Conventional and Alternative Cancer Treatment

Conventional and Alternative Cancer Treatment

Cancer is a widely known disease and its treatment has been known to be very expensive. Cancer can affect any person at any age and the risk of getting cancer increases with age. According to statistics obtained from the world health organization for 2006, about 13% of human deaths worldwide is caused by cancer. Most cancers can be treated or cured depending on the diagnosis, the type, location, and stage of the cancer.

In the Philippines, the conventional method of treating cancer is through surgical procedure with a gamma knife. This method is a form of radiation therapy since the gamma knife is a radio-surgical tool that uses ionizing radiation to kill cancer cells. Radiation therapy is known to destroy the cells in the targeted area by damaging their genetic material. It would make it impossible for these cells to continue to divide and grow. While the normal cells are also damaged with the cancer cells, the normal cells can recover from the effects of the radiation and function properly again.

The Leksell gamma knife, which was invented by a Swedish neurosurgeon in 1967, is being used to treat brain tumors and other various diseases in the brain by using radiation therapy. The gamma knife is also being used as an alternative treatment to tumors as well as brain tumor, vascular malformation, Trigeminal Neuralgia, and other conditions of the brain that used to be treated with open surgery in the past.

One of the other alternative treatments being used to treat cancer is Enzyme - Immune - Cell (EIC) therapy. This method uses a combination of 18 metabolic and integrative medicine modalities that provide a powerful and non-toxic cancer therapy. Medical tourism centers can provide information on EIC therapy centers. EIC therapy centers in the Philippines have a critical part in the care for cancer patients in the Philippines. EIC therapy center provide immunotherapy, hormone therapy, tests and other services.

In selecting the treatment, it depends on the type, location and stage of the cancer that can be found out through diagnosis. Once the diagnosis is done, the patient is selected with the possible methods in treating the cancer. In choosing the best possible facility for the cancer treatment, contact medical tourism centers like Wellness and Health Services Asia Inc (WAHSA). WAHSA can guide you to affordable health services with their experienced chaperones.