Cancer protocols – which is best for me?

Types of protocols:

• The metabolic and data-driven
• Repurposed drugs (existing medicine used for new purposes) and medical combinations
• Intensiv diet and detoxification
• Strategic fasting
• Tradition and wisdom
• Mind-body and biological decoding

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Summary of protocols and systems

The purpose of a protocol:

• A protocol differs from individual supplements by being a complete system. It is a collective strategy (blueprint) that combines diet, lifestyle, and often medicine or supplements in a synergy aimed at changing the body’s environment and fighting cancer on multiple fronts simultaneously.

The importance of the right match:

• There is no “one-size-fits-all” solution. Some protocols require extreme discipline with diet, others require the courage to use medicine, and others are data-driven. Success often depends on choosing an approach you can realistically adhere to over time and that resonates with your own temperament.

Categorization for an overview:

• To make the choice manageable, the most recognized protocols are divided into four main categories:
  • the metabolic (data-driven),
  • the medical (repurposed drugs),
  • the diet-based (natural healing), and
  • the traditional (historical wisdom).

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What is a protocol

In cancer treatment, a protocol is a carefully established “recipe” or manual for treatment.

It describes precisely:

• Which medicine should be given.
• How large the doses should be.
• Which days the treatment should be administered.
• Which blood tests and scans should be taken along the way.

The protocol is thus the fixed roadmap that doctors must follow to ensure that the treatment is safe, uniform, and based on the best available knowledge.

Why choose a protocol

When hit by cancer, it is natural to look for “the magic pill” or the one thing you can eat or do to get well. Experience from many long-term survivors shows, however, that it is rarely one single thing that makes the difference, but rather a collective change of the internal environment in which the disease thrives.

A protocol offers a structured plan. This removes the guesswork and the constant doubt about whether you are doing enough. Instead of a scattered approach, you follow a strategy where the elements – whether juice, pills, fasting, or breathing – support each other and, importantly, have previously shown an effect against cancer.

Below, the most prominent systems are reviewed, categorized by their primary focus, so you can assess which path suits you best.

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The metabolic and data-driven

This group of protocols views cancer as an engineering challenge. The approach is biological and logical: cancer is a metabolic disease, and by changing the body’s fuel (from sugar to fat) and oxygenation, the disease can be hindered.

These paths are for those who like data, measurements, and a scientific approach.

Thomas Seyfried (press-pulse)

• Background: Professor of genetics who builds on Warburg’s research and argues that cancer originates in the mitochondria (the metabolism), not in the genes.
• Focus: The “Press-Pulse” method combines chronic ketosis (“press”) with acute stress from medication or oxygen (“pulse”) to break down the cancer.
• Choose this if: You want to understand the deep science of why cancer is a metabolic disease and attack it biologically.

Misha Sakharoff (the engineer)

• Background: An engineer who survived terminal bone marrow cancer by using his professional background to systematically log data and “hack” the body’s metabolism.
• Focus: Combines therapeutic ketosis (measured via the $GKI$ index) with advanced Buteyko breathing training to optimize cellular oxygenation and stop inflammation.
• Choose this if: You like structure, data, and are willing to work physically with your body and your breath every day.

Dr. Nasha Winters (metabolic approach)

• Background: Survived terminal stage 4 ovarian cancer herself and has now treated thousands of patients based on a “Test, don’t guess” philosophy.
• Focus: The “Terrain”. Through extensive blood tests and tests, 10 different areas of the body (e.g., hormones, microbiome, toxins) are analyzed to find the individual’s imbalances.
• Choose this if: You want to know exactly why your body has become ill and want a tailored plan based on your own blood tests.

Pete Sulack (holistic)

• Background: A chiropractor who defied a death sentence with an aggressive brain tumor by focusing on stress reduction, detoxification, and faith.
• Focus: A holistic angle on the metabolic. While the foundation is ketosis, equal weight is placed on removing chemical stress (toxin-free living) and emotional stress.
• Choose this if: You feel that stress and environmental toxins are the main causes of your illness, and you seek a holistic/Christian angle.

Dr. Raths Protokol (Cellular Medicine)

• Background: Developed by Dr. Matthias Rath in collaboration with Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling. They defined cancer spread as a weakening of the body’s connective tissue.
• Focus: A specific cocktail of micronutrients (Vitamin C, $Lysin$, $Prolin$, $EGCG$) aimed at blocking the enzymes cancer cells use to cut through tissue.
• Choose this if: You want to take action against spread (metastases) by physically strengthening the tissue surrounding the tumor.

Repurposed drugs and medical combination

These protocols are often called “bio-hacking.” The philosophy is to block cancer’s supply lines using common medicine (such as agents against diabetes, cholesterol, or parasites) that have shown an effect on cancer cells.

This path is for those comfortable with medication and who wish to attack cancer biochemically without necessarily changing their entire diet.

Beljanski Protocol

• Background: A French biologist who discovered a structural difference between cancer DNA and healthy DNA, making it possible to target cancer selectively.
• Focus: Uses specific plant extracts to block cancer cell division and RNA fragments to protect the immune system during chemotherapy.
• Choose this if: You seek a treatment that attacks cancer DNA without damaging healthy tissue – and which can either stand alone or be used to protect the body effectively during chemotherapy.

Burt Berkson (ALA/ LDN)

• Background: A doctor and biologist who became famous for saving patients with deadly mushroom poisoning (liver failure) using the antioxidant Alpha-Lipoic Acid ($ALA$) when all other hope was gone.
• Focus: A combination of intravenous $ALA$ (to repair the liver and stress cancer cells) and Low Dose Naltrexone ($LDN$) to boost the immune system.
• Choose this if: You have liver cancer, liver metastases, or pancreatic cancer, and want a gentle treatment that protects your organs rather than breaking them down.

Care Oncology Clinic (COC)

• Background: Founded by leading researchers and oncologists in London, systematizing the use of the cancer-inhibiting properties of known, safe drugs.
• Focus: A fixed medical protocol with four specific drugs ($Metformin$, $Atorvastatin$, $Mebendazole$, $Doxycycline$) as a supplement to standard treatment.
• Choose this if: You want a professional, medically managed protocol with repurposed drugs rather than experimenting yourself.

Coley’s Toxins

• Background: Discovered by surgeon Dr. William Coley in 1891, who saw tumors disappear in patients who developed severe infections with high fever.
• Focus: To “wake up” the immune system by injecting dead bacteria. This creates a controlled fever that provokes the body to attack the cancer cells.
• Choose this if: You seek the original form of immunotherapy and are willing to endure fever bouts to activate the body’s own defense to the maximum.

FLCCC Cancer Protocol (Dr. Paul Marik)

• Background: Founded by intensive care doctors who are experts in repurposed medicine and who have gathered the leading research in the field.
• Focus: The most systematic guide to the use of $Ivermectin$, $Mebendazole$ ($Fenbendazole$), and green tea extract. The goal is to block cancer stem cells and signaling pathways.
• Choose this if: You specifically seek knowledge on the $Ivermectin$ protocol and want a structured approach to it.

Jane McLelland (How to Starve Cancer)

• Background: A physiotherapist who survived terminal cancer twice (both uterine and lung cancer) by hunting down medication that could block cancer’s energy supply.
• Focus: Blocking cancer’s energy pathways ($glucose$, $fat$, $glutamine$) using a complex cocktail of medication and natural substances.
• Choose this if: You are ready to be your own doctor, read research, and assemble a complex treatment plan yourself.

Joe Tippens

• Background: Sent home to die with lung cancer throughout his body but achieved full remission by taking a specific dewormer after advice from a veterinarian friend.
• Focus: A viral, patient-driven protocol based on the use of $Fenbendazole$ (dewormer for animals) supplemented with $CBD$ oil, $curcumin$, and Vitamin E.
• Choose this if: You seek a simple, cheap, and experimental approach that has great popular support.

Rick Simpson Oil (RSO) Protocol

• Background: Cured his own skin cancer by applying the oil and then dedicated his life to spreading the recipe for free (open source).
• Focus: An intensive 90-day cure based on highly concentrated cannabis oil ($THC$). One gradually scales up to very high doses (1 gram daily).
• Choose this if: You have access to medical cannabis and wish to exploit the cell-killing potential of cannabinoids to the maximum.

Riordan (IV C-vitamin)

• Background: Developed by Dr. Hugh Riordan, a pioneer in orthomolecular medicine who wanted to prove the effect of high-dose vitamins.
• Focus: Intravenous (IV) Vitamin C in doses so high that it acts oxidatively (killing cells) toward cancer cells without harming healthy cells.
• Choose this if: You want treatment at a clinic and want to use vitamins as a potent “chemo-like” weapon.

Stanislaw Burzynski (Anti-neoplastons)

• Background: A Polish doctor who has dedicated his life to proving that cancer can be cured by supplying the body with the signaling substances ($peptides$) it lacks.
• Focus: Forcing cancer cells to mature and die using the drug $Phenylbutyrate$, which functions as a genetic “switch” that turns on the $p53$ gene.
• Choose this if: You have a severe brain tumor (or prostate cancer) and seek a medical approach that corrects the error in the cell rather than killing it.

Intensive diet and detoxification

These are the “classic” natural healing cures. The philosophy is that the body can heal itself if flooded with nutrition and freed from toxins. Focus is on the immune system rather than a direct attack on the tumor.

This path is for those who want a natural, toxin-free treatment and are ready to radically change their lifestyle.

Anthony William (The medical medium)

• Background: Medium and bestselling author who, via a spiritual source, diagnoses the root of the illness as a combination of aggressive viruses (especially Epstein-Barr) and toxins, rather than genetics.
• Focus: Extensive cleansing via daily celery juice, heavy metal detox smoothie, and strict exclusion of “virus food” (especially eggs, milk, and fat) to starve pathogens and cleanse the liver.
• Choose this if: You are looking for a cause for unexplained symptoms, want to avoid chemicals, and are willing to dedicate yourself to a 100% plant-based, cleansing lifestyle.

Bill Henderson Protocol

• Background: A popular American “do-it-yourself” approach where author Bill Henderson systematized knowledge from, among others, Budwig and Dr. Rath into one package.
• Focus: A combination of the Budwig mixture (flaxseed oil/cottage cheese) for the cells and specific supplements (including $Beta-glucan$) to activate the immune system.
• Choose this if: You want a cheap, structured, and home-based plan that combines diet with a fixed routine for supplements.

The Breuss cure

• Background: An Austrian naturopath who believed that cancer cells live exclusively on solid food and that juice can “starve” the tumor away.
• Focus: A 42-day fast exclusively on a specific mixture of vegetable juices and herbal teas.
• Choose this if: You believe in the healing power of fasting and have the discipline not to eat solid food for a longer period.

The Budwig diet

• Background: Johanna Budwig was a German biochemist and expert in fatty acids. She discovered how processed oils destroy cellular oxygen uptake.
• Focus: The mixture of cottage cheese and flaxseed oil, which chemically is believed to enable cells to better absorb oxygen.
• Choose this if: You want a simple, historically recognized dietary intervention that is easy to implement in everyday life..

Chris Beat Cancer

• Background: Chris Wark declined chemo after surgery for colon cancer and healed himself via radical lifestyle change.
• Focus: Raw, plant-based diet (giant salads), juice, exercise, and a very strong focus on mindset, faith, and forgiveness.
• Choose this if: You want to make a total lifestyle change and believe that the immune system can handle the task if it gets the right building blocks.

The Gerson protocol

• Background: German doctor (Max Gerson) who originally cured migraines but discovered the method’s effect on chronic diseases and cancer.
• Focus: Extreme amounts of fresh-pressed juice (one every hour) and daily coffee enemas to detoxify the liver and boost the immune system.
• Choose this if: You have the opportunity to dedicate your entire day to treatment in the home and need powerful detoxification.

The Gonzalez Protocol

• Background: A doctor who further developed the theory that cancer is caused by enzyme deficiency. He believed that pancreatic enzymes are the body’s primary defense against tumors.
• Focus: Megadoses of proteolytic enzymes (up to 150 capsules daily) to “digest” the cancer, supported by strict diet and daily coffee enemas.
• Choose this if: You have an iron will for an intensive regime with many pills and detoxification, and seek the classic enzyme-based approach.

Strange Skov

• Background: Strange Skov is genetically predisposed to the arthritis disease his father died of. He became free of chronic illness himself by radically changing his diet.
• Focus: Based on Autoimmune Paleo ($AIP$). Excludes grains, sugar, milk, and processed foods to dampen systemic inflammation.
• Choose this if: You want to be inspired by a Danish story and want a diet that dampens inflammation without being pure keto.

The Wahls protocol

• Background: Dr. Terry Wahls rose from her wheelchair (sclerosis) by feeding her mitochondria, and the protocol is today used broadly against chronic illness.
• Focus: Feeding the cells’ power plants through enormous amounts of vegetables (9 cups daily) and organ meats.
• Choose this if: You want to “eat yourself well” with a focus on micronutrients rather than pills.

William Li (Anti-angiogenesis diet)

• Background: A doctor and researcher who, through his work in the Angiogenesis Foundation, has mapped the medicinal properties of foods.
• Focus: “Eat to Beat Disease”. To eat foods that stop angiogenesis – i.e., stop the formation of the new blood vessels the tumor needs to grow.
• Choose this if: You want a scientific approach to diet, where you use foods as targeted medicine.

Strategic fasting

This is not about what one eats, but about when one eats.

Valter Longo

• Background: The world’s leading aging researcher who discovered that fasting protects healthy cells against toxins, but not cancer cells.
• Focus: Fasting or “Fasting Mimicking Diet” ($FMD$) specifically in the days around chemotherapy.
• Choose this if: You are receiving conventional treatment (chemo) and want to use fasting to reduce side effects and increase effect.

Tradition and wisdom

Systems based on millennia of experience or spiritual insight.

This path is for you if you seek a deeper meaning or wish to treat the body as an energy system.

Mistletoe (Iscador / Helixor)

• Background: Introduced by Rudolf Steiner in the 1920s. Today, mistletoe injections are the most widespread complementary treatment in Germany and Switzerland.
• Focus: Injections with mistletoe extract that are scaled up to activate the immune system and induce a slight fever (warmth).
• Choose this if: You seek a recognized European supplementary treatment that actively strengthens the immune system.

Saint Hildegard von Bingen

• Background: A German abbess and mystic from the Middle Ages who received her knowledge of nature’s healing powers through visions.
• Focus: Spelt, herbs, gemstones, and a spiritual approach to illness as an imbalance in the soul.
• Choose this if: You seek a mild, spiritual path that connects Christian mysticism with nature’s pharmacy.

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)

• Background: Based on over 2,500 years of empirical experience and observations of the body’s energy systems.
• Focus: Balancing Qi (life energy) through acupuncture, herbs, and diet to strengthen the organs.
• Choose this if: You wish to see the body as an energy system and want to be treated based on Eastern philosophy.

Mind-body and biological decoding

Here, illness is seen as a biological reaction to a psychological shock. Focus is on finding and resolving the underlying trauma so the body can heal naturally.

This path is for you if you feel your illness has an emotional cause and you want to work with the psyche as medicine.

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German New Medicine (GNM)

• Background: Developed by Dr. Hamer, who linked acute psychological shock directly to the development of cancer.
• Focus: To identify and resolve the trauma that started the illness so the body can heal naturally without medicine.
• Choose this if: You feel that a shock triggered the illness and want to treat the cause rather than the symptom.

Selection of a protocol

Use the overview below to compare the prerequisites of the protocols. Consider the following four factors to find the right match for your situation:

Medical vs. Natural:

• Do you prefer a biochemical approach with medication and supplements (e.g., COC, Jane McLelland), or a pure lifestyle and diet-based approach (e.g., Gerson, Chris Beat Cancer)?

Discipline and diet:

• How restrictive can you be without losing quality of life? Protocols like Gerson and Sakharoff require extreme discipline, while Budwig and Strange Skov are less intrusive.

Data vs. Mindset:

• Do you find security in measurements and concrete numbers (Sakharoff, Winters), or would you rather work with the psyche and intuition (Chris Beat Cancer, Sulack)?

Resources:

• Be realistic about time and finances. Certain protocols require several hours daily or expensive clinic consultations, while others are simple and cheap to implement.

Protocol’s – Overview

Protocol	Primary method	Diet restriction	Protocol	Supplements and medication included	Measurements (data)	Protocol	Time consumption	Costs	Protokol
Bill Henderson	Diet & Supplements	No sugar/gluten + Budwig muesli	Bill Henderson	Yes (beta-glucan, green tea, Heart Plus)	No	Bill Henderson	Medium (food + supplements)	Medium	Bill Henderson
Breuss	Fasting	Total fast (only vegetable juice)	Breuss	Yes (specific herbal teas)	No	Breuss	High (juicing + mental effort)	Low	Breuss
Budwig	Diet	No processed food + flaxseed oil/quark	Budwig	No (focus on the oil)	No	Budwig	Medium (cooking)	Low	Budwig
Burt Berkson	Medication	Moderately healthy diet	Burt Berkson	Yes (ALA, LDN, B-vitamins)	Blood tests (liver values)	Burt Berkson	Low (pills)	Low/Medium	Burt Berkson
Chris Beat Cancer	Diet & Lifestyle	Raw food, no meat/sugar/oil	Chris Beat Cancer	Yes (extensive list)	No	Chris Beat Cancer	High (juicing, salads)	High (organic food + supplements)	Chris Beat Cancer
COC (Care Oncology)	Medication (Repurposed)	None specific (low carb recommended)	COC (Care Oncology)	Yes (metformin, atorvastatin, mebendazole)	Blood tests	COC	Low (pills)	Medium (consultation + medication)	COC
Coleys Toxins	Medication (Immunotherapy)	None	Coleys Toxins	No (injections w. bacteria)	Temperature (fever)	Coleys Toxins	High (during treatment/fever)	High (clinic abroad)	Coleys Toxins
FLCCC (Marik)	Medication & Supplements	Fasting recommended	FLCCC (Marik)	Yes (mebendazole, ivermectin, vitamins)	No	FLCCC	Medium (pills + planning)	Medium	FLCCC
German New Medicine	Mind-Body	No rules	German New Medicine	No	CT scan (Hamer Focus)	GNM	High (mental analytical work)	Low (therapy varies)	GNM
Gerson	Diet & Detox	Vegan, salt-free, fat-free	Gerson	Yes (Lugol, potassium, enzymes)	Urine/blood	Gerson	Very High (13 juices + enemas)	High (organic greens + juices)	Gerson
Gonzalez	Diet & Supplements	Individual (meat vs. veg.)	Gonzalez	Yes (150+ pills, enzymes)	Hair analysis/metabolic type	Gonzalez	High (pills + food)	Very High	Gonzalez
Jane McLelland	Metabolic	Low-GI, blocking fuel (sugar/fat)	Jane McLelland	Yes (off-label medication + supplements)	Blood tests (IGF-1, glucose)	Jane McLelland	High (research + pills)	High (many preparations)	Jane McLelland
Joe Tippens	Medication (Repurposed)	None (keto recommended)	Joe Tippens	Yes (fenbendazole, CBD, curcumin)	No	Joe Tippens	Low (pills)	Low	Joe Tippens
Misha Sakharoff	Metabolic	Ketogenic (modified)	Misha Sakharoff	Yes (individual minerals)	Yes (ketones, glucose, pH, CP)	Misha Sakharoff	High (food, exercises, measurement)	Medium	Misha Sakharoff
Mistletoe	Medication (Anthroposophic)	None	Mistletoe	Yes (injections)	Temperature	Mistletoe	Low (injection at home)	Medium	Mistelten
Nasha Winters	Metabolic	Ketogenic (therapeutic)	Nasha Winters	Yes (targeted based on blood tests)	Comprehensive blood panel	Nasha Winters	High (food + lifestyle)	High (tests + supplements)	Nasha Winters
Pete Sulack	Lifestyle & Detox	No sugar/toxins	Pete Sulack	Yes (detox support)	No	Pete Sulack	Medium	Medium	Pete Sulack
Rath Protocol	Supplements	None specific	Rath Protocol	Yes (high-dose Vit C, lysine, proline)	No	Rath	Low (pills/powder)	Medium	Rath
Rick Simpson (RSO)	Medication (Cannabis)	None	Rick Simpson (RSO)	Yes (cannabis oil THC)	No	RSO	Low (ingestion)	High (oil is expensive)	RSO
Riordan	Medication (Clinical)	No sugar (recommended)	Riordan	Yes (IV Vitamin C)	G6PD test, Vit C level	Riordan	Medium (clinic visits)	High (clinic)	Riordan
Stanislaw Burzynski	Medication	Low-salt	Stanislaw Burzynski	Yes (antineoplastons + medication)	Blood/genetics	Burzynski	Medium (clinic/pump)	Very High (USA)	Burzynski
Strange Skov	Diet	Paleo/AIP (no grains/sugar)	Strange Skov	No (focus on food/nature)	No	Strange Skov	Medium (cooking)	Medium (quality meat/greens)	Strange Skov
Saint Hildegard	Tradition	Spelt-based, specific herbs	Saint Hildegard	Yes (herbal elixirs)	No	Hildegard	Medium (cooking)	Low/Medium	Hildegard
TCM	Tradition	Adapted to imbalance	TCM	Yes (herbal decoctions)	Pulse/tongue diagnosis	TCM	Medium (boiling herbs)	Medium	TCM
Thomas Seyfried	Metabolic	Calorie restriction + keto	Thomas Seyfried	Yes (possible drugs/oxygen)	GKI (glucose-ketone index)	Seyfried	High (planning/hunger)	Low/Medium	Seyfried
Valter Longo	Fasting	FMD (fasting-mimicking)	Valter Longo	No	No	Valter Longo	Low (periodic)	Low/Medium (pre-packed kits)	Valter Longo
Wahls	Diet	9 cups greens, no gluten/dairy	Wahls	Yes (possible vitamins/algae)	No	Wahls	High (shopping/preparation)	High (large quantities of food)	Wahls
William Li	Diet	Anti-angiogenesis foods	William Li	No	No	William Li	Low (standard food)	Low (standard food)	William Li

Conclusion

There are many roads to Rome, and there are many ways to strengthen the body against cancer. The most important thing is not necessarily which specific protocol you choose, but that you choose a strategy and follow it consistently. It creates calm in the nervous system to have an action plan.

Remember that you can always adjust your course along the way and that many elements from different protocols can be combined – however, always with common sense and preferably in consultation with a practitioner.

Protocols alphabetically

1. Anthony William Protocol
2. The Beljanski Protocol (Pao Pereira & ekstrakter)
3. The Bill Hendersons Protocol
4. Burt Berkson Protocol
5. The Breuss cancer cure
6. The Budwig diet
7. Chris Beat Cancer Protocol
8. COC-Protocol
9. Coleys Toxins
10. FLCCC Cancer Protocol (Dr. Paul Marik)
11. German New Medicine
12. The Gerson therapy (The Gerson diet)
13. The Gonzalez Protocol
14. Jane Mc.Lellands Protocol
15. Joe Tippens (Fenbendazole)
16. Misha Sakharoff Protocol
17. Misteltoe (Immune injections/ Anthroposophic)
18. Nasha Winters (The Metabolic Approach)
19. Pete Sulacks Protocol
20. Raths Protocol
21. Rick Simpson Oil (RSO) Protocol
22. Riordan (IV C-vitamin)
23. Stanislaw Burzynski Protocol
24. Strange Skov Diet
25. Saint Hildegard von Bingen
26. TCM – Traditionel Kinesisk Medicine
27. Thomas Seyfried’s protocol
28. Valter Longo
29. Wahls Protocol
30. William Li

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