Summary
Deanne from Breast Cancer Conqueror interviews Brad Pitzele about how EWOT can support cancer recovery and overall health. Brad details the deep connection between oxygen and cancer, citing Otto Warburg's Nobel Prize-winning research showing that depriving cells of oxygen can turn them cancerous, and the 2019 Nobel Prize for work on cellular hypoxia response mechanisms including HIF (Hypoxic Inducible Factor). The conversation covers how low oxygen in tumor microenvironments drives VEGF production, fueling new blood vessel growth that cancer uses to metastasize. Brad explains how EWOT can increase tumor oxygenation to improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy and radiation (which are oxidative therapies), reduce chemo brain through anti-inflammatory effects, and accelerate detoxification of treatment byproducts. He shares success stories including a stage 4 cancer patient who regained the ability to hike 6.5 miles.
Key Points
- Otto Warburg showed any normal cell can become cancerous by depriving it of oxygen (1920s Nobel Prize)
- Tumor survival rate directly correlates with oxygen status; higher oxygen means higher survival
- Low oxygen triggers HIF and VEGF, growing new blood vessels that cancer uses to metastasize
- EWOT can improve effectiveness of chemotherapy and radiation by oxygenating tumor tissue
- Brain fog from cancer treatment is caused by inflammation and hypoxia in the brain
- In 15 minutes of EWOT, you absorb as much oxygen as 90 minutes in a hard-shell hyperbaric chamber
- EWOT supports immune function by giving immune cells the energy they need from oxygen
- Some alternative cancer protocols recommend EWOT up to 3 times daily
Key Moments
Otto Warburg's discovery that oxygen deprivation creates cancer cells
Brad explains Otto Warburg's Nobel Prize-winning research from the 1920s showing that normal cells can be turned cancerous simply by depriving them of oxygen, establishing the foundational link between hypoxia and cancer.
"he could turn any normal cell into a cancer cell simply by starving it of oxygen. And he also found that when you put a cell or when you put cancer rather in a low oxygen environment, it accelerates its growth."
How hypoxia triggers VEGF and cancer metastasis through new blood vessels
Brad explains the dangerous cascade where low tumor oxygen triggers HIF signaling, which produces VEGF to grow new blood vessels. Cancer then exploits these new vessels as highways to metastasize throughout the body.
"it tells the body, you need to produce more blood vessels. We need to get more blood to this area. Unfortunately, cancer is very smart too. So what it does is it uses these new blood vessels to metastasize and spread cancer throughout the body."
EWOT delivers 90 minutes of hyperbaric oxygen in just 15 minutes
Brad quantifies EWOT's oxygen delivery capacity: 15 minutes of EWOT provides as much oxygen as 90 minutes in a hard-shell hyperbaric chamber or 6.5 hours in a soft-shell home unit.
"in 15 minutes, you can take in as much oxygen as you would take in in 90 minutes in a hard shell hyperbaric chamber in a doctor's office"
Oxygen supports immune system by fueling cellular energy production
Brad explains how EWOT helps cancer patients with energy levels by providing oxygen as the gating factor for cellular energy production, giving immune cells the fuel they need to function optimally.
"oxygen is the gating factors that we talked about earlier to producing more energy. And so when we bring more oxygen into the bodies, we're able to produce more energy at a cellular level."
