Antineoplaston Therapy

Stanislaw Burzynski, MD. has developed an alternative treatment that supposedly is the cure for cancer, but is yet to be accepted by the governing agencies or the majority of the medical community. It is in the clinical trial stage right now and is under constant scrutiny by the FDA and the NCI. Dr. Burzynski made his breakthrough whenever he discovered a treatment for cancer through the use of antineoplastons. these antineoplastons are comprised "mostly of peptides and amino acids originally taken from human blood and urine". It seems like an interesting enough concoction, the idea being that antineoplastons are a part of something called the body's "natural biochemical defense system." Proponents then claim that this defense system acts "independently from the body's immune system" and "induces cancer cells to stop growing and become more like normal cells."

It is important to note that these are all claims and nothing has been scientifically proven or accepted by the FDA, NCI, or the ACS. If these treatment was accepted by the medical community or somehow proved as an actual cure, it would only be sensible that Dr. Burzynski would be showered with awards and be seen as the most knowledgeable cancer researcher of the century. Instead, he has been charged with 33 accounts of treating patients with a method not approved the FDA and is seen as a "quack" by many other medical researchers. It seems like a pretty harsh way to be treating the doctor who has found the "cure" for cancer.

On the other side, the antineoplaston treatment is in the process of clinical case studies/trials in order to prove its legitimacy. These case studies have yet to prove anything, but they are constantly studying the treatment. Many people have claimed that this treatment has cured their cancer, and even though it isn't recommended by any of the federal agencies governing ethical and legitimate treatments of medical disorders, many people choose to hand over $30,000-60,000 to Dr. Burzynski. Let's all just hope that he really has found the cure and we are simply waiting for its approval. Don't get your hopes too high.