Dr. Harold W. Manner: The Man Who Cures Cancer

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PLOWBOY: Is laetrile therapy available in most areas today?

DR. MANNER: It is now offered by clinics all over the country.

PLOWBOY: How does a cancer victim find out where he can receive these treatments? Is there a national "master list" of laetrlle doctors?

DR. MANNER: We can supply that information. I keep a complete list of "sympathetic" physicians on file in my office . . . and we add to that list all the time. I can often put people in touch with a doctor in their area. Also, the Cancer Control Society in Los Angeles has a file, though I don't think it's quite as complete as ours. In fact, we now know of a number of hospitals in this country where terminal patients-who may be bedridden-can get the complete treatment. The staffs of White stone General in New York City and American International in Zion, Illinois-for example-have "come over" to laetrile/nutrition therapy. We're gradually making inroads.

PLOWBOY: Do you feel, then, that a general acceptance of the merits of this therapy is inevitable?

DR. MANNER: Yes, I do. Of course, the AMA and the FDA aren't likely to accept it soon.

PLOWBOY: Won't they have to come around if the treatments gain wide public support?

DR. MANNER: Eventually. What's happening now is that they're faced with a situation similar to the one the government faced with Vietnam: Most of 'em would like to get out-to change their positions-but they've spent so much time and money opposing laetrile that they'd look very foolish if they did an about-face now.

You'll notice, though, that the government is on a nutrition kick these days. They recently found-and reported as a tremendous discovery-that vitamin A actually enhances the immune system! So they're coming around, little by little.. and eventually they'll put it all together and announce that they've finally discovered the answer.

PLOWBOY: And you will have played a major role in prodding them toward that "discovery". Tell me, Dr. Manner, what are your plans for the future?

DR. MANNER: For the next year or so we'll be working on the mechanisms and actions of the treatment . . . and especially trying to look more specifically at the ways that the vitamins and enzymes we use react on diseases other than cancer. You see, I believe-if we really look at things like muscular dystrophy and so on-that we'll find they're also nutrition related.

But my personal goal-and I've done a lot of thinking about why I always stick my neck out-is a pretty simple one. I'm 63 years old now and I've got just twelve more years before I retire. I've written a lot of articles and books, but I'm not really going to leave any mark . . . because all of that work finds its way into the literature and most of it dies there.

I think I've learned enough, though, over the years to tackle some of the other major diseases. I may not find cures-I'm certainly not egotistical enough to say that I will-but I might, at least, be responsible for getting other scientists started in the direction of cures. And if I can do that, I will have done something worthwhile. I'll be satisfied.

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