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781 Unorthodox Cancer Treatments

Research in rodents and test tubes has turned up many compounds that are active against cancer cells. But relatively few of these have been developed into cancer treatments. The established ways of treating cancer, such as chemotherapy and radiation, are often toxic and usually very expensive. Worse, they don’t always work. What other therapies already available on drugstore shelves show promise for treating cancer? How can we utilize the body’s own defense, the immune system, to fight cancer? This is the third in our three-part series on unconventional approaches to cancer.
Guests: Vikas Sukhatme, MD, PhD, oncology researcher and Professor of Medicine at Harvard University Medical School. He is co-founder of Global Cures.
Vidula Sukhatme, MA, MS, is co-founder and CEO of Global Cures. The photo is of Vidula Sukhatme.
The podcast of this program will be available the Monday after the broadcast date. Podcasts can be downloaded for free for six weeks after the date of broadcast. After that time has passed, digital downloads are available for $2.99. CDs may be purchased at any time after broadcast for $9.99.

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About the Author
Joe Graedon is a pharmacologist who has dedicated his career to making drug information understandable to consumers. His best-selling book, The People’s Pharmacy, was published in 1976 and led to a syndicated newspaper column, syndicated public radio show and web site. In 2006, Long Island University awarded him an honorary doctorate as “one of the country's leading drug experts for the consumer.”.
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