Background info: Mistletoe is a plant that grows as a parasite in various trees. It is well known as a Christmas decoration, under which lovers are kissing each other. There are various types of Mistletoe species but the name mistletoe typically refers to the Viscum album species. Mistletoe extracts are among the most widely used in
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Technical Issues with the Website (Update Feb 7th: Solved)
Dear All, Currently there are some serious technical issues with the website and it may be down during the coming days. I do my best to get things back on track, and hired a developer from Freelancer, but I do not know how much time this takes and how fast the technical issues will be
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A Visitor Story: Healing from Stage 4 Prostate Cancer with Fasting
Dear Friends, I am happy to be able to share with you a very positive story that arrived today from Don, a friend from US who with a strong determination and perseverance is successfully fighting stage 4 prostate cancer. Don constantly shared with me his results after trying several types of treatments. I was always
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Have a Happy and Healthy New Year, 2018!
Dear Friends, For many of us, this year was not less than a challenging year. I know how difficult is to deal with such health challenges as those addressed on this website, whether we or someone we love is the patient. But I also know, that if you have the desire, belief and expectation to
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Gluconeogenesis & How Hydrazine Could Help Fight Cancer and Cachexia
First I will start with the conclusion of this post, also added at the end of the post: Conclusion: Gluconeogenesis is a mechanism that needs to be addressed specifically in advanced cancer patients that are seeing fast loss of body mass. One major way to reduce Gluconeogenesis is via oral administration of Hydrazine. This is a
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Tips on Treatments: A List to be Constantly Updated
There are various very important aspects that emerge during our many discussions here, that are finally lost while I find them very valuable. As a result, I created this list in order to make sure we do not loose them. This is a list that will be alive and evolve: Using antiparasites/antibacterials prior to
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FDA Places Clinical Holds on Opdivo and Keytruda for Refractory Multiple Myeloma
The recent news are related to combinations of Opdivo (nivolumab) and Keytruda (pembrolilzumab) tested in clinical trials for patients with refractory multiple myeloma. Here is discussed the specific trials that have been halted for: Opdivo (Ref.) Keytruda (Ref.) These drugs are some of the stars-drugs developed by some of the major pharmaceutical companies as part of
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Unlocking Zinc’s Potential to Fight Cancer
Background: When I first dived into the supplements that could help fight cancer, one of those I came across was Zinc. I found a lot of literature indicating that Zinc would indeed represent an useful tool, but also found literature indicating that cancer cells may actually like Zinc. In line with this, there are holistic
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Prostate Cancer
This post is intended to be a part of the “Cancer Type” category, and represents a list of info including drugs and supplements that may be relevant when fighting prostate cancer. Note that these drugs and supplements must not represent the replacement of conventional therapies. Instead, they may be used in agreement with the medical
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Glucose Absorption Inhibitors to Inhibit Tumor Growth
Background: I am writing this post in the context in which multiple readers and contributors to this website have shown interest in the potential of drugs and supplements that have the capability to inhibit glucose absorption in cancer cells. I am glad to see this interest as I also find this subject very relevant and would like to
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Discussion Board is Now Live
Dear Friends, During the past months, some of you suggested that having a Forum on this website may very much help, in order to let the discussions go beyond the subjects of the articles I published here. I thought that is a very good idea and starting with today we have that available here https://www.cancertreatmentsresearch.com/community/ The
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Mebendazole: A Cancer Fighting Drug We Find at the Supermarket
Background: Yes, in the European countries Mebendazole can be found on the supermarket shelves. Mebendazole is an anthelmintic drug that has been used since the early 1970s to treat a range of parasitical worm infections, including threadworm, tapeworms, roundworms, and other nematode and trematode infections in humans and domestic animals (Ref.). The drug is among those on the World
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Your Contribution Needed on Breast Cancer Story from Emad
Dear Friends, On the same line as the post from Ergin, https://www.cancertreatmentsresearch.com/your-contribution-needed-on-ovarian-cancer-story-from-ergin/ I would like to invite you if you could please share here ideas and experience that may be relevant to Emad and his dear mom. Off course, as the disclaimer is also stating, this website is not intended to offer medical advice but to try and
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Anti Cholesterol Strategy to Fight Cancer
Background So far I wrote several posts that are in a way or another related to cholesterol & cancer, underlying the role of Cholesterol in cancer. More specifically, we have seen that drugs or supplements that reduce or inhibit the absorption, use and/or production of cholesterol in cancer cells, have also the potential to kill cancer cells: Ref. Indeed,
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Your Contribution Needed on Non Small Cell Lung Cancer Story from PaulF
Dear Friends, I was recently contacted by PaulF, who kindly asked our help on generating ideas on options that he may consider for his dear sister who was just diagnosed with stage 4 non small cell lung cancer two weeks ago. On the same line as the post from Ergin, https://www.cancertreatmentsresearch.com/your-contribution-needed-on-ovarian-cancer-story-from-ergin/ I would like to invite you
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Amanita Phalloides: Tumors Don’t Like Mushrooms
Background: Amanita phalloides (Agaricus phalloides), also known as the death cap, is a deadly poisonous mushroom. It is widely found in Europe and because it looks similar to other mushrooms that are edible, every year there are reports of people dying as they mistake death caps for edible mushrooms (Ref.) This is because toxins from Amanita cause necrosis
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Taurolidine: A Disinfectant & Inhibitor of Tumor Growth
Background: Taurolidine is a molecule that comprises Taurine (the most abundant free amino acid in the heart, retina, skeletal muscle, brain, and leukocytes). It was first produced in the 1970s by Geistlich-Pharma Inc, designed as a broad-spectrum antibiotic and used in the local treatment of peritonitis. (Ref.) It is effective against both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. (Ref.) Due to
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Dichloroacetate (DCA): An Accessible Drug to Fight Cancer
Background: First, I will start this post by wishing all the readers a Happy New Year full of health for you and your family, and a lot of success in everything you do! I also like to specifically thank to Ann who was the first visitor/friend this year to post a wish to all of us
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Bisphosphonates: Against Skeletal Lesions + Direct Anti-Tumor Action
Background: Many cancers either metastasize to the skeleton or grow primarily within the bone marrow, where this growth frequently leads to hypercalcemia, severe bone pain, skeletal destruction, and pathologic fractures. Indeed, the skeleton is the most common site of metastatic disease, and some of the patients with advanced cancer may develop skeletal lesions (Ref.). Bisphosphonates (BPs)
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My Dear Sweet Wife is An Angel Now …
Dear Readers & Friends, With a deep regret and pain in my heart I have to write this post … my sweet dear wife Mihaela Catalina Stanciu has become an angel … My treasure passed into eternity on Tuesday, October 18th at 22:25, the Netherlands and her funeral took place on Sunday, October 23rd in Romania (Drobeta
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