A research team from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City identified cells in brain tumors called glioblastomas that have stem-cell like properties and help cancer cells survive chemotherapy. The surviving cells become resistant to the drug most commonly used to treat this type of brain cancer - Temozolomide, known by it’s brand name Temodar.

Glioblastomas have an almost 100% recurrence rate, and conventional medicine has no answer as to why. This new study may shed light on one of the  causes, but offers no options for treatment or alternatives.

Dr. Ronald Benveniste is an assistant professor of neurosurgery at the University of Miami School of Medicine. He explains that mice treated with Temodar tend to have a recurrence of the glioblastomas, and the recurring tumors act more aggressive and have developed resistance to the drug.

You can read the original article here:  Brain Tumor Drug May Help Spur Cancer’s Return

The unique, proprietary formula used by Camelot Cancer Care to combat gliomas and other brain tumors offers patients a non-toxic, natural treatment that has proven effective in many patients and without the brutal side effects of conventional chemotherapy.

West Nile virus is a type of virus that is transmitted from mosquitoes to humans; while some species of ticks have also been found to carry the disease, they are not a primary vector.

The virus has an incubation time of 2 to 8 days. Not all individuals who are infected will develop symptoms. The virus is usually mild in healthy adults, but can be quite serious for people with compromised immune systems. Symptoms of West Nile include headache, fever, excessive sweating, chills, swollen lymph nodes, weakness, pain in the joint, drowsiness, and occasionally GI symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhea. The symptoms usually resolve in 7 to 10 days.

To protect yourself, try these natural mosquito repellents (look for these in the active ingredients on the label):

Picaridin. A chemical derived from pepper, picaridin (which may be listed on products as KBR 3023 or 2-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperidinecarboxylic acid 1-methylpropyl ester) has shown the most promise as being an effective DEET replacement without any health affects.

Oil of lemon eucalyptus: Look for products containing 26% oil of lemon eucalyptus; it may may also be listed as para-Menthane-3,8-diol. Interestingly enough, the pure oil has not been found to be as effective as diluted formulations.

IR3535: A synthetic version of amino acids found in Vitamin B, this compound has been used in Europe for decades with no adverse side effects.

Some other useful ingredients include soybean oil, neem oil and geraniol – the oil found in geraniums. All were effective for up to three hours, but soybean oil lasted the longest, for up to 7 hours. Geraniol lasted almost as long, up to five hours.

Suzanne Somers is famous for her alternative approach to health. So when she lost most of one breast to cancer 10 years ago, she wasn’t about to settle for just any old implant. Here, the story of how she waited for — and got — the breast she’d always wanted.
 

http://www.everydayhealth.com/breast-cancer/suzanne-somers-and-the-future-of-breast-reconstruction.aspx

Lazarus Long on the Joann Plug show talks about Camelot

Listen to the above audio clip of Camelot’s first patient, Lazarus Long, who successfully treated his Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma with Camelot’s proprietary formula over 13 years ago.

Ms. Negron is a 39-year-old retail store manager, with Stage IV recurrent appendiceal/ovarian carcinoma, biopsy confirmed. She was first diagnosed in 2002 when she underwent surgery for acute appendicitis. Surgery and pathology reports revealed adenocarcinoma of appendix with perforation of the small intestine, and progression to the uterus, ovaries, peritoneum & omentum. Patient underwent radical hysterectomy & colostomy in October of 2007, and contracted VRE (Vancomycin resistant enterococcus) in the ICU, and her urine was found to have a heavy concentration of candida albicans, which is typical finding in most cancer patients.

Lori had extensive standard chemotherapy postop, but by December of 2010, scans revealed both lung & liver nodules. (The latter were successfully resected.) She began DMSO/B17 based intravenous treatment at Camelot on January 18th of 2010. She also received not only Coleys Toxins & UVBI (Ultraviolet Blood Irradiation, aka photoluminescence) but, at her brother’s insistence, she was treated with every weapon in Camelot’s alternative arsenal. Her colostomy has now been taken down. (Reversed, with reconnection.) Her recent post treatment PET scan was negative, much to the joy and relief of Lori and her family. Most significant was the radiologist’s note on her report that he found “no evidence of former cancer activity in the liver.” It should be noted that Dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), when administered intravenously, saturates all soft tissues throughout the body… including, of course, lungs and liver. It also crosses the blood/brain barrier. It leaves nowhere for cancer cells to hide.

Mrs. Gumnitsky, a 50-year-old female homemaker from Ohio, diagnosed with breast cancer. (Infiltrating ductile carcinoma) as confirmed by thermal imaging, mammography and core biopsy. Patient has a family history: mother, father and grandfather all died from breast cancer, therefore she likely carries the gene.

Patient scans and exam revealed lesion in right breast behind nipple at 9 o’clock position, confirmed by biopsy as invasive ductile carcinoma, scans showed numerous calcifications.

She began treatment at Camelot on January 25th, 2010. Her post treatment PET scan on February 22nd revealed the lesion had been contained, with no evidence of disease progression. There was also dramatic reduction in both size and metabolic activity level, (SUV numbers had dropped down to 2.6, which indicate reduced uptake in adenopathy of the glucose isotopes) after one 20 day round of DMSO based intravenous treatment, plus Coleys Toxins and UVBI (Ultraviolet Blood Irradiation.) She is continuing further intravenous treatment from home at this writing (Camelot provides training in aseptic technique for self administration.) The patient speaks broken English, but managed to convey that she feels well and has returned to her normal routine. At her current rate of response to treatment, we are optimistic this breast cancer case will eventually resolve as her treatment continues through another 20 day round, or perhaps two.

Mr. Clair is a 63 year old male farmer from Illinois, with a family history of prostate cancer. (Both his father & brother suffered from it.) He had been experiencing the usual symptoms of frequency and mild voiding dysfunction, growing worse until his urination had become obstructive and he was no longer able to get a good nights sleep.

His biopsy confirmed the malignancy, but he refused the radical surgery offered, as well as standard chemotherapy and radiation. He had witnessed what the toxic side effects had done to other family members and wanted no part of it. Randy contacted Camelot in January, and asked how long it would take to go through treatment for his prostate cancer. His remark was “I am a farmer, so I need to get this taken care of in the dead of winter.”

Randy arrived at Camelot and began treatment on February 17th of 2009, continuing for 20 days. He completed it by mid- March, and reported back that he was relieved, but not surprised, when his PET scan report came back negative, meaning all clear, with no evidence of any “hot spots” left. He said he “could pretty much figure the problem was fixed” when his urinary symptoms had subsided. Randy’s wife, grown children and grandkids were all celebrating the news. And Randy? Always quiet and soft spoken, only said “I want to thank you folks for helping me put this behind me in time before spring planting.”

Dear Fellow Cancer Fighters,
I have been asked to write something detailing my experience using DMSO as my chosen treatment when I had adenocarcinoma of the colon. First I want to say, my prayers are with all of you, because I know the trauma of having been diagnosed with cancer. I was diagnosed with colon cancer of the ascending colon, July 2005. I went to CTCA (Cancer Treatment Centers of America-in Tulsa, OK) with the intent of having surgery, and was not informed that I was in Stage 3 (lymph node positive, with 85% chance of recurrence) until I awoke from surgery. I was told the next step was chemo. But, having seen the results of chemo with family and friends, I knew it was not something I wanted to go through. At the time I went to CTCA, I was under the impression that they offered alternative medicine. I was not aware that it was actually “integrative” medicine, meaning the use of surgery, chemo, radiation as well as nutrition, acupuncture etc.. The point, that chemo and radiation played a big part in their medical protocol. I was to learn that natural alternative treatments like DMSO were not offered nor sanctioned by CTCA. I only found out about DMSO through other cancer patients who were receiving it.

I chose DMSO as my only course of treatment, following my surgery. I’ve had a total of 11 rounds of treatment (editor’s note: 1 round = 20 days), never taken any drugs of any kind for the cancer. November 28, 2005 I chose to have a PET scan done to confirm what I knew by then, no sign of cancer was the result.

I know DMSO is something we are not taught as a method to deal with cancer. But when I looked at all the people I knew that did use the conventional method we are taught to use, I felt I didn’t have a choice but to give my body a better chance to fight on its own.

I don’t regret my choice. Maureen and Nancy are truly interested in helping people. I trust them and I would tell anyone, DMSO should be the first choice, not the last, because before you undergo standard chemo and radiation, your body still has somewhat of an immune system. I hope this helps. Please feel free to contact me.