A Common Cause for all Cancer?
I manage the cancer treatment program here at Caring Medical, and I can tell you that cancer is a difficult enemy. There is no place at all for bravado, or an arrogant attitude about “conquering” it. This is one tipoff for scams: the attitude that “this is it”, this explains everything, and opens up THE cure. In reality because of our eclectic and balanced philosophy, we at caring Medical have experience with most every natural and traditional treatment for cancer, and we know there is no magic bullet.
Periodically the news media, fuelled by astute PR departments in pharmaceutical companies and the need for news, will announce the latest miracle drug for cancer. Invariably the excitement quickly fizzles out when clinical cures don’t materialize, or “unexpected” toxicities show up.
This week I wanted to discuss something that is common to all cancers, and that is their anerobic (non oxygen based glucose to lactic acid and pyruvate) metabolism. This inefficient glucose based chemistry means the cell is producing only two ATP molecules (the energy source for cellular functions)per glucose molecule rather than the 36 obtained as a result of aerobic or oxygen based metabolism. This helps explain the cancer cell’s voracious appetite for glucose, and the fact that it functions at a more primitive level than normal cells because it doesn’t have enough ATP to operate higher cellular and organizational functions, including the controls on cell division. Another consequence of this metabolism is less production of carbon dioxide, which translates into less stimulus to the release of oxygen bound to hemoglobin in that tissue location. The cell becomes anerobic as a result of genetic damage that may be mediated by various causative factors, but we do not need to reverse the genetic damage in order to revert the cell back to aerobic metabolism. If we could do that consistently, cancer cells would die off like normal cells do, and the tumor would first arrest and then reverse in size, even to the point of complete elimination.
So now you want to know, what can we do to change the metabolism of cancer cells back to aerobic? If you are very astute, you are also probably wondering if there are some things you could be doing to prevent cancer from forming in the first place. In fact, there are ways of doing both. Literature study will reveal that the nutrients which support aerobic metabolism have also all been found to be useful in the treatment or prevention of cancer! There are 2 methods that can be tried, and should be tried together.
First, provide substances that support aerobic metabolism and provide a supplemental oxygen transport system that does not depend on hemoglobin. Examples of such important oxygenation enhancing substances are AMP, DMSO, Vitamin C, alpha lipoic acid, CoQ10, B12, and folic acid. In cancer treatment programs we also use intravenous ozone and ultraviolet irradiation of the blood, as well as DMSO. All 3 of these will enhance blood oxygen carrying ability. DMSO in equilibrium with MSM does revert cancer cells to normal cells in vitro. Second, compensate for the low CO2 levels with IP6 (inositol hexaphosphate), which facilitates the release of oxygen from hemoglobin. In terms of prevention, exercise is probably one of the most important things you can do to prevent cancer from starting. It promotes aerobic metabolism while it increases circulation. It is important in cancer treatment as well. Keeping your metabolism aerobic is worth the effort, and it pays handsome dividends in improved quality of life as well. This anerobic theory of cancer causation and treatment is very appealing. It makes sense. But we are still working on how to implement a comprehensive battle plan that makes those theoretically possible results a reality. Cancer does not just roll over and play dead, but I think we are making progress in understanding it.
Bottom line advice? Let us help you identify any metabolic, toxic, or hormonal factors that may predispose you to cancer. We test blood pH, hormone levels, glucose tolerance, and the products of anerobic metabolism (lactate and pyruvate)…ie cancer physiology testing. Exercise regularly and intensely. Manage stress. Don’t eat sugar, and control your intake of carbohydrates. Eat lots of vegetables, but take it easy on fruit. Take antioxidants and other supplements directed at maintaining an aerobic cellular metabolism.
Two Interesting Prolotherapy Cases this week:
A 69 y/o man was advised to discontinue Prolotherapy after his CT scan result became available. It showed that he had a complete tear of one of the rotator cuff muscles in his right shoulder, which occurred as a result of his tennis playing. I had treated him once based on his history alone, during which the patient was not able to make clear the extent of the injury. The patient had already been treated 6 times previously by a prolotherapist in Florida who had seen the existing CT scan report and who used a technique of Prolotherapy which involved a minimal number of injections specifically targeting the area of injury. What I want to point out here is that not all prolotherapists are created equal. The prior therapist knew the patient had a complete tear, but proceeded to treat him anyway. The patient reported that he received no benefit whatsoever from those 6 treatments. Prolotherapy is a wonderfully effective treatment, but it cannot mend a completely torn tendon. There is no tendon attachment left for prolo to strengthen. Caring Medical is the most experienced Prolotherapy clinic in the world, and your evaluation here will be thorough and unbiased. If we think you will respond to Prolotherapy, we will advise you of that. But we will never treat anyone who is not an appropriate candidate just to stay busy.
Number 2
A 44 y/o woman returned for her 3rd neck Prolotherapy treatment. She had been quite uncertain about whether “prolo” could help her because she had suffered multiple disk protrusions in her neck as a result of an accident. She was in severe and acute pain when I saw her. We determined that it would be best for her to proceed with a planned epidural procedure for pain management at that time because prolo takes a while before it works, and she also received her first treatment that day. She was somewhat better at the second appointment, but said the epidural had really not helped at all. When I saw her earlier this week, she summarized it all by saying “It’s a miracle." She had significant decrease in her pain and increase in her range of motion after only two prolo treatments, and she was most delighted because she was able to take her daughter to the park. We must always remember that Prolotherapy is an extremely powerful therapy for pain. It is sometimes difficult to convince people that multiple shots could be good for them, but if they are in pain and the shots are Prolotherapy, they really are! Many of our successfully treated patients run into this resistance when they tell others their story. On the other hand sometimes people are receptive. For example one of my patients was talking to a man on her way to the office on the El train. He was amazed at her story, and since he was getting off at the same stop as she was, he walked over to the office with her and came up to get some information! I often tell people that 8 out of 10 people you pass on the street in daily life probably have some pain that could be eradicated by Prolotherapy. The problem is getting them to think “outside of the box”.
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