Cancer is a big business. A heart-breaking one.

we have to pursue every avenue that opens to us. what will work with some kinds of cancer may not work with others. but we can’t give up.can’t leave any stone unturned.

I appreciate very much Dr. Klein’s willingness to share his understanding of how even the biggest and best drug companies in America function, and the built in dangers of the mixed goals of commerce and health research. He is clearly a deeply committed man, ready to stick his neck out for responsible action. Thank you for commenting so thoroughly on a full picture of the issue. You clearly have a wealth of expertise, and I hope you will comment further after seeing this program or looking into it more fully.

There should be a place for ALL perspectives and venues for expression of ALL. That is what is missing. That, and RESPECT for ALL perspectives and people. My grandmother had remedies that WORKED, inexplicably to our family physician. Nevertheless, my daughter’s two recent back surgeries after a treadmill accident — were modern miracles and allow her to live a full and normal life unimaginable just a decade ago.

This is another argument against the Mexican-border fence. The more successful a radio wave cure or treatment for cancer turns out to be, the less likely we are to see it in practice. Follow the money. Chemo administered in private practice is easy and lucrative. So in order to have access to something that works, and without side effects, it used to be there’d be clinics set up just across the border in Mexico. With the fence, it’ll be just that much harder to make our own decisions about cancer treatment. I don’t know much about the science of this… fingers crossed for it.

I’m glad to see people thinking out of the box for medical treatment, but we would be wise to look at the data and see if this is viable treatment or another way to dash hopes. Dr. Klein is not being a grouch - he is looking at this from the scientific viewpoint. Years ago, there were people importing from/going to Mexico for cancer treatments touted as being a possible cure. Didn’t work out, did it?

Out of the box thinking and more expansive gender-based research and treatments are needed. People of color and indigineous peoples of the Americas have difficulty processing refined sugar in diets, and pay a very high price modern era food products introduced. DNA registries and related research will ensure we do not continue to have a medicine focused on one gender and/or ethnicity as the defacto treatment for all. We need the Dr. Kleins AND a more expansive view and research focused on more integrative treatments. We also need more physicians and researchers who are gender and ethnically diverse. Viagara doesn’t cure Cancer.

Hmmmmmmmm….. and would you be part of the solution ?????or part of the problem ????????????

shameless plug for your network….. so shame on you…. did CBS pay you extra to post this clip?

Wow! Leslie. Wow! What a story. It is at least encouraging; my 39-year-old son died of cancer in New York City in 2006. But I was moved by the inventor’s plight as well as Leslie Stahl’s own response to it; she showed a journalist with compassion and, unlike many, not jaded by being able to see through things. The combination of the inventor’s comment that he would like to live to see the first person treated and Leslie Stahl’s reaction to it, along with the joy of the possibility of a cure, moved me to tears. Bless you for doing the story. It needs more attention, as the inventor suggested.

the show was interesting tonite. still a lot of questions to ask. but it was good to see the people behind the story. they didn’t appear irrational nor desperate. i wonder what they would need to accelerate their research and to have it spread around the country and to other parts of the world?

Wow Leslie! A lot going on with this story… I lost my sister (and my best friend) to Melanoma 5 yrs ago. Sharing and evaluating all information on the disease was our way of having some control over this uncontrollable enemy. Listen to everyone’s truth and evaluate it for your own personal journey. Fear of truth and ideas, it seems to me has been at the root of the most evil our world has known. Continue to be a brave journalist Leslie. I also can’t help but wonder what Randy Pausch would have to contribute on this subject….

I’ve been following this story for over a year. The man was a ham radio operator, like my father and like me. Anyone else here ham radio operators. We have been encouraged by our church to get the license in case of local and national emergencies. I remember sitting with my dad in the basement when I was 8, 9 10 and talking to people around the world on his ham radio. It’s amazing that brilliant scientists didn’t think of this - just a humble “ham.”

I waited to watch 60 Minutes before comments. Radio Waves. Who woulda thunk, —maybe? What a trip that had to be to do Leslie. In fact there was a moment that your awe was caught. Neat. Imagine that man and what he’s goin’ through. First he got an idea, because of his cancer. Then he probably thought. ah hell this is probably a little ‘putz’ to get me through my journey. Then that damn moment. That hot hot moment of discovery (or maybe recovery) and it hits him. Wow that hadta be some feelin’, some ah ha. Then imagine when he got the tools together and it worked, over and over again and observable by more than two. I envy him that moment. Wow. Here’s what appears to be such a sensible treatment for cancer, sophistigated and civilized. I’m sure his work and play will transform to something basically because of the spirit he put into it, his intentions, and he was prepared havin’ used the knowledge tools in other ways. I love the entrapreneur or garage inventer type stories. Hey, it built America! And best of all my theory that behind every great man is a good woman tellin’ him he can’t quite do it! Men seem to bloom on that negative reenforcement type invitation to competition. 60 Minutes may be the last good journalistic program on network T.V. including news shows. They’ve done the same quality work just about the same way for all my adult life. And consistancy paid off. Excellent program. Havin’ seen so much in good programming go away, I really appreciate 60 Minutes and almost always watch this team of people, —and Andy! I love Andy. He’s such a crunch grunch!

excellent story. what an extrodinary man, that he was so inventive when he could have felt defeated…please follow up on the machine ….