Complementary and alternative treatments have become very common, and patients ask me pretty frequently about them. I believe that there are many uses for complementary treatments, and that if properly used, they can help in maintaining health and well being. Recently I have had conversations with patients who believe that cancer can be treated with alternative treatments. I believe that this approach can be quite dangerous, and it may actually decrease a patients chance of survival. The following is a good review of what we know that works and what does not work. Going thorough chemotherapy, radiation and surgery is overwhelming and the side effects are quite severe, but many cancers today are successfully treated with this kind of conventional therapies. If you, or someone you know is facing cancer and he/she is agonizing about the proper treatments, please make sure they get the proper advice from several different oncologists. During the past few years unfortunately I have had the very painful experience of advising parents about cancer treatments for their children, and my recommendations have been to follow well known and established protocols from the best pediatric oncology hospitals in the Country.
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 12:44:13 +0000
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