Excerpt from the Moss Reports, June 22, 2008 Many readers have asked what happened to the National Institutes of Health-sponsored clinical trial of the Gonzalez regimen, the one that used orally administered enzymes for the treatment of pancreatic cancer? In the 1980s, Nicholas Gonzalez, MD, was a disciple of Robert A. Good, MD, PhD, director of Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York. With Good's encouragement, he began a project (while still a Cornell medical student) to evaluate the enzyme treatment of cancer promoted by William Donald Kelley, DDS, of Grapevine, Texas. Gonzalez felt this treatment was beneficial and eventually opened an office in Manhattan to treat patients using this protocol. He presented 25 of his best cases to the NCI's Division of Cancer Treatment (DCT) in July 1993. The pilot study was published in 1999 in the journal Nutrition and Cancer (Gonzalez 1999). Because of the positive findings of this pilot study, first the National Cancer Institute and then the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) proposed a formal clinical trial of the method. A decade ago, hopes were high and this trial was promoted as a sterling example of how conventional and alternative medicine could work together for the good of patients, by seeking the truth about the relative merits of various contesting treatments. For example, John Chabot, MD, of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center of Columbia University, and Dr. Gonzalez spoke from the same podium at the 1999 Center for Mind-Body Medicine conference. It seemed like a transcendent moment. For the full report: http://www.cancerdecisions.com/062208.html LINK to Nick Gonzalez, MD- works with supplements, diet detoxification. Announced 6/99 he has approved CLINICAL TRIAL for pancreatic cancer patients. Comprehensive Cancer Care meeting, June 2000 Part II-Gonzalez Method Audience reactions per Marilyn Originator of the Kelley Method Includes Ann's personal experiences 10/02 Wired News ALERT for Alternative Community J Pancreas, 5/04 Pilot Study Report: Eval of Pancreatic Proteolytic Enzymes LINK to discussion of Nicholas Gonzalez, MD studies, program tape of his talk available Remember we are NOT Doctors and have NO medical training. This site is like an Encylopedia - there are many pages, many links on many topics. Support our work with any size DONATION - see left side of any page - for how to donate. You can help raise awareness of CAM.