| Cancer is a class of disease that harms the body | | | | symptoms caused by cancer. They may lessen the |
| when damaged cells divide uncontrollably to form | | | | pain an individual undergoes from cancer treatments. |
| masses of tissue called tumor. These cells do not | | | | Alternative treatments have no role to play in curing |
| have orderly growth, division or death which a normal | | | | the cancer. |
| cell used to have. This is where cancer begins to | | | | Some of the alternative treatments for cancer |
| form in the body. | | | | include acupuncture, biofeedback, exercise, hypnosis, |
| Generally, cancer treatment falls into anyone of the | | | | meditation, music therapy, chiropractic, aromatherapy, |
| following category: Surgery, Radiation therapy, | | | | relaxation techniques, herbal medicines, Tai chi and |
| Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Hormone therapy, | | | | yoga. |
| or Gene therapy. All these treatments are standard | | | | There are number of advantages and disadvantages |
| treatments of cancer. Doctors will identify the type | | | | associated with alternative treatment methods. One |
| of cancer, how far it has spread and determines the | | | | advantage is that the patients themselves can |
| stage of the cancer during the diagnosis stage. After | | | | choose the type of treatment they can undergo. |
| diagnosing the patient, doctors will decide which | | | | They can identify this by reviewing the experience |
| technique to use. But in none of these methods it is | | | | of the practitioner in such therapy and also by |
| guaranteed for no side effects and no recurrence of | | | | interacting with people who have undergone such |
| cancer. | | | | treatment. |
| One way that helps patients to get rid of pains and | | | | Alternative treatment methods do not have any |
| side effects is that going for alternative cancer | | | | proven records like standard treatment |
| treatments. | | | | methodologies. This is the only disadvantage of this |
| Alternative cancer treatment helps one to cope with | | | | treatment. |