“Two to 4% of cancers respond to chemotherapy....The bottom line is for a few kinds of cancer chemo is a life extending procedure-Hodgkin's disease, Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL), Testicular cancer, and Choriocarcinoma.” KindTwoLinesDiseaseBottomCancerBottom LineProceduresExtendingChemotherapyLeukemiaTesticular Cancer Author:Ralph W. Moss
“A study of over 10,000 patients shows clearly that chemo's supposedly strong track record with Hodgkin's disease (lymphoma) is actually a lie. Patients who underwent chemo were 14 times more likely to develop leukemia and 6 times more likely to develop cancers of the bones, joints, and soft tissues than those patients who did not undergo chemotherapy .” ShowsLyingStrongStudyRecordsDiseasePatientTrackCancerBonesJointsTissuesTrack RecordChemotherapyLeukemia Author:John Diamond
“Insects leave (Madagascar periwinkle) Catharanthus roseus out of their diets. So, for that matter, do deer. The reason is that the plants are loaded with alkaloids so potent that they are the source of vincristine and vinblastine. These are drugs important in routines of chemotherapy for treating Hodgkin's disease and certain forms of leukemia.” ImportantMatterReasonFormCertainSourceDrugDiseasePlantDietsInsectsLoadedDeerChemotherapyLeukemiaMadagascarPeriwinkle Author:Allen Lacy
“No theory of government was ever given a fairer test or a more prolonged experiment in a democratic country than democratic socialism received in Britain. Yet it was a miserable failure in every respect... To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukemia with leeches.” TryingCountryGovernmentGivenTheoryDiseaseTestsDemocraticBritishExperimentsSocialismCuresMiserableBritainDemocratic SocialismLeechesLeukemiaDemocratic Country Author:Margaret Thatcher
“It is important to go into work you would like to do. Then it doesn't seem like work. You sometimes feel it's almost too good to be true that someone will pay you for enjoying yourself. I've been very fortunate that my work led to useful drugs for a variety of serious illnesses. The thrill of seeing people get well who might otherwise have died of diseases like leukemia, kidney failure, and herpes virus encephalitis cannot be described in words.” PeopleFeelsWellsImportantSometimesSeemsMightEnjoyPaySeeingSeriousHard WorkDrugDiseaseDiedIllnessBeing TrueVarietyFortunateThrillVirusesKidneysGet WellToo Good To Be TrueLeukemiaHerpesSerious Illness Author:Gertrude B. Elion