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Cancer is a devastating disease that affects thousands of people each year. People faced with this diagnosis can feel like there is no hope and their families will begin to realize the end is near for the patient. Doctor's will try to help the patient with radiation and chemotherapy that will eventually destroy most of the good cells along with the diseased cells opening the patient up for complications and eventual death. Are doctors telling you all the options you have on beating the disease? There is more you should know and do for yourself that your doctor may not inform you of, so read on.

There is hope! Cancer patients can thrive and have a better life if they want it. There are many natural, alternative herbs that can help cancer patients survive and beat the cancer. Many times patients believe that once the cancer is gone it will not come back, that is not entirely true. You still have to keep it under control with maintenance. These herbs are not cures, because once you stop using these herbs you will decline and the cancer will dominant.

Here are some alternative, natural ways that can help aid your body in the fight against the life changing disease of cancer. Some suggestions for people faced with the battle of cancer are:

Turmeric is a root that has been used in the Chinese and India cultures. It is a strong anti-oxidant that helps neutralize free radicals and reduces the risk of cancer. Epidemiological studies have linked the frequent use of turmeric to lower rates of breast, prostate, lung and colon cancer; laboratory experiments have shown curcumin can prevent tumors from forming; and research conducted at the University of Texas suggests that even when breast cancer is already present, curcumin can help slow the spread of breast cancer cells to the lungs in mice. In this study, published in Biochemical Pharmacology (September 2005), human breast cancer cells were injected into mice, and the resulting tumors removed to simulate a mastectomy. The mice were then divided into four groups. One group received no further treatment and served as a control. A second group was given the cancer drug paclitaxel (Taxol); the third got curcumin, and the fourth was given both Taxol and curcumin. After five weeks, only half the mice in the curcumin-only group and just 22% of those in the curcumin plus Taxol group had evidence of breast cancer that had spread to the lungs. But 75% of the mice that got Taxol alone and 95% of the control group developed lung tumors.

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