Planta Med 2010; 76 - P125
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1264423

Long-term follow-up of patients with phytotherapy as only causal treatment for malignant and benign tumors

C López Moreno 1, L Quintanilla 2, G Serrano 1, Q Rosales 1, F Pérez 1, R Saldaña 1
  • 1Autonomous University of Coahuila. Universitary General Hospital Dr. Joaquín del Valle Sánchez, Department of Clinical Phytotherapy, Av. Juárez No. 951 Ote., 27000 Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico
  • 2Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Biological Sciences Faculty. Laboratory of Phytochemistry, Calle Pedro de Alba S/N (Unidad B), Ciudad Universitaria, z.c., 66451 San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, Mexico

Purpose: To determine the long-term clinical course of patients with advanced cancer and benign brain tumors with expansive growth (meningiomas) who achieved remission with angiosperms from arid regions of northern Mexico that show antineoplastic activity [1] [2] [3]. Patients and Methods: We evaluated the efficacy and safety of several angiosperms as unique causal treatment in patients with malignant and benign tumors by clinical monitoring from 2005 to 2009 [4]. To assess the long-term prognosis, we reviewed our experience with the oral administration of aqueous plant extracts. Characteristics of long-term survivors were evaluated, and hazard rates for progression were calculated. Results: Cases: A 42 -year-old woman with papillary thyroid carcinoma and cervical nodal metastases, evolved without evidence of malignant growths. Two female patients, 71 and 72 years of age, with meningioma of the brain, developed calcified meningioma after phytotherapy. A female, 38 years of age, with invasive cervical squamous cell carcinoma with metastases in abdominal cavity, her condition improved. A 44-year-old male, with tumor of clear cells in the right kidney with lung metastases, his condition and survival improved for several years. A 96-year-old male with bladder transitional cell carcinoma evolved after phytotherapy with no signs of tumor. A female patient, 47 years of age, previously treated with chemotherapy and mastectomy for end-stage breast carcinoma with multiple lung metastases, have presented obvious improvement after phytotherapy. Conclusion: Patients with advanced cancer and benign brain tumors, achieved remission and improvement with the oral administration of aqueous mixture of plants with antineoplastic activity. No side effects were observed.

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