Clinica 0-19 is a medical clinic in Monterrey, Mexico that claims to treat diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG).
Although DIPG is currently regarded as one of the most devastating pediatric cancers, with a survival rate of <1% over five years, the clinic states that their treatment, which can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars,[1] has resulted in some patients no longer having any evidence of disease.
[6] No studies have been conducted on Clinica 0-19's approach to treating DIPG, and the clinic has not provided information on their patients' survival or recurrence rates.
[5] Media coverage of the clinic has highlighted cases of patients who, following treatment by Siller and Garcia, lived longer than was initially expected.
[5][7] Australia's Cure Brain Cancer Foundation (CBCF) sought to visit Clinica 0-19 to research the treatment it provides in March 2018.
[6] CBCF have stated "With regard to the current news reports about Clinica 0-19 in Mexico, it is not possible for us to recommend that clinic’s approach given that Doctors Siller and Garcia have not yet published any data for critical review about their treatments.