All types of organic tissue, both primitive and metastatic, are reachable through selective arteriography by utilising a catheter positioned in the hepatic artery through which it is possible to administer 500 ccs 5 % solution daily, possibly associating it with oral intake.
The regression always takes place if there is a sufficient quantity of working hepatic parenchyma – at least 30 % -- even in the presence of an infection from hepatitis virus. The life expectancy is in function of the size of the masses and it can constantly increase as treatments are repeated through time up to the restoration of normal life conditions. Normally the therapeutic scheme includes a cycle via artery of 6-7 days, to repeat each 3-4 weeks during which, in the intercalary periods, a teaspoon of bicarbonate dissolved in water is taken on an empty stomach during the rest day. Although rare, side effects occurring during the therapy are:
All the symptoms described above caused by the bicarbonate that immediately disintegrates the masses regress in a short time – about 30-60 minutes – through abundant oral hydration or with the administration of phleboclyses that dilute the catabolites. The phleboclyses contain 10 % glucose solution with the addition of potassium chloride and physiological solutions.
In addition to the above therapeutic scheme, sometimes to attack a mass that does not regress fast enough, it may be useful to position a small catheter directly inside the neoplastic mass in which we can infuse the sodium bicarbonate. If appropriately treated, liver cancer regresses in a very high percentage of cases (90%) with equally elevated final recovery rates (70-80%). The exceptions are cases where all or a vast part of hepatic parenchyma (the hepatic matter) has been replaced by the neoplastic masses.
Almost all the neoplasias of the abdomen can expand either because of contiguity or after surgical intervention in the peritoneal cavity, and gradually spread in all possible directions.
Stomach, intestine, pancreas, bladder, prostate, uterus and ovaries are the organs from which most frequently takes place an expansion in the cavity with possible formation of ascitical liquid of the neoplastic type. In fact, once the fungin colonies penetrate in the peritoneal serosa and they get used to metabolising it, there is no more obstacle to their advancement. In this way, the phenomenon of carcinosis takes place – a morbid event that is outside the range of any conventional therapy.
Conversely, the method of therapy that I propose, as it is based on the filling of the cavity with bicarbonate solution, is able to able to reach the fungin masses in their totality and it turns out to be extremely effective in their destruction. The method consists in the positioning of a transdermal catheter in the abdomen through which the invaded tissues are abundantly irrigated for about 30-40 days after draining the pre-existing liquid. For the first three days, 300-400 ccs of sodium bicarbonate 5 % solution are introduced and left inside the peritoneal cavity. This is drained the day after before the new administration. For the following 12 days, the dosage is lowered to 100-200 ccs of solution, to be drained 1-2 hours after the treatment. The procedure is repeated from the 15th to the 30th-40th day with a cadence of one day on and two off. The dosages described above are to be considered indicative, as they change in function of the response, of the weight of the body and by the side effects that may take place.
Flatulence and feeling of fullness that often already exist as well as more or less marked pain are almost constant symptoms, especially in the first days. But the symptoms sharply regress as the therapy proceeds.
Hypertensive or hypotensive episodes as well as thirst and lack of appetite complete the picture of possible undesirable side effects. The most serious complication may be the development of an infection inside the cavity, generally caused by the lack of a thorough daily medication of the catheter and the bandages. If this occurs, it must be immediately treated with high dosages of intramuscular antibiotics which can resolve it in a short time. In the presence of carcinoses of large dimensions, an intervention for the resection of the masses is to be performed with the purpose of “lightening up” the abdominal cavity and making the action of bicarbonate more effective.
