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Category Archives for Pancreatic Cancer

IV Vitamin C for Pancreatic Cancer Side Effects

IV vitamin C for pancreatic cancer side effects- meaning IV vitamin C given before toxic pancreatic cancer treatments, have been shown to reduce the patients’ side effects. I am a long-term survivor

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Cannabis for Pancreatic Cancer Symptoms

Cannabis for Pancreatic Cancer symptoms, according to the research below, can reduce patients’ symptom burden, with minimal side effects. The important part of that sentence was the words “with

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Pancreatic Cancer and Sleep Therapies-

Pancreatic cancer and sleep therapies are important topics, but are often underutilized. Meaning, while your oncologist is knowledgeable about conventional cancer therapy, such as chemo, radiation, and

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Pancreatic Cancer and Diabetes

Pancreatic cancer and diabetes (PC, D) are two health conditions that may seem unrelated at first glance. However, there is a deeper connection between the two that needs to be acknowledged. In this article,

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Cachexia Prevention- Pancreatic Cancer

“More than 80% of patients suffer from significant weight loss at diagnosis and over time develop severe cachexia. Early nutritional support is therefore essential.” A diagnosis of pancreatic

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Pancreatic Cancer- Hyperthermia

Bathing your Pancreatic Cancer is hot chemo may be more effective than circulating chemo throughout your entire body… Makes sense to me.  Pancreatic Cancer is one of the, if not the most difficult

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Site-Specific Chemo-Pancreatic Cancer For Surgical Removal

In a study of laboratory models of pancreatic cancer (PC), the researchers found the “site-specific chemo approach” was 12 times more effective in reducing tumor size than traditional IV drug

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Evidence-based, Non-conventional Pancreatic Cancer Therapy

The article linked and excerpted below talks about one of many evidence-based but non-conventional therapies that kill pancreatic cancer. Sometimes I think that patients who have been diagnosed with incurable

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Herbal Extract Kills Pancreatic Cancer Cells

Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis? Look Beyond Conventional Therapies…Consider Evidence-based but Non-Conventional Therapies Such as Triptolide   I have nothing against conventional oncology. Really

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Folfirinox Adjuvant to Surgery in Pancreatic Cancer

adjuvant modified FOLFIRINOX therapy in the PRODIGE 24 trial have now changed the standard of care for many patients with resectable tumors… To say that Folfirinox (FOL) for early pancreatic cancer

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Non-Conventional Pancreatic Cancer

“Triterpenes from P. cocos demonstrate anticancer and anti-invasive effects on human pancreatic cancer cells and can be considered as new therapeutic agents- Pancreatic cancer (PC) is an aggressive

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Does Collagen Cause Pancreatic Cancer?

On the other hand, preclinical and clinical studies have demonstrated that collagen may slow the development of (pancreatic cancer) cells to some extent under some conditions.  Hi David- What about the

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