Ukrainian scientist's cancer detector in the spotlight (12/30/84)

Ukrainian scientist's cancer detector in the spotlight

VIENNA, Austria - Prof. Jaroslaw Nowicky, a Ukrainian scientist living in Vienna who has developed an anti-cancer preparation, recently participated in the International Symposium for the Prevention and Detection of Cancer held here. The symposium, sponsored by the New York-based International Society of Preventive Oncology, the World Health Organization and the Austrian Cancer Society, was attended by hundreds of scientists and researchers from around the world.

During the conference, Prof. Nowicky presented a paper on the florescent properties of the preparation, an alkaloid thiophosphoric acid triaziridide derivative called Ukrain. According to an abstract published for the symposium, even the smallest tumorscan be detected with the use of Ukrain because the compound accumulates rapidly in the tumor area and its florescent properties allow it to be easily detected in ultra-violet light.

Test results also indicate that the preparation, a non-toxic extract of the Chelidonium majus L. plant, has therapeutic value against malignant neoplasms and immuno-stimulating properties. In addition, Ukrain has proven to be effective in the treatment of spontaneously developed tumors in dogs.

During the symposium, Prof. Nowicky's findings were published in the Austrian magazine Wochenpresse. The two-page article cites three case histories in which cancer patients were successfully treated with Ukrain.

The first case history dealt with a 75-year-old world famous musician who had bronchial cancer; the second case dealt with a 45-year-old female patient with breast cancer, and the third case dealt with a 43-year-old male patient who had small-cell melanoma.

Dr. Nowicky recently participated in three other medical congresses: in Rodhos, Greece, in October; in Pisa, Italy, in May; and in Vienna in May 1983.