Re: Daily Herald | Exciting results against pancreatic ca...

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Hi,

It's wonderful that a "mainstream" type newspaper has picked up this story.

The study referred to in the newspaper article is Dr. Berkson's, which was published in January - he also spoke about it during the 2009 LDN Conference at the NIH.

Integr Cancer There. 2009 Dec;8(4):416-22.

Revisiting the ALA/N (alpha-lipoic acid/low-dose naltrexone) protocol for people with metastatic and nonmetastatic pancreatic cancer: a report of 3 new cases.

Berkson BM, Rubin DM, Berkson AJ.

The Integrative Medical Center of New Mexico, Las Cruces, NM, USA.

The authors, in a previous article, described the long-term survival of a man with pancreatic cancer and metastases to the liver, treated with intravenous alpha-lipoic acid and oral low-dose naltrexone (ALA/N) without any adverse effects. He is alive and well 78 months after initial presentation. Three additional pancreatic cancer case studies are presented in this article. At the time of this writing, the first patient, GB, is alive and well 39 months after presenting with adenocarcinoma of the pancreas with metastases to the liver. The second patient, JK, who presented to the clinic with the same diagnosis was treated with the ALA/N protocol and after 5 months of therapy, PET scan demonstrated no evidence of disease. The third patient, RC, in addition to his pancreatic cancer with liver and retroperitoneal metastases, has a history of B-cell lymphoma and prostate adenocarcinoma. After 4 months of the ALA/N protocol his PET scan demonstrated no signs of cancer. In this article, the authors discuss the poly activity of ALA: as an agent that reduces oxidative stress, its ability to stabilize NF(k)B, its ability to stimulate pro-oxidant apoptosic activity, and its discriminative ability to discourage the proliferation of malignant cells. In addition, the ability of lowdose naltrexone to modulate an endogenous immune response is discussed. This is the second article published on the ALA/N protocol and the authors believe the protocol warrants clinical trial.

PMID: 20042414 [PubMed - in process]

Video from Conference:

Pet Scans - Treatment Protocol - ALA Explanation - Pancreatic Cancer with Mets to Liver (case to be published in December)

Thanks for posting - looks like a good article to post a comment on!

Nola http://nolahepper.blogspot.com/

In a message dated 3/9/2010 11:53:32 A.M. Central Standard Time, joan_gottschall@... writes:

This article appeared in my daily paper yesterday. It reports extended survival rates for pancreatic cancer using a combination of "naltrexone" (doesn't say what dose) and alpha lipoic acid. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=363425