(36) Sat 24 May 97 8:29 By: David Bloomberg To: All Re: Shark Cartilege Ineffective St: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @EID:019a 22b843a0 @MSGID: 1:2430/2112 7a956522 Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 14:24:03 -0700 Subject: [healthfraud] Shark Cartilidge To: healthfraud@ssr.com From: Ed Blonz Study Concludes that Shark Cartilage is an Ineffective Cancer Treatment ZION, Ill., May 22 /PRNewswire/ via Individual Inc. -- Shark cartilage is not an effective treatment for advanced stage cancer in adults. The results of a study were presented Monday, May 19, during the 33rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Denver. The study was sponsored by Cancer Treatment Research Foundation, a not-for-profit cancer research organization, Cartilage Technologies, a shark cartilage manufacturer, and Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA), a national healthcare management company which specializes in comprehensive cancer care. The study followed 60 people with advanced cancer who were prescribed a daily oral dose of shark cartilage as their only form of anti-cancer treatment. The study was designed to treat patients for a minimum of 12 weeks. None of the patients achieved a complete or partial response to the shark cartilage treatment. Ten patients had stable disease (no progression of their cancer) for 12 weeks or more. Only two patients had an improvement in quality of life as measured by a quantitative scale. "In conclusion," the report states, "shark cartilage was inactive in patients with advanced stages of cancer, specifically in breast, colon, lung, and prostate cancer." "This is the largest study every conducted to determine whether or not shark cartilage is an effective treatment modality for cancer," says Denis Miller, MD, principal investigator and former medical director of Cancer Treatment Research Foundation. "Until now, supporting preclinical studies were scanty and reports of trials in humans were anecdotal, uncontrolled, and outside of the peer-review mechanism." SOURCE Midwestern Regional Medical Center /CONTACT: Kurt Walbrandt of Midwestern Regional Medical Center, 847-872-6367/ [Copyright 1997, PR Newswire] --- msgedsq 2.0.5 * Origin: Let the love of truth shine clear (1:2430/2112) SEEN-BY: 12/12 24/888 102/2 106/2000 124/1 130/1008 133/2 140/23 143/1 SEEN-BY: 147/34 2021 154/222 167/166 170/400 202/777 1207 1919 213/213 SEEN-BY: 218/2 801 890 900 901 907 244/1500 267/200 270/101 275/429 280/1 SEEN-BY: 280/169 282/1 62 310/666 323/107 343/600 346/250 356/18 371/42 SEEN-BY: 377/86 382/92 387/5 396/1 45 690/660 730/2 2401/0 2442/0 3603/420 SEEN-BY: 3612/41 3615/50 3619/25 3632/21 3651/9 3652/1 3667/1 3674/1 SEEN-BY: 3828/2 5100/8 @PATH: 2430/1 1423 270/101 396/1 218/907 801