NIH Funds Study of Alternative Pancreatic Cancer Protocol

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[ ] NIH Funds Study of Alternative Pancreatic Cancer

Protocol

> NIH Funds Study of Alternative Pancreatic Cancer Protocol

>

> By Eliza Bussey

>

> ARLINGTON (Reuters Health) - An alternative treatment protocol for

> pancreatic cancer

> that uses pancreatic enzymes, dietary supplements and coffee enemas will

> begin stage III

> clinical trials, with a $1.4 million dollar grant from the National

> Institutes of Health (NIH).

>

> The five-year clinical trial of diet and detoxification at the Columbia

> Presbyterian Medical

> Center in New York by immunologist Dr. gained approval

> after a 1993

> pilot study, funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), yielded

> promising results.

>

> According to a report in NCI's 'Cancer Trials', patients on

> regimen ``lived an

> average of 17 and a half months--nearly three times the usual survival

> period for patients

> with pancreatic cancer.''

>

> Speaking during a pre-conference session

Wednesday at

> Comprehensive Cancer Care 2000,

discussed

> the

> importance of coffee enemas in his pancreatic

cancer

> regimen.

>

> ``Coffee stimulates the liver to work more

> efficiently,''

> explained to Reuters Health. ``Killing tumors produces a great

> deal of waste

> product that can cause illness if the material is not eliminated. The

> medical term for it is

> 'tumor lysis syndrome'. Coffee enemas aid the liver in breaking down the

> waste products.''

>

> hypothesizes that pancreatic enzymes act like chemotherapy and

> kill cancer cells.

>

> Much of his theory is based on a turn of the century treatment from the

> University of

> Edinburgh, he noted.

>

> The regimen calls for specialized diets (all devoid of white sugar and

> refined flour),

> supplemental enzymes, and detoxification with daily coffee enemas.

>

> ``While I am not advocating that anyone try these techniques without

> supervision of a

> physician,'' said,'' I believe that people with cancer should

> look toward nutrition

> and detoxification as another method of helping them cure any type of

> cancer.''

>

> Cancer of the pancreas is the fifth leading cause of cancer deaths, and

> has one of the highest

> mortality rates. The five-year survival rate of this cancer is very low,

> at 4%. Because

> symptoms such as abdominal swelling and jaundice only appear late in the

> course of the

> illness, most of these cancers are diagnosed when the cancer has reached

> advanced stages.

>

> Between 90 and 100 patients with stage II, III, and IV pancreatic cancers

> are currently

> being enrolled in the study. Researchers will compare patients on the

> regimen to a

> group of patients treated with the drug gemcitabine. To be eligible for

> the study, patients

> ``must be between 18 and 65 years of age, have had no previous

> chemotherapy or radiation

> therapy, and not have had surgery at least a week before enrolling,''

> according to the NCI.

>