Defeat Cancer (24 page)

Many people don’t realize that diseases which are considered to be incurable in one country are often successfully treated in another using different treatments. For example, Chinese doctors successfully treat viral meningitis with intravenous garlic extract. German, Russian, and Cuban doctors use intravenous ozone to kill viruses of all types. In England, homeopathic medicine is used in lieu of vaccinations, and is also used to treat psychological disorders. In Asia, acupuncture is sometimes used as the sole anesthetic during surgery. Having a global medical perspective is critical for those who hope to recover from cancer and many other diseases. We adhere to that global perspective when treating our patients at Hope.

Hope has no allegiance to any drug company, machine, or latest gadget. We keep an open mind—but also maintain a scientific filter—to find the best possible treatments for our patients. We listen to them with a trained scientific ear, and in doing so, are able
to discern exactly what they need. Statements like, “My headache started right after I got some dental work done,” or “Ever since I started on that high blood pressure medicine, I just can’t sleep,” provide us with key insights that we pay attention to and use to determine the root of their problems.

Our core values at Hope Wellness Center include: listening to our patients, diligently searching for the latest research on all ailments, and earnestly seeking to find a cure for every patient.

Cancer is caused by many things, including viruses, bacteria, fungi, mycoplasmas, heavy metals, genetically engineered foods, transfatty acids, estrogen-mimicking compounds, and electromagnetic fields, as well as other environmental toxins and factors. All of these cause inflammation in the body, which leads to excessive cell turnover and a lack of blood flow to cells, which then results in hypoxia and cells that are starving for oxygen (or gasping for breath!).

When cells don’t receive enough oxygen, they must revert to a different type of energy production called anaerobic glycolysis. This system is very inefficient because it requires 40 times more glucose than normal aerobic metabolism. It also produces large amounts of lactic acid waste. When in a low-oxygen state, cells also produce signaling proteins called hypoxia inducing factors, which signal the brain to create more blood vessels in the area, in order to increase oxygen and meet the cells’ elevated need for glucose. The creation of new blood vessels from pre-existing blood vessels is known as angiogenesis. Inflammation leads to cell hypoxia and angiogenesis, which ultimately leads to uncontrolled cell growth and cancer.

For example, 90 percent of people who develop primary liver cancer are those who also suffer, or who have previously suffered, from Hepatitis A, B, or C—diseases which cause chronic inflammation,
and consequently, set the stage for liver cancer. Similarly, people who have smoked for many years develop chronic inflammation of the lungs, which leads to lung cancer. Men that have benign prostatic hypertrophy (prostate enlargement) and frequent urination (due mostly to infections and hormonal imbalances) have chronic inflammation of the prostate, which can lead to prostate cancer. Fibrocystic breast disease causes chronic inflammation of the breast tissue, and so leads to breast cancer.

There’s an old saying, “Find the cause and the cure will be forthcoming.” Inflammation is the cause of cancer, and is triggered by one or more of the aforementioned factors: viruses, bacteria, fungus, mycoplasma, heavy metals, genetically engineered foods, trans-fatty acids, estrogen-mimicking compounds, and electromagnetic fields.

These factors then cause alterations in the genes that are responsible for cell cycle regulation. The gene alterations are then what perpetuate cancer, rather than the initial triggering factors. Once the genes have mutated, they must be normalized if the cancer is to be stopped.

When patients come to see us, the first thing that we do is take a blood sample and send it to one of four different labs. The labs look for circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the blood. If CTCs are found, they are then tested for genetic alterations, and exposed to various anti-cancer compounds, both conventional and natural, to determine the compounds to which they are most sensitive. We use this information to tailor our treatments to the individual patient. It’s essential for us to know in advance what treatments will and won’t work for our patients. If cancer cells don’t succumb to a treatment agent in a test tube, it’s not likely that they will succumb to that agent when it’s given to the patient, either. And there’s no use in beating up a patient’s immune system with unnecessary medications, unless they have a reasonable chance of working. The labs test the cancer cell’s reaction to many compounds, such as: Ukrain,
Iscador, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, peroxides, ozone, Selectox (which is our proprietary cytotoxic agent; a botanical extract that’s selectively cytotoxic (lethal) to cancer cells); IR2 (another proprietary formula), as well as dozens of others.

After we receive information from the lab on the genetic makeup of the patient’s cancer and to which compounds it will be susceptible, we prescribe the patient a regimen involving these compounds, which we may administer orally, intravenously, or in an Insulin Potentiation Therapy (IPT) format. We then add other appropriate botanicals, precious metals, trace elements, minerals, stem cells, and patient-specific vaccines to the treatment regimen, which help to repair the patient’s aberrant genes and normalize his or her immune system function.

The vaccines that we administer are made from circulating tumor cells, tumor tissue, blood, urine, saliva, stem cells, cytokines (inflammatory messengers), immune-modulating botanicals such as Beta 1,3D glucans, and so forth. Extensive research has proven that botanical substances such as resveratrol, quercetin, licorice root, ashwagandha, and isoflavones can repair genetic material, so we use these, too.

Methyl donor substances such as folic acid, methylcobalamin (Vitamin B-12), S-Adenosyl-methionine (SAM-e), and Vitamin B-6 are essential endogenous molecules that the body uses to repair genetic damage, so they are also part of our regimens. (A methyl donor is a substance that can transfer a methyl group, which is a carbon atom attached to three hydrogen atoms (CH3), to another substance). Many important biochemical processes rely on methylation, including lipid and DNA metabolism. Scientists suspect that adequate DNA methylation can prevent the expression of cancer genes. Some of the above methyl donor substances can also act as receptor agonists or antagonists (hydrogen or electron donors), which ultimately means they have an anti-oxidant effect upon the body. They can also alter DNA or RNA transcription, and thereby positively impact gene expression.

Most cancers, regardless of their site of origin in the body, overexpress estrogen receptors. That means that either they have an excessive amount of estrogen receptors on the surface of their cell membranes, or their ratio of active to inactive receptors is too high. Whenever there are too many receptors, the end result is that the cell divides and reproduces more rapidly. Estrogen is a major growth factor which contributes to the proliferation of cancer.

Xenoestrogens (which are man-made, synthetic estrogens) mimic the activity of the body’s estrogen and are found in pesticides, herbicides, and industrial solvents. Xenoestrogens drive the overexpression of what is called the “alpha” estrogen receptor on cancer cells. There is another estrogen receptor, called the “beta” receptor, but many scientists consider this receptor to have been misnamed. They believe that it should be called the “anti-estrogen receptor” because whenever it’s filled by the body’s natural hormone “2 Methoxyestradiol,” for which it was designed, it actually antagonizes the alpha estrogen receptor and prevents it from being overstimulated. This, in turn, prevents cancer cell division and reproduction. In Europe, doctors use this hormonal metabolite to treat patients with hormone-sensitive cancers. We do urine tests on our patients to make sure they are producing adequate 2-Methoxyestradiol, and if not, we treat them appropriately.

Other natural compounds also bind to the beta estrogen receptor on cancer cells and prevent over-stimulation of the alpha receptor. These include fermented soy beverages such as Haelan 951, which contain many isoflavones. It’s important to note that soy beans alone don’t have the active chemicals necessary for binding to the beta receptor; they must be fermented by specific fungi and bacteria to produce the proper byproduct.

In any case, we find it essential to give our patients beta-receptor agonists in order to counter the negative effects of xenoestrogens
and other alpha receptor stimulators. The more that estrogen alpha receptors get stimulated, either by endogenous factors (the body’s internal processes) or environmental xenoestrogens, the more beta receptor agonists must be made available to stop the cellular proliferation which results. This is a very important aspect of cancer treatment that’s unfortunately missed by most oncologists. Also, we always add iodine supplementation and Di-indole Methane (a phytonutrient which controls estrogen levels) to our patients’ diets because these cause estrogen to be metabolized into anti-cancer pathways (2 Methoxyestradiol) in the body rather than pro-cancer pathways.

Every patient’s internal terrain is uniquely altered by cancer, so we must evaluate and treat each of our patients on an individualized basis. We don’t apply the same protocol to everyone, although we have found that whether our patients have cancer, cardiovascular, autoimmune, or other types of diseases, all of them are depleted in electrolytes at an intracellular level. So we give everybody treatments to replenish their intracellular electrolytes, which in turn restores proper cellular function.

As a society, we experience electrolyte depletion because we are all forced to consume foods that are devoid of potassium and magnesium, and overloaded with sodium. This eventually leads to intracellular depletion of potassium and magnesium. When in this state, the cell’s voltage-gated sodium channels cease to function properly. This causes potassium to leak out of the cell and the cell to fill up with sodium and excess water, which then causes edema (or swelling), which cripples the cell and prevents it from functioning normally. The result is a low energy state in the body and the collapse of cell membrane potentials. (Cell membrane potentials are synonymous with electric charge, and refer to the difference in voltage, or electrical potential difference, between the interior and exterior of a cell). This is important because without an adequate
electrical charge, the cell can’t open and close to let oxygen and nutrients in, and waste or toxins out.

We have spent years at our clinic perfecting the art of repairing this common problem, and have created a system called “Hyper Cellular Respiration Therapy” to solve it. This involves using IPT to open the cell’s glucose channels to allow glucose, electrolytes, vitamins, co-factors, and enzymes to enter into its intracellular compartments. We do this, along with pulsed magnetic coil therapy, which assists with restoring the cell membrane’s electrical charge. We find that we are able to consistently accomplish this in our patients, with just four to six weeks of therapy.

We use just about every tool in the holistic toolbox to help our patients. While they stay at our clinic, we give them fresh green juices daily, put them on detoxification regimens, and provide them with pastoral counseling. Most patients receive three to four separate IV bags daily, which may contain anything from nutrients to botanical extracts such as Ukrain, Iscador, and Selectox, to various reactive oxygen species (chemically reactive molecules that contain oxygen and which are used to oxidize pathogens and toxins), antiviral, and anti-fungal substances. It’s important for us to treat viral, fungal, and other infections in our cancer patients because such infections can suppress the immune system and lower patients’ energy levels. And patients need lots of energy to beat cancer!

We also make specific, individualized vaccines to relieve patients of their allergies, which in turn helps to restore their immune function so that they can better fight their cancers. Chronic allergies are a major cause of Th-2 dominant, or inflammatory, immune system responses. When patients are Th-2 dominant, their cytotoxic T-cells, natural killer cells, and macrophages, which are all important for fighting cancer, don’t work like they should. Even normal programmed cell death (apoptosis) is suspended.

Additionally, we administer substances such as glycoproteins, to increase macrophage and T-cell activity, and enhance cellular communications. These are essential for proper communication
among natural killer cells, cytotoxic T-cells, and macrophages. They are integrated into the cell membranes of immune system cells and help those cells to recognize cancer.

Fungal or yeast cell membrane extracts such as Beta 1,3D glucans, when injected or ingested, also stimulate the immune system so that it can better fight cancer.

Often, fungal infections are misdiagnosed as cancer. Cancer and fungi look very much alike when growing in human tissue. A spore on a piece of wet wood in a forest becomes a mushroom overnight, with structure and mass that take up space and use glucose. If we were to grow a mushroom in the breast, figuratively speaking, it would look just like a cancer. Also, fungus and yeast grow very quickly, much like cancer cells—although their growth is even faster than cancer cells. Furthermore, the toxins that yeast and fungi produce can actually trigger the development of cancer.

We have discussed the possibility of fungal infection misdiagnosis with pathologists, and how it’s possible to mistake a fungal mass for a cancer mass. A retired pathologist once told me that pathologists are aware that fungi are often present in tumors, but they have been trained to think that the fungi are present because the immune system has been suppressed by cancer, when in reality the fungal infections may be the cause of the cancer. All kinds of infections flourish in people with compromised immune systems, but pathologists tend to believe that when people have cancer, their fungal infections “are just along for the ride”—that is, if they have even considered a correlation at all! They aren’t taught that fungal infections might be the cause, rather than the effect, of cancer. But the truth is, pathologists generally only find what they are looking for. For example, if they stain a tumor tissue block with Hematoxylin/Eosin (H&E), a testing stain that has a high affinity for cancer cells, they will only see cancer cells. On the other hand, if they stain
it with Gomori Methenamine Silver, they will only see fungus in the sample. Hence, it’s easy to miss the many fungi that could be present in a sample and see only instead the few cancer cells (comparatively speaking) that are there. Fungal infections are not always found together with cancer, but in a statistically relevant percentage of people, they are. Further complicating this issue is the fact that fungal infections create an environment in the body that’s favorable to cancer development.