An Introduction to Alternative Lung Cancer Treatment
In addition to medical treatment, some cancer patients want to try alternative
lung cancer treatment to ease stress or to reduce side effects and symptoms. Some patients feel that these alternative treatments offer some benefit.
Alternative Lung Cancer Treatment Options
Some types of alternative treatments used for
lung cancer include:
- Acupuncture
- Massage therapy
- Herbal products
- Vitamins or special diets
- Nutritional supplements
- Visualization
- Meditation
- Spiritual healing
- Yoga
- Biofeedback.
Alternative Lung Cancer Treatment: Recommendations
Before you try any alternative lung cancer treatment, you should discuss their possible value and side effects with your medical doctors. You should also let them know if you are using any such alternative lung cancer treatment. These alternative treatments should never be used instead of medical treatment. Be aware that these therapies may be expensive; some are not paid for by health insurance. You should consider asking the therapist for evidence of how the therapy has helped others, possibly by giving you references.
You may want to ask your doctor these questions:
- What benefits can I expect from this approach?
- What are its risks?
- Do the expected benefits outweigh the risks?
- What side effects should I watch for?
- Will this alternative treatment change the way my lung cancer treatment works? Could this be harmful?
- Is this approach under study in a clinical trial? If so, who sponsors the trial?
- Will my health insurance pay for this approach?
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