Cancer cells are anaerobic cells, meaning that they cannot survive in conditions with high levels of oxygen. In fact, poorly oxygenated blood may increase the likelihood of a number of blood contaminants, including viruses, fungi, bacteria, and cancer cells. Nobel Laureate Otto Warburg concurs that cancer can be triggered and promoted by anaerobic respiration issues: when there is too little oxygen in the blood, cancer cells begin to thrive. For this reason treatments such as blood-acidity regulation approaches have been proposed as effective agents in the fight against cancer, as ensuring that the blood remains alkaline rather than acidic may reduce the ease with which cancer can grow and spread within the body. One such treatment involves ozone therapy, which involves one of several related treatments, but all of which involve the infusion of oxygen into the blood stream.

Ozone therapy can be administered by infusing ozone gas into the blood stream, by injecting ozone-saturated fluid into the blood, or by injecting treated, oxygenated blood into the cancer patient’s body. These treatments are administered as regularly as twice a day depending on how advanced the cancer is, and may be ongoing as a cancer treatment for weeks or months. Ozone therapy has been found to be most effective with early cancers that have not yet had time to spread or metastasise throughout the cancer patient’s body, but there are also reports of ozone therapy being effective as a treatment in late stage cancer. Ozone therapy should only ever be provided by a qualified medical professional. In addition, ozone therapy should not be confused with oxygen gas supplementation, which is a treatment that involves the inhalation of oxygen gas.

Like many alternative or complementary cancer treatments, ozone therapy, whose finer workings are still largely being researched, is generally not considered a silver bullet or first line treatment against cancer. Rather, ozone therapy as a treatment for cancer is usually used in tandem with other cancer treatments or in cases where the cancer patient is looking to improve their quality of life when living with cancer. Ozone therapy is therefore most commonly used as part of a holistic cancer treatment that may also include traditional cancer treatment programs in addition to incorporating a range of non-medical immune system boosting factors. All of these factors can also help to improve cell oxygen levels, thus offering the body better immunity against cancer. These include eating a balanced diet, maintaining a regular exercise program, ensuring adequate time for rest and sleep, and reducing stress levels. There is also some evidence that drinking natural spring water can help with cell oxygenation.

The various factors noted above play a significant role in ensuring the health of the immune system, which in turn plays a vital role in the body’s ability to fight against or prevent the growth of cancer, and to stop cancer from returning in individuals who have successfully fought off cancer in the past.