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High-Dose Intravenous Vitamin C and Long-Term Survival of a Patient with Cancer of Head of the Pancreas

By J.A. Jackson, H.D. Riordan, R.E. Hunninghake and N.H. Riordan, from Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine (1995), 10: 87-88

Introduction
A 68-year-old white male was a self-referral to The Center in December 1993. Two months previously, he was seen at another medical facility for painless jaundice (bilirubin was 14 mg/dl), "black urine," pain in the stomach and a rapid weight loss of 21 pounds. A CT scan and abdominal angiogram suggested a blocked bile duct and a pancreatic mass. An operation was performed and because of its location, all of the tumor could not be removed. An area of the tumor (4 cm x 2 cm x 4 cm) was removed. The gallbladder, head of the pancreas, distal stomach, and duodenum were also removed and a complete "Whipple" procedure performed.

The pathology report showed a grade 1 adenocarcinoma of the pancreas with metastasis of 1 to 7 regional lymph nodes (T3, N1, Mo). A month after the operation the patient developed hyperglycemia. He was placed on the ADA diet with blood glucose monitoring twice a day. After a short period, the blood glucose returned to, and remained, normal. Three months prior to the Whipple procedure, he had a transurethral resection for an enlarged prostate, which proved to be benign.