Alternative treatments: success stories?

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My father is undergoing the routine chemotherapy treatments for lung cancer. We are hopeful that treatments will result in at least temporary remission of 6 months to 2 years (normal).

An interesting thing that happened when I started telling people about my father is how many of my friends start telling their own stories of their relatives or friends who have been dealing with cancer. Some of the stories that come up involve alternative treatments...especially teas prepared by holistic, eastern practitioners. The father of one acquaintance had been given up for dead (less than one month to live) but began taking this particular tea, and here he is two years later in full remission.

Any particular success stories out there that lead you to believe that alternative treatments are worthy of consideration?