Scientists Cure Cancer, But No One Takes Notice

[dogknob]

Unsurprisingly, I'm finding it difficult to find much else about this.

http://www.moneytrendsresearch.com/scientists-cure-cancer-but-no-one-takes-notice/

Anyone here know anything more about this?

[TheWraith]

1. Just bullshit.

Despite what they'll tell you, it's in no way the "cure" they portray it as, and research IS ongoing.

[arendt]

13. Exactly...

DCA is no panacea. It might work, it might be too toxic to use, it might be marginal.

So, turn down the hype, and wait for the clinical studies.

[Zalatix]

16. Nanotech is the only possible cure for cancer.

[Politicalboi]

2. Not surprising at all

In 1974 Virginia Tech did a study on the effects of Marijuana on cancerous tumors, and it shrunk them. Did they use this for the good? NO! Our government hid this result. I often wonder if they really have a cure, but aren't using it. Wouldn't surprise me one bit.

[RKP5637]

7. There are way too many lost profits if cures are found, and too many are making big profits to

legalize Marijuana. Enforcers of the ridiculous laws make bucks, and the black market makes big bucks. It's a symbiotic relationship. One hand is washing the other. Insurance companies make big bucks as do hospitals and doctors. All make some $$$ but the patient.

[agent46]

15. I really

wish you could provide credible links for this information. My wife woud like to know.

[dogknob]

3. Found this...

Promising, not-quite-ready-for-primet​ime, but in danger of being sunk by quacks and snake-oil men

http://scienceblogs.com/​insolence/2010/05/​dichloroacetate_dca_and_can​cer_deja_vu_a.php

[WillyT]

6. How About This One ???

Link: http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/05/dichloroacetate_and_cancer.php

[elleng]

4. Naturally,

'Pharmaceutical companies are not investing in this research because DCA method cannot be patented, and without a patent they cannot make money. They’re currently making fortunes with their AIDS patent. Since the pharmaceutical companies won’t develop DCA drugs, independent laboratories should start researching DCA more to confirm all of the above findings and begin producing drugs. All of the groundwork can be done in collaboration with the universities, who will be glad to assist in such research and can develop an effective drug for curing cancer.

This article hopes to raise more awareness of dichloroacetate, and to hopefully inspire some independent companies and small startups to pick up on this idea and begin producing life-saving drugs… because the big companies won’t be touching it for a long time.'

[longship]

5. Sorry, that's wrong

Cancer is not a single disease. It's a spectrum of diseases. The is zero chance that there is a single cure for cancer.

Advances for treating cancer are incremental, and there is much progress on many cancers which were formerly a death sentence are now living normal lifespans.

Your link goes to a site that has all the indicators of quackery.

Again, there is no single cure for cancer because it is not a single disease.

[dogknob]

9. Your link goes to a site that has all the indicators of quackery

Hence the OP. It looked suspicious, but this looks like some promising research getting buried under a bunch of hype, wishful-thinking, and... Quack.

[drm604]

8. Wikipedia on Dichloroacetate

It is being tested. It may have it's uses. It is not a miracle cure-all. It can have dangerous side-effects.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichloroacetate#Potential_cancer_applications

[xchrom]

10. Scientists find a vaccine for the HPV cancers, warts, etc

But every one, left & right has a Hissy fit because it has to do w/ the VAGINA!11

[Trillo]

11. Seems it's a confirmed carcinogen in "experimental animals".

http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search/a?dbs+hsdb:@term+@DOCNO+6894
"Human Health Effects:


Evidence for Carcinogenicity:

There is inadequate evidence in humans for the carcinogenicity of dichloroacetic acid. There is sufficient evidence in experimental animals for the carcinogenicity of dichloroacetic acid. Overall evaluation: Dichloroacetic acid is possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B).
[IARC. Monographs on the Evaluation of the Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals to Man. Geneva: World Health Organization, International Agency for Research on Cancer, 1972-PRESENT. (Multivolume work). Available at: http://monographs.iarc.fr/index.php p. V84 392 (2004)] **PEER REVIEWED**

[villager]

12. Certainly, if they did, big pharma couldn't *afford* to take notice...

n/t

[Courtesy Flush]

14. Nowhere near a cure

My wife has cancer, and these stories caught my eye last year. Basically, it's a chemo drug that shows some effectiveness, just like any other chemo drug. The real controversy is that it is cheap and not being used, but it is not a miracle drug.

The medical community (especially the cancer community) do not use hyperbole. When you see words like "cure" or "miracle" in a story, you're not getting the facts.

[cthulu2016]

17. We have cured cancer in lab rats many times

But cancer is not normaly a big killer of rats, and there's probably a reason.

[cthulu2016]

18. Snopes rates this FALSE

http://www.snopes.com/politics/medical/cancercure.asp