Cancer involving the blood and bone marrow is most often seen in children. Several types of leukemia are described, based upon the type of blood cells involved and their appearance under the microscope. Samples from the blood and bone marrow are usually compared. Ionizing radiation, whether from nuclear sources or x-ray therapy, is clearly associated with an increased incidence of these leukemias. Chemical agents, such as the anticancer drugs and occupational exposure to benzal have been associated with increased leukemia. Some hereditary factors have
also been linked with this disease.
Most interesting is the firmly established viral theory in relation to acute leukemia. In rodents, fowls, cats, and monkeys certain viruses are known to cause leukemia when experimentally inoculated. These animals can pass viruses to their offspring through the ovum or shed it in their milk or other secretions, thereby transmitting it to unaffected animals. Again it makes one wonder how much leukemia may actually be transmitted to human beings through the use of animal foods, such as meat, eggs or milk. Milk is increasingly suspect for cancer viruses, especially the bovine leukemia virus (BLV) and the bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV, a relative of HIV).
A disease in chickens (fowl leukosis) is estimated to affect up to 15% of the birds used for food, and many cases escape the casual inspection at the mass production slaughterhouse. The virus definitely passes into the egg, and can infect a baby chick even before hatching. It would take very high or prolonged cooking temperatures to be sure the virus was inactivated in eggs used for food. In spite of the fact that the common treatment of leukemia today is with cellular poisons (cytotoxic drugs), it is my hope that a much more physiologic treatment will soon become available, and, in the right setting be demonstrated as superior.
Combining a proper diet with the judicious use of fever therapy should induce the appropriate antibodies to aid in virus destruction and the maintenance of health, as well as a decrease in complications. This type of therapy has been used with increasing success in the treatment of related tumors, such as Hodgkin’s disease, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and some other lymphomas. These closely related malignancies all seem to have a common viral origin. Thus, they should respond to the intermittent induction of high fever, However, it must be given in a controlled setting for safety.
also been linked with this disease.
Most interesting is the firmly established viral theory in relation to acute leukemia. In rodents, fowls, cats, and monkeys certain viruses are known to cause leukemia when experimentally inoculated. These animals can pass viruses to their offspring through the ovum or shed it in their milk or other secretions, thereby transmitting it to unaffected animals. Again it makes one wonder how much leukemia may actually be transmitted to human beings through the use of animal foods, such as meat, eggs or milk. Milk is increasingly suspect for cancer viruses, especially the bovine leukemia virus (BLV) and the bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV, a relative of HIV).
A disease in chickens (fowl leukosis) is estimated to affect up to 15% of the birds used for food, and many cases escape the casual inspection at the mass production slaughterhouse. The virus definitely passes into the egg, and can infect a baby chick even before hatching. It would take very high or prolonged cooking temperatures to be sure the virus was inactivated in eggs used for food. In spite of the fact that the common treatment of leukemia today is with cellular poisons (cytotoxic drugs), it is my hope that a much more physiologic treatment will soon become available, and, in the right setting be demonstrated as superior.
Combining a proper diet with the judicious use of fever therapy should induce the appropriate antibodies to aid in virus destruction and the maintenance of health, as well as a decrease in complications. This type of therapy has been used with increasing success in the treatment of related tumors, such as Hodgkin’s disease, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and some other lymphomas. These closely related malignancies all seem to have a common viral origin. Thus, they should respond to the intermittent induction of high fever, However, it must be given in a controlled setting for safety.
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