Re: Popinjay's Head to Explode in 3...2...1...

susan wrote:
"Patrick Karl" <jpkarl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:gs20j3$d14$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

. You
throw a lot of horse*** (You never did give a cite for that book that "proves" that cancer is caused by vitamin deficiency. rotflmao) around that's hard to tell where it came from.)

World Without Cancer G Edward Griffin



Thanks, Susan.

The following is from an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1982; see http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/306/4/201:

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A clinical trial of amygdalin (Laetrile) in the treatment of human cancer by CG Moertel, TR Fleming, J Rubin, LK Kvols, G Sarna, R Koch, VE Currie, CW Young, SE Jones, and JP Davignon

Abstract

One hundred seventy-eight patients with cancer were treated with amygdalin (Laetrile) plus a "metabolic therapy" program consisting of diet, enzymes, and vitamins. The great majority of these patients were in good general condition before treatment. None was totally disabled or in preterminal condition. One third had not received any previous chemotherapy. The pharmaceutical preparations of amygdalin, the dosage, and the schedule were representative of past and present Laetrile practice. No substantive benefit was observed in terms of cure, improvement or stabilization of cancer, improvement of symptoms related to cancer, or extension of life span. The hazards of amygdalin therapy were evidenced in several patients by symptoms of cyanide toxicity or by blood cyanide levels approaching the lethal range. Patients exposed to this agent should be instructed about the danger of cyanide poisoning, and their blood cyanide levels should be carefully monitored. Amygdalin (Laetrile) is a toxic drug that is not effective as a cancer treatment.
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Amygdalin, or Laetrile, is called B17 by the quacks.

Here's part of what wikipedia has to say about amygdalin; see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdalin:

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Amygdalin (from Greek: ἀμυγδάλη amygdálē “almond”), C20H27NO11, is a glycoside initially isolated from the seeds of the tree Prunus dulcis, also known as bitter almonds, by Pierre-Jean Robiquet... and A. F. Boutron-Charlard in 1803, and subsequently investigated by Liebig and Wöhler in 1830, and others. Several other related species in the genus of Prunus, including apricot (Prunus armeniaca) and black cherry (Prunus serotina),... also contain amygdalin. It was promoted as a cancer cure by Ernst T. Krebs under the name "Vitamin B17", but studies have found it to be ineffective.
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Are there any clinical studies which actually demonstrate the efficacy of this treatment for any form of cancer? It looks like a bunch of quackery from what I've seen.
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