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Synopsis: Ph.D biochemist, Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski, won one of the largest legal battles against the Food & Drug Administration in U.S. history. Dr. Burzynski and his patients endured a treacherous 14-year journey in order to obtain FDA-approved clinical trials for a new cancer-fighting drug. His groundbreaking medical and legal battles have brought revolutionary cancer treatment to the public. Upon completion, his treatment will be available the world over - sending a shock wave through the cancer industry.
Genre: Documentary
Director(s): Eric Merola
Production: Gravitas
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IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
24
Rotten Tomatoes:
42%
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Year:
2010
108 min
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Since brain cancer is one of the most difficult types of cancer to treat,

he places a heavy focus on brain cancer in his clinical trials.

On May 15th of 2000,

I was diagnosed with an inoperable, stage three,

anaplastic astrocytoma brain tumor.

Following my diagnosis I was told that l

had six to eighteen months to live.

So I met with an oncologist there in

Los Angeles and in San Francisco,

and they were telling me at that time-the oncologist told me

that the protocol for me would be to do Temodar,

which is a chemotherapy, followed by a course of radiation.

I asked them what that treatment would get me

and they said maybe five years.

Maybe five years of life?

So of course I asked what would happen after five years,

if I get to that five years

and they said "well, we'll see what's available at that time"

meaning I would perpetually be on a course of treatment.

Didn't sound good enough for me.

Also at that time I had heard about Dr. Burzynski in Houston,

and I found out about Dr. Burzynski through a friend of mine.

But I met with a prominent neurosurgeon here,

who wrote off Dr. Burzynski.

He told me point blank that "antineoplastons don't work".

But Dr. Burzynski's treatment really sounded right to me.

So I started on his treatment on June 6, of 2000.

In December of 2000, all that was left of the tumor was scar tissue

-and again, this was confirmed through an MRI.

On October of 2001 I stopped Antineoplaston therapy altogether.

I've had annual MRIs since that time, so over the

course of the last eight years,

annual MRIs have confirmed, all that's left of the tumor is scar tissue

-and I've been off the treatment for that entire time.

So, Dr. Burzynski cured me of a brain tumor.

If we review Jodi Fenton's medical records, who was

known at this time as Jodi Gold, before she was married in 2005

-it shows she underwent an MRI at St. John's medical

center in Los Angeles on May 11th of 2000,

where they found a two centimeter mass, which they

suspected was cancer.

The pathology department at

St. John's performed a biopsy four days later, and confirmed

that she did indeed have a malignant brain tumor.

Ordinarily the FDA requires that anyone who wishes to be a part of

Dr. Burzynski's trials, must first have already undergone

chemotherapy and radiation-and failed.

However, since Jodi's tumor was so aggressive and her prognosis

severely grim, she managed to get special exception status to be

placed into this trial without undergoing any other

prior treatment whatsoever.

An MRI on June 1st of 2000, revealed the size of the enhancing

portion of Jodi's tumor, which was the part of her tumor

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