Rethinking Cancer
Part of Supplement, Book 2
by Ching-Chee Chan, Ph.D.
All Rights Reserved
Egret Publishing Inc. October 1998
(First Revision, December 1999)
The relationship among AIDS, cancer, immune diseases and the
vascular system has been discussed in Chapter 3, Book 2. All these
diseases have one factor in common; that is inflammation and
leakage of blood vessels.
A probable mechanism for cancer may be stated as the following:
A slow infection and overproduction of TNF-alpha lead to
inflammation of blood vessels which leak and then become
thrombosed, resulting in blocked blood vessels. A message is sent to
the central control (it may be the central nervous system) which
then sends a message to the tissue affected to generate new blood
vessels to replace the blocked ones. The newly generated blood
vessels become blocked and the whole process is repeated. All these
extra blood vessels pile up to form a tumour, which grows bigger as
the process is repeated.
The mechanism is consistent with the following observed facts. The
initial change, and predominant feature, of a new lesion of Kaposi's
sarcoma is the proliferation of new capillaries. rws The early skin
lesions are subtle, resemble granulation tissue, and primarily consist
of areas of capillary and small vessel-like proliferation. Areas of
dermal hemorrhage and extravasated erythrocytes can also be seen
throughout the lesion. fegs Kaposi's sarcoma and coexistent
lymphoma or leukemia, and coincident diseases such as diabetes,
emphysema, coronary artery disease have been reported by
Reynolds and co-workers. rws This is also consistent with the
observation based on variation patterns of diseases that many
diseases are related.
Malignant transformation has been briefly discussed in Chapter 3.
A mechanism is to be developed later.
Like AIDS patients, many patients suffering from different types of
cancer die eighteen months after positive diagnosis. Doctors and
patients alike have begun to suspect some treatments causing deaths.
Dr.Guylaine Lanctot expresses strong views about the present
medical practice in her book, entitled "THE MEDICAL MAFIA."gl
Judy Foreman reported, in the Globe and Mail, cancer patients
refused treatment, one of the patients, a pediatrician and associate
dean for student affairs at Harvard Medical School. Some patients
believed the treatments would kill them because they had seen their
relatives die of cancer after treatments.jf Cancer and AIDS are
related and have a lot in common such as inflammation of the
vascular system. This is most likely related to something like ENL or
it is actually ENL. It takes six months of aggressive treatment to
cause a defective immune system to become overreacting. It takes
about twelve months for the overreacting immune system to kill the
patient. Assuming aggressive treatment commenced immediately
after positive diagnosis, it is exactly eighteen months. Some reports
indicate that thalidomide can control tumour growth because it can
control the growth of new blood vessels. More likely it is its ability
to control overproduction of TNF-alpha, hence inflammation,
growth of new blood vessels . . . etc. Thalidomide is the current
drug used to calm down an overreacting immune system like ENL.
Cancer experts do not pretend to know the cause. That is a plus. But
patients die in a similar way: overreacting immune system activated
by aggressive treatments kills patients in about twelve months.
Cancer is not as politicized as HIV/AIDS. That is also a plus. If a
tumour is detected, check for the bacterium suspected of causing
malignant transformation (see Chapters 2 & 3; Book 2) by means of
PCR. If the test result is positive, knock out the bacterium by the
standard drug combination. Hopefully this will prevent malignant
transformation.
References
rws. Reynolds WA, Winkelmann RK and Soule EH. Kaposi's
sacoma: a clinicopathologic study with particular reference to its
relationship to the reticuloendothelial system. Medicine (Copyright,
1965 by the Williams & Wilkins Co.) 1965; 44(5): 419-443.
fegs. Finkbeiner WE, Egbert BM, Groundwater JR and Sagebiel
RW. Kaposi's sarcoma in young homosexual men. Arch Pathol Lab
Med June 1982; 106: 261-264.
Jf. Foreman J. When a cancer patient refuses treatment. The Globe
and Mail 1998 February 14: D5(col 5).
gl. Lanctot D. The medical mafia. Morgan & Coaticook: Here's The
Key Inc. 1995.