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Pancreatic Cancer Pilot Study

Evaluation of Pancreatic Proteolytic Enzyme Treatment of Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas, With Nutrition and Detoxification Support

Nicholas James Gonzalez and Linda Lee Isaacs

Abstract:

Historically, large doses of proteolytic enzymes, along with diet, nutritional supplements and detoxification procedures, have been used in alternative therapies to treat all forms of cancer, without formal clinical studies to support their use.

A 2-year, unblinded, 1-treatment arm, 10-patient, pilot prospective case study was used to assess survival in patients suffering inoperable stage II and IV pancreatic adenocarcinoma treated with large doses of orally ingested pancreatic enzymes, nutritional supplements, detoxification procedures, and an organic diet.

From January 1993 to April 1996 in the authors’ private practice, 10 patients with inoperable, biopsy-proven pancreatic adenocarcinoma were entered into the trial. After one patient dropped out, an 11th patient was added to the study (however, all 11 are considered in the data tabulation). Patients followed the treatment at home, under the supervision of the authors.

As of 12 January 1999, of 11 patients entered into the study, 9 (81%) survived one year, 5 (45%) survived two years, and at this time, 4 have survived three years. Two patients are alive and doing well: one at three years and the other at four years. These results are far above the 25% survival at one year and 10% survival at two years for all stages of pancreatic adenocarcinoma reported in the National Cancer Data Base from 1995. This pilot study suggests that an aggressive nutritional therapy with large doses of pancreatic enzymes led to significantly increased survival over what would normally be expected for patients with inoperable pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Nutrition and Cancer, 33(2): 117-124, 1999. PMID: 10368805

The journal Nutrition and Cancer is not allowing the full text of this copyright protected article to be available freely on the Internet. To obtain the full text, you may order it through the publisher, or you may send a self-addressed, business size envelope with postage for a two-ounce letter to Dr. Gonzalez’s office.

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