Thursday, February 19, 2009

*great* conversation with Ralph Moss! (part 2)

(In this part: UltraPheresis therapy)

I had a *great* conversation with Ralph Moss the other day. (He's the professional cancer researcher (http://www.cancerdecisions.net ) who pointed me to my original treatment with Dr. Thaller in Germany, which bought me a remission for several months early last year.)

The second treatment that Moss discussed with me (and the one he slightly recommends for me) is UltraPheresis therapy by Dr. Lentz in Prien am Chiemsee, Germany. Dr. Lentz has isolated three compounds in the blood that cancer cells produce as a decoy; as long as these compounds are in the blood, the cancer cells won't get attacked by the immune system. UltraPheresis is similar to a dialysis machine -- it filters these compounds out of your blood, and then your own body's immune system is free to attack the cancer.

Moss has also tracked several patients who have received these treatments, and they have got very good results.

description of treatment from Dr. Lentz' own site: --
http://www.biopheresis.de/index.php?id=17

great brief summary of the treatment and the theory --
http://www.euro-med.us/lentz_therapy.html

link to Dr. Moss' Flickrstream from his visit to Dr. Lentz' clinic in the German Alps (I'm almost sure I can faintly hear "Edelweiss" playing in the background!)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24860924@N07/2514340851/in/set-72157605203869407/

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