Spontaneous Regression Of Cancer
Eye Ear Nose Throat Monthly 46(10): Oct 1967; 1306-1310
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Personal Characteristics
Sister gertrude of the sisters of charity in new orleans
Clinical Characteristics
Jaundiced, severe pain, nausea, chills, high fever, the head of the pancreas was found to be enlarged to three times its normal size
Remission Characteristics
Began to improve in health and made rapid progress, lived 7 1/2 years after diagnosis, no evidence of pancreatic cancer was found at autopsy
Treatment & Mechanisms
Proposed Remission Mechanisms
Intercession with mother seton, deceased founder of the order, in a series of novenas
Clinical Treatment
Exploratory laparotomy performed, biopsy of the tumor was done
Non-Clinical Treatment
Intercession with mother seton, deceased founder of the order, in a series of novenas
Additional Notes
Died of a pulmonary embolism