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DeltaRex-G gene therapy
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Metastatic sporadic malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (sMPNST) is associated with only 17% five-year survival rate using standard chemotherapy and there are no 10-year survival reports with the exception of a case report wherein a patient with metastatic sMPNST is still alive with no active disease and on no further cancer therapy, >12 years from DeltaRex-G treatment initiation. In this case report, we describe an interim alternative treatment regimen designed and used by a patient with metastatic sMPNST, while awaiting the return, GMP bioproduction, and QC certification of DeltaRex-G as a potential treatment option. We report on the successful control of metastatic tumor growth over a one-year treatment period using the Hope Protocol consisting of artemisinin, curcumin, cannabis oil, disulfiram, fenbendazole, mebendazole, albendazole, atorvastatin, doxycycline, vitamin C, vitamin E, a plant-based diet, sans refined sugar, yoga, acupuncture, meditation, exercise and hot sauna, and we discuss their biochemical mechanisms of action.
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