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There is something involved with cancer called the copper zinc ratio. If you draw blood from a person you can measure the serum copper and the serum zinc. A possible serum copper might be 98micrograms per 100cc serum or 98 micrograms percent. The same number (98 micrograms percent) could be a zinc concentration. If you divide the copper concentration by the zinc concentration you get a copper/zinc ratio. In the case of the just mentioned imaginary person the copper-zinc ratio would be 98 divided by 98 or 1. So the copper zinc ratio would be 1.0.

If you measure the copper-zinc ratio of cancer patients it tends to be 1.4, 1.5, even 2.1 in favor of the copper. The more advanced the cancer the higher the copper-zinc ratio. What is interesting is that this seems to hold true for most, if not all cancers.

In lymphomas you have a situation of complete remission after treatment, then a relapse etc. When the lymphoma patient is firat diagnosed the copper-zinc ratio might be 1.5. He or she is treated with chemo, has a complete remission and the measured copper-zinc ratio might be 0.9 favoring zinc. A year later, the lymphoma patient might start to feel weak, tired and have night sweats. These are typical lymphoma symptoms. Blood is drawn, the copper and zinc levels are measured and the copper-zinc ratio is now 1.6 The scans show the patient is out of remission and the lymphoma is back. There is something significant going on in cancer regarding the copper and zinc. It is known cancer cells hoard copper because it is needed for angiogenesis.

Paul