Doctors and other medical personnel carefully keep detailed records of every patient under their care. These records help them identify changes in a patient's health over time, diagnose the causes, and prescribe treatment. The records are valuable in determining if a particular treatment helped cure the patient.
Case studies summarize the records and results of particular treatments.
The following case studies are examples of a few of those compiled when AHCC was used as part of a treatment plan for various diseases. In September 1998, ascites and edema were found and the possibility of ovarian or uterine cancer was suggested by the ascites and high level of CA-125. Cause of the ascites and high level of CA-125 may be benign disease of peritoneal, that is, occlusion of mesenteric artery by arteriosclerosis. She also reported occasional pain and tingling in the area of the liver. The hepatitis diagnosis was made 2-3 years earlier when liver enzymes significantly increased, although there was some evidence of elevated liver enzymes up to 35 years earlier.