Metastatic Squamous Cell Cancer, age 77, Female

Defying the Odds Against Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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Metastatic Squamous Cell Cancer, age 77, Female

SM is a 77 year old, 5’4”, 130 lb woman, and is living proof that a dire prognosis is not an insurmountable barrier. Her journey is one of resilience, research, and ultimately, a reclaiming of health against formidable odds.

On March 2021, SM was diagnosed with metastatic squamous cell carcinoma. Swollen lymph nodes on her left clavicle, confirmed malignant by a general surgeon’s biopsy and further delineated by a PET scan. SM’s oncologist delivered the verdict: four months to live. Curative treatment was off the table; only palliative care was offered.

Initially, SM submitted to conventional palliative treatments. She underwent a course of chemotherapy, specifically cisplatin combined with taxol. The side effects, compounded by the intense pain from the significantly enlarged lymph nodes, were debilitating. Consequently, nine rounds of radiation were administered in an attempt to alleviate these acute symptoms.

The pivotal moment came through a connection at church, where a fellow member introduced SM to fenbendazole. Armed with this information, she made a decisive move to start a daily regimen of 222 mg of fenbendazole, simply swallowing the granules with water. SM informed her oncologist of her self-directed treatment; while he did not endorse it, her conviction was unwavering.

The impact of the fenbendazole on her cancer was undeniable and swift. Within a few months of starting fenbendazole, a palpable shrinkage of the lymph nodes occurred. By the six-month mark, the persistent pain that had plagued SM was entirely gone. The true turning point arrived in March 2022 when imaging confirmed she was completely cancer-free. This cancer-free status has been meticulously monitored and consistently reaffirmed by CT scans every four months since that date.

More recently, from the end of 2023 until December 2024, she incorporated Keytruda into her regimen “just to be sure” under the advice of her doctor, but SM has since discontinued it due to adverse side effects of that drug. SM’s vigilance with fenbendazole continues, now adhering to a cycle of 222 mg daily for four days, followed by a three-day pause.

Importantly, throughout SM’s fenbendazole treatment, she experienced no noticeable adverse side effects.

SM’s decision to take fenbendazole was met with skepticism by her medical team, who largely discounted its potential. When she shares her fenbendazole experience with others, their reaction is often one of shock, primarily due to her willingness to employ a therapy considered unregulated, or outside the box, for cancer.

Timeline of Events, Diagnoses, Treatments and Outcomes

• March 2021: Diagnosed with metastatic squamous cell carcinoma via biopsy of left clavicular lymph nodes and PET scan. Given a 4-month prognosis, offered palliative care only.

• Mid-2021 (approx.): Underwent chemotherapy (Cisplatin and Taxol) followed by 9 rounds of radiation for pain and large lymph nodes.

• Late 2021 (approx.): Initiated self-treatment with Panacur (fenbendazole) 222 mg daily, taken with water. Oncologist informed and skeptical.

• Early 2022 (within months of starting fenbendazole): Observed shrinkage of lymph nodes.

• Mid-2022 (approx. 6 months after starting fenbendazole): Pain completely resolved.

• March 2022: Declared cancer-free, confirmed by imaging (CT scans).

• March 2022 - Present: Remained cancer-free, verified by CT scans every 4 months.

• End of 2023 - December 2024: Underwent Keytruda treatment.

• May 19, 2025: Continues fenbendazole 222 mg on a 4-days-on, 3-days-off cycle.

Summary

This Case Report details the experience of a 77-year-old female diagnosed in March 2021 with metastatic squamous cell carcinoma and given a four-month prognosis. After palliative conventional chemotherapy and radiation yielded significant side effects, she independently initiated treatment with fenbendazole (222 mg daily). She reported lymph node shrinkage within months, pain resolution by six months, and achieved cancer-free status by March 2022 (one year), consistently confirmed by imaging. SM continues a maintenance dose of fenbendazole and reports no side effects, having defied her initial prognosis of 4 months by 4 years so far.

1. Questions

   1. Age, sex, height/weight. Today I’m 77, F, 5’4”, 130 lbs

   2. Exact Diagnosis. Year of diagnosis and tests used to make definitive cancer diagnosis. Dx: metastatic squamous cell ca, March 2021, swollen lymph nodes on left clavicle were biopsied by gen. Surgeon. Pet scan was also used.

   3. Prognosis. What did your doctor tell you to expect? My prognosis was 4 mo. To live, no cure only palliative care.

   4. Treatments. What treatments did you try before going to fenbendazole? That is, did you try traditional cancer treatments like chemotherapy and radiation first. I had cisplatin with another drug taxol? (Can’t remember. I complained about the pain from the very big lymph nodes and they offered radiation, so I did 9 rounds.

      I read Dr William Li’s book about cancer which led me to Jane Mcclellen’s book on cancer, then I met a woman at church who told me about Joe Tippens protocol. I started taking his protocol and told my oncologist who didn’t believe in it but I went ahead anyway. Been cancer free since as verified by ct scans every 4 moths. Started keytruda at the end of chemo and continued until dec 2024. No more keytruda!!

   5. How did you self-treat with fenbendazole? Dosage and schedule. Did you take it with olive oil, butter, yogurt, peanut butter or something else, or not with any other substance in particular? I swallowed the granules with water.

   6. What was the brand name and type (powder, pill, liquid) of fenbendazole used? Panacur powder

   7. Other treatments used before or during fenbendazole use? Switched to mebendazole, metformin and atorvastatin thru a formation of drs at Care Oncology until they shut down dec 2024

   8. When did you first notice that fenbendazole was having an effect? Did you start to feel better, symptoms decrease, etc.? What diagnostic tests were used to confirm the results; blood tests, imaging? Imaging confirmed cancer clear

   9. Do you have any images or results to share? (We’ll obliterate any identifying information.) Before and after imaging (PET scan, MRI, CT) would be ideal. I guess I could get copies from my hospital?

   10. Any idea what may have caused your cancer? Genetics, lifestyle, environmental toxins? I am positive for hpv

   11. Did you have any noticable side effects that you could attribute to fenbendazole? No

   12. Did you tell your doctor about fenben, either while you were self-treating or afterwards? What was their response? Yes, it was discounted.

   13. Are you continuing to take fenben? If so, dosage and protocol.no, switched see above

   14. Did you get any covid shots or boosters prior to developing this cancer? No

   15. Anything else you’d like to add that you feel is important for people to know about your experience using fenbendazole? No

   16. When you tell others about how fenben helped you what is their reaction? Shocked I would try something so unregulated.

Items Included in All Posts

Fenbendazole vs. Mebendazole vs. Albendazole vs. Flubendazole: The benzimidazoles are very similar chemically and they have very similar mechanisms of action with respect to disrupting microtubule function, specifically defined as binding to the colchicine-sensitive site of the beta subunit of helminithic (parasite) tubulin thereby disrupting binding of that beta unit with the alpha unit of tubulin which blocks intracellular transport and glucose absorption (Guerini et al., 2019). If someone asks you how fenbendazole kills the cancer cells, the answer is in italics in the previous sentence.

The class of drugs known as benzimidazoles includes fenbendazole, mebendazole, albendazole and flubendazole. Mebendazole is the form that is approved for human use while fenbendazole is approved for veterinary use. The main difference is the cost. Mebendazole is expensive ~$555 per 100 mg pill, while fenbendazole is inexpensive ~48 cents per 222 mg free powder dose (Williams, 2019). As you may recall, albendazole is the form used to treat intestinal parasites in India and these cost 2 cents per pill. FYI, to illustrate how Americans are screwed by Big Pharma, two pills of mebendazole cost just $4 in the UK, 27 cents per 100 mg pill in India and $555 per 100 mg pill in the US.

While most of the pre-clinical research uses mebendazole, probably because it is the FDA-approved-for-humans form of fenbendazole, virtually all of the self-treating clinical reports involve the use of fenbendazole. Because the pre-clinical cancer studies use mebendazole (ironically the human form of fenbendazole) and humans self-treat their cancers with fenbendazole (the animal form of mebendazole) it is very reasonable to assume that mebendazole and fenbendazole are functional equivalents with respect to cancer. It would be helpful if future pre-clinical and clinical investigations simply used fenbendazole as a practical matter. For the purposes of this Substack, fenbendazole, mebendazole and albendazole are used interchangably.

Where to get fenbendazole
In our experience and the experiences of those that write in, it appears that the three readily available brands of fenbendazole (Panacur-C, FenBen Labs, Happy Healing Labs) are equally effective. Panacur-C can be obtained locally in pet stores, while they all can be obtained from Amazon. The article on Questions & Answers discusses the brands of fenbendazole in detail and shows photos of the various brands referenced.

If you would like to report your experiences with fenbendazole you can do so privately by email myfenbendazole@proton.me or more publicly in the Comments section in any of the articles. Also, if you know of people who’ve tried fenbendazole, and it didn’t work, we’d be especially interested in hearing from you now. Understanding the conditions and factors that enhance or impede the success of fenbendazole in treating cancer are valuable.

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