Whether it’s a friend, family member or yourself, you likely know someone who had, or has, cancer. According to the CDC, more than 1.6 million Americans are diagnosed every year with a type of cancer. Of those 1.6 million people, almost 600,000 of them will die.
Chemotherapy, surgery and radiation therapy are the leading treatments for most types of cancer, according to the Mayo Clinic. These treatment options are expensive, costing an average patient an estimated $150,000. For some patients, that number balloons into the millions.
In addition to being expensive, these types of treatments are also hard on the human body. They often make people feel sicker before they feel better as the medicine attacks the cancer cells and the body recovers from invasive surgery. The cost implications and the pain have led some patients to seek out alternative cancer treatments.
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Thanks to the dedication of scientists around the world, the future of cancer detection and treatment, including alternative cancer treatments, looks bright. Cutting-edge therapies, treatments and cures have led to a less invasive and sometimes more effective approach to healing and treating cancer.
There has been a lot of success in developing systems and processes for detecting cancers during earlier stages as well. When cancer is detected earlier, the patient usually has a better chance of going into remission. If we are able to learn how to take better care of our bodies, supercharge our immune systems and lean into the promises of alternative treatments, our goal to cure cancer looks more promising.
