New-Age-Center

None of the cancer treatments on this list have substantial evidence for their effectiveness in treating cancer. Some have shown some benefits as complementary therapy, to reduce pain. Vitamin C, perhaps the most well-known and controversial, is undergoing a clinical trial based on ''in vitro'' findings and theoretical speculation as to its ''in vivo'' effectiveness. Very few suppliers of alternative medicines have undertaken scientifically controlled clinical trials for their products, although occasional preliminary testing, or testing as adjuvant therapy, has been performed. For this reason, alternative therapies generally rely on testimonial or anecdotal evidence. In the United States, FDA regulations forbid the makers of unproven products from claiming efficacy against cancer.

The United States Federal Trade Commission recently acted against companies that made unsupported claims that their products, some of which included highly toxic chemicals, could cure cancer. Targets included Omega Supply, Native Essence Herb Company, Daniel Chapter One, Gemtronics, Inc., Herbs for Cancer, Nu-Gen Nutrition, Inc., Westberry Enterprises, Inc., Jim Clark’s All Natural Cancer Therapy, Bioque Technologies, Inc., Cleansing Time Pro, and Premium-essiac-tea-4less.

Under consideration

*Quercetin

*Vitamin C megadosage

*Medicinal mushrooms

Mixed results

*Coley's Toxins

Complementary therapy

*Acupuncture

*Cancer guided imagery

*Macrobiotic diet

*Selenium (Selenomethionine and Se-methylselenocysteine)

Unknown

*Essiac tea

*Budwig diet

*Juice fasting

*Sodium Bicarbonate

*Antineoplaston

Disproven or scientifically implausible

*Homeopathy

*Laetrile, also known as B-17

*Therapeutic touch

*Di Bella Multitherapy

*Hoxsey method (scientifically implausible)

*Magnet therapy

*The Rife Machine (scientifically implausible)

*714X

*Cansema

*Escharotics

*Protocel and Cancell

*Krebiozen

*Hydrazine sulfate

*Gerson therapy (potentially dangerous)


Adapted from the Wikipedia article Alternative cancer treatments, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki