NaturalNews article describing immunotherapy, checkpoint inhibitors, CAR T-cell therapy, monoclonal antibodies, and lifestyle factors.
Meditation / Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Focused breathing, awareness, or repeated words/phrases used to quiet the mind, reduce stress, and support coping during cancer care. This protocol is categorized as Mind-Body Practices and is included because people commonly use it as a non-medical, complementary, or supportive cancer-care approach. PROS May reduce stress, anxiety, distress, sleep problems, pain perception, or treatment-related symptom burden as supportive care.
NCI overview explaining that cancer patients may use CAM to cope with treatment side effects, comfort themselves, or try to treat cancer, and that CAM should be discussed with the care team. Used to frame grounding as supportive rather than curative.
RCT comparing Wim Hof Method-style breathing/cold exposure with slow breathing/warm showers in women with high stress/depressive symptoms.
Comprehensive review of ochratoxin A toxicology and proposed carcinogenic mechanisms, with emphasis on kidney and other possible cancer associations.
Systematic review of mind-body therapies for cancer-related pain, including mindfulness, hypnosis, yoga, guided imagery, progressive muscle relaxation, Qigong, Tai Chi, and meditation.