The Michigan Daily-Sunday, September 11, 1977-Page5 Researcher 4 cured breast claims Laetrile 0 0 cancer inmice FOR ALL NEW STUDENTS PRE-MEDICAL INFORMATION MEETING ROSEMONT, Ill [AP] - A biolo-. gist claimed yesterday to have cured breast cancer in mice by using the controversial substance Laetrile along with nutritional compounds. The claim was made by Harold Manner, who heads the biology department at Loyola University in Chigago. MANNER presented a paper about his research at a meeting of the National Health Federation, which describes itself as the nation's "larg- est, organized, noncommercial con- sumer group." Manner has been criticized by officials of the American Cancer Society because he has not presented his research at meetings of scientists where it might be evaluated, or published his results in scientific journals. Scientific authorities have said that Laetrile is ineffective in treat- ment of cancer and experiments at the National Cancer Institute and Sloan-Kettering Institute have found it ineffective. The Food and Drug Administration has banned inter- state shipment of the substance, al- though many Americans have gone to Mexico or other foreign countries to obtain treatment or have obtained it illegally in the United States. DESPITE THE FDA ban on the substance, a number of judges have approved requests from individual cancer patients that they be allowed to use Laetrile.n And in Oklahoma City, U.S. Dis- trict Judge Luther Bohanon has ruled that any terminally ill cancer patient in the United States can import Laetrile for his own use as long as he has an affidavit from his doctor attesting to his condition. The judge has issued an injunction against the FDA and customs officials from interfering with importation under those circumstances. Laetrile is the name given to amygdalin, which is derived from apricot and peach pits. lima beans and certain other sources. MANNER said he and his graduate assistants used 105 mice which had developed spontaneous breast can- cer. Twenty-one were given no treat- ment. The rest were treated with a combination of Laetrile, Vitamin A and enzymes. He reported that in all of the 21 non-treated mice, the tumor contin- ued to grow. In the treated group, the pancer disappeared completely in 75 and partially in nine. However, he said during question- ing at a news.conference that he did not check the animals for evidence of the spread of cancer to other organs nor did he do microscopic cell studies. The evidence, he said, was only that the tumor could no longer be seen or felt. MANNER said he made no claims for Laetrile therapy programs in regard to other types of cancer, nor would he say his regimen might be suitable for treatment of human cancer. And he said: "I am violently opposed to self-diagnosis and self- treatment. There is a lot of trouble in the Laetrile issue.just because of that very thing. "A person would be foolish to try and diagnose and treat himself." Manner added, "I don't think Lae- trile is the total answer." FONZIE MAKES A MOVIE NEW YORK (AP) - Henry Wink- ler, better known as television's "Fonzie," will star in the Paramount Pictures-First Artists comedy about a wild and zany young man who leaves college to pursue his dream of stardom. The film, as yet untitled, will be produced by Steve Gordon from his original screenplay, and directed by Carl Reiner. Order Your Subs cr1 ption Today 764-0558 Monday is.. PITCH ER NIGHT featuring: Heinekin and Haufbrau Beers at a GREAT PRICE I h On South Ulniverst CAREER Thursday, Sept. 15 7:30 P.M. Auditorium B, Angell Hall information on course planning and Medical School requirements. 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