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 cancerreturns 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 immunesystem is weakened, for any number of reasons (such as emotional stress, high sugar diet, lack of exercise, exposureto 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 since1984, 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 sideeffects. 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 cancontinue during the program during the remainder of each day, since the treatments do not cause any adverse sideeffects. Figure 1 on the next page, describes how the hyperthermia treatment program works to eliminate cancercells.

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 4×4 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.

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:

1.                  to kill the cancer cells that survive hyperthermia heat treatments because they get the benefit of cooling from adjacent healthy tissue.

2.                  to kill cancer cells that try to migrate to adjacent areas, such as adjacent lymph glands.

3.                  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.  Followup testing normally continues until the patient remains cancer free for 5 years following completion of the treatment program.