This claim was tested using three prospectively randomised, placebo-controlled clinical studies involving 367 patients at the Mayo Clinic . C. Moreover, significant side-effects of diarrhea with oral dosing and kidney failure with intravenous dosing was found. This claim is no longer taken seriously by mainstream medicine. Although a modest anti-angiogenic effect has been observed in laboratory experiments, it has not been demonstrated that feeding shark cartilage to humans significantly inhibits angiogenesis in patients with cancer. This is Not True.
Sharks do get cancer even in their cartilage.
In a clinical trial on 58 cancer patients who were given shark cartilage orally, not a single patient achieved a complete or partial response after 12 weeks. Back to Top Laetrile, also known as vitamin B17 can be used to treat cancer Not True. Laetrile is the trade name of a synthetic relative of the chemical amygdalin which is found in the kernels of apricot pits, apple seeds, bitter almonds, and some other fruits and nuts. During the 1970s and early 1980s this so-called drug achieved great notoriety, so much so that in response to political pressure, a clinical trial was begun in 1982 by the mayo Clinic and three other U.S. cancer centres under NCI sponsorsip, to find find out once and for all wheter laetrile had any value in the treatment of cancer. Of the 178 voluntary patients, not one was cured or stabilized , and none had any lessening of any cancer-related symptoms.