Respected cancer journals are publishing articles that identify safer and more effective chemotherapy drug regimens, yet only a few medical institutions in the United States are incorporating these synergistic methods into clinical practice. Cancer patients, for the most part, are suffering through brutal chemotherapy regimens that have long ago proven themselves to be ineffective. The Foundation's chemotherapy protocol provides concise information about reducing some of the side effects of cytotoxic chemotherapy and utilizing other drugs to enhance the cancer cell-killing effects of these drugs. According to the National Cancer Institute, normal cells grow and die in a controlled way through a process called apoptosis.
Cancer cells keep dividing and forming more cells without a control mechanism.
Anticancer drugs destroy cancer cells by stopping them from growing or multiplying at one or more points in their growth cycle. Chemotherapy may consist of one or several cytotoxic drugs, depending on the type of cancer being treated. In addition to chemotherapy, other methods are sometimes used to treat cancer. For example, your doctor may recommend that you have surgery to remove a tumor or to relieve certain symptoms that may be caused by your cancer. You also may receive radiation therapy to treat your cancer or its symptoms.