Straightforward trustworthy advice for malignant melanoma patients and carers
Frequently Asked Questions: Which alternative treatments work for melanoma?
None. Specifically the following things have not been shown to have any effect on the progress of melanoma in people, and you would be unwise to waste your time and money on them in the hope they might affect the course of melanoma:
714X
Acai
Antineoplastons
Aspirin
CanCell/Entelev/Cantron/ProtocelI
Canelim
Cellular zeolite
Cell specific cancer therapy
Carotene
Clark's "Cure for All Cancers"
Coenzyme Q10
Diets
Devices
Essiac
Fresh cell therapy / Live cell therapy/Cellular therapy
Gerson Method
Greek cancer cure
Green Tea
Hoxsey Treatment
Hyperoxygenation therapy/Biooxidative therapy/Oxidative therapy
Fish Oil
Fruit/Vegetable/Grass Juices (any)
Immuno-augmentative therapy
Iscador
Issels treatment
Kelley/Gonzalez metabolic therapy
Laetrile
Livingston-Wheeler regimen
Macrobiotics
Metabolic therapy
Modified citrus pectin
Nasalcrom (cromolyn sodium)
Noni
Pau d'arco
Pineapple
Psychic surgery
Psychologic methods
Revici cancer control/ Lipid therapy/Biologically guided chemotherapy
Rocket fuel treatment/Hydrazine sulphate
Selenium
Shark cartilage
Tian xian
Turmeric
Visualisation
Vitacor
Vitamins (any)
Zinc