First of all: Why would anyone choose to consider curing cancer alternatively* or to look for a natural cure for cancer, either in the place of (or as a complement to) the officially recommended (and sometimes enforced) chemotherapy, radiation and surgery? The main reason may be that conventional cancer treatment is still far from reaching its long sought-after victory over cancer, even after decades of intensive research into which billions of dollars have been poured. On the contrary, cancer incidence and mortality have continued to steadily and dramatically rise in the Westernized world, with no end to this tendency in sight. (In fact, the front page article of the March 22, 2004 issue of Fortune Magazine was entitled, Why We Are Losing the War On Cancer.) This has led many to think that the conventional approach (more drugs and surgery) may not be the answer since it clearly doesn’t address the root causes, which, when unaddressed, may (even in the relatively rare event of a temporary healing being achieved as shown in cancer statistics ) lead to a recurrence and exacerbation of previous symptoms and even the creation of new similarly serious ones (see Possible side effects you may not have been told about which, ironic & facetious as it may sound, include death). Why is cancer on the rise? There are many suspected root causes: e. g. there is strong evidence that the depletion of our soils due to intensive farming beginning with the industrial revolution has led to widespread mineral and trace element deficiencies leading to (or promoting) in their turn numerous ailments incl. cancer. Another cause is likely to be found in the dangerous harsh chemicals present in our polluted food, air and water supply, ranging from pesticides to artificial hormones (present in meat and dairy from non-organic husbandry), as well as in the ubiquitous electro-magnetic fields from appliances, cell phones, computers, TVs, microwaves etc. All of these are assaultive, unnatural substances and influences our bodies have to contend with on a daily basis without, and this may be a crucial point, having had the evolutionary time to adapt to them. In tandem with this onslaught of toxins works the widespread intake of devitalized, demineralized, industrially produced food low in nutrition and high in calories, far removed from what more naturally-living and much healthier peoples consume, another major suspect in the genesis of cancer. And many seem to compound the problem by the intake of medicinal drugs and noxious substances, themselves all too often the contributing cause of disease and worse, even death (compare On Drugs). There is also reason for the contention that all disease has a psychosomatic causative agent if not root cause, in other words stress and inner wounding in all of their multiple forms. A similar idea has been expressed by those (such as Traditional Chinese Medicine [TCM]) who claim that all or most disease is due to or based upon a blockage of “energy”, leading to a corresponding weakness in the organ and/or system affected by such undersupply of “vital energy”. Healing Cancer Naturally is indeed a proponent of the “energetic” viewpoint of disease and healing. (Also see Cancer Causes for a summary and extensive discussion of suggested and observed causes of cancer.) What may be the solution? Many authoritative sources believe that disease can only develop and thrive in a body which is lacking in nutrients and/or energy (which may be depleted due to stress, nutritional/mineral and other deficiencies as well as due to other factors) as well as laden with various toxins. According to this thinking, by remedying deficiencies, cleansing the body and reestablishing a healthy energy flow, disease can and will be reversed. As Dr. Jürgen Buche writes, medicine tends to perceive cancer as a specific localized condition, which a specific drug (or herb) will counteract. According to Dr. Buche and others, “it is far more appropriate to approach this condition as a manifestation of systemic disease, and use such systemic treatments as are appropriate in aiding the body to regain control... [What is required, is] an approach to transformation - change in body, mind and spirit - which is possibly the only effective context in which to treat cancer.” There are many alternative non-toxic healing modalities for cancer which use these principles, some of them dating back to the early 1900s. Developed by doctors and naturopaths, these approaches have proven successful for many people. One of the overall most effective ones for curing cancer alternatively (or rather curing cancer naturally) seems to be Dr. Johanna Budwig’s easy-to-implement diet & protocol. In addition, there are “purely spiritual” approaches to healing cancer and other disease, as well as the testimony of those numerous recovered "Hopeless Cases" all too easily shelved by conventional oncologists as “spontaneous remissions”. This Alternative Cancer Healing site aims to contribute to your awareness of the absolutely amazing range and potential of these natural and holistic healing modalities for cancer or “alternatives to chemotherapy, radiation and (often) surgery”. It offers extensive free information on alternative cancer cure and prevention protocols without overmuch duplicating the detailed information already found on other excellent sites devoted to “curing cancer naturally” (to which many links are provided), with particular stress being applied here to the emotional, energetic, mental and spiritual side of this dis-ease and its natural healing. I very much hope, should you or a loved one be stricken with cancer, to see you join the tens of thousands of courageous cancer victors all over the globe who are here to prove on a daily basis that “it can be done”! For those still in doubt: Why Choose Alternatives* & Alternative Cancer Treatment? Why would it seem very advisable to research several or all routes to healing, including and particularly the alternative non-invasive approaches to cancer treatment, therapy, cure and healing before deciding on any one of them? Amazingly (or perhaps not so amazingly), the strongest proof comes from physicians and authoritative sources of renown themselves, such as the Journal of the American Medical Association. Here is a powerful sequence of incisive, outspoken (and often shocking) statements on health and medical treatment straight out of the mouths of illustrious MDs and cancer specialists as well as luminaries such as Linus Pauling, Mahatma Gandhi and Ralph Waldo Emerson. At the very least they strongly suggest that your safest and only bet on your way to health is indeed the natural and/or holistic (i.e. currently considered “alternative”) way. Start reading here. “Greatest Hits” For those with little time to read, I suggest you take a look at this page first which lists those healing modalities that have so far impressed me the most in my research of the extensive field of alternative non-invasive and holistic cancer cure and prevention protocols. Natural & Holistic Cancer Cure Testimonials These form the heart of this site and are an inspirational, uplifting and thought-provoking must-read! Additionally I point to another major fact of cancer to be aware of: that of Cancer “Overdiagnosing” and “Over-Treatment” . It is a fact that many cancerous tumors, if left undisturbed/untreated and/or undiagnosed, would never evolve into any problem and only be discovered during an autopsy performed after death (from other causes), since the body in its wisdom knows how to safely encapsulate and keep such tumors apart from the rest of the body. Also included: crucially important reports of cancer patients undergoing conventional cancer treatment such as “Rushed into conventional cancer diagnostics & therapy: a tale of manipulation, dishonesty, callousness, lack of integrity and ethics and the trauma, pain, shock, disfigurement & regret experienced”. Dr. Johanna Budwig’s Diet & Protocol 100 pages offering a comprehensive introduction to Dr. Budwig’s revolutionary, highly effective (i.e. boasting a high success rate) yet simple and natural health and healing discoveries. Dr. Dan C. Roehm M. D. FACP (oncologist and former cardiologist) writes in "Townsend Letter for Doctors", July 1990, "What she (Dr. Johanna Budwig) has demonstrated to my initial disbelief but lately, to my complete satisfaction in my practice is: CANCER IS EASILY CURABLE, the treatment is dietary/lifestyle, the response is immediate; the cancer cell is weak and vulnerable; the precise biochemical breakdown point was identified by her in 1951 and is specifically correctable, in vitro (test-tube) as well as in vivo (real)...” Healing Cancer Naturally is the only English-language website worldwide which focuses on authentic information on Dr. Johanna Budwig and her diet & protocol as spelled out in 13 of her original German books and other Budwig-related German-language sources. Nature Heals On the self-healing nature of the human body, with particular emphasis on a discussion of the self-contained healing system of Natural Hygiene. Cancer Healing Informational Downloads In June 2001, I joined an excellent alternative cancer healing list by the name of cancercured (hosted by yahoogroups). I started to both collect and collate the ample information submitted to this forum as well as do my own Internet research. All this (corresponding in volume to a dozen printed books) can be downloaded here in zip (compressed) format for your own keyword or intuitive research. Emotions and Cancer Amazing case histories and personal reading have led me to believe that emotions and thoughts, including the power of belief, can be of crucial importance in the genesis of serious and less serious disease as well as in their healing. Very impressive real-life healing stories show this astounding link. Emotions can be healed by allowing them to flow (such as practised in Primal Therapy or Bioenergetics and other approaches based on the work of Wilhelm Reich), as well as particularly with the DIY healing tool of EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) introduced in Cancer & Energetics. Also included: links to sites offering emotional healing support and powerful techniques. Laughter Is Medicine Did you know Laughter Is Medicine is not just a saying, but actual fact? Laughing has a measurably positive effect on your immune system including raising the amount of natural killer cells in your blood whose role among other things consists in destroying tumour cells (read Dr. McGhee’s detailed articles) ... That’s why I’ve additionally included a few jokes in Laughter is Medicine 2... Healing Cancer & Your Mind I believe that generally speaking, healing from (and getting) cancer often begins in the mind. To heal from cancer, the person’s decision and firm resolve to recover their health often seems the major first step to take. Here are inspiring and practical tools to regain your health through the power of your mind, including healing affirmations, guided imagery and visualization that have helped a kidney cancer patient recover his health. In addition, you’ll find in-depth scientific discussions of the role of the mind (attitudes, feelings, thoughts, beliefs) and the mind-body interface both in the genesis and recovery from cancer. Healing Cancer With Light Dr. Jürgen Buche writes “Cancer patients need LIGHT!... Get as much exposure to sunlight and fresh air as you possibly can and watch your tumors and cancers shrink away.” Read here about the healing power of sunlight (yes) and its relationship to cancer incidence, as well as about Photodynamic Therapy and the healing of cancer with UV light. Incidentally, Dr. Johanna Budwig’s often successful natural cancer curing protocol lists sunlight exposure as one of the essential healing factors. As so often, nature reveals herself as the greatest healer... Love & Healing I believe love - both for others and oneself - to not only be the most important thing in life, but maybe one of the central healing factors as well. If I were asked to list my favourite “alternative cancer treatments”, love would certainly count among them. Based on observations such as those made by cancer researcher Dr. Bernie Siegel, I believe love may be an essential attitude & quality to develop and cultivate to further a person’s healing of cancer, peace of mind and spiritual progress. Includes long excerpts from Lessons from the Light: What We Can Learn from the Near-Death Experience. Geopathic Stress A much neglected though critically important area both in the preservation of health and the genesis of disease, including cancer. Information and proposed solutions can be found here - a “must read”. Treating Cancer With Oxygen, Ozone & Hydrogen Peroxide Could ozone be some kind of silver bullet for certain cancer patients? Read here about the healing power of oxygen (O2) and ozone (O3), together with the story of a double healing of “terminal” cancer using a simple approach: stepping up the cancer patient’s oxygenation through a simplified form of ozone therapy combined with juicing. Cancer Causes lists and discusses both those factors which are officially recognised, for instance carcinogens, aflatoxins, radiation (incl. mammography), and those merely “suspected” or probable contributing agents including nutritional, emotional, spiritual factors, cellular oxygen deprivation, fungal pathogens, lymphatic restriction, geopathic stress, viruses, fluorescent lighting, toxic chemicals & pesticides, parasites, aspartame, cell phones, lack (or blockages) of “life force energy” etc. Cancer & Energetics, Cancer & Spirituality Some of the most important pages on this site featuring a growing collection of information on the vital subjects of our energetic and spiritual foundations, including the effect of sounds, prayer and the “healing stream” on cancer. Among many subjects, read about the spontaneous disappearance of a cancerous tumor thanks to “chi (life energy) treatment” monitored on-screen via ultrasound! A very special mention and large place also for EFT (Emotional Freedom DIY Technique) which aims to heal mind and body by reestablishing healthy energetic flow: the wide range of ills it has been successfully applied on, incl. cancer, already permits it to be ranked among the most promising healing avenues ever discovered by mankind. Nutrition & Cancer Healing , Supplements & Herbs Extensive information on the absolutely critical area of nutrition with special emphasis on harder-to-find crucial data on a vital subject riddled with contradictory lore... I currently estimate the physical (nutrition and toxin-related) factors to be the overall most decisive influence in the increasing cancer incidence in Western society. For some particularly revealing corroborating evidence of this view, see the article US - Sri Lanka Cancer Incidence Comparison outlining “what may well be a simple, supremely effective, and completely natural cancer cure”. Detoxification Extensive holistic information on a subject which seems absolutely vital to health and healing as well as prevention of degenerative disease including cancer. History of Alternative Cancer Treatment How did the public health situation and conventional medical practice re cancer treatment (oncology) come to acquire its present-day face and how does it compare to earlier times? Here are some revealing articles to illuminate these crucial questions... Juicing & Juicers Frequently successful cancer therapies, such as Dr. Max Gerson’s therapy, often hinge or heavily lean upon the use of freshly squeezed vegetables and fruits. Is there a best juicer, especially for cancer patients? Here you’ll find relevant information and recommendations... Gerson Therapy The fresh juice therapy developed by Dr. Max Gerson boasts a good success rate in helping to cure various degenerative diseases including cancer and seems to be very compatible and advantageously combined with Dr. Budwig’s diet & protocol. Includes detailed discussions of the Gerson therapy and healing and other testimonials. Self-Health Links A series of excellent links covering the healing of cancer, the background of the prevailing cancer treatment in the world today, as well as links to general alternative health information, juicers and the healing of Aids. Dr. Ryke Geerd Hamer’s “German New Medicine” may well be the current cutting-edge in the healing arts. My personal impression is that Dr. Hamer’s approach complemented by powerful energetic tools as well as the spiritual modalities discussed in Cancer Healing & Spirituality and underpinned by the holistic physical approach taken by Dr. Johanna Budwig constitute the currently best and most comprehensive path to healing cancer and other disease available to humanity. Lothar Hirneise’s Cancer Research Lothar Hirneise, who according to one source, is possibly one of the most knowledgeable persons in the world on the subject of conventional and alternative/holistic cancer treatment, has researched in-depth why and how many people heal themselves of cancer. Amazingly (or understandably?), he has arrived at some similar conclusions in his research as did Dr. Johanna Budwig, Dr. Ryke Geerd Hamer, father of German New Medicine, and those schools of thought who claim that all or most disease is due to a blockage of “energy”, leading to a corresponding weakness in the organ and/or system affected by such undersupply of “vital energy”... Read here some of Lothar Hirneise’s essential advice on how to heal from cancer, incl. on the positive role of tumors as surplus toxin reservoirs... Cancer Glossary & Scientific Reference A constantly expanded A to Z compendium from Angiogenesis to Xeroderma Pigmentosum, specifically devoted to conventional cancer research and to definitions as applied in allopathic oncology. Currently covering angiogenesis , anoikis , apoptosis, colon cancer, liver cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, skin cancer. Alternative Cancer Treatment Guides & Recommended Reading If you are looking for guides through the bewildering maze of safe natural alternative cancer treatments without chemotherapy, you’ll find pertinent books, links and reviews here. Excellent ebooks and printed books on the subjects of healing and preventing cancer as well as on general health maintenance or restitution. Healing Cancer ... Naturally!!! & Holistic Healing A “nutshell” page summarizing “everything” :-), complemented by Holistic Healing Advice. Write us & About us If you wish to write to me with suggestions, you’ll find my contact and some background information here. In Conclusion: Some Thoughts on Healing The impression we receive from our sensory contact with the world is that the world around us has substance. Yet all of what appears to be solid matter, is anything but. There is enough space within any atom to place between one trillion and one quadrillion atomic nuclei in it, i.e. an atom is hardly a solid object. Most of it (99.999%) is empty space, comprised almost exclusively of void. The portion within it that constitutes real matter occupies only a minute fraction of the total space it fills. The atom can therefore hardly be considered truly substantive. This is what we are made of! I read somewhere a comparison of how far a distance there is between each atom in our body compared to their size, and it was something like the distance New York to Los Angeles. So what seems to us to be really solid is ephemeral, a mirage, not at all what it appears to be. So our body (including any cancerous tumors it may presently host) with its 76 trillion cells made up of mostly empty atoms that oscillate at 186,000 miles per second is mainly empty space - in essence, simply energy. What seems so dense and fixed to our five senses (including cancerous tumours) is really just energy vibrating in certain patterns. Doesn’t this somehow make the task of healing appear so much easier when it is just a question of modifying, shifting, adding or withdrawing energy, no matter what our (very limited in scope and thus basically “lying”) senses tell us? And you know what? There are actually people who have done that - melting tumors in seconds energetically! And last but not least: did you know that many if not all alternative physicians or naturopaths reached the ages of 80, 90, 100 and higher? More well-known examples include Dr. Johanna Budwig, 94, and Dr. Norman W. Walker, whose age at death is variably stated as 109 or 116, ”his own example of achieving vibrant health through proper thought, diet and body care”. The average lifespan of US allopathic doctors lies years below even that of the average US citizen (average age of US doctors in 1993 was 57.6 (”dead doctors don’t lie”)! More Notes on Healing & Disclaimer USE OF THIS SITE SIGNIFIES YOUR AGREEMENT TO THE DISCLAIMER. It’s not solely the legal situation and attendant considerations that impose the addition of a disclaimer to a site focussing on the natural and holistic healing or “curing” of cancer. Rather, giving any kind of health advice carries a great amount of responsibility - while I am aware that I basically can only take responsibility for my own body and health. I have seen natural and/or holistic methods and approaches (herbs, Dr. Johanna Budwig diet & protocol, emotional, mental , energetic and spiritual tools and transformation) being credibly claimed to lead to long-term recovery in between 25 and 100 % of cancer patients who applied them (with “intangible” methods often not being quantifiable or statistically recorded), while chemotherapy/radiation/surgery healing statistics fall (far) below 10 % (and this without taking into account the long-term cancer cure statistics and what is often euphemistically termed simple side effects). So it is really about finding out what will work for You. As stated above, this continually updated website aims to give you both a sense of certainty that healing can be accomplished and as many of the vital pointers to health and healing as I am aware of from my ongoing dedicated study of the subject. I encourage you to do all the research you can, both “on site” (c. 400 pages of content and downloads easily equivalent to a dozen printed books) and “out site”, with the Internet offering a vast resource of quality (and other ;-) information & opinions on the subject to which many links are provided. One tip: remember that the “alternative cancer treatment” pool may also harbour some fish who are just or mostly “in it” for the money and/or other ego-motivated reasons (such as attention-seeking and self-glorification). And of course: human opinion on medical and other matters is very much just that, i.e. highly prone to error, including opinions emanating from “official” as well as “self-appointed” authority - as amply demonstrated throughout human history and to this very day (compare Note on honesty and the bigger picture of healing and my article Alternative cancer treatment caveat and advice ). The “out sites” I currently most recommend are marked as such on the Links page and throughout the Healing Cancer Naturally website. One of the main and major prerequisites for healing anything at all seems to be a firm determination to heal, coupled with an unshakeable belief that healing can be accomplished and a readiness to “do what it takes” to achieve it, even if it may (and it seems it often does) require a number of more or less profound changes to be applied in one’s diet, environment and accustomed lifestyle. As Nelson Boswell puts is, the "first and most important step towards success is the feeling that we can succeed." and as Elliot Yudenfriend (who like many others successfully healed himself of cancer, in his case lymphoma, years ago) and probably many other successful cancer victors have summarized it, “Cancer stands for Change” i.e. can be considered a wake-up call. Enlarging upon this is the following insight: “I believe disease is a call for our attention, a ‘knocking at the door’, so to speak. Disease asks us to look deeply within to find the answers, so we can heal our beings, our hearts, our souls-our life. It asks us to heal in a way that, perhaps, we would never have noticed until the illness demanded our attention.” I do stand by organic eating, ecological, “clean” living in body and soul and proper stress management being next-to-indispensable major health builders and maintainers, both on the personal and global-ecological level. I don’t consider it pure coincidence that concomitantly with the increasing man-made pollution of our biosphere, incidence of cancer and other degenerative diseases has dramatically risen as well. As can be surmised by analogy from observations of plants and animals, the basis of health IS the quality of food and soil, air, sunshine and, in my view particularly so in humans, the quality of their emotional, mental and spiritual life. See Healing Cancer Holistically, Inspirational quotes for empowering cancer patients, Nature Heals, Diet & Nutrition, Detoxification, Emotions, Energetics, Mind, Spirituality, Rising atmospheric CO 2 decreases micronutrients in plants, Organic Food etc. As Sandy L. who is successfully healing herself of cancer (7 years in remission from stage IV ovarian cancer in 2006), astutely observes, “I personally believe, instinctively that the 'cure' (whatever it is), is there [for] everyone of us, that perhaps it is not the same cure for everyone. I prefer to believe that the 'cure' is something attainable and available to everyone. I believe there are many. ‘Seek and Ye shall find.’ That is why I believe in the Dr Johanna Budwig protocol , because it is natural, attainable and inexpensive. After my cancer diagnosis, I was acutely sensitized to a spiritual power who was somehow, in a way difficult to explain, helping me, guiding me and 'in my soul' (so to speak) showing me the path and leading me to 'my' solutions for healing. People were sent to me and it was up to me to recognize this 'help in disguise'.” May you recognize in the same manner the assistance coming your way. Healing Cancer Naturally stands ready as a faithul companion in this journey to healing!