Have you had patients who wish to take ivermectin and/or fenbendazole as adjunct treatments for gynecologic cancers, and if so, how have you handled this?
Answer from: at Community Practice
Since COVID, there are definitely more patients interested in ivermectin and/or fenbendazole, as well as other alternative therapies. I will counsel the patients on the data for standard of care therapy, but also acknowledge that it is also their body, their life, and ultimately their choice what tr...
I agree with Dr. @Hall's answer wholeheartedly. I typically inform them of the lack of data and concerns for the safety of these therapies for the treatment of gynecologic cancers. I often direct patients to the recently published review in Gynecologic Oncology Reports: Mujumdar et al., PMID 4085191...
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Community Practice
I have a number of patients asking about these alternative regimens for their cancer treatment, not meaning to be adjuvant but also as main treatment strategies, in lung cancer (not Gyn Onc). The social media recent postings, especially from some celebrities claiming cancer remission in friends with...
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