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Hyperthermia : A Successful Cancer
Treatment Program
Based on Results Observed at
the Valley Cancer Institute
12099 West Washington
Blvd, Suite 304
Los Angeles, California 90066
A Successful Cancer Treatment
Program
by Dale G. Jones, Ph.D.
Failure of Conventional Medicine: Conventional
medicine does not have any
method for successfully treating cancer. Expensive
chemotherapy drugs are well known to severely
damage the immune system. The majority of
oncologists would never agree to submit
themselves to the ravages of
chemotherapy. Surgery also damages the immune
system, and in many cases can cause
the cancer to spread
rapidly in the body. It is very
common that after surgery, the cancer returns in
another, worse form.
Everyone Has Cancer: Few medical doctors would
be willing to volunteer the information that on
average, every human being with a
healthy immune system is rejecting
about 1000 cancer cells each day.
Whenever the immune system is
weakened, for any number of reasons (such
as emotional stress, high
sugar diet, lack of exercise, exposure
to toxic chemicals, etc.), one of
these cancer cells can escape
undetected and can then grow into
a tumor. A healthy immune system is
therefore the only long term "cure" for cancer.
What If Cancer Starts to
Form? What happens if cancer starts
to get a foothold in an
otherwise healthy body? In this situation, there is
hope for a total cure.
A relatively simple treatment program has
been developed and refined since
1984, and is not only FDA approved, but
also is paid by most health insurance programs. This
program has documented total remission of many
types of early stage cancer in 80% to 9Qo/o
of cases, with continued
cancer-free existence based on 5-year follow-up
evaluations. The method is so gentle that for
early stage cases, there are
no adverse side effects. For more difficult
advanced stage cases, there have also been a
large number of remissions including deep tissue
tumors such as lung, liver, ovarian
as well as colon
cancer.
What is This Treatment Program? The treatment
program is called hyperthermia. It consists of
gentle treatments that continue 5 days per week
typically for l0 to 12 weeks, and
generally about 2 or 3 hours per
day. Normal activity can continue during the
program during the remainder of each day,
since the treatments do not cause any adverse side
effects. Figure 1 on the next
page, describes how the hyperthermia treatment
program works to eliminate cancer cells.
How is Heating the Affected Area Accomplished?
The affected area is heated
either using microwaves or ultrasound waves which are
applied externally over the affected area
of the body. For example, a
microwave oven operates at a
frequency of about 3000 mega hertz and penetrates food to a
depth of about I inch. To
heat human tissue in the affected are4-a
very small microwave generator (about 4x4 inches in size)
is placed over the affected area, and operates at
lower frequencies of about 600 to 900
megahertz, which enables
penetration and heating to a
depth of about 3 or 4 inches. As shown in Figure 2
on the next page, water molecules are
not symmetrical. Therefore, in the presence
of microwaves, water molecules rotate back and
forth very rapidly, causing heat
buildup due to friction from the back and
forth rotation.
Normal tissue, when heated, increases blood
flow to cause cooling. Extra oxygen in the
increased blood flow is also
brought into the affected area"
Cancer tissue has grown too fast, and does
not have normal blood supply,
Cancer cannot get adequate
cooling by increasing the blood flow. The cancer
cells start to die.
However, cancer cells at
the outside edges of the tumor get the
benefit of cooling from adjacent
normal tissue. To kill these cells, low
dose radiation is applied to the affected area.
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| Normal tissue, when heated,
increases blood flow to cause
cooling.
Extra oxygen in the increased blood
flow
is also brought into the affected area
Cancer tissue has grown too fast, and
does not have normal blood supply, Cancer cannot get
adequate cooling by increasing the blood flow. The cancer cells
start to die.
However,
cancer cells at the outside edges of the tumor get the benefit of
cooling from adjacent normal tissue. To kill these cells, low dose
radiation is applied to the affected area. |
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Figure 1: Heating the Affected
Area
Figure 2: Water Molecules Heating By Rotation Caused
by Microwaves
How Much Heating is Required? Cancer cells typically die between 107
F and 111 F, depending on exposure time and other factors. Cancer cells
do not like oxygen, do not like high pH (alkaline)
conditions, but love sugar and low pH (acid conditions). Very
thin thermocouples are taped to the surface of the skin over the
affected area, and are used to monitor the temperature over time which
is induced by the microwave machine. The affected area is typically
heated to between 114 F and 120 F. This degree
of heating is normally not uncomfortable, and if there is any
discomfort, the heating is adjusted downwards.
Why Have Heating Treatments Every Day? Experience has shown that the
positive effects of heating the affected area (including increased
oxygen supply) lasts for about 24 hours. Therefore, the best results
have been obtained when the treatments continue 5 days per week.
What is the Purpose of Low Dose Radiation? Low dose radiation is
provided to the affected area either before or after the heat treatment
and also continues 5 days per week. Radiation dosages typically start
about 180 centiGrays (cGy) per day, and then after a few weeks, the
radiation dosages are gradually reduced as the treatment progresses, and
after 10 or 12 weeks, the radiation dosages are down to about 30 or 50
cGy per day. The total radiation dose after 10 or 12 weeks adds up to
about 5000 or 7000 cGy, but given over a long period of time.
Conventional medicine generally provides much higher levels of radiation
given over a much shorter period of time, which has been found to be
much less effective for successful treatment of cancer. These low dose
radiation treatments serve several purposes:
- to kill the cancer cells that survive
hyperthermia heat treatments because they get the benefit of cooling
from adjacent healthy tissue.
- to kill cancer cells that try to
migrate to adjacent areas, such as adjacent lymph glands.
- to kill cancer cells in areas that
might have been missed by the hyperthermia heat
treatments.
What if the Cancer is Located in Deep Tissue? For cancer located in
deep tissue, another method, called ultrasound, is used. The ultrasound
machine operates at even lower frequencies, about 1 to 3 megahertz, and
penetrates deeper, up to about 4 to 6 inches into the body. The
ultrasound is applied using a water-filled membrane that is placed over
the affected area, but this time, the membrane touches the surface of
the skin-There are several different sizes of ultrasound applicators,
some reaching deeper than others.
Does the Cancer Tumor Shrink? After several weeks, the tumor is seen
to shrink in size and eventually to disappear completely. Patients are
encouraged to drink lots of water to assist in flushing away through the
kidneys any toxins released as the cancer cells die.
How is a Successful Outcome Determined? Complete remission of the
cancer is verified by laboratory testing, using PET scans, CT scans, MRI
scans and blood testing for cancer markers, etc. When these tests
validate that the cancer has been eradicated, the treatments are
completed. Follow-up testing normally continues until the patient
remains cancer free for 5 years following completion of the treatment
program.
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