Experimental Cancer Treatment
Experimental cancer treatments are medical therapies intended or claimed to treat cancer (see also tumor) by improving on, supplementing or replacing conventional methods (surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and immunotherapy).
The entries listed below vary between theoretical therapies to unproven controversial therapies. Many of these treatments are alleged to help against only specific forms of cancer. It is not a list of treatments widely available at hospitals.
Read more about Experimental Cancer Treatment: Studying Treatments For Cancer, Bacterial Treatments, Gene Therapy, Telomerase Therapy, Complementary and Alternative Treatments
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