Antineoplastons
Peptide fractions originally derived from normal human blood and urine,
presently being used to treat certain kinds of tumors as well as AIDS.
Cartilage Products
Derived from cattle, sheep, sharks, and chickens, which are being used to
treat cancer and arthritis.
Ethylene Diamine Tetraacetic Acid (EDTA)
Chelation Therapy
Used to treat heart disease, circulatory problems, and rheumatoid arthritis
and to prevent cancer.
Immunoaugmentive Therapy
An experimental form of cancer immunotherapy consisting of daily injections of
processed blood products.
714-X
A nitrogen-providing compound injected into the lymph system near the abdomen
to treat cancer and AIDS.
Coley’s Toxins
A mixture of killed cultures of bacteria from Streptococcus pyogenes and
Serratia marcescens, used for treating cancer.
MTH-68
A vaccine that uses an attenuated strain of the Newcastle disease virus of
chickens (paramyxovirus), which may interfere with cancer-related viruses.
Neural Therapy
A therapy that involves injecting local anesthetics into nerve cell bodies,
peripheral nerves, scars, and elsewhere to treat chronic pain.
Apitherapy
The medicinal use of various products of the common honeybee to treat a
variety of diseases: rheumatic diseases such as arthritis; neurological
diseases such as multiple sclerosis, low back pain, and migraine;
dermatological conditions (for example, eczema, psoriasis, herpesvirus
infections); chronic pain; and cancer.
Iscador
A liquid extract from mistletoe plants used to treat tumors.
- Biologically Guided Chemotherapy
- A major impediment to full
investigation of alternative pharmacological and biological treatments is
the high expense of conducting the trials. Most alternative treatments
lack sponsors and funding for clinical trials of safety and effectiveness.
Many potentially useful alternative drugs or vaccines are supported by
data indicating they may be useful in treating cancer, AIDS, heart
disease, hepatitis, and other major health problems.
