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When a cancer diagnosis is given to a patient, almost immediately, overwhelming fear begins to drive that individual to look for all treatment options. Often this includes alternative and integrative treatment approaches. This article is by no means meant to replace conventional treatments of chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation treatment. It is suggested that every treatment that holds promise be considered, whether deemed conventional or not, as long as it is in the best interest of the patient. In the end examining all possible treatment protocols holds the best outcome expectations. Ideally, this combination will include a blend of conventional and scientifically based integrative modalities to achieve the best possible health outcomes.
Cancer is the number 2 killer in the United States. And unfortunately our lifestyle increases our risk of contracting cancer significantly. Yes, in many instances cancer is brought on by our poor choices either directly or indirectly. Regardless of the type of conventional treatment that you choose the following items should also be seriously considered in your overall protocol. First, most cancers are accompanied by significant amount of inflammation. Conventional treatments such as surgery, radiation, chemotherapy leave residual tumor cells that will give off an SOS to the surrounding tissue. This cry for help is in the form of chemicals which are inflammatory signals. Therefore by interfering with these chemical signals, the inflammation is reduced and simultaneously the communication between the initiating cell known as the embryonic cancer stem cell and the tumor itself are reduced, this alone can decrease metastasis or cancer spread.
The active inflammation that is occurring with cancer patients produces a significant amount of reactive oxygen species, often known as free radicals. These substances also cause death of tissue; therefore their reduction is imperative in any treatment protocol. Proper timing of antioxidants in the treatment will help to also reduce inflammation and tissue destruction.
I it is known that up to 40% of the deaths associated with the cancer is related to poor nutritional status. So the involvement of a trained physician that can offer proper intravenous and oral nutrition supplementation is necessary.
Age and many disease conditions including cancer increase the viscosity or thickness of the blood. Several problems occur as the blood thickness increases, including difficulty with movement of nutrients, drugs, and oxygen. But also increased viscosity leads to increased blood clot risk. Therefore, programs to reduce stickiness of the blood can help prevent unfortunate outcomes. Many natural substances can perform this duty quite effectively. These include little known substances especially those derived from the third most used soybean called Natto. Substance is derived from this type of soy bean have fibrinolytic activity meaning that when clots begin to form in the human body these enzymatic substances can stop the blood clot formation. Other more well-known substances such as resveratrol, magnesium and essential fatty acids also participate in the clotting cascade.
There are three other specific areas of potential help which include using substances to disrupt the cancers reproductive cycle, stop the crosstalk between the cancer embryonic stem cell, and decrease the microbial population that may be either causing the disease itself or participating in the patient’s overall poor health.
In this article we will discuss the microbial involvement in cancer propagation. Did you know that there are 10 times more microbial cells in the human body then there are human cells? These microbial cells are neither good nor bad. It depends upon how many, location, and involvement with other bacteria to determine whether they pose any risk to our health.
A perfect example would be the simple bacteria E. coli which is a normal inhabitant of the lower gut and participates in the health of our immune system. However if it gets into the urinary tract system it becomes pathogen as it can cause urinary tract infection. Certain microbes are related to the induction cancer. Microbes can become part of the pathology of the immune system. Chemotherapy or radiation changes the microbe population often causing overgrowth of virulent organisms. Also, antigens of the bacteria meaning substances the bacteria give off that are toxic cause tissue destruction. In any case microorganisms must be considered to preserve the overall health of the cancer patient. More than 20% of the deaths of a cancer patient are due to microbial invasion.
For example, Helicobacter pylori is responsible for many gastric cancers, hepatitis B is responsible for 85% liver cancers and one of the bacteria responsible for acne as a teenager is found in 1/3 of prostate cancers. The way microbes induce cancer changes in tissue is because they are irritating causing chronic inflammation and potential cancer growth. It makes sense that the eradication of the known bacteria is a part of the best treatment. There are many foods, herbs, intravenous and oral substances which can naturally reduce irritating and pathologic populations of microbes. For example curcumin can inhibit the growth of H. Pylori prior to doing its dastardly deed. Green onions have been suggested to inhibit colon cancer. And use of a silver hydrosol in areas of bacterial or other microbe overgrowth can reduce unwanted populations of potential pathogens. Regardless, microbes use the significant amounts of sugar for their growth and reduction of carbohydrate/sugar intake is extremely helpful. An over abundance of sugar intake will result in the little known Crabtree effect. As a result, little or no energy is made. Eventually, this process leads to the well known Warburg effect whereby a cancer cell undergoes to reproduce itself. The outcome is cancer propagation and the inability of our immune system to destroy its growth. Future articles will discuss different integrative approaches to cancer therapy that have helped thousands of patients worldwide.
Dr. Mitchell Ghen
The Doctor’s Doctor
Consultant to Physicians Worldwide
561. 508. 3095
