Breast Cancer Treatment and Homeopathy

A landmark paper on homeopathy and cancer has appeared in the February 2010 issue of the
International Journal of Oncology. The paper reports on a study of four homeopathic remedies that
have shown positive results using homeopathic remedies for breast cancer treatment.
Skeptics May Have to Rethink Their Opinions-Homeopathy May Really Work
The study has caused the scientific community to have a second look at the positive effects of using
homeopathic medicine (called remedies by homeopaths) in the treatment of some illnesses. The
authors of the report stated that "The remedies exerted preferential cytotoxic effects against the two
breast cancer cell lines, causing cell cycle delay/arrest and apoptosis."
Apoptosis Induced by Homeopathic Medicines is a Good Result
Apoptosis, a cellular phenomenon, is "programmed cell death (PCD)," also known as cell suicide. It

does not involve damage to the organism as with necrosis. Basically, during apoptosis the cell
shrinks without causing inflammation to the surrounding tissue. The scientists, led by Moshe
Frenkel, MD, a professor at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, "studied four ultra-diluted remedies
(Carcinosin, Phytolacca, Conium and Thuja) against two human breast adenocarcinoma cell lines,"
and found "cell cycle delay/arrest and apoptosis."
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The M.D. Anderson Cancer Center is the top hospital in the US-ahead of Sloan-Kettering in NYC and
Johns Hopkins in Baltimore-for research and treatment of patients with cancer. Dr. Moshe Frenkel is
quoted as saying, "This is the first scientific study that investigated the effect of homeopathic
remedies on breast cancer cells." He further explains the significance as an "exciting possibility"
because of the "therapeutic opportunity for preferentially eliminating breast cancer cells with
minimal damage to the surrounding normal mammary tissue by using homeopathic remedies."
According to the European Council of Classical Homeopathy, which reported the study to the
homeopathic community, "The strongest effects were found from Carcinosin and Phytolacca,
remedies that are well documented in the homeopathic literature for their beneficial effects in
patients with cancer."
Banerji Protocols on the Treatment of Cancer with Homeopathic Remedies
The researchers at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center had decided to investigate homeopathic remedies
because of the promising results of a previous report based on work done by Dr. Banerji in Kolkata,
India. The US National Cancer Institute (NCI) evaluated a cancer treatment protocol developed by
Dr. Banerji in his clinic at the Homeopathic Research Foundation (PBHRF). The "Banerji protocols"
use homeopathic medicines to treat patients suffering with cancers. The NCI, after reviewing the
progress of the patients, confirmed that there was enough positive response to support the call for
further research into the area of homeopathic treatment of cancer.
A Team of Researchers Decided to Evaluate the In-Vitro Effect of Four Homeopathic Remedies
The results of the "protocols" developed by Dr Banerji and reported by the NIC were sufficiently
impressive that the researchers at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center decided to study the breast cancer
cells of women with advanced breast cancer and found equally impressive positive results using
homeopathic medicine. Dr. Frenkel has said on his website that the homeopathic remedies,
"appeared to have similar activity to the activity of paclitaxel (Taxol), the most commonly used
chemotherapeutic drug for breast cancer, without the toxic effect on the normal cells."
Sources:
cancerdecisions.com, 'A Tipping Point for Homeopathy' 21 February 2010
homeopathy-ecch.org, 'High Potency Homeopathic Medicine Affect Cancer Cells' 15 February 2010
ncbi.nim.nih.gov, 'Cancer Patients Treated with the Banerji Protocols Utilising Homeopathic
Medicine: A Best Case Series Program of the National Cancer Institute USA' pubmed 18575720

accessed 8 March 2010

Frenkel M et al. (2010): Cytotoxic effects of ultra-diluted remedies on breast cancer cells,
International Journal of Oncology, 36: 395-403.
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