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Non-standard options, such as off-label drugs, are available for improving treatment outcomes, reducing cancer risk, or managing side effects. These are sometimes referred to as repurposed drugs for cancer.

These therapies are not standard treatment, but off-label use of drugs is very common in cancer treatment. Even so, they may not be offered as options by either conventional or complementary medicine practitioners, even though substantial evidence is available for many of them. These therapies may enhance conventional treatments, improve survival and reduce the risk of cancer or recurrence, while others may help manage side effects and symptoms such as pain or fatigue.

This group includes several types of therapies:

• Off-label (repurposed) drugs not in standard use for cancer; off-label drugs are used for a purpose other than an approved use under the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• Neglected cancer therapies developed in mainstream science
• Cancer therapies with special promise in clinical trials
• Approaches developed by qualified researchers around the world
• Selected diagnostic techniques in these categories

If you choose to explore these therapies, it is strongly recommended to seek guidance from a qualified professional who can help you choose the off-label and other novel therapies that are right for you and that are safe to use with your other therapies. Some of these therapies are readily available at low cost, but others may involve considerable expense and perhaps travel for access.

Useful Resources:

• How to Starve Cancer by Jane McLelland

Yes to Life Radio Shows on this therapy:

• Starve Then Kill, by Jane McLelland
• Repurposing Drugs for Cancer, by Jane McLelland
• Off-Label Drugs, by Jane McLelland
• How to Starve Cancer 2018
• How to Starve Cancer 2017
• Agnostic Cancer Care
• Cancer Control
• Repurposed Drugs and Cancer Vaccines, by Prof Dalgleish

Further Reading:

• Pantziarka Pan, Bouche Gauthier, Meheus Lydie, Sukhatme Vidula, Sukhatme Vikas P (2014) The Repurposing Drugs in Oncology (ReDO) Project ecancer 8 442
• Ahmad Malik J, Jan R, Ahmed S, et al. (2022) Breast Cancer Drug Repurposing a Tool for a Challenging Disease. Drug Repurposing – Molecular Aspects and Therapeutic Applications. IntechOpen. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.101378.
• Repurposing Drugs for Skin Cancer, Author(s): Levon M. Khachigian, Volume 27, Issue 42, 2020, Page: [7214 – 7221] Pages: 8, DOI: 10.2174/0929867327666191220103901
• Stransky, N.; Ruth, P.; Schwab, M.; Löffler, M.W. Can Any Drug Be Repurposed for Cancer Treatment? A Systematic Assessment of the Scientific Literature. Cancers 2021, 13, 6236. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13246236