| While there's a whole gamut of cancer
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| | removed.
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| treatment options available; which is the
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| | Alternative Cancer Treatment Options
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| best one to use depends upon the type of
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| | Traditional cancer treatment options form
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| cancer as well the stage that the cancer
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| | only art of the story. An increasing
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| has reached. Though the prevailing trend
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| | number of health professionals are now
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| is to resort to more traditional cancer
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| | exploring alternative cancer treatment
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| treatment options, cancer patients are
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| | options that encompass the whole
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| not restricted to them. There are a
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| | individual.
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| variety of alternative and natural
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| | Nutrition Therapy
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| options (some new, some old) for treating
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| | Maintaining a healthy, well-balanced diet
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| cancer.
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| | that includes foods rich in antioxidants
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| Traditional Cancer Treatment Options
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| | and beta-carotene, is the best way to
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| Traditional cancer treatment options are
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| | provide your body with the nourishment it
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| often referred to as cut, poison and burn
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| | needs to fight cancer. Proper nutrition
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| (surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation).
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| | helps minimize nausea and fatigue that
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| Chemotherapy
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| | are the main side-effects of traditional
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| Chemotherapy, which involves the use of
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| | cancer treatments and are a critical
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| chemical agents or drugs to destroy
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| | component of the healing process.
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| cancerous cells, forms the core treatment
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| | Buah Merah or Red fruit, found primarily
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| of malignancies. These drugs work by
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| | in the Indonesian island of Papua, has
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| targeting fast-growing cells and the type
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| | very high levels of anti-oxidants,
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| and combination of drugs depends upon the
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| | beta-carotene and tocopherol and offers
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| type of cancer. Though chemotherapy has
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| | hope to all cancer patients.
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| been proven to be effective, it can give
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| | Beta-carotene and tocopherol have strong
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| rise to a host of side-effects including
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| | anti-carcinogenic properties and help by
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| hair loss, fatigue, diarrhea, loss of
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| | boosting the immune system and retarding
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| appetite, anemia or low red blood cell
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| | the growth of cancer-causing cells. Buah
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| count, neutropenia or low white blood
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| | Merah also contains Omega 3 and Omega 9
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| cell count, mouth sores and shortness of
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| | as well as linolenat, oleat, dekanoat and
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| breath.
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| | linoleat acids; all of which act as
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| Radiation Therapy
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| | active medicinal compounds and also help
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| Radiation therapy involves the use of
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| | in the prevention of diabetes mellitus,
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| high-energy ionizing radiation from
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| | heart diseases, hypertension, stroke,
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| varied sources including x-rays, gamma
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| | diabetes, hepatitis and HIV/AIDS.
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| rays, protons and neutrons to shrink
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| | Naturopathy
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| tumors and kill cancerous cells. It is
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| | Naturopathy is a system of treatment that
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| used almost half of all cancer patients;
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| | focuses exclusively on using the healing
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| either by itself or in combination with
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| | powers of nature such as sunlight, water
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| other cancer treatments. External-beam
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| | and air. It is supplemented with
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| radiation therapy, which involves using
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| | therapies such as massage as well as a
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| radiation that is emitted from a machine
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| | wholesome diet. Naturopathy is by and
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| outside the body is more common than
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| | large a holistic kind of treatment and
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| internal radiation therapy, in which a
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| | includes homoeopathy, ayurveda,
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| radioactive material is implanted in the
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| | therapeutic nutrition, hydrotherapy or
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| body near the tumor or cancer cells.
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| | botanical medicine. It is based on the
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| Surgery
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| | belief that the body is self-healing and
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| Surgery often entails a biopsy, which is
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| | will recover and repair by itself
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| done for diagnostic purposes. Surgery
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| | spontaneously if it is given a healthy,
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| that is done to remove the cancerous
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| | conducive environment.
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| tissues is often followed by chemotherapy
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| | Pain Control
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| or radiotherapy, which reduces the risk
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| | Though, to a certain extent medication
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| of the cancer recurring and also to
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| | can be used to manage pain, Acupuncture
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| destroy any cancer cells that may be left
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| | is gaining popularity as a means to
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| behind in the affected part of the body.
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| | control the pain experienced by cancer
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| The kind of surgery depends on which part
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| | sufferers. The pain could be brought on
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| of the body has been affected by cancer
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| | by the cancer itself or as a side-effect
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| as well as the extent of the cancer. In
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| | to the cancer treatment. Prevalence and
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| breast cancer patients the options could
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| | severity of pain depend on the extent,
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| include lumpectomy, in which only the
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| | location and type of cancer as well as
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| lump is removed; segmentectomy, in which
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| | pain threshold of the person afflicted by
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| part of the breast is removed or
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| | cancer.
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| mastectomy, in which the entire breast is
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