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Is
Cancer Contagious?
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1994, by Alan Cantwell, Jr. M.D.
Jackie
Kennedy's rapid death from "Non-Hodgkin's
lymphoma" cancer in May I994 shocked and
saddened the world. Now officials of the
American Cancer Society are hinting that some
lymphomas may be caused by viruses. If so, are
these viruses contagious? And how can we protect
ourselves from them? What do we really know
about the origin and cause of cancer? Are these
new cancer viruses related to cancer-causing
retroviruses like HIV (the AIDS virus)?
As a rich woman, Mrs. Kennedy-Onassis received
the best treatment for her disease at one of the
most prestigious cancer hospitals in New York.
Yet, within 5 months of the discovery of her
lymphoma, she was dead. Even in my most paranoid
state I cannot conceive of any sinister aspect
of her demise. However, it is a well kept secret
in medical circles that the required treatment
for cancer, particularly chemotherapy and
radiation, can sometimes hasten the death of
cancer patients. For example, one of my patients
had "routine" treatment for Hodgkin's disease,
which consisted of extensive surgery followed by
radiation to the chest and abdomen. After he re
covered from this, he was given an intensive
course of chemotherapy. Within a year of his
diagnosis, and less than four months after
chemotherapy, he died. At autopsy, there was no
evidence of cancer. His death was caused by
fatal damage to his heart and lungs by the
radiation treatment he received. How much of
Jackie's death can be attributed to the
treatment she underwent for cancer will never be
known.
Cancer Mysteries
Cancer kills more American women than any other
disease. Cancer of the breast is the No1 killer
in Anglo, Black, Latina, Chinese and
Japanese-American women. No one knows the reason
for this. Jackie's cancer, Non-Hodgkin's
lymphoma, is among the top 10 most common forms
of cancer in all races, except for Blacks.
Again, no one knows why. Why do Chinese-American
men have a high risk of liver cancer, when the
disease is decidedly uncommon in other
Americans? Why is the prostate cancer rate among
Blacks in Los Angeles county 60% higher than in
Anglos; and 80% higher than Asians? Why do Anglo
men have a bladder cancer rate twice that of
other groups? No one has an adequate explanation
for these cancer occurrences.
Lymphoma Cancer
There are three major types of lymphoma cancer:
Hodgkin's disease, Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and a
type of lymphoma which affects the skin called
mycosis fungoides. All lymphoma patients may
experience similar symptoms. The exact type of
lymphoma requires diagnosis by a pathologist,
and depends on the microscopic appearance of the
cancerous cells and tissue. The "classification"
of lymphoma types is in constant flux and
reappraisal. Strangely, the cancer cells of
Jackie's Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma were reported as
a new type called "Ki-1."
Hodgkin's disease is one of the very few forms
of cancer that has long been considered as
having a possible infectious origin. For
decades, epidemiologists have recognized
"cluster cases' of Hodgkin's. The actual number
of cases was so high in certain communities that
it was highly unlikely to be due to statistical
chance. Even so, definite proof of a Hodgkin's
disease agent has not been forthcoming. Some
scientists are now suspecting a possible cancer
causing retrovirus.
The Cancer Microbe
All this would not surprise my mentor, the late
Virginia Livingston MD, who for 40 years claimed
that various bacterial and viral forms of "the
cancer microbe" were responsible for the
infectiousness and possible contagiosity of
cancer. Long before the discovery of the AIDS
virus, she stressed care in the sexual arena, as
well as the importance of hygiene, diet and
supplements in the treatment of cancer. Her use
of vaccines made from the patient's own cancer
bacteria ultimately resulted in the condemnation
of her cancer research and her treatment methods
for cancer. Robert Gallo MD, the co-discoverer
of the AIDS virus, denounced her scientific work
as insanity.
Over the past century physicians have refused to
believe that an infectious agent could cause
cancer. In the 1970s, scientists proved that
animal cancer viruses were capable of causing
cancer, but there was no proof that viruses
caused human cancer. Now with the discovery of
cancer-causing retroviruses, such as the AIDS
virus, doctors are reconsidering the idea. The
history of modem medicine seems to prove
Cantwell's law that "Most physicians are wrong
in their understanding of most diseases, most of
the time."
Why is Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma one of the fastest
rising cancers in the U.S.? Is the rise related
to drug use (legal and illegal),
immunosuppression from environmental sources, or
radiation effects? No one knows. My own
published research into the cause of all three
types of lymphoma indicates that "cancer
microbes" are the infectious agent. My studies
confirm Livingston's research, as well as the
cancer microbe research of dozens of other
scientists throughout the world who have
implicated bacteria in various forms of cancer.
This work is documented in my book The Cancer
Microbe (1990). Over thirty of my published
papers on AIDS, cancer, and other immunologic
diseases, are available in medical libraries.
And anyone hooked into a computer network can
get abstracts of these papers through "Medlars
11," the National Library of Medicine's computer
retrieval service.
The startling cancer microbe discoveries are
ignored by the cancer establishment. Undoubtedly
the recognition of a heretofore unnoticed
infectious agent in cancer and AIDS would
provoke havoc in medical science. Thus, cancer
bacteria remain "in the closet" and the research
"politically incorrect."
Death by Cancer
So many people have been done in by cancer at a
convenient time in history that conspiracy buffs
wonder if you can "give" people cancer. I recall
the propitious cancer deaths of Jack Ruby,
William Casey, Martha Mitchell, the Shah of
Iran, Mae Brussell, and others. (Even O.J.
Simpson was tested for lymphoma cancer in a
swollen lymph node while imprisoned awaiting
trial for murder.) Can you kill people by
injecting them with cancer viruses and bacteria?
Of course! No one in their right mind would want
blood from a dying cancer or AIDS patient. Can
you give a person cancer? If cancer in animals
can be caused by injecting them with cancer
viruses and bacteria, it would certainly be
possible to do the same with human beings!
Cancer: One Disease or Many?
The American Cancer Society constantlv reminds
us that there are many "different" kinds of
cancer. This concept is highly effective in
raising money for each type of cancer that the
ACS promotes. But in reality there is a close
relationship between certain forms of cancer,
particularly lymphoma and leukemia (cancer of
the blood). In the 1970s, virologists discovered
that animal retrovirus infection (similar to the
AIDS virus) could cause an increase in lymphoma
and leukemia in the animals, as well as
immunosuppression. In 1983, a year before the
official discovery of HIV, Harvard veterinarian
Myron Essex found that 25% of gay AIDS patients
had viral antibodies to blood from a case of
"human T-cell leukemia," caused by a new
retrovirus called "human T-cell leukemia
virus-1." When Robert Gallo announced his
discovery of the AIDS virus in 1984, he believed
the virus was related to this new family of
leukemia viruses. Thus, he first named the AIDS
virus "Human T-cell leukemia virus-3." Later,
the virus was renamed HIV: the human
immunodeficiency virus.
When the AIDS virus (HIV) was introduced into
the gay community in the late 1970s, the
incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma (a previously rare
form of cancer), as well as the incidence of
Non-Hodgkin's disease, began to skyrocket in
HIV-infected gay men. Both types of cancer had
previously been associated with
immunodepression. For example, in the mid-1970s
the normal incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma
increased 400 to 500 times in transplant
patients who were routinely immunosuppressed
with prescribed drugs as part of the procedure.
In 1981, the year the AIDS epidemic became
official, Bijan Safai and Robert Good,
scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer
Center in New York City, declared a close
association between Kaposi's sarcoma, leukemia
and lymphoma. They proposed all three cancers be
considered "as part of a spectrum of disease
affecting the lymphoreticular system."
The American Cancer Society is unlikely to
remind its contributors that treatment for one
form of cancer can cause the formation of
another "different" cancer. For instance, after
chemotherapy about three percent of Hodgkin's
disease patients go on to develop Non-Hodgkin's
lymphoma, or leukemia. Officially, the reason
for these "second cancers" is unknown.
Surprisingly, most cancer experts assume two
different diseases are involved. They theorize
that chemotherapeutic drugs depress the immune
system, resulting in the development of "new"
cancers.
Is Cancer Contagious?
Physicians now understand that sexually
transmitted retroviruses, such as HIV, can cause
cancer and immunosuppression. Nevertheless,
doctors continue to tell patients (unless they
are gay) that cancer is neither infectious or
contagious. What about the transmissability of
new retroviruses that have been identified in
certain human leukemia cases? So far, the cancer
establishment is not commenting. Do cancer
viruses and the increasing rates of certain
forms of cancer, such as Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma,
have a relationship to the AIDS epidemic? In the
absence of a positive HIV test, I would say no.
(Both Jackie Kennedy and O.J. Simpson tested
negative for HIV.) In my book, Queer Blood: The
Secret AIDS Genocide Plot (1993), I describe the
genetic engineering of animal cancer viruses in
the early 1970s that, in my opinion, resulted in
the creation the AIDS virus. (Are there any
PARANOIA readers who actually believe AIDS comes
from African green monkeys?)
Man-Made Viruses
Whether one agrees with the idea that AIDS is a
man-made epidemic, it is a fact that we now deal
with viruses that are "natural" (so-called
endogenous viruses); and viruses that are
genetically manipulated, man-made, and
"unnatural" (exogenous viruses). These
laboratory-created viruses are now used as an
integral part of the new gene splicing
technology. Engineered and altered animal cancer
viruses, such as the mouse leukemia virus, have
already been used in human genetic experiments.
If cancer viruses can be injected into people to
make them well, they certainly can be injected
into people to make them sick! Can genetically
engineered viruses be covertly seeded into
select populations for political and genocidal
purposes? Was the "introduction" of the AIDS
virus into the Black African population, and
into the U.S. gay male population, a deliberate
attempt to eliminate these groups? Govemment
AIDS experts repeatedly tell us that AIDS began
as a Black African disease when an African green
monkey "jumped species." The U.S. public was
initially told AIDS is a "gay" disease, caused
by anal sex and drugs. But who can conceive of a
Black heterosexual epidemic in Africa that
transformed itself into an exclusively young
white gay male epidemic in New York, Los
Angeles, and San Francisco?
Recently a physician colleague referred a
patient to me with a written diagnosis of "AIDS
caused by homosexuality." This indicates how
powerful and effective the government's
disinformation program has been in convincing
the public (and some physicians) that AIDS is a
gay disease. Now that 4 million men and women
are infected with HIV worldwide, do people
really think most were sodomized?
Coping with Cancer
Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis's death from cancer,
despite access to the best treatments and
doctors that money could buy, certainly
justifies a degree of cancerophobia. Her rapid
demise makes us wonder if her treatment killed
her quicker that her lymphoma. (Some lymphoma
patients live for many years.) But did she have
any treatment options? If you had cancer, would
you go against the advice and wisdom of a cancer
expert? Who would turn down chemotherapy and
radiation if they thought it would save their
life? How do doctors separate the toxic effects
of cancer from the toxic effects of treatment
with chemotherapeutic drugs, surgery, radiation
and sterids? Will doctors be able to save us if
we are diagnosed with cancer? Can we catch
cancer-causing viruses from our family, our
friends, our lovers? Is this reason for
paranoia? You bet it is!"
Alan Cantwell, M.D. is a retired dermatologist
and cancer researcher. His book, The Cancer
Microbe, is available through Internet sources.
A number of his full-length papers on the
microbiology of cancer can be found on the net
at the Journal of Independent Medical Research
web site (www.joimr.org/)
Email: alanrcan@aol.com
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"Most
physicians are wrong in their understanding of most
diseases, most of the time."----Cantwell's law
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