Alternative Therapy
Patients...when they really have control over their lives and over their disease in some way...I think are overall going to do better regardless of whether that comes from traditional treatments or a combination of western medicine plus other alternative approaches - Bill Owen
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The Risk of Alternative Cancer Treatments
A diagnosis of cancer, even an early-stage, highly curable cancer, can prompt some people to feel as if they’ve suddenly lost control of their future and that they must do whatever they can to regain it.
They may seek guidance from the Internet, friends and acquaintances, some of whom may be quick to relate tales of miraculous cures from alternative remedies that claim to spare patients the challenges of established cancer treatments like surgery, radiation and chemotherapy.
One web-based group, Integrative Cancer Answers, states that as many as 83 percent of cancer patients choose to use one or more forms of alternative medicine, ranging from acupuncture and herbs to vitamins…
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Alternative Cancer Treatments May Be Bad for Your Health
People who used herbs, acupuncture and other complementary treatments tended to die earlier than those who didn’t.
Cancer is way more likely to kill you if you rely on 'natural' therapies
But while mainstream cancer treatment has a long way to go, the fact remains that it's far more effective than any "natural" solution. You are more than twice as likely to die from your cancer if you choose alternative medicine. If you have breast or colorectal cancer, you’re more than five times as likely to die.
Medicine with a side of mysticism: Top hospitals promote unproven therapies
It’s the alternative therapies promoted as a way to treat disease that raise eyebrows.
The Truth behind Three Natural Cancer “Cures”
“Natural” cancer therapies should be regarded with great caution because most are unsupported by evidence. Many people offering testimonials to the effectiveness of such treatments may attribute benefits to them simply because their condition improved after using them — when the actual cause for the improvement is unrelated.
A French hospital used hypnosis to block pain in 150 cancer surgeries
At this year’s largest conference on anesthesia, a new topic was up for discussion: Not using general anesthesia. Rather than making surgical patients unconscious, doctors at the Institut Curie in Paris have regularly been using hypnosis to help conscious patients withstand the pain of surgery.
Alternative cancer treatments: 10 options to consider
To help you sort out the good from the bad, here are 11 alternative cancer treatments that are generally safe. Plus, there is some evidence that these 11 alternative cancer treatments may provide some benefit.
Do Doctors Ever Treat Cancer With Natural Regimens?
I believe in treating cancer with anything that works. Show me that something works, and I’ll use it. Period. But don’t give me a story of how someone’s aunt’s best friend was told that she had six months to live and was cured by taking a natural supplement found through the Internet and is still alive 10 years later—and then ask me to give the OK to try it.
Let’s Get Quackery Out of Cancer Care
I’m sympathetic to the challenges that cancer centers face. Oncologists are often accused of insensitivity to their patients’ psychological and spiritual needs, and integrative care is a response to that criticism. Most integrative care centers also offer evidence-based programs, such as exercise classes, that aren’t strictly medicinal. Nevertheless, reiki, reflexology, and their ilk are unproven to treat any disease or ameliorate symptoms. They are far beneath the dignity of a great cancer center.
The High pH Therapy for Cancer
The High pH Therapy for cancer was arrived at from an extensive series of physical experiments. These involved the isotope effect across membranes of many types, normal plant and animal, embryonic, cancer, and synthetic.
Why one naturopath quit after watching her peers treat cancer patients
You don't often hear about people transitioning from alternative healing to science-based medicine or vice versa. That's what makes someone like Dr. Oz — a highly credentialed surgeon who also believes in "energy healing" — so interesting. It's also why, when I stumbled across Britt Hermes's blog — Confessions of a Naturopathic Doctor — I was immediately hooked.
The Risk of Alternative Cancer Treatments
Avoiding evidence-based treatments in favor of untested ones can contribute to higher death rates, a Yale study found.
The American Cancer Society For Alternative Medicine
If you’re trying to heal from cancer, prevent a recurrence, or just want to be proactive to reduce your risk of ever developing cancer, now's your chance to help yourself and your loved ones change everything for the better!
Breast Cancer & Beyond
Through this online resource, we share our experiences and tools to create better health, offer support during diagnosis, enhance recovery after treatment and aid in preventative care. Our desire is to empower women to create a partnership with their bodies–moving beyond fear, finding inherent capabilities, and most of all, enjoying life.
Cancer Tutor
Did you know there are natural or alternative cancer treatments that can provide a 97% true cure rate on recently diagnosed cancer patients, and can even achieve a 50% true cure rate on cancer patients given up on by orthodox medicine?
CANHELP
An Information and Support Service for Lifesaving Alternative Cancer Therapies and Complementary Cancer Treatments
A Fresh View of Cancer
There is more to cancer than just its tumor. Cancer is systemic disease manifested locally by a tumor.
AlkalizeForHealth.net
More than 50% of the population will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime and the percentage is steadily climbing. The purpose of this web site is to help reverse this trend by providing the necessary information and support for individuals diagnosed with cancer, and a cancer-preventing lifestyle for people who do not want to get cancer.
Alternative Cancer Therapies
Using an alternative therapy is not holistic, it is simply one rung in the ladder you must climb to reach your goal of perfect health. Some of these therapies can be used as preventative measures, but, even a preventative measure can help to fight an existing cancer.
An Oasis of Healing
Our approach to the management of cancer can best be understood as comprehensive approach. What comprehensive entails is the rational amalgamation, or bringing together of the most effective therapies in the conventional medical arena as well as the most effective therapies in the non-conventional and natural medical disciplines from all over the world.
Cancer Herbal
Western cancer treatment has been the most effective and direct method for curing cancer. However, western treatment faces bottleneck in body reconstruction. The concept of Chinese medicines emphasizes on the improvement of immune system and regulating constitution which enables body cell to be repaired and basic functions to be restored.
CancerTruth.org
You will find here alternative cancer treatment, alternative cancer therapy, alternative medicine cancer and alternative breast cancer treatment.
Gerson Institute
The Gerson Therapy is a safe, natural treatment developed by Dr. Max Gerson in the 1920''s that uses organic foods, juicing, coffee enemas, detoxification and natural supplements to activate the body''s ability to heal itself.
Laetrile
The most enduring legacy of the meteoric rise of laetrile to a place of preeminence among unconventional therapies for cancer during the 1970s may well be sociological and political, rather then medical in nature. Laetrile spawned a popular movement for freedom of choice in health care decisions spanning the ideological spectrum.
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and complementary and integrative medicine (CIM) are therapies of proven or unproven efficacy that have been used to promote wellness, to manage symptoms associated with cancer and its treatment or to treat cancer.
MedlinePlus
You have many choices to make about your cancer treatment. One choice you might be thinking about is complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). CAM is the term for medical products and practices that are not part of standard care.
National Cancer Institute
Standard treatments are based on scientific evidence from research studies. While claims made by CAM treatment providers about their benefits can sound promising, we do not know how safe many CAM treatments are or how well they work. Studies are under way to determine the safety and usefulness of many cancer-related CAM practices.
New Hope Unlimited
The New Hope Unlimited cancer treatment program is designed with a personal approach to treating patients, offering a warm and caring atmosphere where every staff member focuses on the needs of the individual patient. Our medical treatment programs are designed to concentrate on the person as a whole, while at the same time addressing the symptoms of the disease and its causal factors. Also, we understand the importance of family and spiritual support, so family members are always welcome (and encouraged) in our facilities.
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