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If chemotherapy does not work there are a lot of options to explore. “Alternative medicine” (defined as anything that is not “standard care”) is an option but not the only option.

This is partially addressed in my post on curing cancer without chemotherapy. In summary, the National Cancer Institute provides a concise list of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Therapies A-Z. The list includes the Gerson Therapy but Dr. Sebi and Dr. Royal Raymond Rife are not mentioned. As a physicists, the Rife treatment makes the most sense to me because I understand the physics behind the technology. However, I do not publicly endorse any research that is not approved by the FDA and adopted by medical professionals as “standard care.”

Clinical trials (www.clinicaltrails.gov) should also be considered when chemotherapy does not work. This will provide you access to the latest medical technology while it is being tested for FDA approval. See my post on clinical trials. for more information.

For future reference, I developed a medical device, Laser-Activated Nano-Therapy (LANT), that completely eliminates tumors in laboratory mice in just 15 days without any observable side effects and is ready for human clinical trials. I started a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, the Ora Lee Smith Cancer Research Foundation, to raise tax-deductible donations to fund the translation of LANT from the laboratory into humans. Our goal is for this multi-cancer platform therapy to get adopted as part of the “standard care,” specifically when chemotherapy does not work. To learn more about this work, visit OraLee.org.

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