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Cancer Treatment
DANIELLE POMPA
ENGLISH 2010
ALTERNATIVE CANCER
TREATMENT
VS.
TRADITIONAL CANCER
TREATMENT
TRADITIONAL TREATMENTS
Chemotherapy
Radiation
Surgery
Effectiveness? (DeSantis et al.)
ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS
CAM (Complimentary and Alternative
Medicine) Treatments
Chinese Medicine
Effectiveness?(Brems et al.)(Tsai et al.)
CANCER AND STRESS
“Several studies have given us a greater
understanding of how stress encourages cancer
progression” (Schor 59).
CONCLUSION
Both traditional treatment AND alternative
treatment
More Availability
Stress and alternative treatments
Comfort of patient
More research!
WORK CITED
Brems, Christiane, Jodi Barnett, Virginia Cress Parret, Jesse Metzger, and Mark E. Johnson.
"Alternative and Complementary Treatment Needs and Experiences of Women with Breast
Cancer." Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine 19.7 (2013): 657 663. CINAHL
Complete. Web. 1 Oct. 2014.
DeSantis, Carol E., Chun Chieh Lin, Angela B. Mariotto, Rebecca L. Siegel, Kevin D. Stein, Joan L.
Kramer, Rick Alteri, Anthony S. Robbins, and Ahmedin Jemal. "Cancer treatment and
survivorship statistics, 2014." CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (2014).
Schor, Jacob. "Beta-Blockers and Cancer: The Impact of Stress on Cancer." Townsend Letter 373/374
(2014): 59-62. Alt HealthWatch. Web. 14 Nov. 2014.
Tsai, Shiang-Jiun,Ying-Xu Ruan, Ching-Chih Lee, Moon-Sing Lee, Wen-Yen Chiou, Hon-Yi Lin, Feng-Chun
Hsu, Yu-Chieh Su, Ta-Wen Hsu, and Shih-Kai Hung. "Use Of Chinese Medicine among
Colorectal Cancer Patients: A Nationwide Population-Based Study.“ African Journal of
Traditional, Complementary & Alternative Medicines 11.2 (2014): 343-349. Alt HealthWatch.
Web. 2 Oct. 2014.