The fear of cancer can be as deadly as cancer itself

Cancer … the very word strikes fear into the hearts of millions. And the media knows this, and plays on it. Newspapers, television, advertising … everywhere you look there seems to be talk of cancer and how prevalent it is. If you took note of it all you’d be scared out of your skin. And of course even that can get cancer, so you’re reminded, repeatedly, to stay out of the sun and to wear plenty of skin protection if you do insist on sunbathing.

Funny though how there’s never quite as much news of cancer cures. I guess there’s not much money to be made out of broadcasting good news, while there is definitely something to be gained from keeping your viewers and readers in a state of continual fear.

The truth is there are plenty of good news stories about cancer, but they never seem to hit the headlines quite as powerfully as the scare stories. Oh well, that’s the way of the world I suppose.

Here’s one of the good news stories. It appeared in The West Australian, and it was featured on the web as well. It concerns a treatment derived from the extract of a berry found in the Australian rainforests, and early results seem very positive indeed.

Sometimes the treatment is harsher than the disease

One of the characteristics of cancer is that it is often fatal and even if a treatment works it can take a long while to actually prove to be effective. And one of the amazing things about this treatment is that it seems to be effective in a very short space of time. The seed extract was effective in eradicating various types of cancer in as little as seven days!

One of the participants in the trial in Queensland is a woman called Denise Powell, who had a tumour in her armpit. It was getting progressively worse and she was told by her surgeon that he could excise the tumour, but the bad news was that if she got any more it could mean she would lose her arm.

As part of the trail, doctors injected the trial drug directly into the tumour. “In less than 20 minutes the tumour had gone purple, then black,” Denise said. “Then within a couple of days the tumour just kind of shrivelled up and died.”

In fact, in this video clip, it is claimed that researchers noticed the drug was taking effect within five minutes!

Now, I’m not a doctor, but to me that seems like a terrific result, and I’m sure Denise would agree. Apparently, when the drug (EBC-46) is injected, it triggers an auto-immune response, causing the subject’s white blood cells to do their job; they attack the tumour, which soon shrinks and fades to nothing.

Dr. Andrew Rochford, a medical expert for Channel 7, said “If this rainforest remedy is found to be safe and effective, it could offer a whole new treatment option for cancer patients, specially the elderly who can’t face another round of chemo or go back under the knife”. QBiotics, the company developing the trial, say the tumour types that have so far successfully responded to the treatment (in animals, at this stage) included:

mast cell tumours,
malanomas,
squamous cell carcinomas,
adenocarcinomas,
soft tissue sarcomas,
myxosarcomas,
nasosinal facial ulerations,
and equine sarcoids.

Early days, but it’s looking optimistic

Obviously it’s too early to say how effective the treatment might be for humans, and even if it does prove to be highly effective it will probably be quite some time before it’s widely available. It’s a shame though that stories like this aren’t given the prominence they deserve. Even if it turns out that the treatment is only effective in certain situations, surely it’s a good thing to let people know there is hope. Specially since the treatment is based on purely natural ingredients and will, presumably, be far less damaging than traditional cancer treatments.

Credit: Most of this story was sourced from this page: http://tinyurl.com/j4zcq3p