CANCER Complementary Vitamin & Drug Treatments New Hope for Cancer Patients x Understanding the Nature of Various Cancers » Increasing Survival Rates « Nutritional Medicine Alternatives for Prevention and Treatment’ Anti-Cancer Vitamins and Minerals for Reversing Cancer’s Progress * Anti-Qxidants /« Strengthening Natural Immune Systems » Improving\Quality ofL ife Hundreds of Survivors’ Gase Histories, | \ , iy DR ABRAM HOFFER, mp, FRcP(c) 2 al if with LINUS PAULING, php HEALING CANCER , HEALING CANCER Complementary Vitamin & Drug Treatments DR ABRAM HOFFER, MD, FRCP(C) WITH LINUS PAULING, PHD Copyright © Abram Hoffer, 2004. All rights reserved. The publisher acknowledges the support of the Government of Canada, Department of Canadian Heritage, Book Publishing Industry Development Program. The publisher does not advocate the use of any particular treatment program, but believes that the information presented in this book should be available to the pubic. The nutritional, medical, and health information presented in this book is based on the research, training, and personal experiences of the author, and is true and complete to the best of the author’s knowledge. However, this book is intended only as an informative guide to those wishing to know more about good health. It is not intended to replace or countermand the advice given by the reader’s physician. Because there is always some risk involved, the author and the publisher are not responsible for any adverse effects or consequences from any of the suggestions made in this book. And because each person and each situation is unique, the author and the publisher urge the reader to consult with a qualified professional before using any procedure where there is a question as to its appropriateness. ISBN 1-897025-11-4 Edited by Bob Hilderley. Design by Sari Naworynski. Printed and bound in Canada. Published by CCNM Press Inc., 1255 Sheppard Avenue East, Toronto, Ontario M2K 1E2 Canada. [email protected] CONTENTS Preface Vitamin-as-Treatment Paradigm 11 Complementary Therapy 21 New Hope for Cancer Patients bo So The Nature of Cancer Nutritional or Orthomolecular Medicine 30 Clinical Nutrition for Treating and Preventing Cancer 41 Anti-Cancer Vitamins and Minerals 41 The Orthomolecular Regime 61 Clinical Studies of the Value of Orthomolecular Treatment 7O Clinical Methodology 70 Survival Rates 85 Biostatistical Analysis 90 Quality of Life 106 Conclusions 110 Case Histories 113 Preface 113 Lung Cancer 115 Colon & Rectum Cancer 122 Breast Cancer 129 _ Prostate Cancer 145 Lymphomas 147 Bladder & Kidney Cancer 153 Leukemias 156 Pancreas Cancer 158 Cervix, Uterus & Ovary Cancer 160 Sarcoma & Melanoma 164 Controversy 168 The Cancer Industry and Orthomolecular Medicine 168 Appendices 180 1. Hardin Jones Biostatistical Analysis of Mortality Data for Cohorts of Cancer Patients 180 2. The Adrenalin Adrenochrome System and Cancer 198 Works Cited 216 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS To Bob Hilderley for his very skillful editing of a very complicated man- uscript. This is my fourth book edited by Bob, and each time I am more impressed with his editorial skill. It is becoming easier and easier for me and I am sure more and more difficult for Bob, but he succeeded in making this book much more legible and much more interesting, while retaining the scientific accuracy of what Dr Linus Pauling and I wrote. I also dedicate this book to Linus Pauling, the greatest modern sci- entist, for his immense contribution to the theory and practice of orthomolecular psychiatry and medicine, and for his steadfastness and determination not to be diverted by the “hordes” of critics. The father of modern bedside medicine, Sir T. Sydenham, once wrote, “A medical discovery is like a sapling in the middle of the King’s highway. If it is not fenced in, it will be trampled by the galloping hordes.” He was ask- ing for help from one of the nobility about 300 years ago because he had discovered that small pox was best treated by decreasing the fever, not by increasing it, as had been the custom for the previous 1,500 years. Linus Pauling was such a medical discoverer. IfI had the power, I would have given him an Honorary MD, to add to his dozens of Ph.D.s and DScs. I also must acknowledge the help and education I received from more than 1,000 patients with cancer I have seen over the past 23 years, espe- cially to Miss A.S., Case Number 84, born in 1919, first seen for her pan- creatic cancer in July 1978, who died 19 February, 1999. She turned my professional career around. Finally, I acknowledge the help given to me by Fran Fuller, who has for the past 22 years carefully and methodically kept my charts and main- tained the records so that it is possible to keep the database in my com- puter up-to-date with minimum effort. Thanks to you all, friends and colleagues. Abram Hoffer