Insulin Potentiation Therapy (IPT) is a form of low-dose chemotherapy treatment targeted directly at cancer cells to kill them in a more efficient manner and with fewer resulting side effects. It is one of the forms of integrative and alternative cancer treatments offered by Dr. Jesse A. Stoff and his oncology staff at Linchitz Medical Wellness in Westbury, NY.

Standard chemotherapy drugs are potent agents for killing cells. However, the medical practice applied today requires using the drugs at high dosages so that they can cross the membrane of the cancer cell. Since the treatment cannot differentiate between the healthy and sick cells, this results in numerous dose-related side effects— including nausea and vomiting, hair loss, fatigue, muscle and stomach pain, headaches, and pain from nerve damage.

Insulin Potentiation Therapy seeks to decrease the number of side effects associated with chemotherapy by using both insulin’s ability to deliver glucose across the cell membrane and cancer cells’ voracious appetite for glucose to its advantage. Since cancer cells require glucose for energy and for growing, they manufacture and secrete insulin and insulin-like growth factor and have ten times the number of insulin receptors than healthy cells. In cancer patients, this is why they have such a hard time keeping weight on because the cancer cells are starving the healthy cells of glucose.

By incorporating this knowledge, Insulin Potentiation Therapy works to kill off cancerous cells by delivering a dose of intense chemotherapy drugs with an insulin addition. Due to its ability to both target the cancerous cells more efficiently and cross the cell membrane in an easier fashion, doctors can reduce the dosage amount. This, in turn, results in fewer uncomfortable side effects.

If you would like to learn more about the benefits of using Insulin Potentiation Therapy for treating cancer, contact Linchitz Medical Wellness today. To schedule a consultation with Dr. Stoff, call (516) 759-4200. You can also visit their website to learn more about this and other forms of alternative cancer treatment.