As the challenges to our healthcare system compile, political leaders seem to be paralyzed when it comes to a solution. Health care in Canada is expensive. As Postmedia’s Stephen Skyvington shares in his Op-Ed:
“Because if there’s one thing politicians hate, it’s change. And uncertainty. Which is understandable. After all, a public office holder only has a couple of years to accomplish what they were elected to do, and hopefully see some positive results, before they enter the next election cycle. So I understand they might be a little reluctant to take on something as big as health-care reform.”
Dear Dr.Khan:
Do you believed DCA is effect to advanced cervical cancer?
In our experience, DCA does work cervical cancer (squamous cell carcinoma). DCA can theoretically work for any cancer type.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0142961212002670
Dr Khan,
Do you believe dca can work against medulloblastoma? What is your experience working with brain cancers?
We don’t have any convincing data yet for medulloblastoma. We have 1 patient currently on DCA and he is doing well for now. We will know more in 2 or 3 months.
This isn’t Medulloblastoma but it is a brain tumour. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3607261/
Dr Khan, my wife has gone through 7 cancer bouts. The battle now is inoperable brain cancer. We have started DCA treatment here in Edmonton. I have been giving her 1 gram of thc/cbd oil at a 50/50 mix. Should I stop doing this? Thank you for your time.
This is not a problem, and the oil may even boost the DCA. But please make sure the therapy is done under medical supervision to check liver enzymes and monitor for other side effects (can be monitored by MD, or ND).
Dr Khan, my husband has kidney cancer metastasized to his liver, lungs, spleen, pancreas and adrenal gland stage 4. Doctors recommend chemo only. Please can you do anything to help him?
Chemo for kidney cancer generally has little benefit. There are many other options, either for combination with chemo to improve the odds of it working, or instead of chemo.
We have used DCA, LDN and DMSO successfully with this type of cancer many times. Also, SEF chemo or IPT chemo in USA are relatively non-toxic and usually much more effective than regular high dose toxic chemo.
Dr Khan, she is also taking dexamethasone. 4mg. 1/4 of a tablet twice a day to reduce symptoms. Again thank you very much
This is a low dose, which is good. I always try to keep the dex dose as low as possible or stop it if that is feasible (sometimes it can even be replaced by intravenous DMSO).
does your program work with advanced testicular cancer. Several chemo regimens have failed to cure itm
We have treated this type of cancer before. Aggressive cancer (growing quickly) may not be ideal to treat with the medicines we use since they are gentle and take a little time to work. If standard curative chemo has failed, I would consider IPT chemo or SEF chemo in USA, perhaps combined with one or more of the therapies we offer.
My dad has an aggressive follicuilar non-hodgkins lymphoma. Conventional treatment has been unsuccessful and it has only become worse. We have been told we are out of options and are having a hard time keeping my dad’s HGB up. His WBCs are very high. Where would he need to be on a stability perspective to benefit from your treatments?
Hello Dr Khan,
My sister has MBC to her bones..sacrum..pelvic and backbones T8..was on radiation 10 each on sacrum and pelvic..10 to go ..delayed due to the covid19.
She is on tamofen 20mg..decrease in pain after 5th radiation so she is no longer depending on morphine..can do moderate walking..but could not lift anything yet due to pain and numbness to her foot..will DCA and LDN be beneficial for her? She has the iv bonavell every month to prevent the fractures in her bones…she has done her 4th IV…she has not done any chemo, radiation nor surgery on her primary yet…her ca 153 marker is down to 86 from 153…so far the lumps are getting smaller in size…
Please advise as we could not fly to Canada at this moment..
Thank you.
Widy
DCA and LDN can both be considered (LDN is ok if the morphine is stopped).
The cancer marker must be falling due to tamoxifen. Chemo should be a backup to gentler safer therapies, unless there is convincing evidence that the chemo regimen being offered is proven to result in a significant increase in overall survival.