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What are the primary features of the negative cycle?

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Vomiting, hyperreflexia, swelling of the tumors, etc…

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What is hemolysis?

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3
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What is the CA-125?

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CA-125 is the most frequently used biomarker for ovarian cancer detection.[15] Around 90% of women with advanced ovarian cancer have elevated levels of CA-125 in their blood serum, making CA-125 a useful tool for detecting ovarian cancer after the onset of symptoms.

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What should the CA-125 # be?

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35 or under. Ovaries delivering mail.

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What are adhesion proteins?

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Cell adhesion is the binding of a cell to a surface, extracellular matrix or another cell using cell adhesion molecules

Cancer metastasis tumors that spread through the circulatory system use mechanisms of cell adhesion to establish new tumors in the body. Release of epoxyeicosatrienoic acid is believed to increase this propensity.[2]

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T/F - Nausea without vomiting is better than with vomitting.

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False. Vomitting perhaps indicates an expulsion of toxins (I think).

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Why is it easier to cope with the herxheimer reactions than from the negative effects of chemo-therapy?

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Because, herheimer reactions from the protocol happen BECAUSE OF the toxins from the cancer ITSELF, whereas the negative reactions from the chemo come from the chemo. So, any pain you experience in the herxheimer reactions is… “productive” pain - withdrawals from the bacteria’s chemistry that you’ve become accustomed to.

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Define Cytotoxic.

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Cytotoxicity is the quality of being toxic to cells

9
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The best way Dr. Smith can describe an intense negative cycle is…

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a withdrawal from heroine.

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What is a monocyte?

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Monocytes are a type of white blood cell and are part of the innate immune system of vertebrates including all mammals (including humans), birds, reptiles, and fish. Monocytes play multiple roles in immune function. Such roles include: (1) replenish resident macrophages and dendritic cells under normal states, and (2) in response to inflammation signals, monocytes can move quickly (approx. 8-12 hours) to sites of infection in the tissues and divide/differentiate into macrophages and dendritic cells to elicit an immune response. Half of them are stored in the spleen.[1] Monocytes are usually identified in stained smears by their large kidney shaped or notched nucleus.

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What are dendritic cells?

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Dendritic cells (DCs) are immune cells forming part of the mammalian immune system. Their main function is to process antigen material and present it on the surface to other cells of the immune system. That is, dendritic cells function as antigen-presenting cells. They act as messengers between the innate and adaptive immunity.

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What are macrophages?

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Macrophages (Greek: big eaters, from makros “large” + phagein “eat”; abbr. MΦ) are cells produced by the differentiation of monocytes in tissues. Human macrophages are about 21 micrometres (0.00083 in) in diameter.[1] Monocytes and macrophages are phagocytes. Macrophages function in both non-specific defense (innate immunity) as well as help initiate specific defense mechanisms (adaptive immunity) of vertebrate animals. Their role is to phagocytose (engulf and then digest) cellular debris and pathogens, either as stationary or as mobile cells. They also stimulate lymphocytes and other immune cells to respond to pathogens. They are specialized phagocytic cells that attack foreign substances, infectious microbes and cancer cells through destruction and ingestion. Macrophages can be identified by specific expression of a number of proteins including CD14, CD40, CD11b, F4/80 (mice)/EMR1 (human), lysozyme M, MAC-1/MAC-3 and CD68 by flow cytometry or immunohistochemical staining.[2] They move by action of amoeboid movement.

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What is amoeboid movement? Which phagocyte moves by this method?

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Macrophages.

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T/F - One of the reasons they stay away from protein in the BX diet is because as the cancer breaks down it releases protein into the bodily environment.

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True. You need what protease enzymes you have to be employed in breaking down the material from the cancer. If you are eating a lot of protein, it will impaire the body’s ability to break down the debris from the cancer.

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List the mucous secretions the body undergoes to eliminate the waste from the breakdown of cancer.

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Sweat (Characterized by chills and sweats)

Frequent urination (another reason to stay properly hydrated)

Diarrhea

Vomitting

These are the main methods of waste removel for internal tumors. External tumors can just fall off onto the floor =)

17
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How does Dewayne describe our use of the LDH number?

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It is the diagnostic indicator of hemolysis or the breakdown of the tumor.

18
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What does a flare in the LDH number indicate? Should people be concerned?

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The adhesion proteins of the tumor are breaking down. Concern should be present unless the BX antitoxin was administered. If that is the case, it is a good sign, as it indicates the adhesion proteins holding the cancer together are breaking down.

Imagine a factory letting off toxic fume. If you take a great demolition team in and demolish the factory, there is going to be a period of time where huges clouds of toxic dust and smoke will billow outwards. Then there’s the clean up. It’s the same thing with cancer. Cancer markers are elevated as this toxic biologic factory lets off polution. Demolishing it lets off clouds of toxicity that the body needs to then cleanup - which the delta diet is designed to do.

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What does Dewayne say about the significance of veins?

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Veins are meant to remove the debris. You’ll see vascular ingrowth on the venous side, not the artirial side, in order to remove the debris.

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When does imaging of the tumor least useful?

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At the beginning. It is most useful near and at the end, so show that the tumor is completely gone.

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How would you respond to a member:

“Help, I have swelling in my arms and legs after I took the BX antitoxin!”

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The cancer is breaking down and filling the blood, and congesting the lymph - sometimes this results in something resembling lymph edema. It’s tempory. keep doing the intestinal cleansing, and adhering to the diet to aid the body in the removal of the endotoxins and waste.

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What is the disadvantage to doing this program with delta?

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Members have to access local resources where doctors are not learned in this art of cleansing the system of the infection. For instance, if you have a reaction from the die-off of the cancer, such as fluid building up in the lungs, you may need to go to your local resources to get a procedure down to clear out your lungs.

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When people have cancer of the liver, they also have cancer in these little tubes.

What must often be done in this case?

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They get cancer in the ascites as well, or a build up of fluid inthe ascites that needs to be drained. The ascites drain interstitial fluid from the abdominal cavity. OFtentimes a procedure must be done to drain this fluid - the procedure is called:

paracentesis

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