[OT] Electromagnetic Treatment for Cancer?

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Rife Revisited?

Will scientists someday be able to 'dial up' an electromagnetic treatment for

some people's cancer? Possibly, according to scientists at eight laboratories in

five countries, who published an interesting article recently in the Journal of

Experimental Clinical Cancer Research (2009;28:51). An international team,

headed by Dr. andre Barbault of Lausanne, Switzerland, found that most

frequencies were lethal to a particular cancer type. They call their device a

" noninvasive biofeedback method. "

In this trial, 13 patients were considered evaluable for response. Of these, one

with a hormone-refractory breast cancer metastatic to the adrenal gland and bone

had a complete response lasting 11 months. A similar patient had a partial

response lasting 13.5 months. Four had stable disease: of these, one with

thyroid cancer metastatic to the lung had 34.1 months stability, a non-small

cell lung cancer patient was stable for 5.1 months, a patient with pancreatic

cancer metastatic to liver was stabilized for 41 months and a patient with

leiomyosarcoma remained stable for 4.0 months.

The authors concluded that " cancer-related frequencies appear to be

tumor-specific and treatment with tumor-specific frequencies is feasible, well

tolerated and may have biological efficacy in patients with advanced cancer. "

The same authors had previously shown that administration of a low level

electromagnetic field (at a frequency of 42.7 Hz) by means of a battery-powered

portable device could change the brain waves of healthy volunteers and is

associated with the relaxation effect. The device has been used to induce sleep

in insomniacs. Such an approach has been called Low Energy Emission Therapy

(LEET). For those who think such an approach is dangerous, they point out that

the amount of energy delivered to the brain in this way " is 100 to 1000 times

lower than the amount of electromagnetic fields delivered by handheld cellular

phones and does not result in any heating effect within the brain. "

The authors explained that in their study of cancer patients they had observed

" strikingly similar frequencies among patients with the same type of cancer. "

A Rife Connection?

This technology bears some resemblance to the ideas of a notorious American

inventor, Royal Rife (1888-1971). In the 1930s, Rife claimed to have

invented a " beam ray " device that could destroy cancers (and other supposedly

virally-induced diseases) by vibrating at the " Mortal Oscillatory Rate " (MOR) of

their constituent chemicals.

After publication of a sensationalist book in 1987 ( " The Cancer Cure That

Worked " ), the sale of various " Rife machines " multiplied. I cannot vouch for the

effectiveness (or lack thereof) of any or all of these electromagnetic devices.

But in the light of the above paper, perhaps Rife's controversial work bears

re-examination from the research community.

Ralph W. Moss Ph.D.

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