TL’s publisher shares history about alternative cancer care, reviews a book on mistletoe therapy and an article on the Great Black Swamp, and highlights this month’s cover article on pancreatic proenzymes.
Shorts
Jule Klotter
This month’s column looks at the cardiotoxic effects of radiation therapy and at a recently filed lawsuit that challenges FDA’s interference with physicians’ off-label use of approved drugs during the covid pandemic.
Salicinium Clinical Pearls and Caveats
Virginia Von Schaefer, MD
This article explains salicinium’s anti-cancer actions and provides guidelines for its use in treating patients with cancer.
Ralph W. Moss, PhD
Phytochemicals may inhibit cancer stem cells that drive disease progression and recurrence, but NIH has been slow to fund research.
Literature Review & Commentary
Alan R. Gaby, MD
Vitamin D and CBD oil for cancer patients, vitamin C for mental vitality, and interpreting elevated serum vitamin B12 levels are among this month’s topics.
León F. Villegas Vílchez, Julio Hidalgo Ascencios, and Thomas P. Dooley
Laboratory research shows that GlucoMedix® is a safe and effective treatment for three conditions linked to metabolic syndrome.
On the Cover
Pancreatic Proenzymes and Primitive Cells
Linda L. Isaacs, MD
Linda L. Isaacs, MD, who worked with Nicholas Gonzalez, MD, has researched and treated cancer patients using a nutritional-detoxification program first developed by William Kelley, DDS. In this article, she discusses how the use of pancreatic proenzymes to treat cancer is supported by new laboratory research and by a cancer theory based on cellular metabolic change instead of genetic mutation.
The Trophoblast Theory of Cancer
Lawrence Wilson, MD
Similarities between the trophoblast, which occurs during pregnancy, and cancer cells provide clues for changing the metabolic terrain to discourage cancer.
Intravenous Nutrient Therapy in Oncology – Selected Interventions
Paul S. Anderson, NMD
The former chief of IV services for Bastyr University’s Oncology Research Center presents basic IV treatments that can improve quality of life and outcomes for most cancer patients.
Cancer Diagnostics: Tumor Markers, Cancer Genomics, Circulating Tumor Cells, and Circulating Tumor DNA
Sean Devlin, DO
New diagnostic and genomic tests can pave the way for more personalized cancer treatment.
Piperine as Adjunct in Complementary Oncology
Davis W. Lamson, MS, ND
A compound isolated from black pepper shows multiple beneficial effects that may be useful in the treatment of cancer.
Integrative Cancer Care
Leigh Erin Connealy, MD
The medical director of North America’s largest integrative/functional medicine clinic offers two patient examples of integrative care.
The Natural Killer Cell in Anticancer Therapy – An Important Role for Natural Compounds
Professor Serge Jurasunas, MD(Hom), ND
Natural compounds, such as rice bran arabinoxylan compound and curcumin, increase natural killer cell activity against cancer cells.
Letters to the Editor
- Clarification: “From ‘Dis-Ease’ to Better Health: A Model for Recovering from Chronic Lyme Disease, Mold Illness, and Related Conditions” Scott Forsgren, FDN-P, HHP
- On Book Reviews | Rev. Dr. Stephen A. Lawrence
Book Review
Using the Rice Bran Arabinoxylan Compound
by Prof. Serge Jurasunas
review by Burt Berkson, MD, MS, PhD
A book by a pioneer in nutrition-based cancer treatment offers insights into the immune system and cancer.
Niacin and Cancer – How Vitamin B3 Protects and Even Helps Repair Your DNA
W. Todd Penberthy, PhD, Andrew W. Saul, and Robert G. Smith, PhD
Niacin, which is deficient in most cancer patients, is required for DNA repair and for the function of over 400 genes and most detoxification enzymes.
A New Way of Looking at the Underlying Cause of Cancer
Robert A. Eslinger, DO, HMD
Electrical charges around each cell create spacing that allows nutrients to travel to cells and waste to travel away; restoring that spacing supports metabolic reactions needed for health.
High Dose Vitamin C for Cancer – The Struggle with “Non-Evidence-Based” Medical Practice
Dr. Raymond CF Yuen
High dose intravenous vitamin C reduces inflammation and improves quality of life in cancer patients, yet its use is still discounted as “non-evidence based.”
Book Excerpt
After Cancer Treatment by Amy Rothenberg, ND
A naturopathic doctor, who was diagnosed with breast and ovarian cancers over eight years ago, shares excerpts from her new book on what to do when cancer treatment ends.
The Lobay Viewpoint
Douglas Lobay, BSc, ND
Mr. Smiley and the Bioresonance Machine
Despite using a variety of bioresonance machines and looking into the research, Dr. Lobay still isn’t sure of their benefits.
Healing with Homeopathy
Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman, ND, MSW
Using the Homeopathic Miasms to Make Sense of Our Crazy World
Miasms, predispositions to a particular disease that interfere with treatment and healing, can help us understand patients, societies, and determine the most beneficial homeopathic remedy.
List of Advertisers in this Issue
Curmudgeon’s Corner
Jacob Schor, ND, FABNO
Complete Freund Adjuvant
Australian researchers have drawn upon research by William Coley and his toxins to test another way to stimulate the body to fight cancer.
Sleep: A to ZZZs
Catherine Darley, ND
Providing Shift Workers Sleep and Preventive Health
In this new column, a naturopathic sleep specialist explains how to help shift workers get the sleep they need to protect health.
Women’s Health Update
Tori Hudson, ND
The Potential Role of Vaginal Microbiota and the Contraction of and Persistence of Humanpapilloma Virus (HPV)
Numerous studies have investigated the link between the composition of the vaginal microbiome and the persistence of HPV strains that are high-risk for cervical cancers.
Editorial
Alan R. Gaby, MD | 88
They’re Telling Us That Nutritional Supplements Are a Waste of Money
A flurry of headlines, based on a US Preventive Services Task Force report, questioned the value of taking supplements; but what did the report actually find?
