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What are my cancer treatment options?
Conventional Cancer Treatments
Alternative Cancer Treatments
Complementary Cancer Therapies
Integrative Cancer Treatments
Online Prescriptions
Clinics offering supportive therapies to cancer patients.
Books on healing from cancer

What are my cancer treatment options?

Your oncologist can only offer Conventional Treatments like chemo and radiation at your local cancer centre. However, you have many other options – Complementary Therapies, Alternative Treatments, and Integrative Treatments. They are all featured on this page.

Note: In some cases you will find additional treatments for your cancer on the Cancer Types page.

TESTS
Can help to identify the best treatment or monitor your progress.

Conventional Cancer Treatments

The only first-line treatments your oncologist will offer you.

Biological Therapy
Bone marrow transplant
Chemotherapy
Cell-based Therapies
Clinical Trials
Cryosurgery
Hormone Therapy
Laser Therapy
Proton Beam Radiation Therapy
Radiation Treatment
Surgery
Targeted Cancer Therapies
Watchful Waiting

Alternative Cancer Treatments

While Alternative cancer treatments are generally used in place of Conventional treatments such as chemo and radiation, some are now becoming standard of care. (i.e. HIFU and Mistletoe Therapy).

Alternative treatments offer the only hope for some patients, especially those for whom conventional treatments have failed to offer any benefit. They include:

See full details on Alternative Cancer Treatments page.

Complementary Cancer Therapies

A range of therapies, products, and strategies that are used in addition to standard or alternative cancer treatments.

In this 2019 Study a Systematic Review reported 12 out of 57 (21%) trials reported beneficial aspects of complementary therapies on the overall survival of cancer patients. It also reported significant benefits for Quality of Life, Pain, and Depression.

View the complete list of Complementary Therapies

Integrative Cancer Treatments

Integrative Oncology is a holistic and patient-centred approach to cancer care. It uses both conventional treatments (chemo etc) and complementary therapies (Mistletoe etc).

See full list of Clinics offering Integrative Treatments

Online Prescriptions

Note: Cancer Ireland does not accept advertising and has no relationship with the services listed here – they are provided solely as a helpful guide for patients.

Online Prescriptions

Dixon Chemist in the UK
Will supply Low Dose Naltrexone and other cancer medicines as well as providing consultations and prescriptions.

Buying from suppliers that do not post to Ireland
You can have some items sent to An Post postal addresses in the UK and in the US. They are then forwarded on to your address in Ireland.

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Clinics offering supportive therapies to cancer patients.

Crescent Moon Therapy Rooms
Unit 4 Johnstown Business Park
Waterford City.
Phone: Carmel 087 6386364
Email: carmelhogan12@gmail.com
Website:crescentmoontherapy.com

Therapies offered include:

EESystem Energy Enhancement System
Acupuncture
Hijama
Bioresonance
Reflexology
Lymphatic Drainage

The following is from their website:
The EESystem promotes wellness, healing, relaxation, purification and rejuvenation. This ecologically & environmentally safe system is used by individuals, doctors, and therapists as well as Meditation and Wellness Centers to improve human development and psychological well-being. The EESystem works on a quantum level with the bio-active energy fields through scalar waves that can allow cells to regenerate by detoxifying the body while improving the immune system and balancing the yin-yang within the body.

Drummartin Clinic
3 Drummartin Road,
Goatstown, Dublin 14
D14 K0T9
Website: Drummartin Clinic
Email: reception@drummartinclinic.ie
Landline: +353 1 296 5993

The following is from their website:
We work co-operatively alongside your G.P and/or consultant and blend standard and complementary medicine, ensuring that you receive the benefits of both medical systems. We avoid recommending treatments that may conflict with your prescribed medicines. Hopefully with help from all of us in Drummartin Clinic, good doctor-patient teamwork and you, also, working to help yourself, your life will, once more, be enjoyable and productive.

Richard Rocker Clinic for Functional Health
Unit 8, Westgate Business Park,
Ennis, Co Clare V95 FY71
Website: rockerclinic.com
Email: richard@rockerclinic.com
Phone: +353 (0) 86 177 4873

The following is from their website:
Dr Richard Rocker has been in clinical practice for over 30 years. He is certified in Functional Medicine, Massage, Shiatsu, Aromatherapy, Reflexology, Acupuncture, Psychotherapy, Hypnotherapy, Personal Training, Nutrition, Phlebotomy, Genomics, Blood Chemistry Analysis, Homeoprophylaxis, and Eastern Medicine, which taught him to see the body from a holistic perspective. Dr. Richard Rocker has received his Bachelor’s in Holistic Health Science and Doctorate and Ph.D. in Integrative and Natural Medicine and utilizes his Integrative approach to helping people at all levels of their being.

Enfield Healing Centre.

The following is from their website:

Nestled in a peaceful countryside setting, Enfield Healing Centre is situated along the Clonard Heritage Trail in the Boyne Valley in County Meath.

We are a UNIFYD Affiliated Centre, offering you a space to relax and rejuvenate in the Energy Enhancement System™.

What is the Energy Enhancement System™?

The Energy Enhancement System™ (also known as EESystem™ or EES™) is an revolutionary technology designed to help the body restore balance, boost energy, and promote overall well-being by simply being in its presence. It harnesses bio-active energy fields to stimulate the body’s natural healing abilities and restore balance.

Key benefits reported by people worldwide:

Increased Energy Levels
Pain Relief
Enhanced Mental Clarity
Stress Reduction
Accelerated Healing
Improved Sleep

Contact Kathryn Moloney, owner of Enfield Healing Centre:
Tel: +353 87 628 3234
Website: Enfield Healing Centre.
Email: enfieldhealingcentre@gmail.com

“Remember, the question is not “How do I get rid of cancer”
but rather “How do I stop making cancer”
Dr. Thomas Lodi, Integrative Oncology

Books on healing from cancer

Recommended bookseller: AbeBooks.co.uk

Natural Strategies for Cancer Patients
Paperback – 31 Jan. 2019
Russell L. Blaylock (Author)
Publisher: Kensington

The Moss Method: Fight Cancer Naturally
Paperback – 12 July 2024
Ralph W. Moss (Author)
Publisher: The Moss Report

Radical Hope: 10 Key Healing Factors from Exceptional Survivors of Cancer & Other Diseases
Paperback – 4 May 2021
Kelly A. Turner (Author)
Publisher: Hay House LLC

How to Starve Cancer
Paperback – 10 Nov. 2018
Jane McLelland (Author)
Publisher: Agenor Publishing

Killing Cancer Not People 4Th Edition
Paperback – 1 Jan. 2019
Robert Wright (Author)
Publisher: American Anti-Cancer Institute

The Truth about Cancer: What You Need to Know about Cancer’s History, Treatment, and Prevention
Paperback – 9 Oct. 2018
Ty M. Bollinger (Author)
Publisher: Hay House LLC

Fasting Cancer: How Fasting and Nutritechnology Are Creating a Revolution in Cancer Prevention and Treatment
Hardcover – 4 Feb. 2025
Valter Longo (Author)
Publisher: Avery Publishing Group

Everything You Need to Know to Help You Beat Cancer: Easy-to-read; the Most Comprehensive Anti-cancer Book Available
Paperback – 31 Oct. 2012
Chris Woollams (Author)
Publisher: Health Issues Ltd

The Cancer Resolution?: Cancer reinterpreted through another lens
Paperback – 15 May 2023
Mark Lintern (Author)
Publisher: ‎ Independently published

Cancer: The Metabolic Disease Unravelled: 2 (The Real Truth About Cancer)
Paperback – 8 Sept. 2018
Mark Sloan (Author)
Publisher: ‎End All Disease Publishing

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
Paperback – 29 Sept. 2011
Siddhartha Mukherjee (Author)
Publisher: ‎Fourth Estate Ltd

Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds
Paperback – 22 Oct. 2015
Kelly A. Turner, PhD (Author)
Publisher: ‎ Bravo Ltd

Cancer-Free: Your Guide to Gentle, Non-Toxic Healing [Fifth Edition]
Paperback – 15 Nov. 2014
Henderson, Bill; Henderson, Terry P.; Garcia, Carlos M. (Authors)
Published by Booklocker.com

See also: Latest Treatments being studied for cancer

Updated January 2025