Unconventional Cancer Treatments Introduction..............…

Alternative and Unconventional Therapies in the

Treatment of Cancer.......................................2

Physicians' Attitudes to Alternative and Unconventional

Therapies in the Treatment of Cancer......................8

Individual Choices for Patients Using Alternative and

Unconventional Therapies in the Treatment of Cancer......10

Research Funding for Alternative and Unconventional

Therapies in the treatment of Cancer.....................12

Insurance Cioverage for Alternative and Unconventional

Therapies in the Treatment of Cancer.....................15

Conclusions..............................................18

Alternative or unconventional treatments of cancer and other diseases are becoming commonplace with patients tiring of traditional therapies which simply don't work. These non-traditional treatments vary from acupuncture and herbal remedies borrowed from Oriental medicine, to special diets, chiropractic, massage and supplements. This paper will look at alternative and unconventional treatments for cancer, examining physicians attitudes to alternative therapies, insurance coverage for such unconventional treatments, funding for research into alternative medical therapies, and what choices are available to, and made by, the individual seeking treatment.

Studies show that one-third of Americans use alternative or complementary me

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s opened up in Mexico, and today it still treats cancer patients with the herbal formula. Some naturopaths still use the Hoxsey formula, but only in combination with more conventional treatments. PHYSICIANS' ATTITUDES TO ALTERNATIVE AND UNCONVENTIONAL THERAPIES IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER Most responsible practitioners of alternative medicine agree that the more extreme types of alternative therapies are best avoided. Although the potential clinical role for many alternative therapies remains largely uncertain, the alternative medicine community does not want traditional medicine to dismiss unproven methods simply because they are unproven, but rather they would like the cancer treatment model to be expanded to include the best of both medical worlds (Benjamin, Simone, Traub & D'Epiro, 1998). Both sides, the conventional and the alternative medical practitioners, must admit the possibility that both conventional and unconventional treatments may have a role to play in the treatment of cancer (Lessons from antineoplaston, 1997). Practitioners need, on the one hand, to inform the patient of any risks they feel inherent in a particular treatment, but at the same time, keep their prejudices under control so as not to opp
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