Ali B Syed Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
cancer, cancer oncology, Carcinogenesis
Department of Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, United States
Dr. Ali B Syed is a radiologist at Stanford University School of Medicine, providing clinical service at the Lucille Packard Children's Hospital/Stanford Children's Health as well as Stanford Healthcare. His main clinical focus is in pediatric and adult MRI, particularly body and cardiac MRI. His research involves translation of novel MRI technology to the clinic, especially rapid MR acquisitions and quantitative imaging methods.
Case Report Open Access
Author(s): Ryan S Chiang, Ali B Syed, Jonathan L Wright, Bruce Montgomery and Sandy Srinivas
Abstract
Background: Fenbendazole (FBZ) is a cheap and readily available anti-parasitic commonly used in veterinary medicine. FBZ belongs to the benzimidazole drug class which destabilize microtubules through a mechanism similar to the anti-oncogenic vinca alkaloids. Although there are no reported cases in the literature, there have been several anecdotal stories published on website blogs with individuals praising its ability to treat a wide variety of cancers.
Case Presentations: Herein we describe the cases of three patients with various genitourinary malignancies who demonstrated complete response after receiving FBZ therapy as a single or supplementary chemotherapeutic agent. In two patient scenarios, they had e... view moreĀ»