title: A homeopathic approach to treat patients with advanced gallbladder, periampullary, and liver carcinomas: a report of 3 cases.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The authors present 3 cases of various pathologically confirmed malignancies (one gallbladder, one periampullary, and one liver). These patients underwent Psorinum therapy as the primary cancer treatment. Psorinum therapy is a homeopathic approach to treat patients with cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  According to the American Joint Committee on Cancer tumor, nodes, metastasis system, all 3 patients were diagnosed at Stage IV. Their Karnofsky performance status was between 20% and 50% and their Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group score status was between 3 and 4. In these cases, conventional cancer treatments could not be initiated due to the advanced stage of their disease, poor general health performance status, and their financial constraints.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In these patients, Psorinum-6x was administered orally at a dose of 0.02 mL/kg body weight/day on an empty stomach for a complete course duration of 2 years, along with allopathic and homeopathic supportive treatment. According to the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors criteria, complete tumor response occurred in 1 case and partial tumor response occurred in the other 2 cases. All 3 patients remained alive and maintained a stable quality of life for at least 2 years. The patients reported no adverse side-effects from Psorinum-6x.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This report indicates the clinical efficacy of Psorinum therapy in treating those 3 patients. Thorough basic research and well-designed clinical trials should be conducted for further investigation of this homeopathic cancer treatment in order to integrate it into the mainstream of oncology treatments.
authors.affiliation: Critical Cancer Management Research Centre & Clinic, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. arodeep@gmail.com
authors.forename: Aradeep
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: Jaydip
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Biswas
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003138:Common Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006705:Homeopathy; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008419:Materia Medica / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011788:Quality of Life
chemical_list: D008419:Materia Medica