About Is the big business of cancer research and treatments preventing a cure from being made available?
In the compelling follow-up to the internationally award-winning documentary, Burzynski; Burzynski: Cancer is Serious Business, Part II explores the current status of a controversial cancer therapy called Antineoplastons and this experimental medicineʼs clinical testing sanctioned by the United States Food & Drug Administration. This documentary also features a modern story of the turbulent journeys of cancer patients being treated today at the Burzynski Clinic in Houston, Texas. ------- Chapters ▷ 00:00 - Introduction ▷ 04:22 - The FDA strictly limits who can receive Burzynski's Antineoplastons ▷ 07:00 - Burzynski's new personalized gene-targeted cancer therapy ▷ 15:42 - Most insurance companies won't cover the costs of Burzynski's technique ▷ 18:40 - The FDA's bureaucratic roadblocks make getting a "personalized" regimen approved impossible ▷ 25:19 - After radiation and chemotherapy failed Laura Hymas, she raised money to get Burzynski's treatment, but her UK doctor refuses to continue her check ups after ▷ 53:37 - Parents seek help from Burzyniski for the incurable Childhood Brainstem Glioma ▷ 1:01:02 - The youngest patient to try antineoplaston therapy was cured of an apparently incurable disease
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