HBOT
HBOT (Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy)
Traditional cancer treatments include surgery to remove tumors (lumps of abnormal cells or tissues that clump together), chemotherapy, and radiation. Chemo and radiation are both designed to poison the cancerous cells that have spread throughout the body. While technology is starting to get to a point where these procedures can be targeted at specific affected tissue, there is still often a lot of collateral damage done to healthy cells and tissues during the process. Most people treated with chemo or radiation suffer extreme symptoms such as weight loss, hair loss, digestive issues, extreme pain, fatigue, immune suppression, immobility, and much more. Unfortunately, a large portion of cancer deaths are related to side effects from the treatments.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy has gained traction as an adjunctive modality in the treatment and symptom management of cancer. Cancerous cells tend to be anaerobic, meaning they thrive in oxygen-poor environments. Research is showing that flooding cancer cells with oxygen can make them easier to kill with chemo or radiation. Some experts also believe that the pressure of hyperbaric therapy can help push chemo through the body faster, leaving less time for healthy tissue to be poisoned. There are many published studies showing hyperbaric therapy’s ability to heal post-radiation damage inside the burned tissues and organs as well. Anecdotally, many patients report that their time in the chamber helps relieve pain, increase appetite, and boosts energy levels.
Benefits of HBOT in Cancer
Hyperbaric oxygen has many benefits in both treating and preventing cancer when used appropriately in an individualized integrative approach. It is never used alone as it has synergistic qualities with other integrative oncology treatments.
In general, the benefits of HBOT in cancer are:
Reverse hypoxia
Reduce inflammation
Kills bacteria, viruses, spirochetes, etc
Creates stem cells
Induces apoptosis – cancer cell death
Overcomes drug resistance (such as chemo)
Regenerates and revitalizes
Increases vasculature to healthy tissues (but not to cancer tissues)
Increases plasma oxygenation
Repairs mitochondria
Repairs DNA
References:
1. The role of hypoxia in cancer progression, angiogenesis, metastasis, and resistance to therapy: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5045092/
2. Breath and cancer recovery: https://www.cancercenter.com/community/blog/2020/09/shortness-of-breath#:~:text=Use%20controlled%20breathing%20techniques.,slowly%20blowing%20out%20a%20candle.
3. Hypoxia can alter the behavior of cancer cells, promoting their survival: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-023-01332-8#:~:text=Hypoxia%20promotes%20malignant%20behavior%20of%20cancer%20cells%2C,and%20enhances%20immunotherapy%2C%20chemotherapy%2C%20and%20radiotherapy%20tolerance.&text=Moreover%2C%20hypoxia%20plays%20a%20central%20role%20in,cells%20in%20the%20TME%2C%20including%20immune%20cells.
4. HBOT reduces the ability of cancer cells to form stem cells: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10605823/
5. HBOT suppressed tumor progression in lung cancer: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-91454-2#:~:text=Our%20data%20showed%20that%20HBOT,B)%20compared%20with%20control%20mice.&text=Figure%201-,A549%2Dtumor%20transferred%20SCID%20mice%20were%20either%20non%2Dexposed%20or,after%2028%20days%20of%20HBOT).
6. HBOT prevents radiation induced injury: https://www.uclahealth.org/sites/default/files/documents/HyperRad-01-15-13.pdf#:~:text=HBOT%20has%20emerged%20as%20an%20effective%20treatment,recovering%20from%20late%20side%20effects%20of%20radiotherapy.&text=HBOT%20has%20the%20longest%20history%20of%20success,head%2C%20neck%2C%20chest%20wall%2C%20abdomen%20and%20pelvis.
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