I will admit that a complementary approach can be most advantageous and I am not one to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Every case needs to be assessed on an individual basis and should include nutritional support to help patients survive more mainstream cancer therapies - if that is what the patient chooses to pursue. The fact that oncology by in large poo poos alternative support and therapies is a huge disservice to the public. In the case of this particular patient, I do not feel she would not have faired as well had she not been doing what she had been for years prior to getting sick. She was convinced as well. The smoking is what finally overran her system. The fact that she continued with her supplemental program post chemo and finally quit smoking extended her life well beyond the five year mark. She had no residual effects of the cancer or the treatment.