Breast Cancer Alternative Treatment That Works?
Is there Breast Cancer Alternative Treatment that works? Traditional treatment has nasty side effects, but for breast cancer, alternative treatment can be a much more palatable option. There are several useful recent studies that indicate that perhaps some of these alternative treatment methods can be not just less dangerous, but more effective as well.
One of the most prominent studies on alternative cancer treatment comes from Canada. Researchers have found that by adding megadoses of Vitamin C to a cancer patient’s diet, terminal cancer patients extended their life expectancy from six months to six years. Since then, further research has shown that Vitamin C and other such powerful antioxidants destabilize a tumor’s ability to grow in a low-oxygen environment — and the faster a tumor grows, the more of a low-oxygen environment it creates for itself, creating a cycle that dramatically slows tumor growth.
Recently, the idea that stress accelerates cancer growth has entered the public consciousness, and with it came the idea that meditation and other stress-reduction techniques can act as a means of breast cancer alternative treatment. While it’s plainly silly to say that a positive attitude is the only weapon you need against cancer, its effects are hard to underestimate. Your body responds to your attitude whether you want it to or not, and one of the worst mistakes to make in the face of any major disease is to give up or get depressed. The act of visualizing your body fighting the disease has significant testimonial backup as a strong anti-cancer weapon, but of course it’s nearly impossible to test for scientifically. Still, with anecdotal evidence alone, it’s kind of a no-lose situation: if you’re going to be stuck in bed, you might as well use your downtime to meditate on your body’s victory over the invader.
Similarly, finding a purpose or a place for yourself in the world — even if it’s as small as being part of a support group — has a huge uplifting effect on your chances for survival of any cancer. Breast cancer patients are particularly vulnerable to a loss of self when faced with the realities of mastectomy, so this element of a holistic assault on cancer is particularly important to them. The studies done on this are small, but significant.
Finally, an idea with a little less acceptance in the western world is the application of acupressure as a breast cancer alternative treatment. There are seven acupressure points relevant to breast cancer: the middle of the foot, the small point four finger-widths below the navel, the large area between your breastbone and your navel, one palm-width below your armpit (both sides), the back of the hand where the thumb and index finger meet (both sides), the corresponding point where the big toe and second toe meet on the foot (both sides), and the top of each shoulder exactly halfway between the neck and the start of the arm. By applying massaging pressure as deeply as is comfortable to these points, acupressure practitioners believe you are unblocking various stagnation points and allowing your body to heal itself in ways that your cancer would normally prevent. Of course, it is always wise to consult an actual practitioner before engaging in any course of therapy, acupressure included.
By combining these ideas with each other or with traditional treatments, a person suffering from breast cancer may, at the least, more easily endure the side effects of the treatments. At most, they may be able to reduce the amount or duration of the treatments significantly if not altogether! Just keep in mind that no breast cancer alternative treatments have been clinically shown to be completely effective.