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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1981)
Doctors con cancer victims, therapist says Hypno-therapist advocates Laetrile, ‘metabolic treatment’ as alternatives By HARRY ESTEVE Of the Emerald Private physicians and medical associations deceive cancer patients by advocating useless and lethal cancer treatments, a spokesman for the Eugene Cancer Control Center told a small audience at the Lane County Public Servce building Sunday night. The American Cancer Society, the American Medical Association and the Food and Drug Administration are interested in profits, not health, said Evan Reed, a hypno-therapist who specializes in cancer treatment. The Cancer Control Center has been a vocal advocate of the controversial drug, Laetrile, a derivative of apricot pits thought by many to be an effective anti-cancer agent. Laetrile has been banned by the FDA after studies alleged it did nothing to help cure cancer. Reed said that currently "accepted” cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy, are not effective. He called them "expensive schemes” designed to keep patients alive long enough to make a profit. An average cancer victim spends $23,000 from the time of initial diagnosis to the time of death, according to Reed. "Where does that money go? Into some body’s pocket. Twelve-hundred people a day are dying of cancer-related causes. That represents a lot of money." Reed accused the medical profession of "waging psychological warfare” against cancer patients by telling terminal cases they were going to die and then prescribing expensive therapy. "They’re not interested in your health, they’re interested in your money.” Instead of chemical or X-ray treatments to stop cancer, Reed advocated what he termed “metabolic treatment,” which includes a raw and natural foods diet and extensive use of Laetrile and hydrozyne sulfate Hydrozyne sulfate is a derivative similar to Laetrile that Reed claimed has immediate effects on cancer cells, in some cases eliminating them after only a few doses. “But it has one problem,” he said. "It’s cheap — it’s cheaper than dirt." If mass produced, the drug would cost less than 10 cents per dose, he said. "That’s why it's not recognized. There’s no money there." The Cancer Control Center is a division of Spiritual Enterprises, Inc., a "nondenominational religious organization," according to Reed. Photo by Dennis Tachibana Evan Reed Commission calls for adequate downtown housing By RICHARD WAGONER Ol the Emerald Eugene should encourage adequate downtown housing for all income groups but at the same time should discourage the creation of low-income neighborhoods. That's the gist of a revised downtown housing strategy report heard Monday by the Eugene Planning Commission and passed on to the city coun cil for adoption. The report, called "Housing in Eugene’s Downtown: Long Term Stategies," calls for making the city’s downtown area a major residential neigh borhood equal in priority to its role as a cultural, governmental and commercial center. In order to achieve this goal, the report says, the city should make housing its top short-term priority. The city should “encourage developments that mingle different types of housing and thus accommodate households of varied ages, incomes, occupations and interests while at the same time discouraqinq the creation of areas character ized by households with low incomes," the report says. The strategy report along with its revisions will be considered by the city council at its April 13 meeting. 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