Cancer And HBOT
A review of the most recent literature involving increased pressure oxygen
and Head and Neck cancer in irradiated patients not only displays no
evidence of cancer growth enhancement but rather shows a reduced incidence
of cancer recurrence. While increased pressure oxygen should not currently
be considered as an anti-neoplastic agent, the preponderance of data
suggests that cancer, past or present, should not be a contraindication to
the use of increased pressure oxygen.
Breathe well and stay healthy,
Michael Capria
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