Alternative Medicine Issue 37 September, 2000
Hyperthermia (InfraRed) and Electrotherapy
By Harvey Kaltsas, D.O.M.,A.P.
Breast Cancer
In a Klinik St.Georg trial, 36 patients with advanced multi-drug resistant breast cancer were treated with whole-body hyperthermia, chemotherapy, anti-hormone treatment and local region hyperthermia. The positive response rate was 66.4%, of whom 13 patients (36.1%) went into remission. No change was noted in 11 patients (30.5%). [Every woman with breast cancer should use infrared therapy several hours daily, if possible]
In Vitro studies performed by Doctors Douwes and Jurij Bogovic of Klinik St. Georg have documented that cancer cells treated with a group of chemo agents showed an exponential increase in anti-tumor efficiency when combined synergistically with hyperthermia.
Dr. Douwes says that patients who do best are those on a comprehensive biological program, which includes proper diet, nutritional supplementation and exercise. Chemotherapy and hyperthermia are applied if necessary. But do not get the impression that hyperthermia is effective only when used with chemotherapy or radiation: it is also used to potentiate the effects of various nutritional and herbal anti-cancer remedies. [Infrared should make all of our concepts of natural therapies and nutrition work all the better]
One aspect of the clinic that Dr. Douwes says that he is expanding and always improving is the use of herbals and nutritional supplements to target cancers and boost the immune system. Recent research has revealed that plant-based phytochemicals modify the permeability of cellular membranes, thus allowing nutrients to enter and be metabolized within healthy cells, while making cancer cells more pervious to attack from outside. [The protocols used by ND doctors, which we promote, fit this research.] Klinik St. Georg has long used alkylglycerols on all patients for this very purpose. Dr. Douwes uses Ecomer ™ Alkylglycerols exclusively. The clinic also employs many other supplements, including thymus protein, vitamin C, selenium, Coenzyme Q10, mistletoe, high-dose antioxidants and enzymes to enhance immune response.
Dr. Douwes has started using two new lines of products to complement his standard therapies. One is the Natura Herbals™ line of Chinese herbal formulas. These are derived from remedies that have been proven in China to efficacious reportedly in 83% of 400,000 patients. [Spes and PC Spes from BotanicLab along with selected tinctures.] The other is Nutrizyme™ from American Nutriceuticals. This formula combines protein-digesting enzymes with other immune stimulants and can strip the sheaths (made of fibrin polyglucoprotein) from around cancer cells, rendering them more vulnerable to attack. [ This is the same as our Protease product, PureAide; which digests the un-digested protein in the blood first, then digests the protein coating of cancer cells so white blood cells can kill the cancer cells.] It is likely that, used in combination with hyperthermia, several of these products may be able to virtually supplant conventional chemotherapy agents in some cases.
[We believe this statement is absolutely true]
[Comments by Frank Willis added in [ ] and in bold print]
Author: Harvet Kaltsas, D.O.M.,A.P., is President Emeritus of the Florida State Oriental Medical Association and the American Association of Oriental Medicine (AAOM). In 1996, he was selected "Acupuncturist of the Year" by the AAOM. Dr. Kaltsas was recently re-appointed to the Florida Board of Acupuncture.
Contact: Dr. Griedrich Douwes, Klinik St. Georg. Mailing address:
Rosenheimer Sir. 6-8, 83043 Bad Aibling, Germany. Tel: 011-49-8061-
398-412; e-mail: Prantseck@t-online.de; Web: www,klinik-st-georg.de.