Posted by Admin
Post Date : Friday June 29 2007

JB was diagnosed with infiltrating ductal carcinoma moderately differentiated with microlymphatic invasion of the right breast at the age of 55 in November 2000. She underwent a modified radical mastectomy in December 2000. She also underwent reconstructive surgery by first having an expander put in to prepare for the saline implant. The mastectomy further revealed a .9 cm moderately differentiated infiltrating ductal carcinoma with 14 lymph nodes being free of disease. She was staged at 0-1 and her breast cancer was estrogen and progesterone positive. She took tamoxifen and stopped after 10 days because she had a severe reaction. Her face swelled up, her scalp hurt so badly she could not brush her hair and she felt as though she was in a fog. Her legs also swelled severely. She was also unhappy with the reconstructive surgery and had continuous pain due to an implant put in that was greater in size than what the expander had provided. Despite having the implant drained of fluid she still had pain and was extremely unhappy with the reconstructive surgery. She went to another plastic surgeon that fixed the right breast and she also had a face-lift and was happy with both results.

She appeared to do well until February 2005 when she presented with a lump in her right breast along the mastectomy scar near the reconstructed nipple. She was in Europe and saw her doctor when she returned in May 2005. Her doctor thought it was scar tissue and performed a biopsy. Unfortunately it turned out to be a local recurrence of the same exact breast cancer. The margins were not clear with the excisional biopsy. The tumor was removed with some surrounding tissue. Even though it was a small tumor of .5 cm, the margins were still not clear and another surgery was performed to remove more tissue. A biopsy sample was also taken in several different locations in the right breast. Her PET scan in June 2005 did not show any enhanced uptake and was clear. The cancer was found in 2 of the areas making the cancer diagnosis multifocal. She refused chemotherapy and radiation. She used a black salve on different section of her breast over the course of two weeks (http://www.generations.bz) in September 2005. When her surgeon saw her breast, it was red and inflamed from the salve with many red blotches. The purpose of the salve is apparently to have a drawing effect to remove the cancer. The surgeon immediately gave her antibiotics and it healed completely. It apparently removed a lump that was on the lower part of her breast that was not removed by the surgeon.

She found information about Poly-MVA in October 2005 and went up immediately to 8 tsp/day. She stayed on this protocol until June 2006 when she had a follow up PET/CT scan and a brain MRI that were all clear. After getting a clean bill of health, she cut down to a maintenance dose of Poly-MVA, 2 tsp twice daily. Her physician sees her every three months and follow up testing is performed. JB recently started feeling tired and has increased her Poly-MVA dose to 6 tsp/day. She remains healthy and active with a Quality of Life of 100%. She also takes numerous dietary supplements to support her health and well-being.

UPDATE 8/17/07 Mammography unchanged and no evidence of malignancy

Case study written by Dr. Shari Lieberman as a part of the Poly-MVA Best Case Series.