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Categorized Index of Treatment Options

Categories

Cancer preventative, inhibitory and curative treatments can function in a variety of ways. Many act in more than one manner. Sometimes the process is unknown. Not infrequently, it is uncertain. When putting together a treatment regimen, it makes sense to choose the best from each of the relevant categories. The various categories are indicated below (in brackets). No attempt has been made in this index to indicate the degree of supporting data, which is greater in some instances than others.

AA	Anti-angiogenesis agent
AI	Apoptosis inducer
AL	Alkalinizing agent
AO	Antioxidant
BE	Blocks energy supply to cancer cells
CD	Carcinogen detoxifier
DR	DNA repairer
EP	Enhances cell proliferation
GS	Gene signalling modulators
IB	Inhibits binding of cancer cells to blood vessels walls
IC	Inhibits clumping together of cancer cells
IG	Selectively inhibits glucose metabolism in cancer cells
IP	Inhibits proliferation of cancer cells, and thus tumour growth
IS	Immuno-stimulant
NI	Necrosis inducer
MM	Multiple miscellaneous
RR	Ribonuclease regulator (ribonucleases are enzymes overproduced during radiation therapy, leading to scarring & fibrosis)
ST	Specialist therapy
UA	Unique action
UP	Unknown process

Treatment Options by Category

AA	Anti-angiogenesis agents Angiogenesis is the formation of blood vessels to a cancer, required for tumour growth above about 2mm. Arresting angiogenesis is a way to inhibit tumour growth. Anti-angiogenesis Agents (AA) Bovine Cartilage (AA) Carctol (AA, UP) Cartilage (AA) C-Statin (AA) Dietary Fibre (AA, GS) Ellagic Acid & Ellagitannins (AA, AI, AO, CD, IP) Green Tea (AA, AI, AO, GS, IP, IS) Shark Cartilage (AA) Sodium Butyrate (AA, GS)
AI	Apoptosis inducers Apoptosis, also called programmed cell death, is the natural way in which a cell dies. Cell components are deconstructed in an orderly manner. Contrasted with necrosis. Alstonine (AI, DR, ST) Antineoplastons (AI, ST) Burzynski's Antineoplastons (AI, ST) Citral (AI) Curcumin (AI, AO) Diet (AO, AI, CD, IS, MM) Ellagic Acid & Ellagitannins (AA, AI, AO, CD, IP) Flavopereirine (AI, DR) Green Tea (AA, AI, AO, GS, IP, IS) Haldi (AI, AO) I3C (AI) Imm-Kine (AI) Indole-3-Carbinol (AI) Juice, Fresh Vegetable and Fruit (AI, AO, CD, IS, MM, UP) Nutrition (AI, AO, CD, MM) Pao Pereira (AI, DR, ST) Quercetin (AI, AO) Rauwolfia (AI, DR, ST) Resveratrol (AI) Salvestrols (AI) Selenium (AI, AO, IS) Sempervirine (AI, DR, ST) Serpentine (AI, DR, ST) Turmeric (AI, AO) Ukrain (AI, IS, NI, UP)
AL	Alkalinizing agents According to some cancer theories, cancer cells thrive in an acidic environment. Creating an alkaline environment therefore helps to cause their destruction by apoptosis or necrosis. Caesium Chloride– High pH Therapy (AL, UP) Phenergan (Promethazane Hydrochloride) (AI, BE)
AO	Antioxidants Antioxidants mop up free radicals that can otherwise cause DNA damage and hence cancer. Antioxidants (AO) Beta-Carotene (AO) Cat's Claw (AO, IS) Chlorella (AO, CD) Curcumin (AI, AO) Diet (AO, AI, CD, IS, MM) EcoGen (AO, IG) Ellagic Acid & Ellagitannins (AA, AI, AO, CD, IP) Fermented Soy Extracts (AO, IP) Green Tea (AA, AI, AO, GS, IP, IS) Haelan 951 (AO, IP) Haldi (AI, AO) ImuPlus (AO, IS) Inositol (AO, IG) Inositol Hexaphosphate (AO, IG) IP-6 (AO, IG) Isocyanates (AO, IG) Juice, Fresh Vegetable and Fruit (AI, AO, CD, IS, MM, UP) Lycopene (AO) Nutra-Soy (AO, IP) Nutrition (AI, AO, CD, MM) Poly-MVA (AO, UP) Pumpkin Seeds (AO, IS) Quercetin (AI, AO) Selenium (AI, AO, IS) Spirulina (AO, CD) Soy Essence (AO, IP) Soy Option (AO, IP) Soy Products (AO, IP) Turmeric (AI, AO) Vitamin C – High Intravenous Dose (AO, IS, NI) Vitamin D (AO) Vitamins (AO, IS) Wheatgrass Juice (AO, CD, MM) Zinc, Zinc (AO, IS)
BE	Blockers of the energy supply to cancer cells If the energy supply to cancer cells can be selectively shut down, they will automatically have a tendency to die, either by apoptosis or necrosis. Graviola (BE, IP) Hydrazine Sulphate (BE) Pawpaw (BE, IP) Phenergan (Promethazane Hydrochloride) (AI, BE)
CD	Carcinogen detoxifiers Some foods contains substances that are able to help detoxify otherwise harmful carcinogens. Chlorella (AO, CD) Diet (AO, AI, CD, IS, MM) Ellagic Acid & Ellagitannins (AA, AI, AO, CD, IP) Juice, Fresh Vegetable and Fruit (AI, AO, CD, IS, MM, UP) Nutrition (AI, AO, CD, MM) Spirulina (AO, CD) Wheatgrass Juice (AO, CD, MM)
DR	DNA repairers Cancer is characterized by cells with damaged DNA. Some herbs and foods contain substances that can repair this damage. Alstonine (AI, DR, ST) Flavopereirine (AI, DR) Folic Acid and Folate (DR) Pao Pereira (AI, DR, ST) Rauwolfia (AI, DR, ST) Sempervirine (AI, DR, ST) Serpentine (AI, DR, ST) Vitamin B9 (DR)
EP	Enhancers of cell proliferation Substances that enhance the proliferation of normal cells will likewise enhance the growth of tumours. Iron Overload (EP)
GS	Gene signalling modulators Cancers can be caused by disruption to the natural signalling that takes place between cells. Some natural substances seem able to regulate this signalling in a beneficial manner. Dietary Fibre (AA, GS) Green Tea (AA, AI, AO, GS, IP, IS) Sodium Butyrate (AA, GS)
IB	Inhibitors of the binding of cancer cells to blood vessels walls In order for cancer cells circulating in the blood to form a metastasis at a secondary site, they must first bind to blood vessel walls at that site. Inhibition of this binding can therefore help prevent the formation of a metastasis. Cimetidine (Tagamet) (IB)
IC	Inhibitors of the clumping together of cancer cells In order for cancer cells circulating in the blood to form a metastasis at a secondary site, they must first meet up and clump together at that site. Inhibition of this clumping can help prevent the formation of a metastasis. MCP (IC) Modified Citrus Pectin (PC)
IG	Selective inhibitors of glucose metabolism in cancer cells Unlike normal cell function, cancer cells get their energy by metabolizing glucose anaerobically. Anything that inhibits their ability to metabolize glucose can lead to their death. Avemar (IS, IG) Holt Radiowave Therapy (IG, NI) Inositol (AO, IG) Inositol Hexaphosphate (AO, IG) IP-6 (AO, IG) Isocyanates (AO, IG)
IP	Inhibitors of cancer cell proliferation, and thus tumour growth Substances that specifically prevent the further proliferation of cancer cells, by whatever means, known or unknown, are clearly useful. Careseng (IP) CLA (IP) Conjugated Linoleic Acid (IP) EcoGen (AO, IG) Ellagic Acid & Ellagitannins (AA, AI, AO, CD, IP) Fermented Soy Extracts (AO, IP) Garlic (IP) Ginger (IP) Ginseng Extract (IP) Graviola (BE, IP) Green Tea (AA, AI, AO, GS, IP, IS) Haelan 951 (AO, IP) Milk Thistle (IP) Mistletoe (IP, IS) Nutra-Soy (AO, IP) Pancreatic Proteolytic Enzymes (IP) Pawpaw (BE, IP) Soy Essence (AO, IP) Soy Option (AO, IP) Soy Products (AO, IP) Vitamin C – High Intravenous Dose (AO, IS, NI) Vitamins (AO, IS)
IS	Immuno-stimulants Potential cancer cells regularly form in a normal healthy body. These are generally dealt with by natural processes, such as substances in the diet or by the body's own immune system. Cancers can therefore form when the immune system fails to do its job properly. Substances that boost the performance of the immune system can therefore help reduce the risk of cancers, and can fight an existing cancer. Aloe Vera (IS) Avemar (IS, IG) BioBran (IS) Cat's Claw (AO, IS) CellQuest (IS, UP) Chinese Herbs (IS, MM) Dendritic Cell Vaccines (IS) Green Tea (AA, AI, AO, GS, IP, IS) ImuPlus (AO, IS) Juice, Fresh Vegetable and Fruit (AI, AO, CD, IS, MM, UP) Medicinal Mushrooms (IS) MGN-3 (IS) Mistletoe (IP, IS) Polyerga Plus (IS) Pumpkin Seeds (AO, IS) Selenium (AI, AO, IS) Ukrain (AI, IS, NI, UP) Vaccines (IS) Zinc, Zinc (AO, IS)
NI	Necrosis inducers Necrosis is unnatural cell death in which the body has to deal with the elements of the dead cell as best it can. It is contrasted with apoptosis (natural or programmed cell death). Anything which selectively destroys cancer cells is clearly of potential use in the fight against cancer although the necrotic tissue can cause toxicity, and needs to be successfully eliminated. Amygdalin (NI) Holt Radiowave Therapy (IG, NI) Laetrile (NI) Nanotechnology (NI) PDT (NI) Photodynamic Therapy (NI) Ukrain (AI, IS, NI, UP) Vitamin B17 (NI) Vitamin C – High Intravenous Dose (AO, IS, NI)
MM	Multiple miscellaneous actions Many therapeutic options have a multiplicity of actions, which may not be definable in terms of conventional medicine. Acupuncture (MM) Aromatherapy (UP, MM) Chinese Herbs (IS, MM) Diet (AO, AI, CD, IS, MM) Integrated Medicine (MM) Juice, Fresh Vegetable and Fruit (AI, AO, CD, IS, MM, UP) Nutrition (AI, AO, CD, MM) Polarity Therapy (MM, UP) Prostate Care (MM) Prostatol (MM) Therapeutic Massage (MM, UP) Wheatgrass Juice (AO, CD, MM) Zero-Balancing (MM, UP)
RR	Ribonuclease regulators Ribonucleases are a family of enzymes overproduced during radiation therapy, leading to scarring & fibrosis. Substances that regulate these enzymes can help prevent this incidental damage. Ginko biloba (RR)
ST	Specialist therapies A number of therapeutic options are part of a whole regimen, generally practised at a particular clinic. Alstonine (AI, DR, ST) Beljanski, Mirko (ST) Burzynski's Antineoplastons (AI, ST) Fuad Lechin's Method of Neuroimmunomodulation (ST) Neuroimmunomodulation (ST) Pao Pereira (AI, DR, ST) Rauwolfia (AI, DR, ST) Sempervirine (AI, DR, ST) Serpentine (AI, DR, ST)
UA	Unique actions The action of some substances falls into no particular category. Artemesinin (UA) Wormwood (UA)
UP	Unknown processes Some therapeutic option may seem to work or to have some benefit, but no one is entirely certain how. Aromatherapy (MM, UP) Caesium Chloride – High pH Therapy (AL, UP) CellQuest (IS, UP) Essiac (UP) Homoeopathy (MM, UP) Juice, Fresh Vegetable and Fruit (AI, AO, CD, IS, MM, UP) Natural Cellular Defense (UP) Polarity Therapy (MM, UP) Poly-MVA (AO, UP) Therapeutic Massage (MM, UP) Ukrain (AI, IS, NI, UP) Zeolite Clinoptilolite (UP) Zero-Balancing (MM, UP)