Mesothelioma Patient Dr. Bret Williams' Outline of Alternative Medicines
Should you be interested in the alternative stuff I suggest you search the archives for anti-angiogenesis agents. Some are available only by prescription but have little or no risk, so your family doc should be willing to help. A few that I continue to take include lovastatin, celecoxib (yes, there are some worries about increased risk of heart attack, but that's small potatoes to us), doxycycline, and the supplements curcumin, resveratrol, genistein, inositol, green tea extract, selenium, and quercetin. Dee compiled a nice list of explanatory sites if you have interest (click here.)
Clearly there are a number of approaches, and it seems unlikely to me that any one is best for all. That said, there is good data for Alimta + cisplatin, probably the current standard.
A number of wilder things have been tried, and you will run into some bizarre stuff if you search the web. Personally, I think you should run anything well outside the mainstream past this group; you will get some informed opinions, and the final say is still yours. Too Much Information is not usually our problem.
Best to all,
Bret
{ to read Dr. Williams' medical profile, please click here }
PS: Dee's list from August:
Angiogenesis - Outline of the process of angiogenesis
during wound healing. (Kate L. Pugh, Oxford
University, UK)
http://www.earth.li/~kake/maths/mathbiol/angiogenesis.html
Angiogenesis and Cancer Control - An introduction to
anti-angiogenesis concepts and research. (Steven Brem,
University of South Florida)
http://www.moffitt.usf.edu/pubs/ccj/v6n5/article2.htm
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
http://www.nci.nih.gov/
Cancer Facts: Angiogenesis Inhibitors in the Treatment
of Cancer (Beginner's Level)
http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/7_42.htm
Angiogenesis Inhibitors in Clinical Trials - Regularly
updated table of current trials of angiogenesis inhibitors.
http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/developments/anti-angio-table
Digest Page: Angiogenesis Inhibitors - Information on
endostatin, thalidomide and other angiogenesis inhibitors.
http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/digestpage/angiogenesis-inhibitors
Understanding Cancer Series: Angiogenesis -
Slide-based overview of angiogenesis and tumor growth and metastasis.
(Beginner's Level)
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/understandingcancer/angiogenesis
Kimball's Biology Pages: Angiogenesis Inhibitors -
Basic information on angiogenesis and the prospect of fighting cancer
with angiogenesis inhibitors. (Beginner's Level)
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/A/Angiogenesis.html
Mathematical Models of Angiogenesis - A discussion of
both continuous and discrete mathematical models of angiogenesis.
(Sandy Anderson and Mark Chaplain, University of Dundee, UK)
http://www.maths.dundee.ac.uk/%7esanderso/angiocont.htm
Scientific American: Vessels of Death or Life - An article from Scientific American: "Angiogenesis - the formation of new blood vessels - might one day be manipulated to treat disorders from cancer to heart disease.
First-generation drugs are now in the final phase of
human testing." (Rakesh K. Jain and Peter Carmeliet, 2001) (Just
above Beginner's Level)
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0009393E-CC3C-1C6D-84A9809EC588EF21&pageNumber=1&catID=2
Special Project Angiogenesis - Extensive information
on angiogenesis research.
http://www.med.unibs.it/~airc/
Understanding Angiogenesis - Overview of angiogenesis
from the Angiogenesis Foundation. (Beginner's Level)
http://www.angio.org/understanding/understanding.html
What is Angiogenesis? - Basic introduction.
(AngioWorld) (Beginner's Level)
http://www.angioworld.com/angiogenesis.htm
*** POSTED OCTOBER 26, 2005 ***