Battling cancer At home and in court

Note from Ilena Rosenthal: "None are so blind as oncologists who are
closeminded about treatments other than their own."

EXCERPT:
Cherrix said his oncologist refused to monitor his condition while
taking the treatment


Battling cancer
At home and in court
BY SHAUN BISHOP
TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER
Sunday, August 6, 2006



Starchild Abraham Cherrix, 16, says a blessing over the vegetable
dinner that is part of the Hoxsey treatment he is using to fight
Hodgkin's disease. (ALEXA WELCH EDLUND/TIMES-DISPATCH)
A year ago, Starchild Abraham Cherrix was diagnosed with cancer.
Debilitating chemotherapy treatments failed to eradicate the disease,
and now he's fighting for the right to choose his next step.
CHINCOTEAGUE Starchild Abraham Cherrix, 16, is used to eating a lot of
vegetables, but this one tasted worse than most.

He cringed as he ate a white piece of squash and gave his mother,
Rose, a grimace.

RELATED
SLIDESHOW

THE HOXSEY TREATMENT

Cherrix's Diet

Cherrix case breaks ground

Kaine says politicians don't have a role in such cases as Cherrix's

Judge lifts orders in teen's case

McDonnell supports sick teen's request

Teen loses bid to pick treatment

She shot him a skeptical look, then dug in the veggie-filled
refrigerator on which a magnet reads "Never, never, never give up."

Soon, the juicer filled the kitchen with a roar and out came a puree
of fresh carrots and celery, which Cherrix quickly gulped down. Much
better.

The food is part of his treatment for Hodgkin's disease, a combination
of diet and herbal supplements overseen by the Bio-Medical Clinic in
Tijuana, Mexico.

Last week, he took a break from another struggle, one waged in court
with the Accomack County Department of Social Services. It believes he
should undergo conventional cancer treatment instead.

"It's nice to finally relax without being tensed up all the time, or
even having to talk about your situation," Cherrix said.

An Accomack circuit judge ordered a new trial for Aug. 16 to decide
whether Cherrix can choose his treatment. The judge threw out a
juvenile-court ruling that ordered Cherrix to show up for conventional
treatment at Children's Hospital of the Kings Daughters in Norfolk.

Local and national media have descended on the family's white,
two-story house, which sits next to the bright-yellow, family-run
kayak shop on a quiet inlet of the Chesapeake Bay.

When the TV show "Nightline" wanted to basically live with the family
for an in-depth story, Cherrix's father respectfully declined -- to
prevent disruption in the family's life.

"I needed some rest, and I knew Abraham did," said his father, Jay,
61. "Really, the important thing is that he gets better."

But Jay Cherrix also feels the media has helped expose how the family
was being treated by officials.

"I think it's a story that will help a lot of people," he said.

.. . .

One recent day, during a lull between two kayak trips he leads at
sunset and dusk, Jay Cherrix stretched out on a lawn chair in the shop
amid blue and yellow life jackets and kayak paddles. Daughters Lilly,
14, and Bethlehem, 11, quietly watched a western on TV at the check-in
counter.

A mile away, at their other kayak shop, Rose Cherrix, 47, tended to a
few customers and watched the family's other two children, Ezekiel, 7,
and Gabriel, 9.

At home in his tidy upstairs bedroom, Abraham talked about his
academic interests, ranging from astronomy to American Indian culture.
His bookcase is packed with an encyclopedia, novels and books on
religion.

He likes classic comedy ("Bob Hope makes me laugh like crazy") and
science-fiction movies, especially "Star Wars."

He continues to pursue his other interests -- sketching, kayaking,
coin-collecting.

Cherrix, who is home-schooled with his siblings, prays before each
meal. "Without God, nothing is possible," said his mother.

Recently, he said, he has been laying low, "enjoying myself, relaxing
and concentrating on getting better."

Cherrix has said he has felt great since he started the Hoxsey
treatment. He said he never wants to go through chemotherapy again
because it made him so weak that he had to be carried into the house
after treatments.

But he also said the Mexican clinic sometimes uses very low-dose
chemotherapy, so he wouldn't rule out its use.

He discovered he had cancer about a year ago, he said, and found out
in February that the chemotherapy had not eradicated it. His mother
favors herbal remedies, and Cherrix began to research other options on
the Internet.

After reading an article on the Hoxsey treatment in Venture Inward
magazine, he contacted the author, Alan Chips, who says the treatment
cured his own Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Cherrix said he settled on the Hoxsey treatment after talking to other
patients who said it cured their cancer.

Cherrix said his oncologist refused to monitor his condition while
taking the treatment. A spokeswoman at the Norfolk hospital declined
to comment, citing federal privacy guidelines.

It would have been much easier to send Abraham back for chemotherapy,
Jay Cherrix said.

"I put him through the wringer on it because I wanted to see how
serious he was," he said of his son's decision.

"But if you really love somebody and you really, really try to be a
good parent, then you're going to try to do whatever is necessary to
find the best chance."

Cherrix and his father say the kindness and hospitality of the doctors
in Mexico, plus the urging from other patients, persuaded them to
stick with Hoxsey.

"It's an incredibly beautiful atmosphere," his mother said of the
clinic. "They hug you, they tell you their story."

Cherrix's father estimates the treatment has cost more than $3,000 so
far, not including travel and additional supplements bought on the
side. Plus, when they are away, the family kayak business sits idle.

The American Cancer Society says there is no evidence that Hoxsey is
effective in treating cancer. This doesn't bother Cherrix.

"It's understandable that some people would doubt this, but for Pete's
sake, you can at least say to them, 'Go and do some research, go and
do some studying on this' . . . like I did," he said.

On a trip to the clinic three weeks ago, tests found that the cancer
had not grown or receded, Jay Cherrix said.

But doctors said they were encouraged by high white and red blood cell
counts that showed the Hoxsey was working, he said. Another visit is
planned for next month.


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"Ilena Rose" wrote in message
...
Note from Ilena Rosenthal: "None are so blind as oncologists who are
closeminded about treatments other than their own."

EXCERPT:
Cherrix said his oncologist refused to monitor his condition while
taking the treatment

An excerpt from ---

what DO alternative methods really do? --- The inside story


at http://members.bordernet.com.au/~pmo...ve_studies.htm
2. The Biomedical Centre, Tijuana, Mexico.

The main treatment at this clinic is the tonic promoted by ex coal-miner
Harry Hoxsey, and widely used for cancer in America early last century. It
was the subject of a film "How Healing Becomes a Crime". Some of the
nine or ten herbal constituents of the tonic have been shown to have
anti-cancer activity in vitro (on tissue culture). Dietary advice is
usual and the clinic offers other popular alternative modalities.

The results at the Biomedical Centre were broadly similar to those of the
L-W clinic. Only 17 (11%) out of an initial 149 patients could be
established to be alive five years later. 68 were known to be dead, but a
colossal 64 were lost to follow-up and therefore had unknown outcomes.

There was also a poorer level of patient documentation at this clinic. Only
85 out of the initial 149 could be evaluated for stage and the researchers
rightly did not bother with any full analysis of the results. The types of
cancers were similar to those at the L-W clinic except that there were more
brain tumours and skin cancers. Four skin lesions described as basal cell
carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma, normally excellent prognosis
conditions were included, the numbers of locally (27.3% vs 9%) and
regionally confined (26.6% vs 17.9%) cancers were higher, and the number of
metastatic cancers lower (38.5% vs 68.3%) than with the L-W group,
indicating that this was a much better prognosis group of patients. A
similar number had "no evidence of disease".

Very likely reasons for loss of contact with patients are death, or obvious
cancer progression despite the treatment. It can thus be argued that the
lost patients are likely to be heavily weighted with poor outcomes.
However, even if they survived at the same rate as the others, they would
contribute about 13 more survivors (multiply 64 by 17 and divide by 85)
creating a 20% overall 5 YSR. Not very impressive in such a patient
population .

75% of patients presented to the biomedical centre within one year of
diagnosis/ staging.

My Verdict: Similar to that for the L-W clinic.



Peter Moran

www.cancerwatcher.com






Battling cancer
At home and in court
BY SHAUN BISHOP
TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER
Sunday, August 6, 2006



Starchild Abraham Cherrix, 16, says a blessing over the vegetable
dinner that is part of the Hoxsey treatment he is using to fight
Hodgkin's disease. (ALEXA WELCH EDLUND/TIMES-DISPATCH)
A year ago, Starchild Abraham Cherrix was diagnosed with cancer.
Debilitating chemotherapy treatments failed to eradicate the disease,
and now he's fighting for the right to choose his next step.
CHINCOTEAGUE Starchild Abraham Cherrix, 16, is used to eating a lot of
vegetables, but this one tasted worse than most.

He cringed as he ate a white piece of squash and gave his mother,
Rose, a grimace.

RELATED
SLIDESHOW

THE HOXSEY TREATMENT

Cherrix's Diet

Cherrix case breaks ground

Kaine says politicians don't have a role in such cases as Cherrix's

Judge lifts orders in teen's case

McDonnell supports sick teen's request

Teen loses bid to pick treatment

She shot him a skeptical look, then dug in the veggie-filled
refrigerator on which a magnet reads "Never, never, never give up."

Soon, the juicer filled the kitchen with a roar and out came a puree
of fresh carrots and celery, which Cherrix quickly gulped down. Much
better.

The food is part of his treatment for Hodgkin's disease, a combination
of diet and herbal supplements overseen by the Bio-Medical Clinic in
Tijuana, Mexico.

Last week, he took a break from another struggle, one waged in court
with the Accomack County Department of Social Services. It believes he
should undergo conventional cancer treatment instead.

"It's nice to finally relax without being tensed up all the time, or
even having to talk about your situation," Cherrix said.

An Accomack circuit judge ordered a new trial for Aug. 16 to decide
whether Cherrix can choose his treatment. The judge threw out a
juvenile-court ruling that ordered Cherrix to show up for conventional
treatment at Children's Hospital of the Kings Daughters in Norfolk.

Local and national media have descended on the family's white,
two-story house, which sits next to the bright-yellow, family-run
kayak shop on a quiet inlet of the Chesapeake Bay.

When the TV show "Nightline" wanted to basically live with the family
for an in-depth story, Cherrix's father respectfully declined -- to
prevent disruption in the family's life.

"I needed some rest, and I knew Abraham did," said his father, Jay,
61. "Really, the important thing is that he gets better."

But Jay Cherrix also feels the media has helped expose how the family
was being treated by officials.

"I think it's a story that will help a lot of people," he said.

. . .

One recent day, during a lull between two kayak trips he leads at
sunset and dusk, Jay Cherrix stretched out on a lawn chair in the shop
amid blue and yellow life jackets and kayak paddles. Daughters Lilly,
14, and Bethlehem, 11, quietly watched a western on TV at the check-in
counter.

A mile away, at their other kayak shop, Rose Cherrix, 47, tended to a
few customers and watched the family's other two children, Ezekiel, 7,
and Gabriel, 9.

At home in his tidy upstairs bedroom, Abraham talked about his
academic interests, ranging from astronomy to American Indian culture.
His bookcase is packed with an encyclopedia, novels and books on
religion.

He likes classic comedy ("Bob Hope makes me laugh like crazy") and
science-fiction movies, especially "Star Wars."

He continues to pursue his other interests -- sketching, kayaking,
coin-collecting.

Cherrix, who is home-schooled with his siblings, prays before each
meal. "Without God, nothing is possible," said his mother.

Recently, he said, he has been laying low, "enjoying myself, relaxing
and concentrating on getting better."

Cherrix has said he has felt great since he started the Hoxsey
treatment. He said he never wants to go through chemotherapy again
because it made him so weak that he had to be carried into the house
after treatments.

But he also said the Mexican clinic sometimes uses very low-dose
chemotherapy, so he wouldn't rule out its use.

He discovered he had cancer about a year ago, he said, and found out
in February that the chemotherapy had not eradicated it. His mother
favors herbal remedies, and Cherrix began to research other options on
the Internet.

After reading an article on the Hoxsey treatment in Venture Inward
magazine, he contacted the author, Alan Chips, who says the treatment
cured his own Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Cherrix said he settled on the Hoxsey treatment after talking to other
patients who said it cured their cancer.

Cherrix said his oncologist refused to monitor his condition while
taking the treatment. A spokeswoman at the Norfolk hospital declined
to comment, citing federal privacy guidelines.

It would have been much easier to send Abraham back for chemotherapy,
Jay Cherrix said.

"I put him through the wringer on it because I wanted to see how
serious he was," he said of his son's decision.

"But if you really love somebody and you really, really try to be a
good parent, then you're going to try to do whatever is necessary to
find the best chance."

Cherrix and his father say the kindness and hospitality of the doctors
in Mexico, plus the urging from other patients, persuaded them to
stick with Hoxsey.

"It's an incredibly beautiful atmosphere," his mother said of the
clinic. "They hug you, they tell you their story."

Cherrix's father estimates the treatment has cost more than $3,000 so
far, not including travel and additional supplements bought on the
side. Plus, when they are away, the family kayak business sits idle.

The American Cancer Society says there is no evidence that Hoxsey is
effective in treating cancer. This doesn't bother Cherrix.

"It's understandable that some people would doubt this, but for Pete's
sake, you can at least say to them, 'Go and do some research, go and
do some studying on this' . . . like I did," he said.

On a trip to the clinic three weeks ago, tests found that the cancer
had not grown or receded, Jay Cherrix said.

But doctors said they were encouraged by high white and red blood cell
counts that showed the Hoxsey was working, he said. Another visit is
planned for next month.


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~~~~~

www.BreastImplantAwareness.org/blog.htm#Abraham

"Peter Moran" wrote in message
...

"Ilena Rose" wrote in message
...
Note from Ilena Rosenthal: "None are so blind as oncologists who are
closeminded about treatments other than their own."

EXCERPT:
Cherrix said his oncologist refused to monitor his condition while
taking the treatment

An excerpt from ---

what DO alternative methods really do? --- The inside story


at
http://members.bordernet.com.au/~pmo...ve_studies.htm
2. The Biomedical Centre, Tijuana, Mexico.

The main treatment at this clinic is the tonic promoted by ex coal-miner
Harry Hoxsey, and widely used for cancer in America early last century.
It was the subject of a film "How Healing Becomes a Crime". Some of
the nine or ten herbal constituents of the tonic have been shown to have
anti-cancer activity in vitro (on tissue culture). Dietary advice is
usual and the clinic offers other popular alternative modalities.

The results at the Biomedical Centre were broadly similar to those of the
L-W clinic. Only 17 (11%) out of an initial 149 patients could be
established to be alive five years later. 68 were known to be dead, but
a colossal 64 were lost to follow-up and therefore had unknown outcomes.

There was also a poorer level of patient documentation at this clinic.
Only 85 out of the initial 149 could be evaluated for stage and the
researchers rightly did not bother with any full analysis of the results.
The types of cancers were similar to those at the L-W clinic except that
there were more brain tumours and skin cancers. Four skin lesions
described as basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma, normally
excellent prognosis conditions were included, the numbers of locally
(27.3% vs 9%) and regionally confined (26.6% vs 17.9%) cancers were
higher, and the number of metastatic cancers lower (38.5% vs 68.3%) than
with the L-W group, indicating that this was a much better prognosis group
of patients. A similar number had "no evidence of disease".

Very likely reasons for loss of contact with patients are death, or
obvious cancer progression despite the treatment. It can thus be argued
that the lost patients are likely to be heavily weighted with poor
outcomes. However, even if they survived at the same rate as the others,
they would contribute about 13 more survivors (multiply 64 by 17 and
divide by 85) creating a 20% overall 5 YSR. Not very impressive in such
a patient population .

75% of patients presented to the biomedical centre within one year of
diagnosis/ staging.

My Verdict: Similar to that for the L-W clinic.



Peter Moran

www.cancerwatcher.com






Battling cancer
At home and in court
BY SHAUN BISHOP
TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER
Sunday, August 6, 2006



Starchild Abraham Cherrix, 16, says a blessing over the vegetable
dinner that is part of the Hoxsey treatment he is using to fight
Hodgkin's disease. (ALEXA WELCH EDLUND/TIMES-DISPATCH)
A year ago, Starchild Abraham Cherrix was diagnosed with cancer.
Debilitating chemotherapy treatments failed to eradicate the disease,
and now he's fighting for the right to choose his next step.
CHINCOTEAGUE Starchild Abraham Cherrix, 16, is used to eating a lot of
vegetables, but this one tasted worse than most.

He cringed as he ate a white piece of squash and gave his mother,
Rose, a grimace.

RELATED
SLIDESHOW

THE HOXSEY TREATMENT

Cherrix's Diet

Cherrix case breaks ground

Kaine says politicians don't have a role in such cases as Cherrix's

Judge lifts orders in teen's case

McDonnell supports sick teen's request

Teen loses bid to pick treatment

She shot him a skeptical look, then dug in the veggie-filled
refrigerator on which a magnet reads "Never, never, never give up."

Soon, the juicer filled the kitchen with a roar and out came a puree
of fresh carrots and celery, which Cherrix quickly gulped down. Much
better.

The food is part of his treatment for Hodgkin's disease, a combination
of diet and herbal supplements overseen by the Bio-Medical Clinic in
Tijuana, Mexico.

Last week, he took a break from another struggle, one waged in court
with the Accomack County Department of Social Services. It believes he
should undergo conventional cancer treatment instead.

"It's nice to finally relax without being tensed up all the time, or
even having to talk about your situation," Cherrix said.

An Accomack circuit judge ordered a new trial for Aug. 16 to decide
whether Cherrix can choose his treatment. The judge threw out a
juvenile-court ruling that ordered Cherrix to show up for conventional
treatment at Children's Hospital of the Kings Daughters in Norfolk.

Local and national media have descended on the family's white,
two-story house, which sits next to the bright-yellow, family-run
kayak shop on a quiet inlet of the Chesapeake Bay.

When the TV show "Nightline" wanted to basically live with the family
for an in-depth story, Cherrix's father respectfully declined -- to
prevent disruption in the family's life.

"I needed some rest, and I knew Abraham did," said his father, Jay,
61. "Really, the important thing is that he gets better."

But Jay Cherrix also feels the media has helped expose how the family
was being treated by officials.

"I think it's a story that will help a lot of people," he said.

. . .

One recent day, during a lull between two kayak trips he leads at
sunset and dusk, Jay Cherrix stretched out on a lawn chair in the shop
amid blue and yellow life jackets and kayak paddles. Daughters Lilly,
14, and Bethlehem, 11, quietly watched a western on TV at the check-in
counter.

A mile away, at their other kayak shop, Rose Cherrix, 47, tended to a
few customers and watched the family's other two children, Ezekiel, 7,
and Gabriel, 9.

At home in his tidy upstairs bedroom, Abraham talked about his
academic interests, ranging from astronomy to American Indian culture.
His bookcase is packed with an encyclopedia, novels and books on
religion.

He likes classic comedy ("Bob Hope makes me laugh like crazy") and
science-fiction movies, especially "Star Wars."

He continues to pursue his other interests -- sketching, kayaking,
coin-collecting.

Cherrix, who is home-schooled with his siblings, prays before each
meal. "Without God, nothing is possible," said his mother.

Recently, he said, he has been laying low, "enjoying myself, relaxing
and concentrating on getting better."

Cherrix has said he has felt great since he started the Hoxsey
treatment. He said he never wants to go through chemotherapy again
because it made him so weak that he had to be carried into the house
after treatments.

But he also said the Mexican clinic sometimes uses very low-dose
chemotherapy, so he wouldn't rule out its use.

He discovered he had cancer about a year ago, he said, and found out
in February that the chemotherapy had not eradicated it. His mother
favors herbal remedies, and Cherrix began to research other options on
the Internet.

After reading an article on the Hoxsey treatment in Venture Inward
magazine, he contacted the author, Alan Chips, who says the treatment
cured his own Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Cherrix said he settled on the Hoxsey treatment after talking to other
patients who said it cured their cancer.

Cherrix said his oncologist refused to monitor his condition while
taking the treatment. A spokeswoman at the Norfolk hospital declined
to comment, citing federal privacy guidelines.

It would have been much easier to send Abraham back for chemotherapy,
Jay Cherrix said.

"I put him through the wringer on it because I wanted to see how
serious he was," he said of his son's decision.

"But if you really love somebody and you really, really try to be a
good parent, then you're going to try to do whatever is necessary to
find the best chance."

Cherrix and his father say the kindness and hospitality of the doctors
in Mexico, plus the urging from other patients, persuaded them to
stick with Hoxsey.

"It's an incredibly beautiful atmosphere," his mother said of the
clinic. "They hug you, they tell you their story."

Cherrix's father estimates the treatment has cost more than $3,000 so
far, not including travel and additional supplements bought on the
side. Plus, when they are away, the family kayak business sits idle.

The American Cancer Society says there is no evidence that Hoxsey is
effective in treating cancer. This doesn't bother Cherrix.

"It's understandable that some people would doubt this, but for Pete's
sake, you can at least say to them, 'Go and do some research, go and
do some studying on this' . . . like I did," he said.

On a trip to the clinic three weeks ago, tests found that the cancer
had not grown or receded, Jay Cherrix said.

But doctors said they were encouraged by high white and red blood cell
counts that showed the Hoxsey was working, he said. Another visit is
planned for next month.


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"Peter Moran" wrote in message
...

"Ilena Rose" wrote in message
...
Note from Ilena Rosenthal: "None are so blind as oncologists who are
closeminded about treatments other than their own."

EXCERPT:
Cherrix said his oncologist refused to monitor his condition while
taking the treatment

An excerpt from ---

what DO alternative methods really do? --- The inside story


at http://members.bordernet.com.au/~pmo...ve_studies.htm
2. The Biomedical Centre, Tijuana, Mexico.

The main treatment at this clinic is the tonic promoted by ex coal-miner
Harry Hoxsey, and widely used for cancer in America early last century.
It was the subject of a film "How Healing Becomes a Crime". Some of
the nine or ten herbal constituents of the tonic have been shown to have
anti-cancer activity in vitro (on tissue culture). Dietary advice is
usual and the clinic offers other popular alternative modalities.

The results at the Biomedical Centre were broadly similar to those of the
L-W clinic. Only 17 (11%) out of an initial 149 patients could be
established to be alive five years later. 68 were known to be dead, but
a colossal 64 were lost to follow-up and therefore had unknown outcomes.

There was also a poorer level of patient documentation at this clinic.
Only 85 out of the initial 149 could be evaluated for stage and the
researchers rightly did not bother with any full analysis of the results.
The types of cancers were similar to those at the L-W clinic except that
there were more brain tumours and skin cancers. Four skin lesions
described as basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma, normally
excellent prognosis conditions were included, the numbers of locally
(27.3% vs 9%) and regionally confined (26.6% vs 17.9%) cancers were
higher, and the number of metastatic cancers lower (38.5% vs 68.3%) than
with the L-W group, indicating that this was a much better prognosis
group of patients. A similar number had "no evidence of disease".

Very likely reasons for loss of contact with patients are death, or
obvious cancer progression despite the treatment. It can thus be
argued that the lost patients are likely to be heavily weighted with poor
outcomes. However, even if they survived at the same rate as the others,
they would contribute about 13 more survivors (multiply 64 by 17 and
divide by 85) creating a 20% overall 5 YSR. Not very impressive in
such a patient population .

75% of patients presented to the biomedical centre within one year of
diagnosis/ staging.

My Verdict: Similar to that for the L-W clinic.



Peter Moran

www.cancerwatcher.com






Battling cancer
At home and in court
BY SHAUN BISHOP
TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER
Sunday, August 6, 2006



Starchild Abraham Cherrix, 16, says a blessing over the vegetable
dinner that is part of the Hoxsey treatment he is using to fight
Hodgkin's disease. (ALEXA WELCH EDLUND/TIMES-DISPATCH)
A year ago, Starchild Abraham Cherrix was diagnosed with cancer.
Debilitating chemotherapy treatments failed to eradicate the disease,
and now he's fighting for the right to choose his next step.
CHINCOTEAGUE Starchild Abraham Cherrix, 16, is used to eating a lot of
vegetables, but this one tasted worse than most.

He cringed as he ate a white piece of squash and gave his mother,
Rose, a grimace.

RELATED
SLIDESHOW

THE HOXSEY TREATMENT

Cherrix's Diet

Cherrix case breaks ground

Kaine says politicians don't have a role in such cases as Cherrix's

Judge lifts orders in teen's case

McDonnell supports sick teen's request

Teen loses bid to pick treatment

She shot him a skeptical look, then dug in the veggie-filled
refrigerator on which a magnet reads "Never, never, never give up."

Soon, the juicer filled the kitchen with a roar and out came a puree
of fresh carrots and celery, which Cherrix quickly gulped down. Much
better.

The food is part of his treatment for Hodgkin's disease, a combination
of diet and herbal supplements overseen by the Bio-Medical Clinic in
Tijuana, Mexico.

Last week, he took a break from another struggle, one waged in court
with the Accomack County Department of Social Services. It believes he
should undergo conventional cancer treatment instead.

"It's nice to finally relax without being tensed up all the time, or
even having to talk about your situation," Cherrix said.

An Accomack circuit judge ordered a new trial for Aug. 16 to decide
whether Cherrix can choose his treatment. The judge threw out a
juvenile-court ruling that ordered Cherrix to show up for conventional
treatment at Children's Hospital of the Kings Daughters in Norfolk.

Local and national media have descended on the family's white,
two-story house, which sits next to the bright-yellow, family-run
kayak shop on a quiet inlet of the Chesapeake Bay.

When the TV show "Nightline" wanted to basically live with the family
for an in-depth story, Cherrix's father respectfully declined -- to
prevent disruption in the family's life.

"I needed some rest, and I knew Abraham did," said his father, Jay,
61. "Really, the important thing is that he gets better."

But Jay Cherrix also feels the media has helped expose how the family
was being treated by officials.

"I think it's a story that will help a lot of people," he said.

. . .

One recent day, during a lull between two kayak trips he leads at
sunset and dusk, Jay Cherrix stretched out on a lawn chair in the shop
amid blue and yellow life jackets and kayak paddles. Daughters Lilly,
14, and Bethlehem, 11, quietly watched a western on TV at the check-in
counter.

A mile away, at their other kayak shop, Rose Cherrix, 47, tended to a
few customers and watched the family's other two children, Ezekiel, 7,
and Gabriel, 9.

At home in his tidy upstairs bedroom, Abraham talked about his
academic interests, ranging from astronomy to American Indian culture.
His bookcase is packed with an encyclopedia, novels and books on
religion.

He likes classic comedy ("Bob Hope makes me laugh like crazy") and
science-fiction movies, especially "Star Wars."

He continues to pursue his other interests -- sketching, kayaking,
coin-collecting.

Cherrix, who is home-schooled with his siblings, prays before each
meal. "Without God, nothing is possible," said his mother.

Recently, he said, he has been laying low, "enjoying myself, relaxing
and concentrating on getting better."

Cherrix has said he has felt great since he started the Hoxsey
treatment. He said he never wants to go through chemotherapy again
because it made him so weak that he had to be carried into the house
after treatments.

But he also said the Mexican clinic sometimes uses very low-dose
chemotherapy, so he wouldn't rule out its use.

He discovered he had cancer about a year ago, he said, and found out
in February that the chemotherapy had not eradicated it. His mother
favors herbal remedies, and Cherrix began to research other options on
the Internet.

After reading an article on the Hoxsey treatment in Venture Inward
magazine, he contacted the author, Alan Chips, who says the treatment
cured his own Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Cherrix said he settled on the Hoxsey treatment after talking to other
patients who said it cured their cancer.

Cherrix said his oncologist refused to monitor his condition while
taking the treatment. A spokeswoman at the Norfolk hospital declined
to comment, citing federal privacy guidelines.

It would have been much easier to send Abraham back for chemotherapy,
Jay Cherrix said.

"I put him through the wringer on it because I wanted to see how
serious he was," he said of his son's decision.

"But if you really love somebody and you really, really try to be a
good parent, then you're going to try to do whatever is necessary to
find the best chance."

Cherrix and his father say the kindness and hospitality of the doctors
in Mexico, plus the urging from other patients, persuaded them to
stick with Hoxsey.

"It's an incredibly beautiful atmosphere," his mother said of the
clinic. "They hug you, they tell you their story."

Cherrix's father estimates the treatment has cost more than $3,000 so
far, not including travel and additional supplements bought on the
side. Plus, when they are away, the family kayak business sits idle.

The American Cancer Society says there is no evidence that Hoxsey is
effective in treating cancer. This doesn't bother Cherrix.

"It's understandable that some people would doubt this, but for Pete's
sake, you can at least say to them, 'Go and do some research, go and
do some studying on this' . . . like I did," he said.

On a trip to the clinic three weeks ago, tests found that the cancer
had not grown or receded, Jay Cherrix said.

But doctors said they were encouraged by high white and red blood cell
counts that showed the Hoxsey was working, he said. Another visit is
planned for next month.


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Huh?

Pay attention! :-) The material I posted shows the results of clinic that
Starchild Abbraham Cherrix has chosen to attend.

Peter Moran

"Peter Moran" wrote in message
...

"Ilena Rose" wrote in message
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Note from Ilena Rosenthal: "None are so blind as oncologists who are
closeminded about treatments other than their own."

EXCERPT:
Cherrix said his oncologist refused to monitor his condition while
taking the treatment

An excerpt from ---

what DO alternative methods really do? --- The inside story


at
http://members.bordernet.com.au/~pmo...ve_studies.htm
2. The Biomedical Centre, Tijuana, Mexico.

The main treatment at this clinic is the tonic promoted by ex coal-miner
Harry Hoxsey, and widely used for cancer in America early last century.
It was the subject of a film "How Healing Becomes a Crime". Some of
the nine or ten herbal constituents of the tonic have been shown to have
anti-cancer activity in vitro (on tissue culture). Dietary advice is
usual and the clinic offers other popular alternative modalities.

Proving you have not watched.

Thus--you have NO idea of the truth.

Alternative Cancer Protocols updated

http://opposingdigits.com/vlog/?p=106



The results at the Biomedical Centre were broadly similar to those of the
L-W clinic. Only 17 (11%) out of an initial 149 patients could be
established to be alive five years later. 68 were known to be dead, but
a colossal 64 were lost to follow-up and therefore had unknown outcomes.

There was also a poorer level of patient documentation at this clinic.
Only 85 out of the initial 149 could be evaluated for stage and the
researchers rightly did not bother with any full analysis of the results.
The types of cancers were similar to those at the L-W clinic except that
there were more brain tumours and skin cancers. Four skin lesions
described as basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma, normally
excellent prognosis conditions were included, the numbers of locally
(27.3% vs 9%) and regionally confined (26.6% vs 17.9%) cancers were
higher, and the number of metastatic cancers lower (38.5% vs 68.3%) than
with the L-W group, indicating that this was a much better prognosis group
of patients. A similar number had "no evidence of disease".

Very likely reasons for loss of contact with patients are death, or
obvious cancer progression despite the treatment. It can thus be argued
that the lost patients are likely to be heavily weighted with poor
outcomes. However, even if they survived at the same rate as the others,
they would contribute about 13 more survivors (multiply 64 by 17 and
divide by 85) creating a 20% overall 5 YSR. Not very impressive in such
a patient population .

75% of patients presented to the biomedical centre within one year of
diagnosis/ staging.

My Verdict: Similar to that for the L-W clinic.



Peter Moran

www.cancerBLAH






Battling cancer
At home and in court
BY SHAUN BISHOP
TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER
Sunday, August 6, 2006



Starchild Abraham Cherrix, 16, says a blessing over the vegetable
dinner that is part of the Hoxsey treatment he is using to fight
Hodgkin's disease. (ALEXA WELCH EDLUND/TIMES-DISPATCH)
A year ago, Starchild Abraham Cherrix was diagnosed with cancer.
Debilitating chemotherapy treatments failed to eradicate the disease,
and now he's fighting for the right to choose his next step.
CHINCOTEAGUE Starchild Abraham Cherrix, 16, is used to eating a lot of
vegetables, but this one tasted worse than most.

He cringed as he ate a white piece of squash and gave his mother,
Rose, a grimace.

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She shot him a skeptical look, then dug in the veggie-filled
refrigerator on which a magnet reads "Never, never, never give up."

Soon, the juicer filled the kitchen with a roar and out came a puree
of fresh carrots and celery, which Cherrix quickly gulped down. Much
better.

The food is part of his treatment for Hodgkin's disease, a combination
of diet and herbal supplements overseen by the Bio-Medical Clinic in
Tijuana, Mexico.

Last week, he took a break from another struggle, one waged in court
with the Accomack County Department of Social Services. It believes he
should undergo conventional cancer treatment instead.

"It's nice to finally relax without being tensed up all the time, or
even having to talk about your situation," Cherrix said.

An Accomack circuit judge ordered a new trial for Aug. 16 to decide
whether Cherrix can choose his treatment. The judge threw out a
juvenile-court ruling that ordered Cherrix to show up for conventional
treatment at Children's Hospital of the Kings Daughters in Norfolk.

Local and national media have descended on the family's white,
two-story house, which sits next to the bright-yellow, family-run
kayak shop on a quiet inlet of the Chesapeake Bay.

When the TV show "Nightline" wanted to basically live with the family
for an in-depth story, Cherrix's father respectfully declined -- to
prevent disruption in the family's life.

"I needed some rest, and I knew Abraham did," said his father, Jay,
61. "Really, the important thing is that he gets better."

But Jay Cherrix also feels the media has helped expose how the family
was being treated by officials.

"I think it's a story that will help a lot of people," he said.

. . .

One recent day, during a lull between two kayak trips he leads at
sunset and dusk, Jay Cherrix stretched out on a lawn chair in the shop
amid blue and yellow life jackets and kayak paddles. Daughters Lilly,
14, and Bethlehem, 11, quietly watched a western on TV at the check-in
counter.

A mile away, at their other kayak shop, Rose Cherrix, 47, tended to a
few customers and watched the family's other two children, Ezekiel, 7,
and Gabriel, 9.

At home in his tidy upstairs bedroom, Abraham talked about his
academic interests, ranging from astronomy to American Indian culture.
His bookcase is packed with an encyclopedia, novels and books on
religion.

He likes classic comedy ("Bob Hope makes me laugh like crazy") and
science-fiction movies, especially "Star Wars."

He continues to pursue his other interests -- sketching, kayaking,
coin-collecting.

Cherrix, who is home-schooled with his siblings, prays before each
meal. "Without God, nothing is possible," said his mother.

Recently, he said, he has been laying low, "enjoying myself, relaxing
and concentrating on getting better."

Cherrix has said he has felt great since he started the Hoxsey
treatment. He said he never wants to go through chemotherapy again
because it made him so weak that he had to be carried into the house
after treatments.

But he also said the Mexican clinic sometimes uses very low-dose
chemotherapy, so he wouldn't rule out its use.

He discovered he had cancer about a year ago, he said, and found out
in February that the chemotherapy had not eradicated it. His mother
favors herbal remedies, and Cherrix began to research other options on
the Internet.

After reading an article on the Hoxsey treatment in Venture Inward
magazine, he contacted the author, Alan Chips, who says the treatment
cured his own Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Cherrix said he settled on the Hoxsey treatment after talking to other
patients who said it cured their cancer.

Cherrix said his oncologist refused to monitor his condition while
taking the treatment. A spokeswoman at the Norfolk hospital declined
to comment, citing federal privacy guidelines.

It would have been much easier to send Abraham back for chemotherapy,
Jay Cherrix said.

"I put him through the wringer on it because I wanted to see how
serious he was," he said of his son's decision.

"But if you really love somebody and you really, really try to be a
good parent, then you're going to try to do whatever is necessary to
find the best chance."

Cherrix and his father say the kindness and hospitality of the doctors
in Mexico, plus the urging from other patients, persuaded them to
stick with Hoxsey.

"It's an incredibly beautiful atmosphere," his mother said of the
clinic. "They hug you, they tell you their story."

Cherrix's father estimates the treatment has cost more than $3,000 so
far, not including travel and additional supplements bought on the
side. Plus, when they are away, the family kayak business sits idle.

The American Cancer Society says there is no evidence that Hoxsey is
effective in treating cancer. This doesn't bother Cherrix.

"It's understandable that some people would doubt this, but for Pete's
sake, you can at least say to them, 'Go and do some research, go and
do some studying on this' . . . like I did," he said.

On a trip to the clinic three weeks ago, tests found that the cancer
had not grown or receded, Jay Cherrix said.

But doctors said they were encouraged by high white and red blood cell
counts that showed the Hoxsey was working, he said. Another visit is
planned for next month.


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