Alternative therapies - reminder

[TheOvacomeTeam]

Dear All

Following some recent replies to posts on the forum, this is a reminder regarding alternative therapies. We do not want to prevent your discussion of this and we are happy for you to share experiences, which is of course, one of the main purposes of the forum. However, we ask that you do not:

- tell other forum members they will benefit from use of a certain therapy, as this cannot be known

- claim that any therapy has anti-cancer/cancer fighting properties when this is not evidence-based

Any replies or posts which do the above will be removed.

If you have benefited from use of an alternative therapy please do share your experience of this on the forum but bear the above in mind.

Best wishes

The Ovacome Team

[tara108]

Given that the side effects of chemo and other drugs for incurable ovarian cancer are themselves highly toxic and cause life threatening side effects at times, I hardly understand you posting this, unless it is a legal issue? When I post I say, 'this eg. papaya leaf worked for me and I didn't need blood transfusions on my 2nd lot of chemotherapy'. You may wish to try it'. Would that be deleted? Just wondering why this has suddenly been posted by you? Thanks.

[Nicky100 in reply to tara108]

I’m wondering too, as halting the information we share or how we share it, could limit both our own access to information or to helping others that could benefit.

[Nicky100]

I often include a link to Google Scholar, where all the research evidence-based papers will be. Most therapies nowadays have some form of published paper on them.

I’m also not sure what this site would classify as ‘alternative therapies’? Things are changing rapidly and many of these therapies are becoming ‘mainstream’.

Nicky

[Howick01]

I think the team is referring to where people have abandoned conventional treatment to their detriment and just trying to keep us from possible unwise decisions in desperation.

[TheOvacomeTeam Partner]

Dear All

We are sorry for any confusion caused by this post. It is fine to share your experiences and say what has benefited you. We ask that you do not contravene the two bullet points outlined in the post, that is: tell other members that something will definitely work for them or claim that something will kill cancer.

The example given by tara108 would not be removed.

We would class alternative therapies as those used instead of conventional cancer treatment. Complementary therapies are those used alongside conventional cancer treatment. If someone chooses to use alternative therapies we would not block this conversation, so long as the discussion did not breach the two bullet points.

Best wishes

The Ovacome Team