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[Karl Note: Here is pure bosh! The doctors who do chemotherapy know that woman don't like to be bald. They know that women are looking for alternatives. So, the "offer" these alternatives with one hand and with the other they tell how dangerous they are. These are the most evil of doctors.
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Oct.
17, 2002 —
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HOLISTIC APPROACH is not unusual. In fact, Lehman is
one of a growing majority of breast cancer patients who
are turning to alternative therapies to help deal with
the side effects of conventional treatment or
compensate for the times when mainstream medicine falls
short.
As many as 70 percent of
cancer patients use alternative therapies, including
dietary supplements, acupuncture, hypnotism, massage,
guided imagery, magnets and biofeedback, according to a
recent report in The Journal of Alternative and
Complementary Medicine. The study, a telephone survey
of more than 350 cancer patients in Washington state,
found that breast cancer patients were the group most
likely to try holistic approaches and that almost all
respondents believed the treatments improved their
well-being. Other studies have also shown that
alternative medicine use is common among people with
life-threatening illnesses.
“I expected there to be a high percentage of
cancer patients using alternative therapies because I
think these patients are looking for ways to help their
health and to take control of their health care,” says
study author Ruth Patterson, a scientist at the Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. “The
unexpected piece of this is just how high the
satisfaction level was. Patients felt these things
helped them feel better — that’s nothing to sneeze at.”
Alternative practitioners, who emphasize
mind/body wellness, can be a welcome change to patients
frustrated with hurried doctors who don’t always have
the answers — or who give conflicting advice on key
issues like mammograms and breast self-exams.
INDIVIDUALIZED APPROACH
“People feel that alternative medicine is more tuned
into their bodies, rather than a one-size-fits-all
approach that tends to be common in Western medicine,”
says Dr. Debu Tripathy, director of the breast cancer
research program at the University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and co-editor of
the new book “Breast Cancer: Beyond Convention” (Atria
Books, 2002).
But the new survey findings raise questions that
are at the heart of the ongoing debate over alternative
therapies. Do they actually fight disease? Or is the
effect just psychological? Or a combination of both?
When it comes to breast cancer, as with many diseases,
there are few clear answers.
Supplements are one of the most popular
alternative therapies for breast cancer, but experts
say there is no convincing evidence to support their
use. “Most of what is sold to treat or cure cancer are
concoctions that people put together,” says Barrie
Cassileth, chief of the integrative medicine service at
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
“They should be looked at with a jaundiced eye.”
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In some cases, though, supplements prescribed by a qualified naturopath or herbalist may be used safely as an adjunct to standard care, she maintains. Standish receives many referrals from oncologists whose patients are interested in trying alternatives. Though not definitively proven to work, she often prescribes coenzyme Q10, vitamins E and B6, quercetin and garlic because laboratory studies have suggested they may be beneficial. Standish is tracking her patients to see if the supplements actually work. But she cautions patients against rushing to take these supplements on their own, since they may cause problems depending on the dose and other treatments used.
Tripathy also is studying herbs to see if they can
help with the side effects of chemotherapy or as actual
cancer fighters. One of his studies is testing whether
herbs such as skullcap, which showed promise in the
lab, can help shrink breast tumors in patients with
advanced disease who cannot be cured by conventional
medicine.
While the jury remains out on supplements for
breast cancer, some alternative therapies are gaining
acceptance as potentially beneficial modalities when
used in conjunction with standard care. Such
“complementary” approaches as massage therapy,
meditation and yoga may boost patients’ mood and
well-being, experts say. “Some of the mind/body
techniques can certainly help the emotional state and
that’s a valuable thing,” says Tripathy. “The question
is, Can they help the cancer itself?”
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Lehman has had mixed results with the alternative approaches she’s tried. Though acupuncture has been shown to fight chemotherapy-induced nausea, she doesn’t think her 10-week treatment helped all that much. “I had one week where it was wow — I was symptom-free — but it went downhill after that,” says Lehman, a flight attendant for Northwest Airlines who lives in Seattle. The craniosacral massage, a technique that focuses on the head and lower spine, “took the stress totally away but it didn’t do anything for my nausea.”
Still, as Lehman continues treatment, she is open to the idea of trying other alternative therapies under the guidance of her doctors. She just started experimenting with a homeopathic remedy containing the herb arnica to help her heal from a recent double mastectomy and may use it as an aid during upcoming radiation treatments.
“And if I had a cancer recurrence,” Lehman adds, “I would say, ‘What else is out there?’”
Jacqueline Stenson is a freelance writer in Los Angeles. Her work has also appeared in Self, Shape, Ladies’ Home Journal and other publications.
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