I recently had a friend-of-a-friend diagnosed with breast cancer. A mutual friend asked me what I would do if I was in that situation.<P>I told her that, among other things, I would personally look into B-17 (Laetrile) therapy as I have spoken with a few people who used it (with other lifestyle changes) and had complete remission. I'm also aware that some clinics (not in the US, of course) are using it with notable results.<P>I did some searching on the Internet and found a website called worldwithoutcancer.com that had alot of excellent information on B-17.<P>A couple months later, my friend attempted to access the website but it had been removed and only had a single page saying that the website was being revised.<P>My friend e-mailed them and they replied, telling her that they had been ordered by the FDA to remove their website. They also mentioned that this same thing aparrently happened to a number of other websites, and, that they were not allowed to talk about B-17 at all. They could not divulge sources for attaining it or any other information related to it.<P>Yesterday, I e-mailed them, asking what happened and if they would tell me their story. When I get a reply, I will pass it along on this website.<P><B><I>Fellow herbalists...</I></B><BR>Please remember to fight for freedom of information and speech. Ideas must be allowed to be explored freely by people as they choose or they may eventually be completely controlled by people who have no interest in your well-being. It's happened throughout history, don't let it happen again.<P>------------------<BR>Russ Tanner<BR>of Herb Allure

It's amazing how zealous FDA & Big Med are against B17. There was recently a news article (don't have a link handy) about failure of mainstream cancer therapy from some Italian scientists. They believe that present focus on cancer cells (which are the target of chemotherapy and radiation) is entirely wrong-headed and that the key is the cancer stem cells which are apparently immune to chemo and are largely missed by radiation. The theory sounded a lot like what I read about rationales behind the laetrile, which often doesn't reduce tumor sizes (which was how FDA attacked it as ineffective) but rather stops them from spreading by destroying exclusively the more primitive tumor stem cells.

The FDA is controlled by big pharma.

Here is a link people will find interesting, I believe:
http://www.bolenreport.net/

Thanks for your input!