Reddit reviews Cancer Vortex: Devouring the Innocents

Apparently, the claims are made in the book Cancer Vortex: Devouring the Innocents, written by Kenneth Anton.
As far as I could see, he does not have a degree in a scientific discipline, let alone oncology.

The claims can be consulted here, but due to its length, I will only discuss the "many successful alternative therapies which have proven effective at curing tens of thousands of terminal patients."

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>"Dr Royal Rife (...) developed an RF oscillator to kill microbes in cancer cells and successfully cured terminal patients"

The ACS discourages the pursuit of such devices since a study showed there was no evidence for their efficacy. Rife blamed it on a conspiracy from various American institutes, rather than he being wrong.

>"Essiac Tea - Nurse Rene Caisse cured thousands of patients in the 1930's with a proprietary herbal formula handed down from native Indians."

To which I reply, "reviews of medical records of people who have been treated with Essiac [tea] do not support claims that this product helps people with cancer live longer or that it relieves their symptoms". It is also on the 187 Fake Cancer Cures list of the FDA.

>"Hoxsey Regimen - Harry Hoxsey established 17 clinics to cure cancer with a proprietary plant-based anti-cancer formula handed down from his grandfather."

This cure was already slammed by experts in the 1960s. It is considered useless and potentially dangerous by the ACS, the MSKCC and this study.

>"Dr Linus Pauling, Biochemist and Nobel prize winner tested high-dose Vitamin C on himself and hundreds of terminally ill cancer patients with demonstrable success."

"Despite many years of taking huge daily amounts of vitamin C, both Pauling and his wife Ava died of cancer—she in 1981 and he in 1994.".

>"DMSO and Vitamin C - As a follow-up to Dr Pauling's work, DMSO helps transmit Vitamin C directly into cancer cells as well as penetrating the blood-brain barrier. Certain supplements enhance the outcome."

DMSO is used in escharotic salves, and those products are dangerous. More information here.

>"Budwig Protocol - Dr Johanna Budwig, biochemist based her treatment on the essential properties of flaxseed oil combined with cottage cheese and a strict vegetarian protocol. She estimated her cure rate at 90% for terminal patients."

According to Cancer Research UK, "[t]here is no reliable scientific evidence to show that the Budwig diet (or any highly specific diet) helps people with cancer".

>"Cesium Chloride - Dr A K Brewer tested high pH Therapy using Cesium and Rubidium with vitamins A and C to raise the pH of the body's cells to 8 thus destroying cancer cells and shrinking tumors."

Considered dangerous and ineffective by science.

>"Gerson Therapy - Dr Max Gerson, biochemist, researched how to cure various chronic illnesses."

Multiple studies found that patients died of cancer. More info on Quackwatch.

>"Vitamin B17 Amygdalin - Dr Ernest Krebs Jr, biochemist, researched the special properties of amygdalin (B17) as a cancer fighting agent and developed a concentrated form Laetrile given to cancer patients by IV. (...) As the therapy gained adherents, the FDA attacked, first by stating it was useless then concluding it was toxic.

So did the NIH, MSCCK, Mayo Clinic and other scientific bodies. It is, without doubt, the most dangerous quack therapy to date. It is also not a vitamin.

>"Burzynski Antineoplaston Therapy (...)"

No scientific evidence whatsoever.

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>"The above capsule summaries of a few naturopathic therapies developed by independent visionaries, not bound by the bureaucracy, have succeeded in curing a dramatically higher percentage of patients than traditional therapy and with no serious side effects."

Liar.