Oxidative Preconditioning

The intent of Oxidative Preconditioning is to boost the capacity of the body's healthy normal cells to cope with high levels of oxidative stress. Oxidative stress is an important mediator of the adverse side effects of chemotherapy. Oxidative preconditioning is achieved with ozone autohemotherapy and ultraviolet blood irradiation.

These clinical strategies, long used in Europe, entail drawing a small amount of a patient’s blood, exposing it to ozone and UV light, and reinfusing it into the patient. In blood treated in this way, the oxidative stress induced by ozone or UV exposure causes the production of certain chemical compounds which, when reinfused into the patients, trigger the body's healthy cells to boost their natural defenses against oxidation. Thus, these healthy cells will be less damaged when high levels of oxidative stress are subsequently administered to attack the cancer.

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