Fenbendazole
MechanismPLAUSIBLEOutcomeD
Claimed
A dog dewormer that kills cancer cells through microtubule disruption, p53 and several other pathways, made famous by a rancher's stage 4 lung cancer story.
What holds up
Real mechanism list in cells and mice, cataloged in a 2024 review.
What it does not show
Poor human bioavailability. Famous case was also on trial immunotherapy so cannot be credited to fenbendazole.
Evidence for
Nguyen et al., Anticancer Research 2024;44(9):3725, Yamaguchi et al., Clinical Case Reports 2016
Sources
VERIFIED Nguyen et al., Anticancer Research 2024;44(9):3725. VERIFIED Yamaguchi et al., Clinical Case Reports 2016. RETRACTED 'Stanford Fenbendazole Protocol': no such publication. RETRACTED 'University of Kentucky glioblastoma study': not found.