Here's info about Cancell (aka Entelev, Cantron, Sheridan’s formula, JS-114,
JS-101, 126-F, Jim’s Juice, Quantrol, Protocel)
http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/9_13.htm
http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/11571.cfm?RecordID=491
HTH
J

I certainly sympathise with you and your wife as, I assume, do most people
here, being in the same boat.  We each have to find our own ways to cope and
for some alternative medicine seems to provide comfort although, as you can
see from the sites posted by J, there are no respectable studies to suggest
that Protocel, or whatever else it might be called, does any good.  From my
personal observation I would say that the down sides of these therapies are
that they can get in the way of proven treatments, that you can waste a lot
of money on them, that they may do harm and that people can go on taking one
after another when realistically all hope is gone and it's time to come to
terms with the approach of the end.
When you ask about experience with chemo and radiation there are endless
statistics available which show mortality rates of different types of cancer
at different stages and given different treatments; the medical and pharmo
communities try continually to refine existing treatments and come up with
new ones.  Trouble is, there are no sure fire treatments and an individual
is not a statistic.
My advice to you and your wife is to place your wife's treatment in the
hands of the very best medical team you can find and to do enough homework
on the subject so as to be able to discuss her condition and treatment with
that team and contribute to the decisions to be made.

Has anyone here any

Hello  Gene,

This is my experience.

I found radiation an absolute piece of cake. I had to drive 90 miles a
day to the nearest clinic, but I had absolutely no problem with it.
And the comradery of the people at the clinic was such a blessing I
used to go early and stay late.

Chemo was all right. Either the chemo or the anti-nausea drug Zofran
made me sleepy but I was never sick. After the first treatment I was
so sure I was going to be sick I was making myself gag, but that never
happened again.   I napped a lot but I know some people who continued
working the whole time.   My taste buds changed a bit - I craved candy
and ice cream and couldn't abide my usual coffee, but I'm back to
normal now.

Pre-chemo I was a very poor and restless sleeper, waking up at the
smallest sound, and somehow now I go to sleep easily and sleep all
night, so in retrospect I'm grateful for the chemo.

I'm taking Arimidex for five years and after one year I haven't had
any problems at all from it other than a few very mild hot flashes.  

Hugs to your wife,

Marilyn

Gene wrote: << Has anyone here any first hand experience with Protocel? Has
anyone here any
really good experience with chemo and/or radiation?

I don't know anything about Protocel so can't help you there but can share
experiences about chemo and rads.  I won't go into the particulars of my
situation in this post other than to say that I was dx'd with 3 types of
aggressive breast cancers in 3/01.  I had a bilateral mastectomy followed by
chemo (4 AC), radiation (5 weeks), more chemo (2 Taxol and 2 Taxotere) with a
year of Herceptin, then Arimidex, and then a complete hysterectomy and
salpingo--oopherectomy.  I was dx'd in 3/01.
Chemo was much easier than anticipated and from what I remembered my mom
having.  (I was dx'd at same age as she--50).  The new anti-nausea meds make it
much more bearable.  I had 3 relatively easy pregnancies and found chemo easier
than being pregnant.  I had very little effect from the radiation--other than
the inconvenience of going daily (except for weekends).  We left for a cruise 2
days after I finished radiation treatment.  If you  want any more re.
specifics--just ask and if I don't have the info I am sure many others here
would have that info.  Take care and wishing your wife all the best re
treatment, etc.

Hello, Gene --

I hope it's not out of turn to answer in these terms:  I had a
worse-than-typical experience with chemo . . . and I would still do it
again in a heartbeat.  It was just not that bad.  From reading popular
magazines and such on the subject, I would've imagined it would be the
worst thing I had every gone through, and it wasn't.  Rotten hobby, but
manageable.

Radiation was easy.  The hardest part was the logistics of doing it
every day for 6 weeks.  I got slight burning, not even as severe as my
worst-ever sunburn, and felt somewhat fatigued but not debilitatingly
so.  Worked full time & kept up with daily responsibilities (I'm
single/widowed & live alone) throughout.

I'm sorry I can't help with the other part of your question.

Take care, and well-wishes to your wife!

Ann T.
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A really good experience with chemo and radiation is a tough one. Yet, I
will say that I have had 4 different chemotherapy treatment courses over
the years and I have never had a really bad experience. When I first
started this I figured I would feel terrible, but at least it would be a
quick easy way to lose some weight. Well, in fact, not true to either!
The big issue with chemo is to manage the fatigue. It can be sneaky. At
my worst, I could handle a day with my son who was either a toddler or
now a preschooler, but was just beat by his bedtime.

I hope your wife goes ahead with treatment. Certainly the emotional part
of getting diagnosed is worse than anything.

I am sorry that I have know nothing about Protocel. What is it?

Chris