A Tijuana, Mexico, hospital that provides safe, effective alternative treatments to patients from around the world, Oasis of Hope combines compassion and novel approaches to overcome cancer. One of Oasis of Hope’s foundational treatments is IPT potentiation chemotherapy. Also known as low-dose chemotherapy, this alternative approach is unique in that it avoids serious side effects typically associated with standard chemotherapy, such as hair loss, liver damage, and DNA distortion. At the same time, it has proven effective against the aggressive growth of a range of tumors types, from colon cancer to lung cancer. IPT’s effectiveness comes from the way it manages glucose delivery across cell membranes, which provide access to the cell itself. Compared with healthy cells, cancerous cells have as much as 20 times as many IPT receptors on their membrane surfaces. This “extreme need for sugar” provides an entry point to fighting cancer. Physicians administer insulin and cause the body’s blood sugar levels plummet. While healthy cells can transition to fat metabolism, cancer cells cannot. In “emergency mode,” they open all their membranes to take in as much sugar as possible. At this vulnerable point, cytotoxic drugs are efficiently administered for maximum impact. Almost all the drugs hit their target, and virtually no chemo remains that would generate toxic reactions in normal cells. The end result is that IPT patients experience far fewer side effects than with traditional chemotherapy.

1. Oasis of Hope

2. A Tijuana, Mexico, hospital that provides safe, effective alternative
treatments to patients from around the world, Oasis of Hope
combines compassion and novel approaches to overcome cancer.
One of Oasis of Hope’s foundational treatments is IPT potentiation
chemotherapy.

3. Also known as low-dose chemotherapy, this alternative approach
is unique in that it avoids serious side effects typically associated
with standard chemotherapy, such as hair loss, liver damage, and
DNA distortion. At the same time, it has proven effective against
the aggressive growth of a range of tumors types, from colon
cancer to lung cancer.

4. IPT’s effectiveness comes from the way it manages glucose
delivery across cell membranes, which provide access to the cell
itself. Compared with healthy cells, cancerous cells have as much
as 20 times as many IPT receptors on their membrane surfaces.
This “extreme need for sugar” provides an entry point to fighting
cancer. Physicians administer insulin and cause the body’s blood
sugar levels plummet. While healthy cells can transition to fat
metabolism, cancer cells cannot. In “emergency mode,” they open
all their membranes to take in as much sugar as possible.

5. At this vulnerable point, cytotoxic drugs are efficiently
administered for maximum impact. Almost all the drugs hit their
target, and virtually no chemo remains that would generate toxic
reactions in normal cells. The end result is that IPT patients
experience far fewer side effects than with traditional
chemotherapy.