CANCER CURING METHODS IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER TREATMENTS

1. Endocrinotherapy (hormone treatment)

Sex hormones are regarded as having significant influence on the growth of cancerous cells in breast cancer, carcinoma of the endometrium, prostatic carcinoma, thyroid cancer, carcinoma of the kidney, etc. It has been discovered that if stimulatory hormones to the various affected organs can be halted, the cancerous growth in these organs can also be stopped. Thus therapy is conducted by either removing the affected organs or giving doses of anti-stimulatory hormone drugs.

2. Immunotherapy

This treatment is based on strengthening the immune system of the human body and depending on this immunologic resistance to fight cancerous cells. Reluctantly speaking, among the western therapies, this is perhaps the closest to oriental medical concepts. The Maruyama vaccine that received much attention in Japan can be regarded as one of such therapies. A medicine known as the immune reactivation agent is used in this treatment.

3. Thermotherapy

Human cells can usually survive up to about 42 degrees Centigrade. Above this temperature the protein of which they are composed begins to decompose, causing functional decline or even death. Thus cells usually produce protein which may mitigate the impact of heat. Compared to normal cells, cancerous cells are weak in this respect, beginning to die when the temperature exceeds 41.5 degrees Centigrade. This is a major weakness of cancer cells. To make use of such a weakness, the patient’s entire body or the cancer site alone is exposed to temperatures between 40-42 degrees.

4. Blood transfusion and transplantation

Some years ago, when patients required specific blood constituents, they were given whole blood. Today, special blood constituents are selected and given according to the individual needs of patients. They may receive what are known as constituent transfusions, which may be in the form of red blood cell preparations, platelet concentrate, granule globule preparations, plasma differentiation preparations, and so on.

Transplantation is the transfer of tissue from a healthy person to the patient. One example of this is a bone marrow transplant, in which transfer of blood forming cells from a healthy person to the patient enables him to restore his ability to generate blood components. However, if the white blood cell antigen of the donor is not compatible with that of the recipient, the transplanted tissue will be rejected. The establishment of bone marrow banks is therefore indispensable. As a supplementary note, the chances of compatibility are below 30% between siblings and one in ten thousand between other persons.

As you may have observed, each of the western therapies is beset with a corresponding set of problems. Complicated problems such as physical and mental suffering, side effects, cost, lengthy duration of cure, and social integration difficulties must be solved. Aside from this, the combined use of various therapies is necessary to increase the total anti-cancer effect of treatment. Indeed, the combined effect of many treatments may give complementary effects, as has been proven in clinical tests with Tian Xian Liquid and surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

A summary of eastern and western concepts of carcinomatosis shows the main differences between these two traditions. In medicine, direct treatments are applied against the cancer cells that exploit their weaknesses and characteristics. In oriental medicine, the treatments view the carcinomatosis as the focus of evil spirits in the body. Despite differing concepts, the goal of defeating cancer is common and consistent to both traditions.