714X
vs
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Sue
Best emails and subsequent news stories about 714X vs Dana Farber
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714X vs Dana Farber Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 Channel 7 News in Boston had planned to air an investigative story tomorrow night on the 11 PM news. We received a phone call today from the reporter, Caterina Bandini, who worked very hard putting this story together and interviewed 7 people for it. Seems the "Higher Ups" are worried about some "Legal Issues" and for now the story is on hold. It might be aired Friday night but Caterina didn't sound too sure about that. The owner of Channel 7, who apparently lives in Florida, is the one who put it on hold. Channel 7 is now trying to edit the story so the owner will okay it. For those of you who don't know about this issue, here it is briefly. Dana Farber tested a product in their labs without knowing what the product was. Results were so good that they tried to buy into the company that owns the product but it wasn't for sale. Turns out they were testing 714X (which along with other natural therapies was used on our son Billy Best). When they discovered they were testing 714X, testing stopped and they refused to reveal the results to the inventor, Gaston Naessens who had paid $2500 for this testing. Mr. Naessens took Dana Farber to court and after about a year the case was settled. The results for the lab testing were excellent, why doesn't Dana Farber want to pursue such a promising therapy? That is what the Channel 7 news story was about. It looks like Dana Farber or the ACS "got to somebody". A fact brought out in the Alternative Therapy Seminar we sponsored last Saturday, when the American Cancer Society was formed they declared that they would "close their doors the day that a cure for cancer was found". Do you think that the ACS really wants that day to come? If enough cures for cancer are found, what will happen to their high salaries, status and federal assistance? Please pray that the truth will come out. Sue Best |
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714X vs Dana Farber Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 The News Story will not be aired. We are contacting other media to get this story told! Sue Best |
1. Boston Herald April 2, 2001 article by Michael Lasalandra in Health
& Fitness section,
Apparently Sue Best was successful in her efforts to get the story told:
the article is titled "Cancer
survivor rips hospital's refusal to test drug `cure' ".
2. Boston Herald April 16, 2001 article
by Michael Lasalandra in Local & Regional section,
the article is titled "Dana-Farber
cries foul: Challenges judgment in cancer lawsuit ".
3. FoxNews25 (WXFT Boston) May 14, 2001
aired story, transcript is at http://www.fox25.com
(select "News", then "Bodyworks") titled "Cancer
Drug", about Dana Farber/Gaston Naessens.
The FoxNews25 transcript gave the website addresses of http://cerbe.com
(CERBE is private company in Quebec, Canada, responsible for distribution of
products by Gaston Naessens), http://www.geocities.com/friendswithhope
and Sue's http://www.grand-strand.com/suebest
site.
4. The
Patriot Ledger (Boston) May 23, 2001 article "Cancer drug
will get U.S. review" says Federal researchers agreed to review a
controversial cancer drug that several local patients credit with halting the
disease. Dana-Farber asked for the review "because we started getting a lot
of questions from patients about 714x" after publicity on the drug, said
spokesman Steven Singer.
5. BostonChannel.com
May 29, 2001 article "Cancer Drug Getting New Attention"
begins with It was 1995 when then 16-year-old Billy Best, the Norwell teen who ran
away from home rather than take chemotherapy for his Hodgkin's Disease, appeared
on "Good Morning America" to announce that his cancer was in
remission. More than six years later, Best is fit and still cancer free. He said
that he owes it all to 714-X. "I'm happy that the hospitals are
willing to take another look at the treatment I used. They knew nothing about it
when I first started using it. So now I feel hopeful that they'll be able to
help more people," Best said.
6. Sue Best explains why essiac was not mentioned in the 714X interviews. Every time we have been interviewed by any of the media we have
stressed that Billy was on a regimen including 714X, Essiac Tea,
Nutritional Changes and Vitamin Supplements. However the media's focus
has been on 714X so that is what they report on. We were filmed making
Essiac on one news show and Billy drinking it on another however those
parts were edited. We also always credit the Lord with directing us
toward the right treatments for Billy and mention how He guided us
through all our confusion and kept us peaceful but that too is edited.
Most people don't realize that you may be filmed for hours but only a
few minutes of that filming actually makes it to television. And they
often take your comments out of context. With all these negative factors
we are really thanking God for all of the recent news shows done in the
Boston area. They have all been very positive, especially Fox 25 and we
are very happy that the reports on 714X have been fairly accurate.
Hopefully a lot of people will be helped because all of this news
coverage!
Best Wishes,
Sue Best 7. http://naturalhealthline.com/newsletter/1june01/714x.htm
is the lead story of Natural HealthLine's June 1 issue. By Peter Chowka, "Cancer
patients highlight new 714X controversy and the NCI agrees to review the
treatment" is an excellent article permanently archived at that
address.
"A controversial cancer treatment is now getting some new attention. The
National Cancer Institute has agreed to review stories from patients who say
they've been helped by 714-X, a drug that is not sold in the United
States." Billy attributes his recovery to 714X in the article (Essiac not
mentioned):
Subject: Channel 5 News
Story
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001