Stage 3 Prostate Cancer Treated with a Plant-Based Diet A Case Report

Stewart D Rose and Amanda J Strombom
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Amanda J Strombom: Plant-Based Diets in Medicine, USA

Cancer Therapy & Oncology International Journal, 2020, vol. 15, issue 5, 142-143

Abstract: Treatment of early stage prostate cancer (with a Gleason score less than seven) with a plant-based diet has been studied, and efficacy noted even after 5 years. However, this is a case of a patient with Stage 3 prostate cancer, who chose to follow a plant-based diet after his diagnosis, and is still alive today, 32 years later, despite being given a prognosis of 10% 3-year survival. The patient is a retired physician, who was given the best available treatment since his diagnosis in 1987. He also chose to follow a largely plant-based diet after his diagnosis, recognizing its potential for treating prostate cancer. He has outlasted all other patients with a similar diagnosis, who were given the same treatment at his major city-based hospital. He attributes this to his plant-based diet. This is the first case we are aware of where a patient with stage III prostate cancer exceeded his prognosis for 32 years.

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Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.19080/CTOIJ.2020.15.555922

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