Don't stop or delay your conventional treatment.
Stopping or delaying conventional treatment may have serious consequences. In many cases, the product can have negative repercussions: it won’t treat the cancer; and it could even harm you. Talking to your doctor is the best way to satisfy your curiosity, and manage your treatment wisely.
In your research, you may come across references to complementary and alternative medicine.
Complementary therapies are meant to enhance standard medical treatment, like surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy. Your treatment team can tell you whether there’s any proof that a complementary therapy may reduce discomfort or any other symptoms. Tell your treatment team what you want to achieve with complementary therapy.
Alternative therapies are meant to replace conventional cancer treatment. Reputable medical and cancer experts generally do not recommend alternative products and practices to the exclusion of conventional therapy, because there’s no proof that they are effective treatments for cancer. Many can even be harmful.