed from September, 1971, until
August, 1974.
She began
metabolic therapy with the Richardson Clinic
in August, 1974. At that time the cancer
area at the side of her nose was about the
size of a quarter, which, according to
patient, was somewhat smaller than it had
been two years previously.
A biopsy,
December 10, 1974, was returned with a
diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma.
The patient
continued on the diet, the Laetrile, and
vitamin regimen. By November 11, 1975, the
area of previous cancerous erosion had
almost completely disappeared, and only a
smooth scar area remained, with a very small
red area visible.
The
seventy-four-year-old patient works a full
day as a nurse, caring for an
eighty-six-year-old invalid. In a letter to
the clinic in November, 1975, the patient
concluded:
I feel that the
treatment has brought this dread disease
under control and has the added benefit of
improving my general health. I-I think that
had I come earlier in the history of this
tumor (had I known of Doctor Richardson) it
might have disappeared completely under this
treatment. I am grateful to have this
available to me, and wish that others
suffering greatly with cancer treatment
could know of these benefits.
B113: Cancer of the Nose, Cheek, Throat, and
Brain
This woman had a
tumor removed from her nostril 1962.
The patient
states that the same area began to cause her
discomfort within two months following the
1962 surgery, and she was then given
cortisone and radiation therapy.
In 1968 she was
seen by a plastic surgeon in Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma, who removed a second tumor and
part of her nose. Within three months the
patient was again having pain at the site of
the previous surgeries and received more
radiation therapy. The radiation therapy did
not control the patient’s pain.
In October,
1970, she was referred to Stanford Medical
Center in Palo Alto, California, and
received 6,000 rads of radiation from the
linear accelator. She was told at the time
that she would be unable to receive any more
radiation at that site. The radiation
provided the patient relief from pain until
1973.
During the
interval from 1970 to 1973, the patient
continued to have routine check-ups and
X-rays of the nose area every six months.
Despite the return of pain in 1973, she was
advised there was "nothing wrong." When the
skin broke adjacent to the surgical site and
began to drain, further tests were taken and
the patient was advised that the cancer had
returned.
The patient went
to Stanford Medical Center in May, 1974, and
had the remainder of her nose and part of
the cheek bone amputated. Four months later
in September, 1974, the pain had again
returned, and the patient called Stanford
Medical Center and asked if it were possible
to have more radiation to control the
discomfort. She was advised she had had all
they could give her. She was also advised
that she might return and have the other
cheek bone removed.
At this point in
time Mrs. B. looked into the possible use of
metabolic therapy, including the use of
Laetrile, at the suggestion of a member of
her family. She began metabolic therapy on
October 7, 1974. She was seventy-five years
old at the time.
In a letter to
the Richardson Clinic dated March 4, 1976,
(one and one-half years later) the patient
describes her response to the treatment in
this way.
I started taking
it [Laetrile] and had four shots [one each
day for four days] in the vein and
immediately started getting relief.... I
have had one shot a week in the muscle, and
two pills a day and have had complete
relief.
Before taking
Laetrile, I was having soreness in my mouth
and in my throat; also the cancer had spread
up to my brain. This was confirmed by the
doctors at Stanford when I had my nose
removed.
I feel that
Laetrile has not killed the cancer but is
controlling it.
I saw Dr. G, my
medical doctor, six months ago and he
checked my nose and said. "Mrs. B., whatever
you are doing, continue it." |
