What Senator Ted Kennedy's Brain Tumor Means For The Rest Of Us

health.com:

Glioma is a catchall term that includes many different types of tumor, including astrocytomas, oligodendrogliomas, and ependymomas, according to the American Cancer Society.

An estimated 21,810 people will be diagnosed with malignant tumors of the brain or spinal cord this year in the United States�"1.3% of all cancers, responsible for 2.2% of cancer-related deaths. Gliomas make up about 40% of all brain tumors and can be benign or malignant. Kennedy's, located in the left parietal lobe, is malignant. Gliomas are most likely to occur in those aged 75 to 84.

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Comments

[RMankovitz]

10:44 PM on 08/29/2009

Many believe Ted Kennedy received the best health care in the world. I remain skeptical.

As a research scientist and author of several books on illness prevention, my suggestion for someone diagnosed with brain cancer is as follows. Before undergoing treatment with conventional oncology methods (chemo/radiation) , contact the Burzynski Clinic in Texas. See:

http://www.burzynskiclinic.com/

Stanislaw Burzynski, MD, PhD, developed the antineoplaston treatment for cancer and, in my opinion, has cured more people of brain cancer than all of the oncologists in this country combined. Never heard of him? Both the FDA and the oncology industry tried to put him out of business , but those of us in the alternative health field came to his defense. Finally, even the FDA had to admit his procedure works, and they are presently running supervised clinical trials.

Unfortunately, you first have to qualify for these trials to get the antineoplaston treatments. In other words, the FDA is using the clinical trial approach to choke off widespread access to this amazing therapy, in some cases insisting that you first go through the horrors of chemo/radiation, which unfortunately lowers chances of success. The rest of the oncologists are ignoring him.

I hope I am wrong, but I doubt Ted Kennedy was given this option.

For a list of Burzynski's more than 250 peer-reviewed research papers on cancer treatment:

http://www.burzynskiclinic.com/ph/media-corner-publications.html

Roy Mankovitz, Director
http://www.MontecitoWellness.com

[Halsey]

04:30 PM on 08/26/2009

yes yes yes..tragic loss of a great stateman....why am I jealous? I'm facing frigging recurrnace of triple negative(horrid chemo...google ACT)...less than a year after first diagnosis....I am LIVID...only 54..so see, to me..77 sounds okay