Over 200 Alternative Cancer Treatments Plus Other Information

Over 250 Alternative Cancer Treatments Plus Other Information

Notice: This page is NOT designed to be a tool for a person putting together an alternative treatment for cancer, except perhaps to look for a "supplemental" treatment. This page is only intended to be a reference to demonstrate the massive amount of scientific evidence for the use of natural substances in cancer treatments. This list does not include key warnings, dosages, etc. Go to the CancerTutor Home Page link if you want to put together an alternative cancer treatment program or find a clinic that specializes in alternative medicine.

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The List (T - Z)

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Tagamet (Cimetidine)

An over-the-counter orthodox drug for treating acid indigestion has significant evidence for treating cancer. In fact, it is more effective than chemotherapy (of course chemotherapy is useless but highly profitable and Tagamet is effective but not profitable).

See: http://www.second-opinions.co.uk/cimetidine.html

Taheebo Tea

see Pau d'Arco

** Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC - medical marijuana)

Yet another heavily FDA suppressed treatment. "The term medical marijuana took on dramatic new meaning last February, when researchers in Madrid announced they had destroyed incurable brain cancer tumors in rats by injecting them with THC, the active ingredient in cannabis. Most Americans don't know anything about the Madrid discovery. Virtually no U.S. newspapers carried the story, which ran only once on the AP and UPI news wires, on Feb. 29. The ominous part: This isn't the first time scientists have discovered that THC shrinks tumors. In 1974, researchers at the Medical College of Virginia had been funded by the National Institutes of Health to find evidence that marijuana damages the immune system. Instead, they found that THC slowed the growth of three kinds of cancer in mice -- lung and breast cancer and a virus-induced leukemia. The government quickly shut down the Virginia study and all further cannabis/tumor research, according to Jack Herer, who reports on the events in his book, The Emperor Wears No Clothes. In 1976, President Gerald Ford put an end to all public cannabis research and granted exclusive research rights to major pharmaceutical companies, which set out -- unsuccessfully -- to develop synthetic forms of THC that would deliver all the medical benefits without the "high."

See the web site: http://www.ardpark.org/research/shrinktumors.htm

See the web site: http://old.newhavenadvocate.com/articles/potshots.html

Tian Xian liquid

Thalidomide

An orthodox treatment that has had excellent results treating advanced cancer patients. "Thalidomide slows the progression of prostate cancer, but has serious side effects." The FDA has teamed up with the vendor of this product (or should I say the vendor has hired the FDA?) to make it very difficult to obtain this medicine. Whether this is because it is too cheap of a cure (it is very expensive by the way) or because of its side-effects, I do not know. But it has been around for many years and still does not have a generic. Obviously this protocol should NOT be used by women who are pregnant or sexually active because it can cause severe birth defects.

Theanine (amino acid)

This is an amino acid in green tea. "The IDA [idarubicin (IDA)-induced antitumor activity and toxicity] concentration in the tumors in the theanine plus IDA group increased to twice the level in the IDA alone group. Furthermore, the decrease in tumor weight caused by IDA at 1.0 mg/kg per day x4 days (at this dose IDA exhibits antitumor activity) was significantly amplified by theanine. The numbers of leukocyte and bone marrow cells decreased significantly on IDA injection. Theanine significantly reversed these changes."

Tocotrienol Complex (a class of Vitamin E compounds)

"It is encouraging to know that the in vitro tests that document the anti-cancer effects of tamoxifen also show tocotrienols to have similar cell inhibitory properties. Compared to tamoxifen, however, tocotrienols are safe. Human studies have shown that daily doses of up to 240 mg of tocotrienols for 16 months produce no adverse effects. Further studies will determine whether humans who saturate their breast adipose tissue with tocotrienol from supplements will achieve a reduced incidence of breast cancer. (Please note that it is the palm-oil tocotrienols, and not rice-bran tocotrienols, that have primarily demonstrated these anti-cancer effects.)"

See the web site: http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2002/may2002_cover_vitamine_02.html

** Transfer Factor

"In 1949, Dr. H. Sherwood Lawrence made a revolutionary discovery while studying tuberculosis. He determined that an immune response could be transferred from a donor to a recipient by injecting an extract of leukocytes. He found that this extract contained a factor capable of transferring immunity. He named the substance transfer factor. In the fifty years since Lawrence's pioneering work, an estimated $40,000,000 has been spent on research, resulting in over 3,000 scientific papers documenting the benefits of transfer factors. The world's leading scientists and physicians have established the safety and remarkable immune system benefits of transfer factor. The processing methods that allow for large scale extraction of transfer factor have only recently been perfected and a commercial product has only been available within the last few years."

Triphala

Triptolide

TVZ-7 Lymphocyte Treatment

"TVZ-7 is an extract of cytokines – immune system hormones – and other immune activating chemicals, taken from cultured B lymphocytes. Mature B lymphocytes are white cells that live in the spleen, lymph glands and peripheral lymphoid tissue. They can independently [recognize] "antigens", anything foreign to the body, and mount an attack by creating antibodies. Whilst the scientists behind TVZ-7 are not yet quite sure how exactly it works, it has induced dramatic responses in cases of pancreatic, liver and brain cancer, as well as having an impact on pain control."

Ukrain

"Ukrain appears to halt cancer growth by interfering with oxygen respiration in cancer cells. Success rates with Ukrain in cancer are best in the early stages: 93% and 72% in Stages I and II, and 30% for advanced metastatic cancer. Laboratory testing to date indicates Ukrain can affect even cancers such as brain, lung and melanoma. This information comes from 10 year studies at the Ukrainian Anti-Cancer Institute in Vienna."

Umeboshi

Ultraviolet Light

Used very successfully to cure cancer in the 1940s and 1950s, this protocol was abandoned when the highly profitable chemotherapy drugs started being used. Essentially, blood was extracted and then bombarded with ultraviolet light (C, B and A). The blood was then put back into the body and was able to revert cancer cells into normal cells. See the book: Into the Light, by William Campbell Douglass II, M.D. and the book: Light - Medicine of the Future, by Jacob Liberman, O.D., PhD

Urea / Urine Therapy

Yes, it is what you are thinking, but there is good science behind it. Obviously used only in very, very poor countries, mainly India.

Ursodeoxycholic Acid (UDCA)

"Colonic tumorigenesis involves the processes of initiation and promotion/progression from normal epithelial cells to tumors. Studies in both humans and experimental models of colon cancer indicate that secondary bile acids promote tumor development. In contrast, we have demonstrated previously that another bile acid, ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), inhibits the development of azoxymethane (AOM)-induced colon cancer in rats. More recently, we have shown that UDCA inhibits AOM-induced hyperproliferation, and aberrant crypt formation and growth."

Velázquez's Approach to Cancer

Vanadium

"In one study done at the Parker Hughes Institute the minerals vanadium and sulfur were used to create 24 new drugs in the war against cancer. Vanadium was found to kill 14 different cancer cell lines both in the laboratory and in human cell lines."

VG-1000 (Govallo's Vaccine)

see Immuno Placental Therapy

Vincrstine

"He experienced several health challenges in the past decade (i.e., open-heart surgery, prostate cancer, and, most recently, multiple myeloma). Coincidently, the drug that until recently helped treat the myeloma was vincristine, a purified alkaloid derived from the Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don, Apocynaceae). Vincristine is manufactured by the Eli Lilly company of Indianapolis, the company that funded Tyler's chair at Purdue. Further, the drug was discovered in a classic scenario of serendipity by Tyler's friend and colleague, the late Gordon Svoboda, who, while researching the periwinkle for its traditionally reputed antidiabetic activity, discovered its potential for treating certain cancers. Tyler had intended to write the story of Svoboda and vincrstine, as he considered it one of the great untold stories in pharmacognosy and drug discovery from plants."

Vitamin C Therapy

see Orthomolecular Medicine

Vitamin D Analogue Therapy

"Vitamin D given in large doses has been shown in laboratory work to make cancer cells "differentiate", that is develop from the primitive forms characteristic of cancer cells into the more complex, [organized] forms of normal cells ... at present, it must be considered solely adjuvant and not a sole therapy.

Water Cure (Dr. F. Batmanghelidj)

** Wheat grass / Wheatgrass / Barley grass

Ann Wigmore is probably the founder of this treatment plan. She died at the age of 95 in a fire. Her treatment is usually combined with other alternative treatments. The Independent Cancer Research Foundation has an article on supercharging this protocol using ultraviolet light. The Cancer Tutor website has an article which uses colloidal silver and other things to supercharge this protocol.

Wiedbrauck Treatment

Willard's Water

** Wormwood (herbal)

"Research professor Henry Lai and assistant research professor Narendra Singh have exploited the chemical properties of a wormwood derivative to target breast cancer cells with surprisingly effective results. A study in the latest issue of the journal Life Sciences describes how the derivative killed virtually all human breast cancer cells exposed to it within 16 hours."

Yucca glaucoma

"The active material found in our studies is sensitive to light and heat. Only the fresh yucca flowers possess anti-cancer activity, not the seeds, leaves, fruits or roots. The activity is lost when the flowers wilt or dry."

Yuccalive

This herbal product is claimed by its vendors to be a scientifically proven (in China) cure for bone cancer.

Yumeiho Therapy