Saturday, August 15, 2009

Canine Lymphoma: Madison Wisconsin Protocol

Canine Lymphoma

Lymphoma is a very serious and all-to-common disease in dogs. Some breeds are more prone to this type of cancer than others. Golden Retreivers seem to be especially susceptable to this type of canine cancer. Cancer is first and foremost an immune dysfunction disease. Lymphoma form when the body fails to recognize the altered lymph cells as invaders. These are the cells that have multiplied improperly. In the last few years specialized compounds have become available for use in cancer patients to try and correct this error. These are called immune modulators. These immune modulator compounds often trigger the patient's "immune recognition response" allowing the body to recognize and destroy the aberrant cells. When this recognition response is triggered, the body re-learns how to deal with the tumor cells as it would with any other wound, and destroys those aberrant cells, producing healthy scar tissue in their place. These immune modulators are different than the class of drugs called Chemotherapy. Chemotherapy drugs are toxic, and work by destroying the cancer cells directly. Chemotherapy drugs are very useful in combating canine lymphoma cancer, in that they reduce the number of cancer cells present, but they do not address the underlying cause that allowed the cancer in the first place. Immune modulator compounds on the other hand are not toxic. They are a class of compounds called heteropolysaccharides, which are naturally occurring in our foods and are required in all mammals for triggering normal immune function. For some reason, in cancer patients large amounts of these immune modulators are required to trigger that normal rejection response, which in turn kills off the cancer cells.

Canine Lymphoma

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hate this disease. Too many lives destroyed. Not many years ago, dogs and cats never got ill like today. Apparently it is the new pet foods causing most of the suffering.

Anonymous said...

My Little man Seger was diagnosed with level 5 type T lymphoma two years ago. He was just two at the time. Our vets rushed him to the Univ. of Colubmia and he were he started the Madison Wisconsin Protocol. He is still in remission to this day, two years later! With a lot of praryers and fantastic vets I hope hold on to my "dog" seger and not have to turn that page for a long time!

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