If anyone finds this thread because they or someone in their life is currently facing down a pancreatic cancer diagnosis I want you to know that we had significant success with our loved one by focusing, on our end, on diet.

The patient's metastasis markers were so high the value was literally off of the maximum value on the graph on the chart they gave us in the literature, and so, well beyond the level of being surgery eligible.

Over the 12 chemo cycles that number dropped to levels that cancer free people have, and they have gone on to outlive almost every statistic and remain cancer free to this day.

When researching pancreatic cancer following their diagnosis one thing that stood out to me is how the majority of scientific knowledge surrounding cancer addresses the cancer's metabolism. Pancreatic cancer is an IGF-1 (Insulin Growth Factor) metabolic cancer. This can be interpreted as the cancer uses sugar as its fuel source to grow, and in the absence of sugar can alter its internal metabolism to use an amino acid called glutamine as fuel instead. Glutamine is an amino acid found in animal products such as meat and dairy.

With this knowledge we went with a food regiment of removing ALL sugar, and animal products.

The results were significant. Even in their 70s they were able to do the full 12 cycle chemo treatment without needing to delay a single cycle due to negative health markers, and without any major side effects (except fatigue).

The tumor shrunk form 4.2 cm to 2 cm after 6 chemo treatments, and finally shrunk to 1 cm following their final treatment before surgery. (Compare this to studies on tumor shrinkage for the same cancer and chemo treatment, such as: https://www.healio.com/news/gastroenterology/20210722/early-... )

It is my opinion that at this time medical treatment is essential, both chemo and surgical intervention, but if you want something that you can do to try to increase the efficacy of those treatments I highly recommend this nutritional vector as well!

Best wishes for you and your loved ones.

Did Steve Jobs die from believing something similar (while skipping chemo)

Unfortunately, anecdotes are not data, and although a patient can try anything they want, there is no way to know that such dietary changes are beneficial or potentially harmful for most patients without doing a randomized controlled trial and hoping for strong adherence from the participants.

Isn’t glutamine also part of vegan diets? I don’t eat meat myself, but your assertion has me wondering about glutamine.

I dug a lot into "starving cancer" while we tried to save our dog from an aggressive sarcoma. I can't find his name off hand but I recall reading about a researcher who used a ketogenic diet to keep glucose low, and then occasionally gave drugs to "hammer" the cancer by quickly and temporarily depleting glutamine as well.

Do they maintain the same diet today?