Hi everyone
My father in law has advanced prostate cancer, the cancer has metastasized to his hip, one vertebra and a rib. He is currently on Xtandi after he showed resistance to Casodex.
I read about spontaneous regression of cancer, and I was wondering if there are any cases among this community and if they could share with us their experience, what type of food did they eat or what changes did they make in their lives or any incidents that might be linked to spontaneous regression.
Thanks
I don’t have any answers . I will comment on you . He is lucky to have such an advocate as his daughter in -law . Good luck to you and your father -in -law . You caring and compassion and love are the cure ..Take care ..Scott
Thanks a lot for your kind words
I remember a study a dozen years ago that concluded that spontaneous remission occurs more often than one would suppose ... in breast cancer. I have never heard of it in metastatic PCa, although there might have been a case in the Netherlands in 1996. LOL
About a third of people with advanced PC live many years after diagnosis. We would all like to know why. The answer is more likely related to the individual cancer subtype and environment than to diet or magical lifestyle changes.
I think it has something to with the diet or lifestyle. The PSA doubling time for my father in law was very short (20 days), we tried to do our own research and he went on a very strict plant diet for a week and we took him to the mountains, his PSA increased very little, I calculated the PSA doubling time for that week and it was about 160 days. But then on the second week his PSA doubling time went down to 60 days and he was too afraid so he started taking xtandi. I don’t know how scientific our research was, but it was obvious that during that week his cancer did not progress a lot and it was due to some reason but unfortunately couldn’t find what it was.
Me too.
I am not aware of any cases of spontaneous regression of PCa, which doesn't mean that there aren't any, only that I haven't heard of them.
As far as diets and supplements, there is a web page at the National Cancer Institute website here: cancer.gov/about-cancer/tre... . That page is intended for patients. There is a more technical web page if you want more details of the evidence and efficacy, just click "Go to the health professional version" under the title of the page.
NCI is conservative about their recommendation - often only recommending things for which the evidence is clear and from more than one source. There are other supplements and dietary recommendations for which the evidence is less well established, but there are men on this site who have experimented with them and who have strong scientific credentials. If you want to experiment I particularly suggest searching for postings by "pjoshea13" and "Nalakrats". However, be aware that this is a kind of wild frontier of cancer treatment. There's a good chance that your father-in-law's doctors will know nothing about these and won't be able to help with explaining dosages, drug interactions, or side effects.
Personally, I take supplements but tend to stick to the safest ones, e.g. the ones on the NCI web pages. I do it not so much because I'm convinced they work, but because, psychologically, it feels good to be doing something, anything, rather than just putting my future in the hands of fate. Whatever benefit I get may well just be a placebo effect.
Best of luck.
Alan
The only times I heard about is when someone becomes very sick with a high fever . Sorry , we just fight it like a chronic disease. Rocco
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