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IN THE beginning, there is a general weakness with loss of pep and energy and complaints of easy fatigue or exhaustion, as may be seen in many different diseases. Between such early symptoms and the later diagnosed cancer there may be a period of years, weeks, and days; or else the cancer presents itself at the first consultation. It is of practical importance to note that some of the beginning cancers of the stomach are not indicated by clinical symptoms, but found by chance because of operations for other reasons. I have seen a number of cancer patients who had been examined in excellent cancer prevention clinics only a few months earlier, in whom nothing pathological or suspicious had been found. The public appeal for prevention and the attempt at early detection seem to be practically unachievable.
On the basis of the preceding explanation that cancer is a disease of the entire metabolism, concentrated essentially in the liver I do not believe that there will be a cancer-specific test for diagnosis. On the contrary, I have found similar, almost identical clinical symptoms in other degenerative diseases, such as tuberculosis, diabetes, arteriosclerosis, muscular dystrophy, liver cirrhosis and many others. Yet the metabolic disturbances in cancer cases, especially in more advanced cases, somehow seem to be different from metabolic disturbances in other degenerative diseases, although so far I do not have enough objective material to present them as sufficiently clear evidence.
According to my experience it seems important that the physician informs the patient either right at the beginning, or immediately after the first noticeable improvement, of the seriousness of the disease. Patients must learn what they have to do for the restoration of their vital organs. The treatment is difficult and drawn-out, and proper understanding is necessary for patients to adjust to it and carry it out. The restoration of the teeth is an absolute requirement for the treatment, to prevent infection and toxic disturbances from defects of the teeth inflamed inflamed gums.
After the restoration, I found that two components were necessary for prophylaxis: the maintenance of potassium and iodine in the body and the maintenance of the function of the liver and the essential organs. The potassium content in the serum can not be measured exactly but it is impossible to test it in the organs. The experience thus gained, however, enables us gradually to draw some conclusions, on the basis of which we can give the patients valuable directives for the future. For this reason, I repeat some of my findings as follows: Some patients maintain a lower potassium level in the serum for years; the majority even go a bit below the minimum, but continue to feel well and remain completely free of symptoms. When the potassium content goes 1.5 to 2 mg. below the minimum, and remains there for some time, patients must be warned to take up part of the medication and diet again to prevent a recurrence.