External beam radiotherapy

Chemotherapy is increasingly being used to treat men with advanced (metastatic) prostate cancer that is resistant to hormone therapy. Chemotherapy is medication which is used as a tool to eliminate cancer cells in the body. Benefit and effect: This treatment is used to reduce pain, such as pain due to cancer travelling to the bone.1 External beam radiotherapy is usually the type of radiotherapy given and up to 80% of men treated will experience rapid pain improvement. They play a supportive role and are only used in addition to standard treatments.Only the European species of mistletoe is used in the treatment of cancer. Alternative therapies, on the other hand, are used instead of conventional treatments. Radiation therapy and chemotherapy would likely be used when the tumor is larger or has spread to lymph nodes in the neck. Traditionally, as well as today, aloe gel has been used to sooth dry or damaged skin, treat minor cuts and burns, and the latex has been used for constipation. The terms "complementary" and "alternative" are often used interchangeably, when in fact they are two different therapies.Depending on the type of the disease, these treatments are used alone or in combination, to either control cancer cell growth or to eliminate the disease entirely. In their interviews men and woman describe exactly how they used this natural salve, and have even generously included startling before and after photos. Please visit Discover Classic Remedies to find many pages that used to live here. A blood test to check if CEA (carcinoembryonic antigen) is elevated can be used to monitor the progress of the disease.

PSA levels are measured using a blood test and the results of this test can be used to help determine the stage of prostate cancer, which is evaluated by an experienced doctor. The duration of chemotherapy treatment and type and number of different of drugs used depends on the type of cancer and the child's response to the drugs. Additionally all of our practices are equipped with a dedicated radiotherapy CT scanner which is used to provide up to date specific imaging customised to your treatment planning needs. Extremely small studies suggest that shiitake or maitake mushrooms, mistletoe, extracts of the Venus flytrap, and various botanical therapies used in traditional Chinese medicine may help treat certain forms of cancer.

Mistletoe (Viscum album L.) is a semi-parasitic plant that lives with several tree species, including oak, pine, fir, elm and apple, and has been used since ancient times to treat a variety of human ailments. Rituximab, a specific monoclonal antibody against a protein found on B lymphocytes has brought the first major advance in treatment since CHOP was first used in the 1970s.Currently only available on the PBS in Australia for low-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, haematology and oncology specialists are eagerly awaiting the results of trials involving rituximab plus chemotherapy for high-grade lymphoma. Dr. Pezzuto extracted betulin from birches and converted this into betulinic acid. According to the scientist, betulinic acid "worked better than the drug most commonly used in people to treat melanoma. It can be very helpful to people affected by cancer to indentify a local support group. In the Nottingham Cancer Patients and Carers Support Group we meet monthly to share friendship, we share our experience of cancer and the services we have used. We also share a wide range of knowledge and skills.