MCDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
SUNDAY. AUGUST II. I9S3
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By RICHARD JEWETT
Mail Tribune Staff Writer
"My wife, a cancer victim,
has been living due to Kre-
Y2 years aiier
five doctors despaired her
chances to live. Now the gov
ernment has stopped ship
ment. Are we stopping all re
search and help for those giv
en up to die? Prisoners can
why can't free people?"
In the foregoing appeal, by
telegram, sent July 29 to the
President of the United States,
the attorney-general and to
Oregon's senators and repre
sentatives in Congress, John
L. Patrick, Shady Cove area
rancher, tells the plight of his
wife, Wilma.
The Patricks maintain that
Krebiozen, a controversial
drug not yet available on the
market, has kept her cancer
at bay. Following surgery
seven years ago, four of the
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doctors gave up hope for her.
The other, the one who op
erated, said she had one
chance in four to live.
From another source, the
Patricks learned of Krebio
zen. Mrs. Patrick has been
taking the drug as a precau
tionary measure.
Patricks Are Concerned
About the middle of July
this year, the Patricks be
came concerned when an an
ticipated shipment of the
drug did not arrive. Mr. Pat
rick inquired of the Krebio
zen Research Foundation,
Chicago, 111., and learned that
the federal Pure Food and
Drug Administration had
halted all interstate ship
ments of the drug as of July
12.
The Patricks' family doc
tor reported that articles in
medical journals stated that
the Pure Food and Drug Ad
ministration had come to the
conclusion that it had not
been substantiated that the
drug has any real value in
the treatment of cancer and
that further experimental
treatment of cancer with it
should be cut off. Mr. and
Mrs. Patrick have expressed
the opinion that political and
commercial aspects also have
been involved.
Time Magazine issue of
July 26 probably points more
specifically to the shipment
stoppage reason. In its medi
cine section Time said:
Tough Provision
"On June 7, a tough pro
vision of last fall's Drug
Amendments Act became ef
fective. To continue interstate
dealings in Krebiozen, Dr.
(Steven) Durovic (drug devel
oper) had to file with FDA a
detailed plan for his investi
gation. He did so reluctantly
at the last minute. Then last
week just as the FDA was
concluding that his plan was
'grossly inadequate,' Durovic
abruptly withdrew his pro
posal, angrily charging bad
faith on the part of the gov
ernment. The Department of
Health, Education and Wel
fare responded: 'Your action
automatically makes illegal
the continued interstate de
livery of the product.' "
The Patricks' doctor said
that an advance warning let
ter had been received but
that, when the last order was
placed, there was no answer
no explanation was sent.
Patrick on July 29 made
another effort, by telephon
ing the foundation, to secure
an order of the drug. He of
fered to send his wife to Illi
nois to get it, if she could
obtain a year's supply. He
was turned down and was told
that now there was a city in
vestigation. Since it has not been put on
the market, "K" is still in
the category of a research
drug, although it has been
used on cancer patients since
1949.
Altitude of Profession
The attitude of the medi
cal profession at large, re
portedly, has been that Kre
biozen is of no value. "You
have to beg doctors," Patrick
said. "Doctors are afraid of
being called quacks if they
prescribe the drug," he de
clared. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick be
lieve, however, that she and
many others will die because
of being denied the drug.
They cite numerous cases
in which the drug has done
good, arresting cancers or
making them disappear. Their
source and authority is the
book, "K, or Krebiozen
Key to Cancer," by Herbert
Bailey (Hermitage House,
1955).
And the Patricks make this
point: "Why stop something
that is doing good?"
"It's definitely doing no
harm so why stop it," remark
ed Mrs. Patrick, who gives
the appearance of bearing her
illness calmly.
When something is bad
that's different, the Patricks
said. When something is
shown to be only good, why
prevent people from having
it? Why stop it?
Proper to Protect
"It is perfectly proper,"
Patrick said, "to protect per
sons who have some hope
from other remedies. On the
other hand are the people
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for whom no hope has been
given. Let's find anything we
can for them."
"To stop the drug with peo
ple given up to die is to the
point of the ridiculous," Pat
rick added.
The Shady Cove couple
cited the benefit from "K"
in Mrs. Patrick's own case.
Her surgery seven years ago
was radical. The lymph
glands under her left arm
and her left breast were re
moved. Three years ago, aft
er she had stopped taking
Krebiozen injections for a
time, lumps showed up in her
right breast. She resumed
taking "K" and the lumps re
ceded in size.
The Patricks' described as
substantial citizens" by their
doctor, moved to the Rogue
valley five years ago from
Sun Valley in the Los Angeles
area. Patrick had operated an
"automotive corner" in Hol
lywood a service station
and auto parts business.
Now the family has prop
erty on the west fork of Trail
Creek. It Is residing on a leas
ed ranch, however, and the
Patricks, with the aid of their
three sons, have entered the
cattle business. Along with
ranching, Patrick is employed
by a truck service station here
as a bookeeper, mechanic and
attendant. '
Saw Mrs. Patrick
The doctor said he first
saw Mrs. Patrick in 1958. He
reported that he agreed to the
Krebiozen injections because
Mrs. Patrick had been using
the drug and It seemed to be
doing her some good. The
physician said that he has
not condoned "K" as effec
tive nor condemned it as in
effective in the treatment of
cancer. He stated that Mrs.
Patrick is the only person he
has seen use it with any ap
parent results.
I don't want to say that
the drug has benefitted her
and don't want to say that it
hasn't," the doctor further
commented. He reported that
she claimed to feel better and
the "masses" did seem to im
prove under medication. He
pointed out that he has made
no real study to evaluate
Krebiozen.
The doctor said he does
not know for sure whether
the masses in his patient's
right breast are cancer since
there is no proof by patho
logical examination that the
multiple lumps are malig
nant. Mrs. Patrick declined a
biopsy. The lumps, as large
as "average" eggs, according
to the physician, did regress
to walnut or almond size.
Mrs. Patrick's last "K" in
jection was July 18. The phy
sician remarked that there
has not been sufficient time
to determine whether the ef
fect of the halt in Injections
has been detrimental. He has
not examined her since that
date. Treatments have varied
from one to three per week.
Developed By Durovic
Krebiozen, developed by
Dr. Steven Durovic, a Yugo
slavian native, has been dis
tributed by the Krebiozen Re
search Foundation for investi
gational use.
The purpose of the distribu
tion and investigation of the
agent is to determine wheth
er it has any specific activity
against malignant conditions.
The foundation, according to
the Instruction sheet from the
organization, has formed an
opinion on the basis of pre
liminary studies that the
agent may decrease or abol
ish pain, improve the general
condition of the patient and
provoke a regression or re
mission of the malignant tu-
mr In some patients.
Krebiozen, a name com
pounded from Greek terms,
means "that which regulates
growth."
In the center of the contro
versy over the drug has been
Dr. Andrew C. Ivy, vice pres
ident of the University of
Illinois and head of its Chi
cago colleges of the health
professions, which includes
the medical school. He has
been chief sponsor of the Kre
biozen research. According to
Herbert Bailey, in his book,
Dr. Ivy feels that "K" should
be investigated from every as
pect known to science.
Co To Illinois
Tim Magazine in the July
article reported:
"Dr. Ivy defiantly announc
ed that he would continue to
give the Injections 'whether
I go to jail or not.' Durovic
will supply Krebiozen only
to Ivy. Thus patients who
want to keep on getting injec
tions will have to go to Illi
nois for them."
That appears out of the
question for the Patricks with
their limited means.
Time concluded:
"But Krebiozen's backers
have powerful friends on Cap
itol Hill; last week resolu
tions were introduced in both
houses of Congress to require
the government to give the
controversial drug another
chance."
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