[cancercured] Cure Rates /Re: gerson

scattered on my HD there are a few entries regarding chemo. this is
the first which came up. hope it helps. John
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Chemotherapy – cytotoxins only 2.3% effective

Australian Oncologists:
Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:33 pm (PST)
Australian Oncologists say:

Chemo at most 2.4% effective? 2.1% in the USA

Department of Radiation Oncology, Northern Sydney Cancer Centre,
Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

AIMS: The debate on the funding and availability of cytotoxic drugs
raises questions about the contribution of curative or adjuvant
cytotoxic chemotherapy to survival in adult cancer patients.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: We undertook a literature search for
randomised clinical trials reporting a 5-year survival benefit
attributable solely to cytotoxic chemotherapy in adult malignancies.
The total number of newly diagnosed cancer patients for 22 major
adult malignancies was determined from cancer registry data in
Australia and from the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results
data in the USA for 1998. For each malignancy, the absolute number
to benefit was the product of (a) the total number of persons with
that malignancy; (b) the proportion or subgroup(s) of that
malignancy showing a benefit; and (c) the percentage increase in
5-year survival due solely to cytotoxic chemotherapy. The overall
contribution was the sum total of the absolute numbers showing a
5-year survival benefit expressed as a percentage of the total
number for the 22 malignancies. RESULTS: The overall contribution of
curative and adjuvant cytotoxic chemotherapy to 5-year survival in
adults was estimated to be 2.3% in Australia and 2.1% in the USA.

PMID: 15630849 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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