Dr. Stanislaw R. Burzynski

In March, I came upon another example of what might count as Burzynski
treatment failure:

A supposed "non-Hodgkins lymphoma survivor" who has been featured at the
Burzynski Patient Group Web site and who appeared on screen briefly in the
Burzynski movie (released in 2010) to confidently attribute his recovery to
Burzynski treatment died in 2010 of cancer complications. See
http://bit.ly/H5gLx8 <http://t.co/IqhXrlTD>

He's dead.  But according to that movie, he is alive and well.

Unfortunately, im not surprised. Burzynski is a total nut job.

Ugh.  What a bummer.

I have recently started looking into this as well.  I haven't watched the movie yet.  It is on my netflix list.  I am trying to track down some of the people and talk to them about their experience.  Just with every kind of treatment...not everyone makes it.  Have any of you had to say goodbye to anyone on their death bed?  I did and she did everything conventional treatment and it DIDN"T WORK and she died.  So... I am not going to be quick to throw this guy under the bus because it appears he has had success stories.  And to me he seems to actually be trying to find a REASON for cancer.  Some of us are lucky and don't have reoccurance or mets after treatment.  But for those of us like me that do...I want to find out WHY my body is making cancer.  And my so called ivy league trained oncologist has no fucking clue!!!  These medications that a lot of us are on....they are bandaids.  So this guy actually does sound like he knows a little bit more about cancer than our run of the mil oncologists!  And the fact that of all the doctors out there and the FDA is trying so hard to control him...something tells me he may be on to something! 

Yeah, that is true.  But what is the difference between him and any oncologist saying "take this....and we hope it works."  The only difference is that insurance covers our chemo and these pills we take so it isn't coming out of our pockets.  His prices are in the same price range as our chemo's.  I get a bill every month showing my insurance company just paid out 4-6K.  And what is funny about that is I have the same treatment every month yet every month my bill is different.  I have called them on this b/c I think someone is padding the bill.  it shouldn't range with a difference of 2k.  it isn't coming out of my pocket so i really shouldn't care but my insurance company is getting screwed in the butt I am sure.  But there is just as much failure with conventional treatment as I am sure there is with alternative treatment.  Cancer has not made any improvements in the last 50 years.  So at least someone is trying to figure it out rather than just following the standard protocol. 

Firstly,I don't need you to remind me of my mortality. Secondly, IMHO is short for in my humble opinion.



I've never had drugs thrown at me that were not proven solutions for my "stones throw from stage IV" situation. I don't buy into the alleged conspiracy theories either. Are doctors and their families immune from cancer?



Sorry about your friend but you can't assume the entire medical community behaves the way your friends doctor did. Plus I'm sure there is a lot more to that story.



I'm all for alternative therapies as long as they work, are proven, and are not a ploy to get money from desperate people. Dr. B is a scam artist plain and simple. Do your research. Reputable medical organizations don't charge people to be involved in clinical trials nor do they have clinical trials that go on and on and on without publishing results to the rest of the medical community so those results can be vetted.



You might think about keeping your angry posts in check...it may make people think your screen name is a contradiction.

My mother-in-law went to him for treatment when she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. I don't know much about him or his treatment, but in the end she was glad she gave it a shot. She lived 2-1/2 years. Don't know if that would have been the same with or without his treatments. When I found myself out of options, I didn't consider his treatment, but that's just me. If you have the scratch and feel it's the right choice for you, the decision's yours. I have not heard of any great success stories with his treatment. Perhaps there are some out there. Good luck with whatever you choose.

Thanks Smiley. She made my life miserable, so I know it's harsh to say, but her death didn't have much effect on me. I used to tell my husband she lived so long just so she could continue screwing with us. She made my husband's whole life hell too. You are so correct...we just want more time. I'd do anything to see my baby graduate high school (two more years!) Please, please, please.

I want every one of us to see our kids and grandkids graduate from High School. Dr Burzynski is unique in the way he prescribes chemo for people.(With either cuuting edge or way out there ideas and combinations-take your pick) but he does charge for his clinical trials. That is not the norm. Patients have to buy their meds from his pharmacy and the prices are much higher than tried elsewhere. Those last two are reasons I would not go to him but that's just me.

THanks Rosemary and Sweetbean...I didn't know that the anti-neoplastons were only given to brain cancer patients.  It seems at one time he gave them to everyone but I guess if he is donig this study than he is concentrating his effort on brain cancer.  I can find other places to get Vit C.  THanks for the heads up!