Peter Moran, M.B., B.S., B.Sc.(Med), F.R.A.C.S., F.R.C.S.(Eng)
(as presented by Nicholas Gonzalez, MD in his monograph “One Man Alone”) Introduction In 1981, as an ex-journalist turned medical student, Nicholas Gonzalez, then in the second year of his medical studies, became intrigued by the work of William Donald Kelley, DDS, a Texas orthodontist. Kelley had devised a highly unorthodox, nutrition-based method of treating cancer, and claimed to have cured himself of advanced pancreatic cancer using this method alone. He had subsequently begun treating other cancer patients, perhaps most famous among whom was the actor Steve McQueen, who succumbed to mesothelioma in 1980. In the hope of eventually having his method accepted by mainstream medicine, Kelley invited Gonzalez to visit his office in Dallas, TX, granting him unfettered access to his patient records. Over …
In 1981, Nicholas Gonzalez, a former journalist then in his second year of medical studies, became intrigued by the work of William Donald Kelley, DDS, a Texas orthodontist who had devised a highly unorthodox, nutrition-based method of treating cancer. Kelley claimed to have cured himself of advanced pancreatic cancer using this method alone. He subsequently began treating other cancer patients. Actor Steve McQueen, whose death from mesothelioma in 1980 was widely publicized, was one of Kelley’s patients. Hoping to achieve mainstream acceptance, Kelley invited Gonzalez to visit his office in Dallas, Texas and granted him unfettered access to his patient records. The book says Gonzalez spent a considerable amount of time combing through them, compiled a monograph that discussed 50 cases, and tried hard to …
Many people wonder how likely it is that biopsies or surgical removal of cancerous tissue will cause the cancer to spread, either locally or by metastasis to lymph glands or through the blood stream. It can occur, but with proper care, the odds of it happening appear to be small. We now have tools that can detect shed cancer cells in the blood stream. The technology has not been perfected, leaving uncertainty as to whether some of the tests are detecting cells capable of forming metastases, or even live, whole cells. Nevertheless, preliminary studies suggest that, in many cases, cancerous cells are present in the blood stream before, during, and even after surgery and can increase during some operations. It has not been determined whether …
Gallbladder and liver “flushes” are widely advocated as a way of treating gallstones and helping with medical conditions ranging from allergies to cancer [1-4]. In the usual “flush,” half a cup or more of a vegetable oil is consumed together with citrus juice and Epsom salts (magnesium sulphate), usually after a brief fast. Many green, brown, yellow or black blobs of various sizes may later appear in the bowel movements. Some bear a slight resemblance to gallstones, but they are not stones. They are merely bile-stained “soaps” produced by partial saponification (soap formation) of the oil. A recent demonstration found that mixing equal volumes of oleic acid (the major component of olive oil) and lemon juice produced several semi-solid white balls after a small volume …
Part of the appeal of “alternative medicine” is its offer to put cancer patients back “in control.” This is in part a reaction to the submissiveness expected of patients in more paternalistic and authoritarian medical circles. Mind-body approaches purport to offer people more personal control over their fate. All very fine, but those with cancer would be wise to ensure that they are not simply surrendering governance to equally controlling but less trustworthy influences. The problem with cancer is that without aggressive treatment it is commonly relentless and largely resistant to most kinds of outside influence. I don’t need to prove that—it is such general experience that every testimonial depends upon the assumption that things would have gone badly were it not for the claimant’s …
From my usual perch, café-side on Harvard Square. My immediate neighbors were discussing cultural literacy. He was wearing herringbone tweeds with suede elbow patches. A regular country squire, right at home on the sidewalks of Cambridge. She was taking notes. After a two-year hiatus I was back in the Athens of America to retrieve a bulging file box stashed in the closet of a sometimes graduate student. Assorted contents included a counterfeit Harvard doctorate made out to yours truly and several fill-in-the-blanks diplomas from such institutions as the University of Massachusetts-Boston, Central New England College, Babson College, the American University in Beirut, and the Universidad de la Habana. There were also degrees from a few fictitious alma maters, as well as a set of transcripts …
