My cat, Chance, has a sarcoma in his left hind leg that recurred a few months after surgical removal (lumpectomy). I did a significant amount of reading of peer-reviewed research papers and discovered several experimental and potentially effective chemotherapies: hydroxycitric acid (from Garcinia cambogia), alpha lipoic acid, and annonaceous acetogenins (from Annona muricata and Asimina triloba). After finding what information I could about the safety of these for consumption by cats, I constructed a dosing schedule and some simple methods for measurement and medical application. The dose schedule included a safety trial period in which several blood tests were done to ensure the non-toxicity of the treatment as the doses were ramped up. Any further changes, e.g. to introduce new medicines, will follow a similarly cautious procedure.
The log of actions taken, as well as a background narrative, can be found in log.md. The following files are pertinent for current methods and doses:
- methods-and-schedules/dose-schedule.ods
- methods-and-schedules/alpha-lipoic-acid.md
- methods-and-schedules/annonaceous-acetogenins.md
- methods-and-schedules/hydroxycitrate.md
Additional medical schedules may be developed if the current ones prove ineffective.
My notes from my reading can be found in cancer-treatments.md and other_links.md.
A number of pdfs for relevant papers can be found in the pdfs folder.