Anal Cancer

Overview

The Ultimate Guide to Cancer: DIY Research

This guide from Ralph Moss, PhD, BCCT advisor and leading chronicler of integrative cancer treatments, shows you how to use four of the main tools that doctors use to decide on the best cancer treatments. It will help you learn why some cancer treatments that look good in clinical trials may not work for “real world” patients. It will help you answer two questions that the doctor may be hesitant to answer in the detail you need to decide about treatment:

  • What are my chances of actually living longer if I take your treatment?
  • What are the likely side effects, and how long will they last?

Our goal is to help you live as well as you can for as long as you can using the optimal combination of conventional, complementary and integrative therapies and approaches.

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Integrative Approaches and Surgery

Surgery may be part of the recommended treatment for this cancer type. We provide helpful information about how integrative approaches can coordinate with surgery on our Integrative Approaches and Surgery page.

A starting place for the science and conventional therapies:

Clinical Practice Guidelines

National Comprehensive Cancer Network: Anal Cancer (for professionals, required login)

Integrative Programs, Protocols and Medical Systems

For more information about programs protocols, see our Integrative Programs and Protocols page.
  • Programs and protocols
    • Alschuler & Gazella complementary approach for colorectal cancer1
    • Block program2
    • Lemole, Mehta & McKee colorectal cancer protocol3
    • McKinney colorectal cancer protocol4

Advocacy and Support Groups

National Comprehensive Cancer Network: Advocacy and Support Groups; select your topic of interest from the dropdown menu (anal cancer is not included, but other, related topics are available).

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More Information

  • National Cancer Institute: Contact Us for Help
    Information specialists at the NCI Contact Center are available to help answer your cancer-related questions in English and Spanish whether you are a patient, family member or friend, health care provider, or researcher. We also respond to questions and requests for information about NCI and its programs and provide support in quitting smoking.
  • Commonweal: Commonweal Cancer Help Program
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology: Cancer.Net
  • Ralph Moss, PhD: The Moss Reports