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Chronotherapy uses body’s clock to help fight cancer

By Julie Deardorff
KNIGHT RIDDER NEWS SERVICE

The clock was ticking for Frank Fazio. By the time his colon cancer was discovered, the disease had spread to his abdomen, spine and bones.

But instead of undergoing conventional chemotherapy, Fazio, 64, literally tried putting time on his side. Using the little-known practice of chronotherapy, the Orland Park, Ill., housing contractor received chemo drugs based on the internal rhythms of his body and his illness.

It has been four decades since Western medicine began to acknowledge the existence of the mysterious 24-hour body clock, set by proteins found throughout the body that determine whether we’re morning larks or night owls.

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