• has helped people as old as 80 years old
• now has good relationship with FTA!
  • Problem now is the Texas Medical Board
• primarily addressing Glioblastoma‎ (what mom has)
• says Soviet Union didn’t limit Dr.s from saving lives

TARGETED GENE THERAPY

• “cancer should be treated, not simply the name of the cancer but the genes that are causing the cancer”
• cancer sample is used to find out what specific genes are causing the problem and those genes are addressed with medications
  • can find out as early as 2 or 3 months
• some cancers don’t currently have medications that can help but they may be out in the next month or two. So, there is always hope!
• 20:03 Talks about Glioblastoma (https://youtu.be/pYMzIRaOEH4?t=20m3s)
• 20:45 Antineoplastons (https://youtu.be/pYMzIRaOEH4?t=20m45s)
  • cleared by the FDA to start phase 3 clinical trial. will start once funding is available
• 21:57 antineoplastons are only available in clinical trials (https://youtu.be/pYMzIRaOEH4?t=21m57s)
• 22:17 another medication in the antineoplaston group, fenelgluterate(sp?) taken with prescriptions grugs, (https://youtu.be/pYMzIRaOEH4?t=22m17s)
• 22:56 find out in 1-2 months if tumors are shrinking (https://youtu.be/pYMzIRaOEH4?t=22m56s)
• 24:25 what’s needed to get started (https://youtu.be/pYMzIRaOEH4?t=24m25s)
  • first they get your medical records and scans
  • they review
  • if they think they can they can help, they invite you down to meet with them in texas
• 26:28 some patients don’t have time to wait (https://youtu.be/pYMzIRaOEH4?t=26m28s)
• 27:10 2-4 weeks, then sent home to local oncologist
• 29:15 continue treatment for an additional 8 months after tumor no longer shows up in scans in order to get rid of any microscopic remnants (https://youtu.be/pYMzIRaOEH4?t=29m15s)

Jodi Fenton – Anaplastic Astrocytoma Grade III

Jodi Fenton – Anaplastic Astrocytoma Grade III