Additional Novel Therapies

An Outline of Alternative Medicines

Doxorubicin (Adriamycin)

  • General Information for Doxorubicin (Adriamycin) Doxorubicin is used widely in the treatment of cancers, including breast, ovarian, bladder and lung cancer, as well as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and sarcoma. Doxorubicin is the chemical name for the drug. One of the most common brands of doxorubicin is Adriamycin. More...

  • Valproate-doxorubicin: promising therapy for progressing mesothelioma. A phase II study In vitro data suggested that valproic acid (VA), a histone deacetylase inhibitor (HDACi), had pro-apoptotic effect and synergized with doxorubicin (D) to induce apoptosis in mesothelioma cells. Study aims to determine response rate of combined VA and D in patients with unresectable mesothelioma failing after platinum-based CT. More...

Chelation

  • Chelation clears minerals from the body with a chemical called ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA). This substance is administered through an IV needle.
    Chelation Therapy (8/21/01)

Photodynamic Therapy

Lovastatin

  • Lovastatin-Induced Proliferation Inhibition and Apoptosis in C6 Glial Cells1 (2/22/00)
  • Lovastatin Induces Apoptosis in Mesothelioma Cells: Rubins JB, May 22, 1998
  • Cholesterol Drug May Help Treat Mesothelioma, But More Research Needed RGW (5/1998)

Immuno-Augmentative Therapy Clinic

  • ITL Cancer Clinic was formally the Immuno-Augmentative Therapy Clinic (IAT). Objective is to activate the body's immune system to target and kill the cancer cells. The treatment protocol involves the use of a serum that is administered daily based on an analysis of the patient's blood.

Cancell

  • Cancell is effected in an untraditional manner--by reducing the amount of oxygen to the cancerous cells, thus enabling the body to dispose of the cancer through natural processes.

Gersen-Research

  • Using diet (fresh, raw juices consumed continuously for 13 hours a day ), enemas (including coffee enemas) and other therapies, the Gerson Therapy clinics claim to detoxify the body and restore its natural cancer-fighting abilities.

American Biologics - Mexico SA Medical Center, Tijuana, Mexico

  • The first mesothelioma patient to be treated at American Biologics was the actor, Steve McQueen, back in the early 1980s. Since then, there have been anecdotal reports of the success of their treatment, but no conclusive evidence.