Quotes of the National Cancer Institute

National Cancer Institute (NCI) quotes
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[Classic] "The average citizen in this country does not have...the background that will enable him to make enlightened decisions concerning the selection and use of therapeutic agents." - Acting director, National Cancer Institute.

Quotes re NCI
"The fact is that all of the studies that have been supervised by the National Cancer Institute should now be re-examined by congressional committees to see wether or not there is real corruption in all of them."--Ralph Moss http://www.whale.to/c/moss.html

Back in 1990, the National Cancer Institute asked me for a sample of CanCell. We sent it to them. They tested it on 58 different tumour strains. It reduced or eliminated all 58. It was 100% effective. They put this in a report and signed it. They're sorry they signed it because now they are denying they ever did the study. They're trying their best not to let people know that there is something that would be helpful. Curing AIDS and Cancer. Interview with Ed Sopcak

"When results of the (Laetrile) toxicity tests at Loyola (University, Chicago) were complete, (Dr. Harold Manner, Chairman Biology Dept., author 50 articles, 5 texts) asked NCI to publish the findings in Journal NCI. This the agency refused to do. Publication in other journals was also denied him." - National Health Federation, Bulletin, Nov. 1977.

"Dr. David Grasetti...said, 'The spread of cancer in mice...is astounding after they are given a dose of Rifampin'...a miracle antibiotic...in 1973, Dow Chemical (a manufacturer of Rifampin) , received almost $900,000 in contracts from the NCI. (the) research (results were) permitted to remain confidential." - Health Writers, Health Newsletter, 1974.

"The NCI...prospective trial...of...Laetrile could be neither controlled and randomized nor blinded...The lack of concurrent controls was partially offset by the fact that all patients were in advanced stages of a disease known to be almost uniformly and rapidly fatal. Any objective responses in tumor size or prolongation of survival could be identified by comparison with historical controls." - Arnold Reman, Editor, New England Journal of Medicine, "Closing the books on Laetrile" 1982.

"The (Laetrile) efficacy tests...clinically in humans..(by) the US NCI...were obviously conducted so that a negative result could be formulated. The limited number and types of human cancer cases selected...the omission of necessary additional measures ('e.g dietary'), the far too short observation periods, and the undefined chemical properties of the (Laetrile)... all contributed to devaluation of...conclusions."

"The oral (Laetrile) had been 'toxified' by adding cyano-urea in the NCI...(NCI's) Mayo (Clinic) dismissed well responding patients to discard them from statistical evaluation...This kind of fraud which I expressed...and which was openly published...has...not resulted in any denial." - Hans Nieper, MD, President, International Academy of Preventive Medicine; Director, German Society for Medical Tumor Treatment; author of over 200 articles, listed in Who's Who of World Science, and many other credentials.

On the very day that the NCI announced Laetrile's alleged worthlessness..., West Virginia became the 24th state to allow the use of Laetrile ...In signing the bill into law, Gov. Jay Rockefeller said the study, 'made no difference at all.' - National Health Federation, July, 1981.

"My ...studies on occupational cancer ...in ...industries was forcefully and abruptly brought to a halt in 1952 by an order of the Surgeon General ...(This followed) a protest by the Public Health Service (PHS) by ....(an) industry ...alleg(ing) that my activities were detrimental to their interests ...I was forbidden (by PHS) to contact, thereafter, state health departments and industrial concerns on all matters of occupational cancer. (I was) to discontinue all field work..." - Dr. Wilhelm C. Heuper, Chief, Environmental Cancer Section, NCI (In Larry Agran, The Cancer Connection).

Quotes by NCI [See: Laetrile Gerson. ]
"...The NCI...retrospective analysis...of Laetrile(:) ...among 67 case records that were all submitted...the NCI...could find complete responses in only two patients..."

"The NCI...prospective trial...of...Laetrile could be neither controlled and randomized nor blinded...The lack of concurrent controls was partially offset by the fact that all patients were in advanced stages of a disease known to be almost uniformly and rapidly fatal. Any objective responses in tumor size or prolongation of survival could be identified by comparison with historical controls." - Arnold Reman, Editor, New England Journal of Medicine, "Closing the books on Laetrile" 1982.

"We don't have any pesticides showing up in the food chain anymore." - NCI Director and ACS vice president, Dr. Frank Rauscher.

"The data provided by the McNaughton Foundation certainly indicates some activity (of Laetrile) in animal tumor systems." - Dr. Carl Baker, Director, NCI 1970-1972.

"Toxicity of Laetrile in dosages currently employed for human cancer is assumed to be minimal." - NCI Clinical Protocol for Laetrile.

"Despite intensive effort over many years, the FDA, the AMA, the ACS (American Cancer Society), the NCI and independent researchers have been unable to find any scientific evidence that Laetrile has any effect on cancer." - FDA (press release, Feb 17, 1977.).

" In 1946, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) reviewed 10 cases submitted by Dr. Gerson but found no convincing evidence that this treatment worked,……. Based on the available information, the Gerson method is not considered to be an effective means of cancer treatment, and the Institute does not believe that further evaluation of this therapy is necessary."---NCI 1997.

FDA 1998:Some unapproved cancer treatments not only have no proven benefits, they have actually been proven dangerous.These include Laetrile, which may cause cyanide poisoning and has been found ineffective in clinical trials, and coffeeenemas, which, when used excessively, have killed patients. (See "Hope or Hoax? Unproven Cancer Treatments" in the March 1992 FDA Consumer.) http://www.thebody.com/fda/fdaix.html

"The conclusions of the investigators participating in the study were that Laetrile was an ineffective treatment for cancer patients and that it did not substantially relieve symptoms."--NCI/FDA http://www.nci.nih.gov/

"Laetrile: Laetrile is one of the best known alternative cancer treatments. Proponents of Laetrile claim it selectively destroys cancer cells and relieves pain, although three clinical trials, as well as studies supported by the National Cancer Institute, have found it to be ineffective in the cure, improvement, or stabilization of cancer."---ACS 1998

1998 NCI: Laetrile The NCI is currently revising its presentation of information on complementary and alternative approaches to cancer therapy. http://oncolink.upenn.edu/pdq_html/6/engl/600093.html