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Cancer Prevention and Cure: Complementary and Alternative Approaches Abdul Kader Mohiuddin, IJTCM, 2019, 4:16 Review Article IJTCM (2019), 4:16 International Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine ( (ISSN:2474-1361) Cancer Prevention and Cure: Complementary and Alternative Approaches Abdul Kader Mohiuddin Dr. M. Nasirullah Memorial Trust, Tejgaon, Dhaka ABSTRACT Many lay people along with some so called “key opinion leaders” *Correspondence to Author: have a common slogan “There's no answer for cancer”. Again, Abdul Kader Mohiuddin mistake delays proper treatment and make situation worse, more Dr. M. Nasirullah Memorial Trust, often. Compliance is crucial to obtain optimal health outcomes, Tejgaon, Dhaka such as cure or improvement in QoL. Patients may delay treatment or fail to seek care because of high out-of- pocket expenditures. Despite phenomenal development, conventional therapy falls short in cancer management. There are two major How to cite this article: hurdles in anticancer drug development: dose-limiting toxic Abdul Kader Mohiuddin. side effects that reduce either drug effectiveness or the QoL of Cancer Prevention and Cure: patients and complicated drug development processes that are Complementary and Alternative costly and time consuming. Cancer patients are increasingly Approaches. International Journal seeking out alternative medicine and might be reluctant to of Traditional and Complementary disclose its use to their oncology treatment physicians. But Medicine 2019, 4:16. there is limited available information on patterns of utilization and efficacy of alternative medicine for patients with cancer. As adjuvant therapy, many traditional medicines shown efficacy against brain, head and neck, skin, breast, liver, pancreas, kidney, bladder, prostate, colon and blood cancers. The literature reviews non-pharmacological interventions used against cancer, eSciPub LLC, Houston, TX USA. published trials, systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Website: https://escipub.com/ Keywords: Cancer care; alternative therapy, complimentary medicine; non-pharmacological cancer treatment IJTCM: https://escipub.com/international-journal-of-traditional-and-complementary-medicine/ 1 Abdul Kader Mohiuddin, IJTCM, 2019, 4:16 Figure 1. Alternative Treatment Options [1,2]. One third cancer patients use alternative medicine—are not well regulated and may interact with conventional treatments like chemotherapy and radiation. Some alternative therapies, like acupuncture, physical therapy, aromatherapy, CBT are widely recommended by oncologists for cancer pain management. Mind-body interventions like yoga, tai chi, meditation and mindfulness, which were each used by less than 10% of patients, can keep people fit and energetic as they undergo treatment, reduce the side effects of traditional therapies and improve patients’ sleep, stress and mental health. Many hospitals even have alternative medicine centers that offer these programs. Introduction of global cancer-associated mortalities occurring In 2019, 1.8 million new cancer cases and 0.6 in Asia alone [13]. Lung cancer is the leading cancer deaths are projected to occur in the USA cause of cancer death (nearly 1 in 5 of all cancer [3]. Globally, cancer responsible for at least 20% death) [14], stomach cancer is the 3rd [15] and of all mortality [4], 18.1 million new cancer (9.5 pancreatic cancer is the 7th [16] leading cause of million cases were in men and 8.6 million in cancer-related deaths worldwide. Prostate women, according to AICR), 9.5 million death in cancer is the second most frequent cancer 2018 [5,6], 5- year prevalence 43.8 million (a diagnosis made in men and the fifth leading nearly 67% of total cancer patients) [7,8], is cause of cancer deaths for males [17]. Asia and predicted to rise by 61.4% to 27.5 million in 2040 Europe are the home of more than 60% prostate [9]. Cancer is the second most common cause cancer patients [18]. Breast cancer is prevalent of death in the USA and rest of the world [10,11]. in 12% of women in the USA more than 2.5 It is estimated that there will be 18 million new million new cases of breast cancer were cases of cancer and 9.6 million cancer deaths in diagnosed in 2017 [19]. The rate for breast 2018 (GLOBOCAN 2018). Mortality rates in cancer declined by 35% in last 3 decades but LMICs were 2-fold higher for cervical cancer and number of deaths remain same [20]. The 3 most 40% higher for male lung and liver cancers prevalent cancers in 2019 are prostate, during 2012-2016 [3], with around 70% of deaths colorectal and skin melanoma among males, from cancer reported in LMICs [12,13]. Asia, and breast, uterine corpus, and colorectal Africa, and Latin America are home of 50% of among females [21]. Overall cancer death rates cancer patients collectively; with more than half declined faster in blacks than whites in US, IJTCM: https://escipub.com/international-journal-of-traditional-and-complementary-medicine/ 2 Abdul Kader Mohiuddin, IJTCM, 2019, 4:16 although rates for cancers of the breast, uterine described opioids as essential medicines for corpus, and pancreas are increasing in black pain control but distribution shows substantial people [22]. Also, black men have a 70% higher inequity, a less than 20% of the world’s prostate cancer and a more than 2-fold higher population consuming more than 90% of the mortality rate compared with white men [23]. The world’s supply [46]. Also, some 85% of PCPs cost of delivering cancer treatment is estimated perceived their training in pain management to to rise globally with a projected total spending of be inadequate in a Pan-European survey [47]. $458 billion by 2030 [24]. However, the financial Along with these, fear of dependence, burden stems from employment loss, cost of prescription diversion, regulatory scrutiny, care even when patients don't require withdrawal symptoms, opioid-related adverse chemotherapy, out of pocket costs' opportunity events and deaths limit its use [46], [48-52]. costs of informal care time and can continue long There is a lack of high-quality evidence after the death of the patient [25,26]. Studies say regarding the analgesic efficacy of NSAIDs in 46 billion in productivity lost in major emerging cancer; contradiction and inconsistent findings economies due to cancer [27] and economic also reported [53,54], although advocated as a costs of tobacco-related cancers exceed USD useful adjunct for management of cancer pain 200 billion each year [28]. Also, cancer causes [55,56]. In addition, long-term use of NSAIDs is 2.6 times more likely to file for bankruptcy than often associated with many serious the non-cancer people [29]. Cancer trends in cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, renal, and other young adults, reflect recent changes in side effects [54], [57]. Some other studies also carcinogenic exposures, which could reveal association of NSAIDs with certain cancer foreshadow the future overall disease burden types [58,59]. Several studies support use of [30]. Cancer cachexia (anorexia, weight loss, cannabis/marijuana in cancer pain management loss of adipose tissue and skeletal muscle) is [60-70]. Its social acceptability is gradually reported in 30%-80% cancer patients and increasing around the world [71], but many causes 20% of all cancer deaths [31]. studies oppose it’s use or at least demand Worldwide, some 60%-80% people depend on further investigation of benefit risk ratio [72-80]. alternative medicines [32-34], which is also true Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are still for nearly 40% to 70% European [35,36], 50% commonly conventional approaches for Italian, 40% Korean, 30% British [37] and up to treatment of patients harboring advanced cancer 87% of Australian cancer patients [38]. Use of [81]. Traditional chemotherapy also associated unapproved/unlabeled/wrong herbal treatment with neuropathic pain [82], fatigue and sleep is not uncommon [39,40] and also drug disturbance [83], anxiety and depression [84], interactions reported phyto-therapeutics in mouth sores, nausea and vomiting, early satiety oncology [41]. So, Proper and up-to-date [85], alopecia [86], bone and muscle wasting knowledge is necessary in using alternative [31], [87]. Futile medication use in management treatment options as patients who received of terminally ill cancer patients has also been alternative medicines had a 2.5 greater risk of reported, one-fifth of cancer patients at the end dying compared to those who received of their life took futile medications (statins and conventional cancer treatment [42]. antidementia drugs in nearly 100% cases, Reasons Behind Choosing Alternative Care antihypertensives and bisphosphonates in Pain is affects approximately 66% cancer nearly 30% cases) [88]. The goal of cancer patients [43], distressing or intolerable in more palliative care is to prevent or treat, the than one‐third of patients [44] and chronic pain symptoms and side effects of the cancer type is associated with primary cancer itself or and its treatment, caregiving to any related metastases or its treatment (chronic post-cancer physical, emotional, social, and spiritual aspects treatment pain) [43-46]. Although, WHO [89-91]. Some alternative therapies, like IJTCM: https://escipub.com/international-journal-of-traditional-and-complementary-medicine/ 3 Abdul Kader Mohiuddin, IJTCM, 2019, 4:16 acupuncture, physical therapy, aromatherapy, induced toxicities [111]. Nutrition and foods are CBT are widely recommended along with mind- related to about 30% of all the cancers cases body interventions like yoga, tai chi, meditation [112]. Omega-3s from fish pack a stronger
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