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Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:30:28 -0000
From: "Old Bill" <matbeta@yahoo.com>
Organization: Datemas.de http://www.datemas.de
Newsgroups: alt.support.cancer

Here is a link to what Cancer Research Uk has to say about Laetrile.

http://tinyurl.com/2eenqg
[Excerpt]
Many internet sites advertise and promote laetrile as a treatment to cure
cancer.  But no reputable scientific cancer organisations support any of
these claims.  Our advice is to be very cautious about believing this type of
information or paying for any alternative cancer therapy over the internet.

Whenever we put up information on alternative treatments that have not been
properly tested, we receive angry emails that say we are trying to prevent
people with cancer from getting effective treatment. This is not what we want
to do.  We are concerned that products are marketed as potential cures, and
often sold for a great deal of money, when they lack scientific evidence to
prove they help.  It is not in the interests of drug companies or research
organisations such as ours to ignore potential new treatments.  Thousands and
thousands of compounds are screened every year to try to find those that
might be the basis of effective treatments.  If laetrile or amygdalin had any
therapeutic benefit, drug companies would have developed it into a potential
treatment long ago.