Remission of Massive Metastasis from Undifferentiated Carcinoma of the Lung Associated with Intensive Meditation

Abstract

A spontaneous regression of epidermoid carcinoma of the bronchus is reported here for only the third time. (Blades & McCorkle, 1954; Emerson et al., 1968) This report concerns a 57-year-old patient suffering from chronic air flow obstruction who had twice required artificial ventilation. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy was performed on account of hilar asymmetry and a small tumour on the carina of the middle lobe was discovered. The biopsy confirmed the existence of a moderately differentiated invasive epidermoid bronchial carcinoma. An examination performed four years later failed to reveal this tumour. Immunological studies showed only a notable rise in NK cells.

Case Details

Personal Characteristics

The patient aged 34 years, he had been drinking quite heavily

Clinical Characteristics

Large swelling on the left side of his neck, breathless in ordinary conversation, persistent cough, a classic pancoast tumor of the lung (histology: anaplastic carcinoma) with recurrent laryngeal nerve involvement, a left horner’s syndrome and symptoms of c8, t1 root/plexus involvement

Remission Characteristics

After seven months the mass in his neck showed little change and his physical strength was well maintained. He has had a considerable amount of radiation and the swelling in his neck has subsided.

Treatment & Mechanisms

Proposed Remission Mechanisms

Intensive meditation

Clinical Treatment

He has had a considerable amount of radiation

Non-Clinical Treatment

Intensive meditation

Additional Notes

Treatment by meditation was complicated by lack of any cooperation from the oncology clinic. The patient had been drinking quite heavily and this of course would greatly reduce his chances of effective meditation. He was actually encouraged in his drinking at the clinic apparently in the belief that if he had only a very short time to live he might as well do what he liked.