Non Medical Cancer Treatment

There are non-medical ways to treat cancer which has attracted a lot of new patients due to cost of treatment and research that shows a significant decrease in cancer symptoms. Alternative cancer treatments in the form of diets, exercise, meditation, and supposed remedies have been promoted by questionable sources for many decades (American Cancer Society, 2016). The non- medical method have not been proven to be effective at reducing, reversing, or killing cancer although many of the non-medical methods are showing increase use by patients who lack medical insurance (American Cancer Society, 2016). The mainstreamed treatments continue to show a decrease in helping cancer patients which makes non-medical treatment appealing and people are drawn …show more content…
The chance of cure decreases as the cancer grows and spreads making stage four cancer patients question the benefits of non-medical cancer treatment.

Benefits of Non-Medical Cancer Treatment

There are several benefits for using non-medical cancer treatment. Prostate cancer patients showed no increased risk by choosing non-medical cancer treatment. Some cancer patients believe that non-medical cancer treatments are effective and non-toxic. Most cancer patients that use the conventional methods consume lots of toxic medication that are unsafe to other organs in the human body (Eidinger& Schapira, 2014). There are no side effects with non-medical cancer treatment compared to many medications that come along with radiation and chemotherapy.
There are some cancer patients who have success stories from the non-medical cancer treatments. Conclusion

People who have a higher income, who are well-educated, who are healthier and who live in the West and Pacific regions of the United States are more likely to choose non-medical cancer treatment (Sackman, 2012). Cancer patients who chose the non-medical cancer treatment