| Cancer is the name given to any illness | | | | colorectal cancer |
| resulting from one of our body's own | | | | -Homeopathy |
| cells growing out of control. There are | | | | -Ayurveda |
| many processes that control a cell's | | | | -Shark cartilage: Being tried in |
| growth and division, each of which can | | | | non-small cell lung cancer. it prevents |
| go wrong. Several of these control | | | | new blood vessels growth |
| mechanisms need to be damaged before a | | | | -Hyperbaric oxygen: In patients who had |
| cell becomes cancerous. There are more | | | | larynx removed for larynx cancer |
| than 200 different types of cancers, | | | | -Massage therapy: for cancer related |
| which are categorized in to carcinoma, | | | | fatigue |
| sarcoma, lymphoma and leukemia based on | | | | -Pancreatic enzyme therapy along with |
| the cells from which they arise. | | | | specialized diet for the treatment of |
| The principles involved in treating | | | | pancreatic cancer |
| cancer are either directly destroying | | | | -Mistletoe extract: for the treatment of |
| the cancer tissues or indirectly | | | | solid tumors |
| destroying them by depriving them of | | | | -Wheatgrass therapy |
| blood supply and/or their nutrition. But | | | | -Macrobiotics: The macrobiotic diet is |
| the irony is that whatever conventional | | | | strictly vegetarian and requires you to |
| treatment is used to destroy cancer | | | | consume about half of your daily |
| cells do affect to some extent the | | | | calories from whole grains, about a |
| normal cells also. They may damage the | | | | quarter of your calories from |
| skin, liver, intestine the bone marrow | | | | vegetables, and the rest of your |
| and other rapidly multiplying cells. | | | | calories from beans, seaweed and soups |
| Sometimes the effect of the treatment is | | | | -Bioelectric therapies |
| more devastating than the disease | | | | -Moerman's Anti-Cancer diet |
| itself. | | | | -Hoxsey herbal therapy |
| Role of Alternative Medicine in treating | | | | -Essiac herbal therapy: Essiac is a |
| cancer | | | | herbal tea mixture that relieves pain |
| A larger study of Alternative medicine | | | | and reduces the size of tumors. It |
| use in patients with different types of | | | | contains four herbs- burdock, rhubarb, |
| cancer was published in the July 2000 | | | | sheep sorrel and slippery elm |
| issue of the Journal of Clinical | | | | -Pau D'Arco herbal therapy |
| Oncology. It was found that nearly 70% | | | | -Chaparral herbal therapy |
| of the patients used at least one form | | | | -Laetrile (amygdalin): a chemical found |
| alternative medicine along with the | | | | in lima beans, raw nuts and the pits of |
| conventional treatment. The National | | | | many fruits. Amygdalin produces cyanide, |
| Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National | | | | which proponents claim kills cancer |
| Center for Complementary and Alternative | | | | -Alkaline diet: such as fruits and |
| Medicine (NCCAM) are sponsoring a number | | | | vegetables and restricting acidic foods |
| of clinical trials at medical centers to | | | | -Antioxidant found in fruits and |
| evaluate alternative medical therapies | | | | vegetables |
| for cancer. | | | | -Vitamins A, C and E: These are very |
| Alternative medicine includes therapies | | | | good anti oxidants |
| like herbal remedies, vitamins, special | | | | -Detox therapies including Gonzales |
| diets, and acupuncture among others. | | | | nutritional metabolic therapy, colon |
| Acupuncture: effective in the management | | | | therapy, and Gerson therapy |
| of chemotherapy associated nausea and | | | | The most successful practitioners |
| vomiting and in controlling pain | | | | integrate various components of the |
| associated with surgery. Now used in a | | | | alternative cancer treatments for a |
| trial to reduce the symptoms of | | | | better outcome. |