Allopathic medical treatments approach cancer as if it were an invading enemy to be fought against, vanquished and conquered. Over the last 60 years, hundreds of billions of dollars and enormous amounts of medical and scientific research has gone into finding more and more ways to ‘fight’ cancer. Yet, cancer continues to cause one in four deaths in the United States. CA Cancer Journal for Clinicians 2009; 59:225-249 doi: 10.3322/caac.20006 © 2009 American Cancer Society