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In
spite of the advanced scientific knowledge, there appears to
be no permanent cure for cancer. And with the incidence of cancer
on the rise, it is estimated that one-sixth of the human population
is susceptible to the disease. Though billions of dollars are
spent every year on cancer research worldwide, the Western systems
of medicine and therapy that are employed do not promise a certain,
permanent cure. Patients are subjected to enormous suffering
both by the disease in its advanced stage and by the therapy
which is currently being practised and propagated. There are
three approaches being adopted for cancer at the moment - surgery,
radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The last two are carried out
invariably on all patients irrespective of whether they underwent
surgery or not. These approaches are extremely debilitating
and attack the normal cells of the body, while killing the cancer
cells. Particularly, chemotherapy is extremely toxic and more
patients die because of chemotherapy than of cancer itself.
Further,
the present methods of treatment are extremely expensive and
well beyond the reach of the common man, particularly the poorer
sections of the society. In fact, if it were not for medical
insurance, the costs for treatment would be prohibitive even
for the upper middle class. Hence the disease not only becomes
unbearable for the patients, but also for their near and dear
ones.
It
is in such a scenario that the AM Charitable Trust was formed
with the objective of finding a cost effective, affordable and
permanent cure using alternative systems of medicine and therapy.
To bring hope to cancer patients and their families.