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Hitting Cancer With Everything We've Got
BY TOM KLABER


The approach at the Immune Institute is to thoroughly understand how the
biochemistry and genetics of cancer cells differ from normal cells...and
then to exploit those differences from every conceivable angle, without
weakening the patient and the body's innate ability to heal.



This can't be a cancer clinic. There is too much laughter in the lobby, joking
in the offices, a palpable atmosphere of good spirits in the treatment room.
These were our first thoughts when we arrived at the Immune Institute in
Huntington Beach, California, just six months after they opened in November,
1999. We had heard its founder and Medical Director, Darryl See, M.D., speak at
the Fourth Annual Congress of BioEnergetic Medicine in February. His
presentation on "Advanced Nutraceutical Protocols for Immune Enhancement" had
so impressed us that we were eager to visit the clinic and interview him--and
his patients.


The aura of optimism was all the more remarkable because many of the patients
had arrived here from conventional hospitals and medical centers after going
through devastating radiation and chemotherapy, and then being told that
nothing more could be done--that they were now in advanced, Stage 4 cancer,
with only a very limited time left to live. Other patients were being treated
for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Multiple Sclerosis and ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral
Sclerosis--"Lou Gehrig's Disease"). These last two are diseases for which there
supposedly are no cures--and the Immune Institute does not promise cures.



"When you're dealing with late-stage cancers, as we are, you can't promise
anything, and we don't promise anything," says Dr. See. "As a matter of fact,
cancer is not curable. It's something we would like to put into remission and
keep in remission for a lifetime. That's what we shoot for. But we can't
promise that. All we can promise is that we will use the very best science. We
will be as diligent as possible. We will be as compassionate as possible and we
will use the best scientific tools possible to assist our patients. But we've
seen many, many patients that have been given death sentences but who have
survived and gone into remission."



This sentiment is appreciated and embraced by the Immune Institute's patients.
"This is a place of hope," says Kathleen W., an 80-year-old woman diagnosed
with ALS who had arrived at the clinic a month earlier.

"Before I came in, my Natural Killer cell function was 6.5%, and we were told
that with anything below 10%, your body was losing the battle. After the first
week of treatment, I was up to 32%, which was great. After the second week, my
liver panel became normal, and the blood tests showed normality, also. I was
even able to go back to work." --Clifford B.


"They never promise you anything. They just say, 'We do our best'--not that
we're going to live forever. And I appreciate that."

Kathleen was referred to the clinic by a doctor who had a relative successfully
treated at the Immune Institute. As Kathleen described it, "This doctor said,
'This man does not promise anything, but he's doing miracles.' But I still
didn't want to come here, and was only forced to by my family. So that's why I
came, kicking and screaming." Actually, at that time she could do neither: She
was not able to stand up by herself or walk, and could hardly speak or swallow.
After just four weeks of therapy she could again do all those things, and more.

"She had kept a diary for 20 years, but last winter lost the ability to write,"
related her daughter, Carolyn G. (Joked Kathleen, "That's why you didn't get a
check for Christmas.") Carolyn was at the clinic being treated for Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome. "Now she can write again," Carolyn continued, "and that's a
neurological change. I consider it miraculous."



Good spirits from good science
Good spirits are an important part of the healing process, but the positive
atmosphere at the Immune Institute comes from the successful results of the
array of advanced therapies employed there.

Dr. See is a conventionally-trained M.D. with stellar mainstream credentials,
including prestigious academic and non-academic appointments, two dozen grants
and research awards and 30 peer-reviewed journal articles. His co-director is
Ferre Akbarpour, M.D., who is also Medical Director of the Chronic Fatigue
Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Program at the Center for Special Immunology and
the Orange County Medical Institute, both in Irvine, California. The medical
staff also includes Stephanie Mason, M.D., a board-certified surgeon now
completely devoted to complementary medicine; and Ramesh Roshan, M.D., who is
in charge of the Immune Institute's diagnostic and research laboratory.


"What blows my mind is that there aren't more people, more M.D.s out
there, that are aware of simple concepts, such as that sugar feeds cancer. Or
that cancer is not able to grow in oxygen-rich environments. But, hopefully,
word of what they're doing here, and the results that they are getting, will
spread."
--Michael D.

"We base all of our approaches on three constructs," explains Dr. See. "First,
it has to be safe and nontoxic. Second, it has to be proven and validated by
the scientific literature. And third, it has to have its basis in biochemistry,
molecular genetics or cell biology."

Integrative options
The emphasis on eliminating toxicity is one of the major differences between
the Immune Institute and conventional medical centers, and it also helps to
explain the generally buoyant mood of the patients. Said Kathleen. "I was very
concerned that anything that they could use to get rid of toxins and viruses
would also be toxic. But that's a thing they specify here. No toxicity."


The Immune Institute believes that toxins within the body are a major cause of
autoimmune diseases. And when it comes to cancer treatments, the Immune
Institute's extensive understanding of the many ways in which the cellular
mechanisms of cancer cells differ from normal cells gives them many nontoxic
treatment options for alternatives to radiation and chemotherapy.

Says Dr. See, "In addition to their toxic side effects, another problem with
radiation and chemotherapy is that they not only knock out cancer cells, they
knock out other rapidly dividing cells like immune system cells and stem cells.
Stem cells are natural repair cells inside of our body. If those are destroyed,
then the body can't recover from the damage."

That understanding is one of the reasons Clifford B. was drawn to the Immune
Institute. A strapping 54-year-old maintenance trouble-shooter for Pacific
Bell, Clifford had been diagnosed with colon cancer in 1998. Working with his
HMO providers, he had 14 inches of colon removed, and then was put on
chemotherapy.

"When I started chemo, I got so sick, I couldn't eat. I couldn't drink, I
couldn't do anything. I had an uncle that also had colon cancer. He had one
good month after chemo, then the cancer came right back and he died. When I
went to take my chemo for the first time, I sat next to a teacher on her fourth
session. She shared with me that after her second session they had to send her
to the hospital because her body totally went downhill. They nearly killed
every good cell in her body. I was convinced that I did not want chemo. I
thought it would kill me before the cancer did. I thought, 'If I'm going to
die, I'm going to die in peace, not with all these symptoms.' So, I ended up
stopping, and that's how I started going the natural route. I started going on
the Internet and I learned that what I needed was to get my body to a high
point of being able to fight off cancer."

"Their whole point is to
get you well enough so
that you can take care
of yourself, and so you
go home and just send
them a card at Christmas.
They have no desire for
job security and trying
to keep you here."
--Kathleen W."


One of the things that is really healing here is the positivity.
It's not just 'think positive' hype--we can think positively because we learn
how the things that we're doing work on viruses or cancer cells. They have
their own lab and everything is clinically tested and proven to work. We are
not guinea pigs, not at all. They don't patent anything, so they have nothing
to gain from it. They just use the best from everybody." --Her daughter,
Carolyn G.


In certain cases, however, the Immune Institute does recommend that patients
see an oncologist for radiation and, occasionally, for chemotherapy. "It
depends upon the type of tumor," explains Dr. See. "A lot of tumors are not
chemotherapy or radiation sensitive. We know we have other tools, so we don't
usually have to recommend chemotherapy or radiation. But if it happens to be a
radiation sensitive tumor, such as inflammatory breast cancer, we feel that
survival rates are greatly increased with radiation. Brain cancer is another
type of cancer that is very radiation sensitive. We ask that all of our brain
cancer patients get radiation in conjunction with what we do. Again, it varies.

"In colon cancer, we usually recommend using chemotherapy, because most colon
cancers are chemo-sensitive. On the other hand, with pancreatic cancer we
definitely discourage our patients from using radiation or chemotherapy,
because the cancer is not chemotherapy or radiation sensitive."


"Certain types of cancers carry drug resistant plasmids, similar to antibiotic
resistant bacteria. Just as staphylococcus is more antibiotic resistant than
streptococcus, by the same token, pancreatic cancer is more chemotherapy
resistant than colon cancer."


Detoxification
The issue of toxicity goes much deeper than just avoiding the side effects of
drugs and radiation. Toxins within the body are a major contributing cause of
cancer and autoimmune diseases in the first place, and then continue to inhibit
the body's ability to heal itself.
"Detoxification is absolutely crucial," says Dr. See. "I think large-burden
cancer poses as much danger to a patient when the cancer cells are dying as it
does when the cells are growing. When a cancer dies, especially when a lot of
cancer cells die quickly, as with these programs, they release a tremendous
amount of toxins into the bloodstream and into the tissues."
We do lymphatic massage to release toxins produced by cancers so that they can
be released by the body. This also mobilizes the immune system. Many times
cancer clogs up the immune system and disables the ability of the lymphatics to
attack the cancers. We have an excellent massage therapist, who uses direct
anatomical therapy, reflexology and lymphatic massage, all of which help
increase lymphatic function.


"We use coffee enemas, which have been validated by many studies to be an
excellent detox regimen. Coffee contains alkaloids called
methyl-xanthines--caffeine is one--that help to pull toxins out of the
bloodstream, into the gastrointestinal tract and out of the system."



We use DMSA to chelate mercury and heavy metals. We know by studies that all of
us, basically, have too much mercury in our bodies. Mercury is very
carcinogenic. Sometimes we will chelate other heavy metals such as arsenic,
lead or cadmium if they are present. Even if we find that mercury levels are
within normal limits, we still chelate mercury. It can be in fat deposits and
not be present in a 24-hour urine sample or in a blood sample. Across the
board, no matter what their lab results show, we always chelate mercury."

Cancer cells, like other virally infected cells, are susceptible to heat.
That's one reason why people mount a temperature when they get the flu. Here we
employ far infrared hyperthermia as a heat therapy, which aside from being an
excellent detoxifier, possesses the ability to interrupt the blood supply to
tumors and also to damage cancer cells themselves. The National Cancer
Institute recognizes hyperthermia as a viable, integrative approach to cancer.

The infrared rays penetrate to the inside of the body and heat the core
temperature up to 103° F or so. Normal cells have no problem with this
temperature, but it is very detrimental to cancer cells. Cancer cells undergo a
disintegration process, or lysis, at that temperature.


"The other thing hyperthermia does is that it helps to shrink the blood supply
to cancer cells. Cancer cells create their own blood supply, but it is very
tenuous. When you subject the blood vessels surrounding the cancer to heat,
they shrivel up--and the blood supply is cut off to the tumors. That's another
way tumor cells die in the presence of heat."


Boosting the immune system
We asked, how did a dyed-in-the-wool conventional doctor become alternative? It
turns out that in this instance, it was a case of "Physician, heal thyself."
Dr. See relates, "I was a born with a genetic deficiency in my immune system. I
was continually sick as a child. I had pneumonia several times. I had strep
throat, meningitis. I was always sick through high school, through college,
even through medical school. Nobody could find out what was wrong with me. It
was multiple infections, so I knew it was something immune-system related."


"I found that there was really nothing in the medical paradigm that was going
to help to diagnose me or to help to get me to feel better. I started my own
research to find out what was wrong with me. I discovered that my Natural
Killer (NK) cells weren't working correctly. Then I took it upon myself to do
research in NK cells. I published some papers and found natural products that
improved NK cell function. Since that time, about six years ago, I've been
very, very well."


The patients at the Immune Institute have also been doing very well. As the
name of the clinic implies, therapies aimed at optimizing natural immune
functions are a major focus. "As an immunologist, I've tried to put together,
through careful, careful scientific research, the best program possible. The
first goal is to boost NK cell function as much as possible. Studies have shown
that among the various types of lymphocytes, whether they be T-cells or B-cells
or macrophages, NK cells have the best killing activity against tumor cells.
They are best able to identify tumor antigens and to attack tumor cells. And
they do so--most vigorously. Gamma Delta T-cells and macrophages are also
fairly potent. We try to induce macrophage and killer T-cell function, and we
measure that, on a week-to-week basis."


"We use one of the world's most popular anti-cancer agents, a mushroom called
agaricus blazei. We've had experts in agaricus teach us how to make it as a
tea. It is a very, very potent stimulator of NK cell function. We add
magnetically charged water to the agaricus, which adds to its potency. There
are other medicinal mushrooms, like shiitake, maitake, reishi, coriolus and
cordyceps. We use all of those to stimulate NK function."
"We also use lecithin, beta-glucan and olive-leaf extract containing at least
10% oleuropein. Transfer factors also stimulate NK cells to a very high extent.
These are all excellent NK cell boosters."


Since the Immune Institute also treats a number of patents with autoimmune
diseases, we asked if in stimulating the immune system, there wasn't a danger
of aggravating an autoimmune syndrome. Dr. See explained that they are
selective in how they boost the immune system: "A lot of our patients--and
actually most of us, as we age--get some sort of autoimmune profile to our
bodies. We get inflamed and achy joints, inflamed muscles, etc. So, we
carefully target the part of the immune system that's important for
cancers--what's called the cell-mediated immune system--and leave alone the
humoral system that produces antibodies."

"What we try to do is use immune agents that raise NK cell function, but have
no effect on B-cells involved in antibody activity. Auto-antibodies and
auto-reactive T-cell clones can react against normal parts of our tissue. We
don't want to assist the body in fighting one disease, only to then create
another one."

How having "incurable" cancer was a blessing A living testament to the efficacy
of the Immune Institute's approach is one of their first patients, who began
consulting with Dr. See shortly before the clinic opened. Anoush K. is an
attractive 38-year-old woman who looks more like she's 28. Youthful looks are
associated with health, but what makes Anoush remarkable is the fact that she
is alive at all. In September of 1998 she was diagnosed with an extremely rare
form of cancer. It was not only rare--it was 100% fatal. The name of the cancer
itself is frightening: epithelioid hemangioendothelioma. This is a type of
vascular cancer--cancer inside the blood vessels. She had one 12-centimeter
(4.75") and two 2-centimeter tumors on her liver, and metastases throughout her
lungs. Anoush was in extreme pain and experiencing rapid weight loss
(cachexia). Because of the rarity of this type of cancer and the fact that it
wasn't localized, oncologists at Glendale Memorial Hospital, Good Samaritan
Hospital, Cedar Sinai Hospital, the Hope Cancer Center and the medical centers
at UCLA and USC all concurred--there was nothing they could do. She would be
dead within six months. Says Anoush, "For me, that was a green light. That was
the best thing that they could have said to me. I just took that biopsy report,
left the hospital and went directly to church to pray." At her church she met a
woman who, learning of Anoush's situation, told her to wait there, then left
and returned with a box filled with supplements. "God has sent you here today,"
the woman said, "so you could have these immune modulators so your body can be
fixed. Your immune system can be normalized so that your body can fight the
cancer itself." Anoush is intensely spiritual. She took the supplements,
began a careful vegetarian diet, and actually began to feel better--but she
fully
expected to die. Everything she'd read told her that her cancer was incurable.


"I would pray to die, for God to take me up. But He wouldn't. I'd get
frustrated and angry. Because I didn't want to be in the hospital hooked up to
all sorts of things. I just prayed and prayed." Finally, however, she had the
experience that, "It was not my time. I was forced to accept the fact that I
was going to live, because God was not going to take me." The friend from
church later called Anoush and told her she knew of an "incredible
immunologist"
who was going to give a lecture: Dr. Darryl See. This was before Dr. See opened
the
Immune Institute, but he agreed to see Anoush as an outpatient. He had Anoush
follow many of the protocols described in this article, and over time Anoush's
condition stabilized, and then started improving. As of now her tumors have
stopped growing, her liver and blood panels are normal and various cellular
parameters show excellent health. Two years after being given her "death
sentence," she is in remission. Anoush spends a lot of time now talking with
other cancer patients. "I tell them that cancer is an illness, like any other
illness. It is not a death sentence. There are alternatives to what you might
have been told." Says Anoush, "At the Immune Institute we're given dignity.
We're given hope. We're treated as whole human beings, not as cancer
statistics. When Dr. See talks to you, he doesn't talk over lab reports or
x-rays. He listens to what your problems are. A lot of times, there are so many
things going on, besides the chemistry--family problems or how you're coping
with it. I am blessed--God brought me here to bless me. I hope that I can
return the favor by helping other people as well."



Killing Cancer Cells
Aside from detoxifying patients' bodies, and boosting their immune systems,
there is the central problem of reversing the cancer--of stopping
proliferation, shrinking tumors, preventing metastasis and killing the cancer
cells. It is here especially that the Immune Institute is a leader in the
field.


"Our general philosophy is that we look at the molecular genetics of the cancer
cell, which are different from the molecular genetics of a normal cell," Dr.
See explains. "Cancer cells have a tremendous number of biochemical and genetic
defects that give us excellent targets to attack. Using mostly natural
products, we target those abnormalities in as many ways as we possibly can."


The Immune Institute uses over a dozen modalities to rid the body of cancer.
These run the gamut from nutraceuticals that are beneficial for normal cells
but lethal for cancer cells, to herbal formulas to dietary guidelines to
BioResonance therapy. The Immune Institute's approach is to go after the cancer
from every conceivable angle, without weakening the patient and the body's
innate ability to heal.


"We use products from a large number of companies. We just try to find the best
products, no matter what company makes them. We don't make anything to market
ourselves. We have a laboratory here, which makes us somewhat unique. We are
able to evaluate products for immune-boosting and for anti-cancer activity. We
can compare them side by side, from company to company, for quality and also
for their ability to do what they say they can do. We always test things
ourselves for safety and for efficacy before we use them."


A simple example was their determining the efficacy of a BioResonance device
purported to be able to damage cancer cells by exposing patients to
electromagnetic radiation that matches cancer cells' frequencies. BioResonance
is a well-researched and accepted cancer therapy in Germany and elsewhere in
the world, but not in the U.S.

"What we did was take a sample of a type of cancer cells called K562, and put
it in a flask in front of the machine, and place a flask of the same cells away
from the machine but under the same temperature and light conditions," explains
Dr. See. "We put a small amount of a chemotherapy agent in the isolated flask
and measured the respective death rates. The cells that were in front of the
BioResonance device died at three times the rate of the cells given chemo."
This and subsequent experiments convinced the Immune Institute to incorporate
the device into their treatment program.


On pages 58 through 60 we have described and illustrated 12 ways that cancer
cells differ from normal cells, and how the Immune Institute uses nontoxic
strategies to exploit these differences to effectively reverse cancer without
harming the patient.

One of the basic tenets of alternative medicine is to treat the root cause of
the disease, not just the symptoms. For instance, in conventional cancer
treatment, the focus is on shrinking tumors, and success is measured by this
parameter. But few cancer patients die from the invasiveness of tumors: The
tumors are just a symptom of multiple underlying dysfunctions and imbalances.
Another maxim, intimately related to the first, is "treat the patient, not the
disease." This often entails dealing with emotional and spiritual factors that
have nothing to do with things that can be analyzed in a test tube. These
aspects are also addressed at the Immune Institute.

Like many people with cancer, Cliff B. was depressed about his condition when
he first came to the Immune Institute. "I was real depressed. I was down,
spiritually and mentally, without hope. I just thought the end was coming. I'd
seen what cancer had done to so many friends. And I knew that having cancer in
my intestines was serious. When I first came to the clinic, I did see a
counselor. That counselor just got me squared away, the first day. Got my
spirits lifted up. Told me some things I needed to do, things to get rid of in
my life that were stressful. And the importance of getting my family on the
same page--agreeing with what I was doing and seeing the validity of it. It
ended up, I invited my son to the clinic and he was totally impressed. He even
got to see the lab. Also, my wife and daughter came. We really are all for it
now. I'm back to work. I'm doing fine."

Dr. See talks about the process. "We feel that grief, traumas and unresolved
issues buried inside can be very counterproductive to healing from cancer. Any
of our patients who want to can meet with our counselor, Susan Ramsey, a
licensed therapist (MS, MFCC). We don't force them to do it. It's not like
ongoing psychotherapy, it's just dealing with whatever issue that might be
counterproductive to their healing process. We find that our patients will not
infrequently write forgiveness notes to somebody they've been holding a grudge
against. Or they'll have childhood traumas brought to the surface. They can
have a cathartic experience that we believe can be an important part of the
healing process."


Talking with the patients at the Immune Institute, we were struck by how
knowledgeable they were in general about cancer and cancer treatment--how well
they understood how the therapies they were undergoing were supposed to work.
"It's a very nurturing environment," says patient Carolyn G. "So, even though
it's hard, you're able to get your questions answered. There's a lot of
personal attention and the other patients know the regime very well. They
instruct us, so we're very knowledgeable now about diet and supplementation.
It's proactive, so we do things specifically to help ourselves get well, to
help us with our attitudes. All the patients and caregivers help each other as
well. It's a very healing environment, which all contributes greatly to our
being able to get well."


"We do our best to have our patients to be proactive," confirms Dr. See. "We
have them take part in nutrition and other educational classes. We take pains
to explain everything to them so that they know the reasons why they are taking
certain compounds. We believe that this is measurably more helpful than just
having them stick our their arm and say, 'Put something in me, Doctor, and
hopefully I'll get better.' We also have them do biofeedback, where they
visualize the immune cells of the body attacking the cancer cells. We think
that it's much more healing for the body if the body understands what it's been
given. The importance of education and self-empowerment shouldn't be
underestimated."


Finally, besides understanding, there is faith. "We see that out of many, many
variables, one of the most consistent things shared by patients who make it
through a very difficult or very deadly disease, is their will to live. Along
with that is faith, too. We think that faith and belief in a Higher Power,
belief in God, is important to the healing process. There are connections in
there that we just don't understand, that seem to be absolutely crucial. We try
to emphasize laughter. We try to emphasize hope. We try to emphasize
faith--however a patient chooses to direct it. Those things seem to be very,
very healing. It's an intangible that just can't be over-emphasized."
Science, understanding and faith, uniting body, mind and spirit. This is what
true medicine is all about. And it is a major reason why one doesn't have to
talk long to any patient at the Immune Institute without hearing them say,


"There is always hope. Cancer is not a death sentence."

Contact:
The Immune Institute, 18800 Delaware St., Suite 900, Huntington Beach, CA
92648. Tel. 714-596-8822. Information line 888-570-1320. E-mail:
info@.... Website: www.immuneinstitute.com.







The only characteristic of cancer cells that most people are familiar with is
their ability to replicate and proliferate. This gives them an aura of strength
and power: the image of a ruthless horde of invaders against which our
peace-loving bodies are defenseless.
However, the fact of the matter is that cancer cells are our own cells that
have become sick. As such they are weaker in many ways, and these points of
vulnerability can be exploited without doing harm to the rest of the body. Even
cancer cells' reputation for explosive growth is overblown: natural stem cells,
a vital part of our body's repair system, can reproduce at an even faster rate.



Following are a dozen anti-cancer strategies using nontoxic agents to shrink
tumors, inhibit proliferation and kill cancer cells--or return them to
normalcy. It needs to be noted that these constitute only one part of the
Immune Institute's multi-faceted therapy. Their full spectrum of treatment
includes diagnosis and assessment techniques; mobilization of the lymph system;
detoxification protocols; modulation of the immune system; strengthening of the
body; and psychological and spiritual counseling. These are discussed in the
main text of this article. These protocols have been successfully employed by
the Immune Institute and other alternative and integrative cancer clinics to
reverse even end-stage and supposedly incurable cancers.

1 Strategy: Create natural cancer cell poisons (cytotoxins)
agent: Vitamin C, in a glucose IV. The Immune Institute uses a special, very
pure form of ascorbic acid (5,6 semi-benzylated ascorbic acid, or "SBA"). It is
derived from beets (not corn, which is often genetically altered), and produced
with a "left-handed" molecular orientation, while most ascorbic acid is
molecularly "right-handed" (levo isomer vs. dextro isomer). This produces a
benzene "tail" that anchors the SBA in the cell membrane, prolonging its
action. This creates a potent pro-oxidant effect in cancer cells.
mechanism: Normal cells contain the enzyme catalase, necessary to break down
hydrogen peroxide, a toxic metabolic byproduct. Cancer cells are deficient in
catalase. Doses of 50 to 100 grams of SBA are introduced intravenously with
glucose, cancer cells' primary fuel. In a "Trojan horse" strategy, cancer cells
take up the vitamin C along with the glucose. Within the cancer cell the
vitamin C induces the build-up of hydrogen peroxide, which, in the absence of
catalase, increases to lethal levels.

2 Strategy: Kill RNA and DNA viruses
agent: SBA (5,6 semi-benzylated ascorbic acid). While ascorbic acid--vitamin
C--is best known for its antioxidant properties, it is intrinsically involved
in hundreds of essential biological functions. One of the reasons that large
doses of vitamin C are recommended when someone has a cold or flu is that
vitamin C is an effective infection fighter, being able to kill many types of
viruses on contact.
mechanism: Oncogenes are genes which when activated change a cell from a normal
"resting" phase into a dividing phase and inducing a tumor state. Such a change
can be triggered by RNA and DNA viruses that contain "proto-oncogenes" which
become fully oncogenic in an infected cell. SBA is lethal to many of these
viruses and thus helps prevent cells from becoming malignant.

3 Strategy: Expose cancer cells to immune system attack
agent: Digestive Enzymes. Digestive enzymes break down proteins into amino
acids, carbohydrates into sugars, etc. There are two main kinds of digestive
enzymes: pancreatic and plant. Our pancreas secretes some 22 types and the rest
we are supposed to get from the food we eat. But a faulty diet can compromise
the pancreas's functioning, and most food processing (and heating above 118° F
) destroys plant enzymes, so many people are enzyme deficient.
mechanism: Cancer cells in the bloodstream camouflage themselves and go
undetected by our immune system by coating themselves with mucus and fibrin, a
protein involved in coagulation. Fibrin creates tendrils that cancer cells use
to adhere to tissues. Digestive enzymes are administered orally and pass
through the intestines into the bloodstream. When they encounter the
fibrin-coated cells, they dissolve the coating, making the cells recognizable
and vulnerable to attack by Natural Killer cells.

4 Strategy: Induce programmed cell death (apoptosis) with Melatonin
agent:Melatonin. Melatonin is a neurohormone secreted by the pineal gland (and
also produced by some plants, which are the source for melatonin supplements).
Its anti-cancer properties include being a powerful antioxidant and immune
enhancer--and also inducing the re-expression of the p53 gene in cancer cells.
mechanism: When a normal cell is damaged, one of its genes--labeled p53 and
nicknamed the "suicide gene"--is activated, causing that cell to die. In cells
that are "damaged" in such a way as to become cancerous, the p53 gene is
somehow suppressed, and instead of dying the cell starts dividing and
proliferating uncontrollably. Just as normal cells can mutate into cancer
cells, however, cancer cells can return to a normal state, with the p53 gene
reactivated.

5 Strategy: Induce apoptosis with isoflavones
agent: Isoflavones, attached to a nitrogen carrier. Isoflavones are substances
found in soybeans that have several anti-cancer properties. These include
inducing apoptosis in cancer cells, slowing down their DNA synthesis and cell
division, inhibiting angiogenesis and inducing differentiation and a return to
normalcy. As phytoestrogens (plant-based estrogens) they also block the uptake
of unneeded estrogen and thus help prevent or control hormone-sensitive breast
and prostate cancers.
mechanism: Dadzein and genistein, two of the most biologically active
isoflavones, are attached to nitrogen by a chemical bond. The nitrogenated
isoflavones are orally administered and make their way into the bloodstream.
Cancer cells, like many primarily anaerobic cells, use nitrogen for fuel. In a
Trojan horse strategy similar to the one using glucose and SBA described above,
the nitrogen bypasses normal cells but is sucked up by cancer cells, in which
isoflavones stimulate genetic changes, returning cancer cells back into
non-cancerous ones--in which the p53 gene is reactivated and the damaged cell
will expire instead of proliferating.

6 Strategy: Restore immune system to optimal anti-cancer activity
agents: Glutathione (a tripeptide containing three amino acids), Lipoic Acid
(antioxidant), EPA (a combination of essential fatty acids), and thyroid
hormone. These nutrients, ingested as oral supplements, boost the body's
T-Helper Type 1 functioning. Type 1 cells produce gamma interferon and
substances that stimulate Natural Killer cell activity, as opposed to T-Helper
Type 2 cells involved in antibody production.
mechanism: Studies clearly show that cancer cells are vulnerable to attack from
Natural Killer and other types of T-Helper Type 1 white blood cells. The
antibody immune functions produced by T-Helper Type 2 cells are basically
ineffective against cancer. Cancer cells can actually convert T-Helper Type 1
cells into Type 2 cells, rendering them harmless. Boosting the body's Type 1
immune functioning keeps the body's main line of defense strong.

7 Strategy: Induce free radical destruction of cancer cells
agent: Non-denatured Whey Protein Isolate Formula. Milk whey protein is an
excellent protein source for patients on a vegetarian diet. Non-denatured whey
protein isolate formulas are produced according to proprietary processes that
give them significant additional therapeutic values. One of these is the unique
attribute of increasing glutathione in normal cells while decreasing
glutathione in cancer cells. Glutathione possesses powerful detoxification and
antioxidant activities, essential for preventing DNA damage from free radicals.

mechanism: Free radicals are unstable molecules formed from normal metabolic
processes. They contain an unpaired electron that can "steal" an electron from
other molecules, altering the structure and harming a cell's proteins, enzymes
and DNA. Decreasing the amount of glutathione in a cancer cell seriously
compromises its ability to avoid such damage, lowering its energy and its
ability to replicate or even survive.

8 Strategy: Inhibit cancer cell proliferation
agent: Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs ("NSAIDs": Tolectin, Vioxx,
Celebrex) and Statin inhibitors (Mevacor). These NSAIDs are called "cox-2"
inhibitors, and have a greatly reduced chance of stomach side effects compared
to even such over-the-counter NSAIDs such as Motrin. The Immune Institute uses
high doses of coenzyme Q10 (which possesses its own anti-cancer activity) to
counter any ulcerative effects, and prevents any muscle toxicity from Mevacor.
Mevacor is given two weeks on and then one week off, which also prevents
toxicity.
mechanism: Cyclooxygenase is an enzyme present in all cells and used in the
metabolism of fats. Many kinds of cancer cells create an excess of
cyclooxygenase and use it to fuel tumor growth and metastasizing. Denying this
enzyme to cancer cells through the use of NSAIDs interferes with the formation
of the new blood vessels necessary to sustain tumor growth and establish
metastatic colonies. This effect is enhanced when NSAIDs are used in
combination with statin inhibitors.

9 Strategy: Fragment DNA and decrease blood supply (anti-angiogenesis)
agents: Hyperthermia (Heat). Far Infrared radiation is used to increase the
temperature of the entire body (whole body hyperthermia, employing sauna-like
chambers) or to local areas with tumors or metastasized sites (local, or
regional, hyperthermia, using probes or focussed emitting devices). The Immune
Institute raises a patient's core temperature up to 103° F and local areas even
higher.
mechanism: Cancer cells are far more vulnerable to heat than healthy cells.
While a temperature of 103° F or so does not harm normal cells, it damages the
enzymes, the membranes and particularly the DNA of cancer cells. Cancer cells
need their own blood supply to grow into tumors, but their blood vessels are
very fragile; heated to 103° F they shrivel up. With their blood supply cut
off, tumor cells die.

10 Strategy: Induce cell decomposition (lysis)
agent: BioResonance. BioResonance is the use of computerized equipment to emit
electromagnetic energy into patients, matching the vibratory frequencies of
elements within the body in order to amplify healthy biological functioning or
weaken or neutralize toxins or pathogens.
mechanism: All the atoms that make up cells radiate energy, and their aggregate
creates a signature oscillation pattern. The characteristics by which cancer
cells differ from healthy cells give them unique vibratory frequencies.
Radiowaves set to resonate with these frequencies can harm the cancer cells
similar to the way in which a tone set to the proper pitch can shatter glass
without harming other adjacent substances.

11 Strategy: Suppress cancer proliferation
agent: Magnetic Resonance Water (MRW), Vegetarian Diet. Magnetic resonance
water is water that has been given a magnetic charge. This creates hydrogen
microclusters which react with oxygen (O2), creating sodium hydroxide (NaOH),
raising the water's pH (making it more alkaline). The body's normal pH is 7.4.
Drinking enough magnetic resonance water can increase the alkalinity of blood
with a low pH of 7.2 to 7.6. (MRW also has 50% less surface tension than
non-charged water, allowing it to permeate into cells more easily.)
mechanism: Cancer cells thrive in a more acid environment. Their growth curve
is inversely proportional to the alkalinity of the blood and intracellular
fluids. Drinking alkalinizing water and maintaining an alkalinizing diet makes
the body inhospitable for cancer, and is a simple but effective way to suppress
cancer cell proliferation. (A low-sugar vegetarian diet can further increase
the blood's alkalinity, up to 7.8--see #12 below.)


12 Strategy: Starve cancer cells
agent: Low sugar diet. The Immune Institute's low sugar diet doesn't just
include avoiding refined and natural sweeteners, but also high sugar-content
fruits, alcohol and refined carbohydrates such as white flour or even carrot
juice.
mechanism: Normal cells utilize fats and proteins as fuel in addition to
utilizing glucose, but cancer cells thrive almost entirely on glucose (blood
sugar). Adhering to a low-sugar diet not only robs cancer cells of the
nutrition they need, but also prevents sugar's deleterious effects on the body
that encourage cancer growth. These effects include suppressing the immune
system, creating an acidic environment and stimulating prostaglandin E2
production that promotes tumor growth.





Quick Definitions


Angiogenesis is the growth of new blood
vessels. It takes place in some normal processes, such as pregnancy and wound
healing, and also in solid tumors, both benign and malignant. Angiogenesis
facilitates tumor growth by supplying oxygen, nutrients and access to the
body's normal blood circulation, which assists metastasis (see below).


Antioxidants are natural biochemical substances that protect living cells
against
damage from free radicals. Free radicals are unstable molecules formed from
normal metabolic processes. They contain an unpaired electron that can "steal"
an electron from other molecules, altering their structure and thereby harming
a cell's outer membrane, proteins, enzymes and DNA. Antioxidants work against
the process of oxidation by reacting readily with oxygen-breakdown products and
free radicals, neutralizing them before they can damage the body.


Apoptosis is a type of genetically programmed cell disintegration and death,
triggered under certain conditions such as cell damage or the expression of
cancer-causing genes ("oncogenes"--see below). Defects in apoptosis are
believed to play a role in the initiation and proliferation of cancer.


BioResonance is a term used to describe a characteristic of subatomic
particles,
which resonate, or radiate, energy into their surroundings in specific wave
patterns. By matching or manipulating these patterns, BioResonance is used to
amplify, or strengthen, healthy body organs and systems, or to weaken various
pathogens and toxins.


Cell Differentiation is a process by which unspecialized cells mature and
become
specialized to carry out specific tasks. When cells differentiate as they
divide, they acquire the functions of mature cells of the type of tissue they
originated from. A normal liver cell, for example, will not wander from the
liver and will expire if damaged. If it is undifferentiated, however, it can
become malignant and spread (metastasize) and proliferate uncontrollably.


Chelation Therapy refers to a method of binding up (chelating) toxins like
heavy
metals and removing them from the body. The most familiar type of chelation
therapy involves repeated sessions of intravenous administration of chelating
agents such
as EDTA, often used to remove lead and cadmium, and DMPS and DMSA, which are
used to eliminate mercury.


Free Radicals (see Antioxidants)

Lymphocytes are specialized forms of white blood cells, of which there are many
kinds. B-cells are mainly involved in the production of antibodies, and do not
play a major role in fighting cancer. T-cells include killer T-cells that bind
to a specific invader and secrete enzymes to destroy it; helper T-cells that
secrete proteins such as interferon that stimulate other lymphocytes; and
suppressor T-cells that prevent excessive immune reactions by suppressing
antibody activity. See also Natural Killer cells.

Macrophages are a form of white blood cell that can literally swallow invading
organisms and infected or cancerous cells. They secrete enzymes to kill or
damage the swallowed substance, then send bits of the foreign proteins to their
surface, where they can be recognized by T-Helper cells to stimulate increased
immune response.

Metastasis is the spread of bacteria or body cells from one part of the body to
another. The term is usually used in reference to cancer cells establishing a
secondary growth by spreading via the lymphatics or bloodstream from a primary
site.

Natural Killer (NK) Cells are nonspecific, free-ranging lymphocytes that can
recognize and destroy any aberrant or foreign cell on first contact. They are
armed with approximately 100 biochemical poisons and are the body's most potent
immune response for cancer prevention and control. They are capable of
migrating to the site of a cancer and destroying the malignant cells before
they proliferate uncontrollably. They are not able to destroy large tumors, but
can protect against metastasis by destroying blood- and lymph-borne cancer
cells that would
otherwise form the basis of a new growth.


NSAIDs or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, are conventional drugs given to
reduce inflammation, pain and joint stiffness. Many over-the-counter pain
relievers such as aspirin and ibuprofen are NSAIDS, but there are also
prescription NSAIDS such as Naproxen. They typically consist of weak organic
acids that suppress the production of prostaglandins (see below). NSAIDs can
also interfere with chemical reactions that take place in membranes. There are
many side effects associated with NSAIDs, the best known being internal
bleeding.


Oncogenes/Proto-oncogenes Proto-oncogenes are genes that code for growth
factors
to cause cells to divide and grow rapidly, and so they are active in fetal
development. If they become abnormally expressed later in life through gene
mutation, they can be transformed into oncogenes. Oncogenes are believed to
transform normal cells into cancer cells. Some viruses have incorporated human
oncogenes into their own DNA, and these viruses can also cause abnormal
oncogene expression. Approximately 100 oncogenes have been identified.


Prostaglandins are hormone-like fatty acid derivatives present in many body
tissues. They affect inflammatory processes, smooth muscle function and
constriction and dilation of blood vessels, particularly in the lungs and
intestines.


Staging, in cancer terminology, is a relative index that describes the size,
location and amount of containment or metastasis of a malignant growth. Stage
1, the earliest, most curable stage, shows only local tumor involvement. Stage
2 indicates some spreading of cancer to the surrounding tissues and perhaps to
nearby lymph nodes. Stage 3 involves metastasis to distant lymph nodes. Stage
4, the most advanced and least easily cured, means the cancer has spread to
distant organs.


Statin Inhibitors are a type of drug commonly used to lower blood serum
cholesterol. The most common, such as Mevacor (lovastatin) and Zocor
(simvastatin) inhibit a specific enzyme involved in an early step in the
production of cholesterol. Studies have suggested that they decrease cancer
cell proliferation as well.


Transfer Factors are tiny protein molecules, much smaller than antibodies, that
serve as "messengers" for the cell-mediated response of the immune system,
which involves white blood cells (leukocytes and lymphocytes). Researchers have
suggested that transfer factors evolved as a way of compensating for the immune
system's slow antibody (humoral) response to foreign substances.