Circulating Tumour Cells and Cancer Metastasis
It is almost 20 months since I was first diagnosed with SCC (Squamous Cell Carcinoma), a head and neck cancer that had ended up forming a tumour in the lymph node in the left side of my throat. I have written many words about this and what happened after my diagnosis and I won’t repeat myself here.
Just before Christmas 2020 I consulted with a doctor who I had been recommended to, his name was Dr Peter Eng. Peter’s practise is in the inner city Melbourne suburb of Middle Park. He specialises in treating cancer in an integrative fashion with protocols including IVs, immunotherapy and the use of re-purposed medical drugs like naltrexone, melatonin, metformin among others.
One of the first tests that Dr Eng organised was called an RGC CTC Onconomics test. This test is conducted from 10ml of whole blood that contained EDTA-Ca as anti-coagulant and was packed in ice. The blood is sent to the lab in Greece and tested for malignant cells, circulating tumour cells and a host of other diagnostic markers that I won’t go into now. It’s so very hard to understand for a person who has no foundations in biology, metabolism, genes and other complex scientific knowledge. I am one of these people.
The general theory is that what normally kills most cancer patients is the metastatic nature of cancer which is when a cancer cell or a group of cancer cells break away from the original tumour, get into the blood stream and travel to some other part of the body where they may lay dormant for years only to morph into a new tumour in a different location of the body. I sure as hell didn’t want this to be my fate.
I did so many different non toxic and mainly natural protocols to do what I could to get rid of my tumour.
These included.
- An intensive program of IVs including Vitamin C, Curcumin, DHA, Quercitin amongst others. This was delivered at Dr Eng’s clinic
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (120 hours plus)
- A strict therapeutic ketogenic diet targeted at getting my blood glucose and blood ketones to a GKI (Glucose ketone Index) of 1 based on the research of Dr Thomas Seyfried.
- An extensive exercise regime.
- Infra Red Saunas
The list goes on. All I need to say is that these activities all worked together as adjuncts to make my healthy cells safe and protected while my cancer cells were being made weak and vulnerable to the treatments that my team was applying to my cancer.
Dr Eng also introduced me to a radiologist named Dr Sam Leung. I have also covered his use of radiotherapy in my blog.
I have just got the results from my 4th RGC CTC test.
Here’s the readings from the start, based on the quantity of circulating tumour cells in my blood.
- January 29, 2021 3.2 cells/ml
- May 28, 2021 2.7 cells/ml
- September 6, 2021 2.5 cells/ml
- July 11, 2022 2.1 cells/ml
To me that looks like a 30% reduction in the CTC (circulating tumour cells) in my blood. The reading to get really concerned is 5 cells/ml.
I am one to look at positives and the simple fact that my MRI shows that I have no perceptible cancer and the
fact that my circulating tumour cells are diminishing puts me in a really positive position for the future.
Final note. Dr Eng said to me on one of my first consultations that I would be living with cancer for the rest of my life. I am not deluding myself. I am well aware that I must be disciplined and diligent for the rest of my life, every minute of every day. My goal is to live a long and healthy life. I plan on making it to 100 in good shape. I’m 70 now so I have 30 years to continue creating a strong, healthy body.
