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My 70 yr old mom was just diagnosed with breast cancer - what are some holistic approaches to dealing with breast cancer?

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See below: "holistic" approaches are considered adjuncts to conventional therapy. Studies observing alternative therapies alone had uniformly bad outcomes.

Answered 11/24/2012

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Dr. Richard Orr answered

Specializes in Surgical Oncology

See below: There are no holistic approaches to treating breast cancer. Sometimes a simple medicine (tamoxifen) is used instead of standard treatment if the patient is very old, has alzheimer's etc., but surgery is well tolerated and the standard for most breast cancers. There are holistic approaches that can deal with side effects, depression, tiredness, aches and pains, etc, but they are not curative.

Answered 5/30/2013

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