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- Over the past ten years many of
our clients have requested the Cancer Profile© or CA Profile©. American
Metabolic Laboratories performs these tests in Hollywood, FL. Hopefully,
your results were all negative. If not, you may want to revisit your
report and get a thorough understanding of the meaning of the various
blood tests. If you did not understand them all, you are not alone.
Many scientists and doctors are not familiar with the excellent, super
sensitive tumor marker, PHI, for instance. Also, most professionals
have no knowledge of the use of the HCG test as a broad-spectrum tumor
marker. The name of the game is cancer prevention. Particularly these
two markers do have the ability and sensitivity to detect biochemical
changes leading to malignancy. Is it not wonderful to know, perhaps
as many as even ten years ahead of time, that there may be a diagnosis
somewhere in the horizon? Of course, it is not the possibility of cancer
that is good but the ability to see into the future. Suppose you had
an elevated marker, what should you do? The answer is, not to search
for a problem that may be years away, but rather to change your lifestyle.
Eliminate all known carcinogens from your environment: undesirable foods,
drinks, air, clothes, thoughts, etc. "But doctor, you don't want me
to quit drinking coffee?" The question is what is important to you,
a serious commitment to life or the bad habits you mistakenly learned
and cannot quit? Just as one example, caffeine, in this instance, is
a carcinogen, teratogen, mutogen, cardiac stimulant, gastric stimulant,
and a bone-depleting factor. How many more years may you have, in spite
of the warning signal of elevated markers before a diagnosis is imminent.
How much easier it is to prevent rather than cure cancer. You, as a
potential client of American Metabolic Testing Laboratories, are a health-wise,
educated and self-aware person. You have an arsenal of disease preventing,
life extending tools and weapons. Use these blood tests to your best
advantage to prevent and cure disorders and diseases and live a healthy,
productive, happy, long life.
- The Profile is composed of SEVEN
tests:
- HCG (IRMA)
: (intact HCG) human chorionic gonadotropic hormone, the pregnancy hormone
and "malignancy hormone," according to Dr. Schandl. Normal:
less 1.0
- HCG (IMM)
: (intact, beta, nicked beta and beta core subunits of HCG) human chorionic
gonadotropic hormone, the pregnancy hormone and "malignancy hormone,"
according to Dr. Schandl. Normal: less 1.1
- PHI
: phosphohexoses isomerase enzyme that regulates anaerobic metabolism;
it is a neurokine, the autocrine motility/malignancy factor. Normal:
less 34, Gray Zone 35-40
- CEA
: carcinoembryonic antigen, a broad spectrum cancer antigen
- GGTP : gamma-glutamyl
transpaptidase, a rather sensitive enzyme for monitoring the liver and
bile system, kidneys and heart also. The liver is the chief detoxifying
organ and it is often affected in malignancies. Normal:
M less 35, F less 29
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- TSH
: thyroid stimulating hormone that can detect high or low thyroid activity
(when it is low the thyroid is over active and when it is high the thyroid
is under active). Many cancer patients and those who are developing
cancer are hypothyroid.
Normal: 0.40 - 4.00
- DHEA-S
: dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, the adrenal "anti-stress, pro-immunity,
longevity hormone," according to Dr. Schandl. Most cancer patients and
those, who are developing cancer have low DHEA blood levels.
Normal:
F 35 - 430, M 85 - 560 (see report chart !)
- The first four tests of the Profile are the actual
tumor markers or cancer markers. The other three are peripherally
but
intimately related.
- HCG can be
elevated in an existing cancer, stress that is leading to cancer, or
in a developing cancer in some instances as many as 10-12 years before
an actual tumor could be detected by any method. Normal
levels are ‹1.0, i.e. less than 1.0. GRAY ZONE, i.e. a
less certainty zone may be 1.0-3.0. Results above 3.0 should be more
seriously considered. Remember, a positive or suggestive result does
not necessarily mean an existing cancer but perhaps a developing cancer.
It is known that it may take 10-12 years to develop cancer, so a HCG
elevation may indicate that an individual may be anywhere in this time
range and will have elevated tumor markers without a diagnosed disease.
These are the individuals who eventually may be diagnosed with cancer.
HCG-Urine quantitative test is
also available, however, it is not quite as sensitive as the blood serum.
- PHI can be
elevated in a developing cancer, existing cancer, or in an acute heart,
liver, muscle disease, or acute viral infection. Examples of these acute
conditions are myocardial infarction, hepatitis, aids, and traumatic
muscle injury. If an acute condition can be ruled out, cancer may be
the cause of the elevated result and the 10-12 year cancer developmental
period's time may be ticking. Normal
results are ‹ less than 34.0, however,
in an established malignancy a change even within the normal range could
be significant. PHI elevation is the cellular reson for malignant cancer
spread.
- The above two tests are well accomplished
as tumor markers in the scientific literature, yet, not approved for
that purpose.
- CEA
test was originally developed to monitor colon and rectal cancers.
However, this test as most tumor markers, with perhaps the exception
of the PSA test for the prostate gland, are not organ or site specific.
Normal results
are less 3.0.
- Approximately 40% of the normal population tested
gave "false" positive CA Profile©. According to national statistics
1 out of every 2.5 individuals will develop cancer in America, i.e.
40% of our entire population. May these 40% "false" positives be the
individuals in the process of developing cancer? (Recent
pilot studies indicate about 60%!)
- It must be noted that, even though the CA Profile©
is the best of its kind, giving positive results in 90-93% established
cancer cases, a clinical pathologist does the final diagnosis on tissue/cell
biopsy analysis. The CA Profile© is an excellent adjunct. It is advisable
to perform the CA Profile© once each year. Excellent adjunct tests are
the PSA, CA 125, CA 15.3, CA 19.9, chemistry profile, CBC with differential,
estradiol, progesterone, free-testosterone, and the PTH test to detect
any degree of bone loss, homocysteine and hs-CRP for cardiac health,
cortisol for stress and IGF-1 for growth hormone.
- PSA
test is an excellent marker for benign or malignant prostate problems.
When the results are over 3.0, it is a good practice to also perform
a Free-PSA test to distinguish between benign and malignant states.
In order to rule out malignancy, the Free-PSA should be more than 19.0%
if the total PSA is 3.0-4.0, and greater than 24% if the total PSA is
4.0-10.0.
Normal
result is less than 2.8.
- CA 125
is a somewhat specific marker for ovarian cancer,
- CA 15.3 (27.29)
is a somewhat specific marker for breast cancer, (The above two
tests are only valuable if elevated.), and
- CA 19.9 is
a somewhat specific marker for gastric and pancreatic cancers.
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