Complementary
and alternative medicine modalities according to the WHO
are practiced by about 60-70 percent of the world
population. Some of these fall under the classification of
'folk medicine' but others are provided by professionalized
health care practitioners trained in their particular
modality. They include such varied modalities such Chinese,
Indian and Tibetan traditional medicine, herbal medicine,
and homeopathy. These modalities provide a form of
treatment that largely lies outside the current dominant
'biomedical' paradigm but which is a viable complement or
alternative to this paradigm, especially in such complex
chronic diseases such as cancer.
This site was created in response to demand from cancer
patients in Egypt who wanted to know about possible
complementary and alternative medicine modalities (CAM) of
treating cancer other than through surgery, radiation and
chemotherapy. The information on this site is meant to be
just that: information. It is not meant to advertise, sell,
or prescribe treatments. The focus is to provide
information on the various non-conventional options
available to a cancer patient, with links to specialized
international as well as local centers. The final decision
as to what to do with that information is ultimately the
patient's. Care-givers, relatives, doctors and friends will
all have different opinions about what kind of cancer
therapy is necessary or appropriate. However, an important
part of the healing process is that the patient be
comfortable, and even enthusiastic, about the therapeutic
modalities they have chosen. This always involves
the hope and courage to
heal.
In Egypt, there is huge preponderant bias to modern
allopathic medicine and I think that current trends in
medicine world-wide warrant a re-balancing of that bias.
The information on this site, and the sites that we link
to, are meant to redress that balance and allow the cancer
patient to make a clearer and more informed decision and
include CAM therapies into their treatment regimen.
This site does not claim in any way to be comprehensive or
exhaustive in its coverage. It is an ongoing attempt to
provide one person's perspective on the subject. It also
requires that the patient and care-givers be willing to
read, research, investigate and inform themselves.