Gonzalez Regimen (PDQ®)
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Overview
- The Gonzalez regimen is a cancer treatment that includes taking pancreatic enzymes and other dietary supplements, eating a special diet, and having coffee enemas twice a day (see Question 1 ).
- The Gonzalez regimen is based on the theory that pancreatic enzymes help the body get rid of toxins (harmful substances) that lead to cancer (see Question 3 ).
- Animal studies of the Gonzalez regimen looked at the effect of pancreatic enzymes on cancer growth (see Question 5 ).
- In an early small study of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, patients on the Gonzalez regimen lived somewhat longer than most people with the same type of cancer (see Question 6 ).
- The Gonzalez regimen trial was a 7-year clinical study that compared the effectiveness of standard treatment with that of the Gonzalez regimen in treating patients who had pancreatic cancer that could not be removed by surgery (see Question 6 ).
- The US Food and Drug Administration has not approved the Gonzalez regimen as a cancer treatment (see Question 8 ).
This record was last updated on January 15th, 2007.
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