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O Jallut

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PubMed1989

[Vernes/Augusti cancer assessment. Documentation 17].

The principles are: Determination of mucopolysaccharides, expressed as weight of mannose-galactose per liter of serum. Because of the non-specificity of this test in cancers, it is combined with other "more specific tests of the inflammatory condition" (orosomucoids and seromucoids). The floculation reaction of proteins through acidified copper acetate provokes the formation in the serum of a precipitate containing mainly beta and gamma globulins, frequently found in the blood of cancer patients, not specific to that condition but nevertheless "providing information on the development of cancers". Originally this test was used as a method of cancer diagnosis but, according to Augusti, it is now to be considered as nothing more than "a means of following up a cancerous state under the effect of treatment". The set of tests amounts to sFr. 150.-, to be repeated every six weeks. The cancerometry has been developed in the thirties by Dr. Alfred Vernes and was used as method of very approximate testing of the hepatic functions. The main promoter is at present Dr. Augusti in Paris. Augusti, in a study on the results obtained in his laboratory during one year (20,000 various examinations), claims to have found differing histograms in healthy and cancerous subjects: "The two reactions assume a correct method of observing the cancerous state." Up to now no clinical trials have been published.

Biomarkers, Tumor↗
PubMed1989

[Instinct therapy--raw food with meat with exclusion of milk products. Report No. 16].

Instinct therapy is a diet consisting exclusively of food in its natural form, which has not been subjected to cooking, preserving or seasoning. Dairy products are forbidden. Indications are numerous and rather imprecise including especially cancer. Burger developed Instinct therapy in 1964 as a diet according to his own philosophy. 1980 he left Switzerland because the practice of "metasexuality" had caused him problems with the law. He founded a school of Instinct therapy in 1982 in France and published his book "La guerre du cru" (The Raw Food Fight) in 1985. In Switzerland, Besuchet took on the teaching of Burger in 1978 and was very active in giving lectures. He died in June 1985 of mediastinal cancer. According to Burger, man originally ate raw food and his instinct has not evolved since those pre-historic times, but has been "artificially modified" by cooked food and the consumption of non-human milk. If man could re-develop his natural instinct and eat only fresh food, which is not prepared in any way, he could solve his health problems and restore defenses against diseases such that these could become beneficial. Cooked food, milk and cereals are thought to be the cause of cancer but instinctive eating would help to avoid or to cure cancer. No preclinical or clinical trials have been carried out. The theories of Burger and Besuchet are based on unverifiable personal experiences.

Animals↗
PubMed1984

[Unproven methods in oncology].

As in some other chronic diseases (rheumatism, multiple sclerosis, etc.), unproven methods of diagnosis and treatment have long been current in cancer. Since 1960 the American Cancer Society has published an abundant literature on these "unproven methods", which serves as a basis for a historical review: some substances (Krebiozen, Laetrile) have enjoyed tremendous if shortlived success. The present trend is back to nature and "mild medicine". The proponents of this so-called natural medicine are often disciples of a pseudoscientific religion using irrational arguments. Direct attacks on these erroneous theories and their public refutation fail to convince the adepts, who trust in these methods and are not amenable to a scientific approach. Study of their psychological motivations reveals that in fact they seek something more reassuring than plain medical explanation which is aware of its limits. They feel reassured by theories which often bear some resemblance to the old popular medicine. To protect patients against these dangerous methods and all the disillusionment they entail, the Swiss Society of Oncology and the Swiss Cancer League have decided to gather information and draw up a descriptive list of the commonest unproven methods in Switzerland (our File No. 2, "Total anti-cancer cure", is given as an example). The files are published in French, German and English and are available to physicians, nursing teams, and also patients who wish to have more objective information on these methods.

Complementary Therapies↗
PubMed1976

[Usefulness of detection of breast cancer: the part played by the internist].

The prognosis of breast cancer is the result of many factors, among which the mass of the tumor at the time of diagnosis remains the most significant: small tumors have a better prognosis than larger ones and are less often accompanied by positive lymph nodes. It is therefore justifiable to search for them systematically by breast examination of all patients over 30. Large-scale mass screening campains in the USA, with clinical and mammographic examination of tens of thousands of women, have proven that it is possible to detect more "early" cancers and reduce general mortality in the groups studied. The number of cancers thus detected is nevertheless so small that it does not justify the investment of so much labour and money in this kind of campaign. Systematic breast examination at regular intervals (6 months to 1 year) with regular mammographies should be confined to patients in the high risk groups: women who have already undergone surgery for cancer of one breast, and patients with a marked family history of breast cancer. For the rest of the female population, the solution seems obvious: every physician should get into the habit of performing regular clinical examination of the breasts. Most gynecologists are already doing so, but they only examine a small part of the population. The most important role in the detection of breast cancer falls to the internists and the general practitioners: they should assume responsibility for all their patients' breasts, in the same manner as they do for heart and lung examinations. They will then request additional examinations (mammography, thermography) as soon as clinical examination reveals a pathological finding. The results of GILBERTSEN [5] confirm that clinical examination remains the most valuable and least expensive method for breast cancer detection.

Adult↗