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From your review, treatment, antineoplaston therapy from the Burzynski Research Institute, was 100% successful for you, which is wonderful.
Hi David- I am reaching out to ask you about the Burzynski Clinic and antineoplaston therapy. My husband George was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma (MM) in spring 2021. He was offered the option of Chemo, but after only two infusions, they had to be stopped because of the toll they took on his body. He passed away on 11/23/21. We knew nothing about any other types of treatment.
My mom was diagnosed with lung cancer years ago, and she was put on Chemo. She may have lived a few weeks longer due to the chemo, but she had no quality of life during that extra ‘time’. Eventually, the chemo had to stop due to the toll on her body. She passed away within a year of diagnosis, and the bulk of that time she was incredibly sick.
Fast forward to today. I have a sibling who has been diagnosed with colon cancer. It is unbelievable what she has gone through and continues to go through, but the only options her hospital offers are chemo and radiation. Like me, she saw what our mom went through and doesn’t want a repeat of that pain and suffering.
We just saw an article about a new immunotherapy drug in trial (Dostarlimab) that is curing 100% of the trial participants for colon cancer, but as yet have not found any active trials she can join.
My sibling has done a lot of research on alternative therapies, and found the Burzynski clinic. There is so much information on the internet (both positive and negative) about Burzynski that is difficult to sort through.
I looked up your review on the Burzynski website and found your offer to help, so I am reaching out to you.
From your review, treatment, antineoplaston therapy from the Burzynaki Research Institute, was 100% successful for you, which is wonderful. It sounds like you would recommend this to anyone/everyone, including your loved ones, correct? I know you had MM, not colon cancer, but what types of treatments does the Burzynski clinic offer?
I thought I saw somewhere that the Burzynski Clinic offers low dose chemo. If that is what they plan to do, she can get her treatment locally and have insurance cover it. If she goes to TX and gets the same treatment, its 100% out of pocket.
- Can you help us understand how it is that they help?
- Why are there so many lawsuits?
- And if it truly works, why isnt everyone doing it?????
- Do you know what kind of cure rates they have?
That was asked, and no answers were provided.
As you know the cost of the treatment there is astronomical, so enrolling is likely to bring her family to near bankruptcy. But when it comes to your life, what choices do you have? My sibling has a zoom meeting consultation with the Burzynski clinic scheduled for next week. I’m going to be on the call as well. What kinds of questions should we ask? Are there any other ways to bring the costs down? Are you in touch with others who have also went there for treatment and who might offer help for us to understand/decide if this is the right thing to do?
Thank you so much for caring about others whom you do not know and for sharing your experience and knowledge…. for some it will be lifesaving… Karen
Hi Karen- I am sorry to learn of your health challenges. i will try to answer those questions that I can and tell you which questions I’m not really qualified to answer.
Please understand that both MM and colorectal cancer and their treatment are complicated topics. I can’t answer your questions fully without knowing your stage, diagnostic testing info, goals, etc. I am sorry for the loss of both your husband and your mom to cancer.
“We just saw an article about a new immunotherapy drug in trial (Dostarlimab) that is curing 100% of the trial participants for colon cancer, but as yet have not found any active trials she can join…”
My understanding is that this therapy is in the testing phases. While there is reason for hope, all FDA approved therapies must be thoroughly trialed before approval is given.
“My sibling has done a lot of research on alternative therapies, and found the Burzynski clinic. I have done some too, but not nearly as much as she has. There is so much information on the internet (both positive and negative) that is difficult to sort through. I looked up your review and found your offer to help, so I am reaching out to you…”
Stanisław Burzynski, the Burzynski Research Institute (BRI) and antineoplaston therapy (ANP) are all incredibly controversial as you have read. I understand both sides of the issue. Any person who tried to operate outside of conventional FDA approved oncology opens him/herself up to controversy.
“From your review, this treatment was 100% successful for you, which is wonderful. It sounds like you would recommend this to anyone/everyone, including your loved ones, correct? I know you had MM, not colon cancer, but what types of treatments does the Burzynski clinic offer? Is it drugs, immunonogy, light therapy, Rife?????”
ANP is a non-toxic chemotherapy. My definition of chemotherapy is any chemical therapy. Yes, ANP therapy was 100% successful for me. No, I would not universally recommend this therapy for all unless I understood specifics such as their cancer, stage, diagnostics, goals, etc. As you have mentioned, this therapy is out-of-pocket. I have linked results from the Burzynski Research Institute from a while ago.
As you can read, there is no guarantee that ANP will work. Like conventional therapies there is a spectrum of possible outcomes. I have blogged about ANP many times on PeopleBeatingCancer.org and I conduct consultations with many MM patients wanting to learn about their therapy options beyond conventional therapies.
“As you know the cost of the treatment there is astronomical, so enrolling is likely to bring her family to near bankruptcy.”
Interestingly, once all was said and done and I was in complete remission from my MM, I calculated the costs of my conventional treatments (induction, ASCT, imaging, etc.) and my BRI/ANP charges and the totals were about the same. The differences were two.
- First, my conventional therapies, though experimental at the time, were covered by my health insurance.
- Second, those same conventional experimental therapies that were paid for by my insurance did not work. And they left me with short, long-term and late stage side effects.
- Lastly, ANP therapy was out-of-pocket and put me into complete remission…in 1999.
“ What kinds of questions should we ask of the Burzynski Clinic? Are there any other ways to bring the costs down? Are you in touch with others who have also went to the Burzynski Clinic for treatment and who might offer help for us to understand/decide if this is the right thing to do?”
Hang in there Karen,
David Emerson
- Cancer Survivor
- Cancer Coach
- Director PeopleBeatingCancer
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PERSONALIZED TREATMENT AT BURZYNSKI CLINIC
Comparison of Responses in 20 selected most common cancers (as of September 21, 2015)
|
Diagnosis
|
No. of patients
|
OR (%)
|
SD (%)
|
PD (%)
|
|
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
|
131
|
64
|
26
|
10
|
|
Breast Cancer
|
433
|
62
|
23
|
15
|
|
Carcinoma of unknown primary
|
42
|
57
|
36
|
7
|
|
Prostate Cancer
|
322
|
53
|
38
|
9
|
|
Ovarian Cancer
|
99
|
51
|
29
|
20
|
|
Head and Neck Cancer
|
87
|
51
|
29
|
20
|
|
Colon Cancer
|
229
|
51
|
28
|
21
|
|
Hodgkin’s Disease
|
16
|
50
|
38
|
12
|
|
Kidney Cancer
|
41
|
49
|
34
|
17
|
|
Malignant melanoma
|
63
|
49
|
21
|
30
|
|
Lung Cancer
|
179
|
46
|
33
|
21
|
|
Urinary Bladder and Urothelial Cancer
|
39
|
45
|
32
|
23
|
|
Esophageal and Stomach Cancer
|
55
|
44
|
29
|
27
|
|
Liver Cancer
|
20
|
40
|
25
|
35
|
|
Uterine, Cervix, Vulvar, Endometrium
|
51
|
39
|
31
|
30
|
|
Brain Tumor
|
189
|
37
|
39
|
24
|
|
Multiple Myeloma
|
21
|
36
|
43
|
|
|
Biliary Tract Tumor
|
20
|
30
|
40
|
30
|
|
Pancreatic Cancer
|
55
|
24
|
51
|
25
|
|
Mesothelioma
|
17
|
24
|
41
|
35
|
Data based on medical records of 2,280 evaluable patients
DEFINITIONS:
OR: Objective Response – includes CR and PR.
CR: Complete Response. Complete disappearance of all signs of cancer in response to treatment of 4 weeks or longer.
PR: Partial Response. More than 50% decrease in the size of the tumors in response to treatment of 4 weeks or longer.
SD: Stable Disease. No decrease or increase in the size of the tumors, but no progression, in response to treatment of 12 weeks or longer.
PD: Progressive Disease. More then 50% increase in size of the tumors (the sum of cross-sectional area of the tumors), in response to treatment of 4 weeks or longer.
Evaluable Patients. Patients who remained on treatment long enough to enable an objective evaluation of the response.