Dr. Al Greco, an oncologist at St. John's Mercy Medical Center, says there is no known homeopathic treatment for breast cancer. Dr. Greco says the treatment Somers is using is actually a mistletoe extract that has shown only minimal success in shrinking tumors. He says the public is often misled by the claims of these sorts of treatments because they do not understand the natural progression of the disease. What makes me shudder is that she is going to do well because she had good local treatment.
Chemotherapy can be a frightening thought for cancer patients.
It brings to mind images of months of painful treatment resulting in hair loss, vomiting and exhaustion. Dr. Greco says that's not the case anymore. And if they have trouble, it is only for a day or two. Dr. Greco says that improvements in nausea drugs help make those patients more comfortable. The number of chemo treatments required has decreased in recent years.