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