Test for cancer -15 Different Ways to Monitor Your Cancer

It's crucial to learn how to test for cancer to know if what you do works. Some cancer tests like Ct-scans or mammograms are toxic and add more cancer to your body.

In this blog post, you are going to learn 15 different non-intrusive methods to track your cancer. You can do some of these tests from the comfort of your home without needing a doctor nagging about chemo.

In this blog post, you are going to learn 15 different non-intrusive methods to test for cancer. You can do some of these tests from the comfort of your home without needing a doctor nagging about chemo.

Many cancer tests such as mammography and CT-scan are toxic for the body. In this blog post, I have collected non-toxic methods to examine your cancer progress.

Some of these tests need a doctor to check your blood. Other tests are something you can do without the aid of a physician. If you don't want an oncologist nag you to do chemo, then do the tests that don't need them.

Please don’t diagnose cancer yourself. You should always let a doctor diagnose you. Many of these tests should only work as pointers of your health, not give a diagnosis.

So let’s learn different methods to test for cancer.

15 Non-aggressive Ways to Test For Cancer

1. Ph

All living organisms and life forms on earth depend on maintaining appropriate pH-levels. Many diseases and disorders cannot take place in a body that has a balanced pH.

Ph measures the hydrogen ion concentration in the body. The whole pH scale ranges from 1 to 14, where 7 is neutral. If you have a pH level less than 7, your body is acidic, and a pH level of 7 or greater is basic or alkaline.

The ideal pH level is a bit more alkaline, between 7.3-7.45. On the pH scale, each number represents a tenfold difference from previous numbers.

When your body is in a healthy state, it is a bit more alkaline. Cancer is always a result of an acidic state.

Cancer can’t survive if you make your body more alkaline through diet or other measurements. It’s like ice that melts in the presence of heat.

When Alfredo from this blog was sick with cancer, he had a pH-level of 4, which is a severe acidic state.

You can check your pH-levels by using a piece of litmus paper in your saliva or urine first thing in the morning. Do it before eating or drinking anything.

Put the litmus paper in the liquid and wait some seconds or minute. The strip should change color. Compare the color of the pH strip to the color chart provided.

2. Pulse Oximeter

Cancer can't survive if there is enough oxygen. Cancer cells always lack oxygen.

Healthy cells get their energy from oxygen. But oxygen-starved cells must mutate by using a fermentation of sugar to survive.

A pulse oximeter is a nonintrusive device that monitors your oxygen saturation (SO2).

The device measures the percentage of hemoglobin in the blood. Hemoglobin is the protein in the blood that carries oxygen.

A pulse oximeter uses diodes(LED) to read the oxygen level.

Oxygenated hemoglobin absorbs more infrared light and lets red light pass through.

Deoxygenated hemoglobin makes more infrared light pass through and absorbs red light.

The scale ranges from 0-100%. To be healthy your oxygen level in your blood should be close to 100 % or at least 95%.

Cancer patients can have an oxygen level of 60%. That is a 40% reduction of the amount oxygen that normal cells get. It is no wonder that your body struggles to be healthy.

How to use a pulse oximeter

Put your finger in the pulse oximeter and wait until it shows your oxygen level. If you know that your oxygen level is low, then it can mean that you may have cancer.

3. Blood pressure

Cancer patients can suffer from high blood pressure. Your blood pressure can’t diagnose cancer, but it can be good to know that you're within a normal range. As your blood pressure normalizes, that can mean that your health is improving.

4. Es Teck

Es Teck is an accurate way to scan your whole body within minutes.

The machine measures the state of your organs, nutrients, pH-level and much more. Es Teck is FDA-approved and is a non-intrusive way to measure your health.

The device is like an electroencephalogram (EEG) or electrocardiogram (ECG). Es Teck sends a slight electrical impulse through the fluids of the body. It then measures the ease or difficulty with which the current travels.

With the ES-Teck a patient can see their health state through 3D colored body models and charts.

Before the test, you have to remove all metal accessories such as watches, belts, chains, and rings. Electronic devices get confiscated too.

They then place sensors on the forehead whereas your hands and feet rest on metal plates.

A small device on one finger measures the heart rate and oxygen saturation. During the test, you need to relax and not speak. Once done, the examiner removes all sensors, and you get your stuff back.

The practitioner interprets the results of the scan and gives you tips.

These tests are quite expensive but are a good investment to check your health.

5. HCG Urine Cancer Test (Navarro Urine Test)

HCG stands for Human Chorionic Gonadotropin.

The test detects the presence of cancer cells even before signs or symptoms. Dr. Navarro developed it in the late 1950s.

This test looks at cells dividing in an abnormal rate whether they are in your body or not.

The test returns a single number. If that number is 50 or more, you have cancer that requires treatment. If it is zero to 49, you have normal levels of dividing cells.

You can do the test from the comfort of your home.

A positive thing about this examination is that it allows you to see a trend. If the result of the second test is lower than the first one, you can be sure that what you are doing is working.

The cost for the test is $55. You don't need a doctor's prescription.

How To Prepare The Sample

1. From an early morning urine, take 1.7 oz (50 ml)and add 7 oz. (200 ml) of acetone and 5 ml (1 tsp) of alcohol. Stir and mix well.

2. Let it stand in the refrigerator or cool place for at least 6 hours until sediments form. Throw off about half of the urine-acetone mixture without losing any sediment.

Shake the mixture and filter the rest through a coffee filter. Make sure all the solids are on the filter paper. You may place the filter paper in a glass jar to hold it in place before filtering.

3. When filtration is over, air dry the filters with its sediments indoors.

4 When dry, fold, wrap it with a plastic sandwich bag.

5. Mail it using the First Class Mail to:

Navarro Medical Clinic

Dr. Efren Navarro, MD

3553 Sining Street

Morningside Terrace

Santa Mesa, Manila 1016

Philippines

PRECAUTION: Do not have sexual contact 12 days before the test if you are a woman. For males, no sexual contact for 18-24 hours before collecting the urine sample. Do not send the sample if you're pregnant.

6. Oncoblot blood test

The Oncoblot blood test identifies a protein in the blood called ENOX2. It exists only on the surface of a cancer cell.

ENOX2 proteins circulate in the blood and are detectable with the use of a blood test. These proteins can confirm the presence of cancer. The test is a valuable complement to early intervention.

The Oncoblot blood test detects 25 types of cancer.

A physician has to order the test for you.

The physician first receives the test kit. He then draws blood from you and sends the completed test kit to Oncoblot Labs.

It takes about three weeks (15 business days) to complete the examination. The lab then sends the results back to your physician.

7. CA Profile test

Another thing you can do to test for cancer is to do the CA-Profile test.

It consists of 7 different tests. The Cancer Profile gives early warning signs, but can also track existing cancers. Retesting can show whether the treatment works.

You do not need a prescription from your doctor to order this test. The only exception is if you are filing an insurance claim for reimbursement.

8. MRI(magnetic resonance imaging)

An MRI scan is a common procedure used by hospitals around the world. It uses a strong magnetic field and radio waves to create detailed images of the organs and tissues.

An MRI-scan is safer than a CT- or Pet scan because it doesn't use radiation.

Once in the MRI scanner, the doctor will speak via the intercom to ensure the patient is comfortable. They will not start the scan unless the patient is ready.

During the scan, it is crucial to stay still. Any movement will disrupt the images created, much like a camera trying to take a picture of a moving object.

After the scan, a radiologist examines the images to check if they are ok. If the pictures are good, the patient can go home.

It usually takes a couple of weeks for the results to come through.

9. Ultrasound

An ultrasound, also called sonography or ultrasonography, is an imaging test. It uses high-frequency sound waves to create pictures of internal organs.

Sound waves hit the organs and bounce back to a device called a transducer. The transducer turns them into images for the doctor to examine on a computer.

The sound waves bounce in different ways in abnormal tissues than it does in healthy tissues.

An ultrasound may find a tumor. It also helps an oncologist to perform a biopsy because it shows the tumor’s exact location in the body.

You can get an ultrasound at a doctor's office or hospital.

An ultrasound technologist or sonographer usually performs the test.

A radiologist interprets the results of the ultrasound. A radiologist is a doctor who uses imaging tests to diagnose disease.

The test takes 20 to 60 minutes to complete depending on the body part examined.

10. Thermography

Thermography uses a special camera to measure the temperature of the skin on the breasts. It is a non-invasive test that involves no radiation.

It's a safer way to detect cancer than mammograms.

11. CEA(Carcinoembryonic Antigen)

The CEA-test is a broad spectrum cancer marker.

It measures the amount of CEA protein found in the blood of some people who have certain kinds of cancers.

This protein is often present in cancer of the large intestine (colon and rectal cancer). It may also exist in people with cancer of the pancreas, breast, ovary, or lung.

CEA occur during the development of a fetus. The production of CEA stops before birth and is uncommon in healthy adults.

How The Test Works

They first wrap an elastic band around your upper arm and take a blood sample from a vein in your arm. It may feel tight. You may feel nothing at all from the needle, or you may feel a quick sting or pinch.

Results are usually available in 1 to 3 days.

High levels of CEA may show that cancer has spread. Other medical conditions and treatments including chemotherapy may raise CEA levels.

12. CA 125

The CA 125 is an ovarian cancer marker.

CA 125 is a protein that is present in greater concentration in tumor cells than in other cells. It's most common found in ovarian cancer cells.

You can measure CA 125 from a venous blood sample or the fluid from the chest or abdominal cavity.

Around 75% to 85% of women with epithelial ovarian cancer have an elevated CA 125 level.

13. CA 15-3

CA 15-3 is a blood test used during treatment for breast cancer.

The CA 15-3 protein is a natural product of your breast tissue and does not cause breast cancer.

This test is not sensitive or specific enough for cancer screening. It's used to check a person's response to treatments or breast cancer recurrence.

It can only act as a tumor marker if the cancer is producing high amounts of CA 15-3. Therefore it's not useful for all people with breast cancer.

In general, the higher the CA 15-3 level, the more advanced the breast cancer and the larger the tumor.

14. CA 19-9

Ca 19-9 is a colorectal, gastric, and pancreatic cancer marker.

The CA 19-9 is a simple blood test that measures the CA 19-9 protein on the surface of cells.

It only works as a tumor marker if the cancer is producing high amounts of it. The CA 19-9 level is high in about 65% of those having bile duct cancer.

The CA 19-9 test is not sensitive or specific enough to use as a screening test for cancer. It is not currently useful for detection or diagnosis. Non-cancerous conditions can also cause elevated CA 19-9 levels.

15. PSA

PSA is a prostate cancer marker.

The PSA test is a blood test that measures the amount of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in your blood. PSA is a protein produced by normal cells in the prostate and also by prostate cancer cells.

Having a small amount of PSA in your blood is normal. PSA rises as you get older or if your prostate gets bigger. A raised PSA level may suggest you have a problem with your prostate, but not cancer.

PSA blood levels may be higher in men who have prostate cancer. Also, an infection or inflammation of the prostate gland raises the PSA levels.

I hope you now know how to measure your cancer. Let’s recap what you learned today and take action steps to start monitoring your tumor.

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