--- In cancercured@egroups.com, "Dave " <davebytbay@a...> wrote:


Could it be this simple? I was diagnosed with malignant melanoma over
15 years ago. A mole on my back was in the first stages of changing,
was removed, and for 13 years I was fine. No extraordinary treatment,
even though they were still advocating male mastectomy at the time.

I lived in Phoenix, AZ, and suffered from allergies. I started taking
Nasalcrom as soon as it came out as a prescription. Could it be that
was why I had no reoccurrence? Eventually I moved to California. No
allergies here, and after about 4 years, a subcutaneous metastatic
tumor grew at the base of my neck.

I could not be sold on Interferon. I could not understand how
something with such debilitating effects could be said to enhance the
immune system. While I have primarily relied on dietary herbal
supplements, Hoxey formula, I have since developed allergies again,
and will use Nasalcrom, now over the counter.

Anyone know what year Nasalcrom was first introduced? Something to
think about.



--- In cancercured@egroups.com, "A. Belokopitsky-Médard"
<amedard@g...> wrote:
> I thought I might respond to "Cancer cure (2)" (Message 26)
> concerning the use of Cromolyn Sodium (Nasalcrom) for cancer.
>
> To recap message #26:
>
> A female attorney was interviewed on Hard Copy. She
> had had breast cancer that metastasized to her liver
> and lungs. Determined inoperable, she was given a
> month or 2 to live. She was staying with family, who
> had 2 cats to which she was allergic. Using (over the
> counter) Nasalcrom 3x/day for the allergy. Within a
> month her breast cancer had visibly shrunk and the
> metastasized cancer had been stopped. Within 6 months,
> she was cancer free. 5 years had passed by the time
> this lady was on Hard Copy. During those 5 years, she
> waged an unsuccessful campaign to get the NCI or FDA to
> run clinical tests.
>
> As a cancer patient in remission who just happens to use
> Nasalcrom during allergy seasons and as a friend of a family
> whose precious little girl who has an inoperable tumor, I decided
> to research this after also hearing about the feature on Hard
> Copy.
>
> I have been in correspondence with Jence L. Thomas, the person
> who was on Hard Copy. Excerpts from correspondence with her
> follow:
>
> >The NCI has finally
> >taken note of this information a small group of people
> has known for
> >years (and kept from him and his Assistant) and
> promises they are
> >investigating beginning the human trials which have
> been recommended for
> >decades.
>
> >I am almost completely well on a totally bizarre
> >and nicely harmless course of treatment
>
> >Cromolyn sodium, the active ingredient in Nasalcrom,
> is the first
> >identified anti-angiogenetic; it keeps tumors from
> growing the blood
> >vessels they need to survive and they starve to
> death. It is also cheap
> >and safe and no one wants any medicine like that
> floating around, messing
> >with their multi-billion dollar (largest in the world)
> industry.
>
> >Jence L. Thomas, Founder
> >The Institute for Patient Advocacy
> >292 Fifth Avenue, 4th Floor
> >New York, NY 10001
>
>
> and
>
>
>
> > The NCI has recently begun the initial molecular
> > pathway studies which are the first step in getting
> > to human trials. I am hopeful that it will
> > not be long now before the medical community's
> > misperception (intentional on the part of competing
> > researchers) that cromolyn is too weak to work
> > in humans is not true and it should be considered
> > in the treatment of every patient.
> >
> > God Bless You for your help!!!
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Jence Thomas, Founder
> > The Institute for Patient Advocacy
> >
> You might also reach her at the following email address:
>
> <jence1@j...>
>
> or the following phone numbers:
>
> 212-714-3594 or 609-936-9430
>
> Below are some excerpts from what I was told by others and/or
> part of what I found on the net:
>
>
> > Cromolyn seems to work synergistically, or at least
additively,
> > with traditional therapies, at least in rats in a study with
> > cromolyn plus (if I recall) methotrexate.
> >
> > A researcher, I.D. Ionov, was in 1991 at the All Union
> > Research Center for Maternal and Child Health Care,
> > Moscow, USSR. I don't know if the center's name is
> > the same now that the USSR's broken up or if he's
> > still there. Anyway, he wrote a number of articles
> > looking at cromolyn in rat tumors (the one I have
> > in front of me is: Inhibition of mast cell activity as
> > a new approach to anti-cancer therapy,
> > Int J Radiat Biol, 1991, vol 60, nos 1/2, page 287-291.
> >
> > You may contact Jence at her law office located in Princeton
NJ -
> >
> > 609-936-9430 or her office in NYC at 212-714-3594.
> >
>
>
>
> > The best overall piece I've seen is a letter in the
> > journal Lancet. Here's the reference: Arnold, Frank.
> > Exploiting Angiogenesis. April 6, 1991, vol 337,
> > page 865-866. On the odd chance that you want
> > to contact the author of this letter: I tried to locate
> > the author of this piece. I was told that he is
> > currently Director of Wound Healing Research
> > at Oxford-Brookes University (*not* Oxford University).
> > They have a web site (I don't recall the URL, but you
> > can find it with a search engine; I did.) I never spoke
> > with him but thought he'd know if any clinical tests
> > have been done. MEDLINE shows none. One of the
> > articles listed as a reference to to Frank's letter was
> > written by Arnold, Kumar, and a third person. Although
> > I can't find the other articles at the moment, Kumar has
> > written a couple of pieces with Arnold on angiogenesis
> > and cromolyn. You may have more luck contacting
> > Kumar, if you can't reach Arnold. Note: one or more
> > of the articles referenced by Arnold also discusses
> > the use of shark cartilage, which also appears to have
> > some antiangiogenic activity. This may be another
> > avenue to explore. I really know next to nothing about
> > this, either safety or efficacy, but there does seem to
> > be a scientific basis for considering it. The article on
> > fish oil I mentioned is: McCarthy, MF. Fish oil may
> > impede tumor angiogenesis and invasiveness by
> > down-regulating protein kinace C and modulating
> > eicosanoid production. Medical Hypothesis, 1996,
> > vol 46, page 107-115. This article makes mention
> > of cromolyn but focus is on fish oil.
> >
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