Doctors recommended a "state-of-the-art" chemotherapy treatment. It was the best they had to offer -- but it could also damage Alexander's heart, lungs, liver and kidneys, and lead to loss of hearing, small stature, infertility, another cancer, intellectual decline and death. Despite the chemotherapy -- quite possibly because of it -- Alexander died less than four months after beginning treatment. It wasn't until after Alexander died that the Horwins discovered that in addition to those horrors, various medical journals reported that it was also ineffective for young children.

"After Alexander passed away, my wife and I wanted to find out why our 2-1/2-year-old son died while receiving 'state-of-the-art' chemotherapy at a prestigious children's hospital," Michael Horwin said. "We researched the medical literature and what we discovered astonished and sickened us."
http://alternativecancer.us/horwin.htm

One woman put her son in a Utah children's hospital for cancer. During his short stay, three children died as the result of their first chemo treatment (the deaths were not reported as due to chemo). Two other mothers became terrified that chemo would be given to their children and had to sue the hospital to get their children out.

Hospitals will administer any drug they want with or without your permission. They will take your child away if you disagree with their treatment even if it makes your child worse. You can get the paperwork that you must sign for admission as soon as possible and take it to a lawyer (there is usually a week or two between the decision to hospitalize and the actual hospitalization). At least you will know what rights you are giving up.

Even children not in a hospital are likely to have their treatment controlled by the state and not the parents.
http://www.alternativecancer.us/#Children

This divide-and-conquer strategy would have worked with most kids of Katie's age. But Katie isn't your typical 13-year-old. When the time came to inject her with high-dose chemotherapy, Katie said no. And when doctors tried to force her, she boldly and repeatedly resisted. Finally, they admitted they couldn't make her accept the treatment unless she cooperated. Can you imagine the guts it took for a 13-year-old, without her parents by her side, to give a flat, unconditional "no" to a team of doctors and nurses?
Opinions of Patients Will Not Be Tolerated
This insane situation could have easily been avoided if some members of Katie's medical team had not been so arrogant and if Texas Child Protection Services (TCPS) had not been so narrow minded.

Last June I sent you the e-Alert "Amber Ambush" (6/15/05) with details about Katie's story. In a nutshell: After undergoing several months of chemo treatments for Hodgkin's disease, Katie's cancer was in remission and her doctor prescribed radiation as a preventive measure. Katie and her parents said no, based on the possible long-range side effects of radiation in the upper body (including damage to the heart muscle, lungs, spine and thyroid gland, a high risk of breast cancer and hormonal disruption). The Werneckes said they wanted to investigate less harmful treatment options.
http://alternativecancer.us/katie.htm

Less Cystic Fibrosis
Less heartburn (Gastro Esophageal Reflux)
Less esophageal cancer
Greatly reduced chance of developing breast cancer
Reduced chances of ovarian cancer
Reduced colon cancer
Less Autism
Less tonsillitis
Fewer learning deficits
Fewer behavior disorders
Less ADHD
Fewer tantrums
Less epilepsy
Better absorption of nutrients
More opportunities to consume anti-oxidant-rich foods
Reduced fluorosis
Far fewer food allergies
Freedom from common milk-protein intolerance reactions
Fewer digestive problems
Greatly reduced chance of developing leukemia
Far less asthma
Fewer respiratory infections
Less nose-picking
Reduced incidence of Lupus
No suffering from lactose intolerance
Freedom from galactose build-up
Healthier flora
Reduced constipation
Reduced diarrhea
Reduced gas
http://www.oasisadvancedwellness.com/learning/reasons-no-dairy-children.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=oaw-apr1709

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msoyRYSoSJk&o=1672350&u=53089598&l=1608440&g=6810

The Horwins wanted to understand why their son died while receiving what they were told was the best treatment available, a therapy that would certainly prolong Alexander’s life if not cure him. Michael Horwin, now an attorney and his wife Raphaele, now a forensic scientist, spent hundreds of hours in medical libraries. In the pages of the medical journals, they found one shocking revelation after another.

First, they discovered that none of the drugs administered to Alexander were FDA approved for children. (2) Next, they found out that none of the drugs were FDA approved for the treatment of brain tumors in any person (2).

In addition, they found out that one of the four drugs administered to Alexander (cyclophosphamide) was listed as a known human carcinogen and another (cisplatin) was listed as a probable human carcinogen(3) – they actually caused cancer.

And finally, and most shocking of all they discovered that the same four drugs had been administered to children the same age as Alexander with exactly the same brain tumor as Alexander and that the treatments had been an utter failure (4) causing one hospital to actually terminate the therapy(5). This had happened years before Alexander was even diagnosed.
http://www.annieappleseedproject.org/can4.html

This system can really make a difference with many of the unwanted effects of current conventional treatments (surgery, chemo, radiation).

Thus, we suggest that parents really take a look at Traditional Chinese Medicine.

* Pharmaceutical companies support many trials and have stated publicly that they will not pay for trials of substances, products or even combinations where they cannot patent it.

A common chemotherapy treatment for bone and muscle cancers in boys can cause infertility when they reach adulthood, confirms new research.

Previously, doctors had surmised that the drugs, which are known to cause infertility in men, might not affect boys' reproductive ability since they were pre-pubescent when the doses were given, says lead researcher Dr. Lisa Kenney of Boston's Dana Farber Cancer Institute.
http://www.annieappleseedproject.org/chemcausinin.html