Yes, there is. It's called...PREVENTION.
Despite substantial amounts of capital given yearly to cancer research, there
has yet to be a protocol that provides a high curative rate. The two primary
therapeutic strategies in cancer have been chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
Clinical studies show that toxicity is one of the major deterrents to
substantial improvements in cancer management when the two modalities are
administered.
New research is indicating a need for comprehensive therapies that address
more than just tumor obliteration. Scientific literature has shown that a
reduction in the risk of tumor occurrence can be achieved through the use of
nutritional and other natural compounds. Appropriate use of supplemental
nutrition along with attention to dietary and lifestyle risk factors comprise
the best strategy presently available for the prevention of common types of
malignancy.
"Complementary" describes the approach of
combining the best ideas and practices of both conventional and alternative
medicine. (Integrative and alternative are the more common terms used in
America.)
Conventional medicine is disease oriented. You see your doctor when you are
sick and then you are prescribed a pill to mask the symptoms. Conventional
medical treatment is based almost exclusively on a physical and chemical
model. It does not consider the non-physical elements of our beings.
Alternative medicine recognizes some of the inherent limitations of the
biomedical model, restricting physical effects to physical causes, and the
diseased state as a chemical malfunction. Alternative medical practitioners
believe that health should not be imposed on patients, but rather gently
encouraged from within.
Complementary Physicians aim to find a treatment that will work for each
individual patient with the least risk of harming that patient. The goal is
whenever possible to try to take advantage of the body's own potential for
self-healing.
In general, we use the conventional approach in acute conditions, and the
alternative approach in chronic conditions.
