Treatment: Complementary Alternative Medicine for Cancer
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Previous three chapters described the Core, the Foundation and the Conventional treatments of cancer. In this chapter we will review some alternative methods for cancer treatment practiced by some holistic doctors in various centers around the world. The aim of this chapter is to acquaint the reader with what is happening in the different parts of the world in this matter. In writing this chapter, I have extensively used references from the following two books: 1. OPTIONSThe Alternative Cancer Therapy Book by Richard Walters and 2.CANCER: Alternative Medicine Definitive Guide to Cancer by Burton Goldberg, W. John Diamond and W. Lee Cowden.
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تاریخ انتشار 2015