Fungus, Cancer

Good morning, folks. Thank you very much for attending.

Patrick, you are the hardest act to follow. I always tell them, don't put me after Patrick Quillin, please. Anything but not Patrick Quillin.

Folks, I was speaking with a fireman not too long ago from Montana. They have all these fires that are growing out of control. And he told me something interesting. He said that if you can find the root cause of the fire, in other words, it's etiology, you put it out differently. If we know it's an arson, if we know it's a spark from the heavens. You put it out differently.

And I think that analogy applies to cancer, doesn't it? If we only knew its etiology, we would put it out differently.

Now, what I'm going to be talking about today was something I discovered serendipitously many, many years ago. I worked at a clinic here in Los Angeles. I don't live here anymore, but I'm getting back as quickly as I can. I worked at a clinic in Los Angeles, and we prescribed an anti-fungal drug for an individual with cancer. Not only did the fungus clear up, but amazing things happened to this woman's cancer. That was a long, long time ago. Many roads to go down, many hurdles to overcome in the past 30 years. But I still believe that in certain cancers, if not all, there is a fungal etiology.

Now, first, we have to define what fungus is. So you better understand it. Benton Medical Dictionary, I think brings us one of the best definitions of what fungus is. If we could put up slide number 1.

Well, I'll just tell you what it is.

I think this is fascinating. You're going to enjoy this. And we have 30 minutes. My 30 year career in the study of fungus and cancer is going to be compressed into 30 minutes here today. Fungus is a simple plant that lacks chlorophyll. Fungi include rust, yeasts, molds and mushrooms. They live as either saprophytes, and we'll define that, or parasites of plants and man. Some species infect and cause disease in man.

Cancer As A Fungus

Now, how common are fungal disorders? We can have a slide number 2?

This is fascinating, and I want you to hone in on the dates as you're reading this. Fungal infections are such a common occurrence and we have found it necessary to consider fungal diseases in the differential diagnosis of practically every obscure infection. If there is a pathogen or be it mold, bacteria, virus, protozoa. If there is a pathogen that is that the root of cancer, isn't it an