Mesothelioma is a form of cancer which occurs in the cells surrounding the organs called the mesothelial cells. Mesothelioma occurs most frequently in the tissues covering the lungs and is nearly always caused by exposure to asbestos.
Asbestos related cancer usually takes until 20-50 years after the exposure to be diagnosed and due to the negative prognosis it has, in recent years there has been more and more research into alternative treatments which can be used to eradicate the disease from sufferers’ bodies or improve their quality of life.
Many of these alternative therapies are still in research and testing stages, but a growing number of those suffer ring with the disease are willing to take a chance and undergo treatment.
Vitamin C has been trialled as a cure at the Vale of Leven Hospital in Scotland and reportedly had ‘excellent results’. It was administered in quite high doses by the chief surgeon and was deemed successful, although in other studies have reported minimal or no success.
Iscador is the brand name for a certain species of mistletoe, Viscum album, which has been suggested, can reduce the effects of cancer. Few experts suggest is reduces tumour size, but the benefits are believed to be a stimulation of the immune system, an improvement in general well being, and a reversion of cancerous cells into less damaging forms.
Astragulus is another plant based treatment, which comes from a native Chinese plant which has been studied as a cancer remedy in China. One such study concluded that if chemotherapy was combined with injections of Astragulus then a tumours development could be inhibited and the function of the immune system would improve.
No alternative therapies have been fully endorsed as of yet, but these advancements in the way we can treat and reduce the effects of asbestos cancer suggest that experts are getting closer to finding ways of increasing life expectancy in patients, or even finding a cure.
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