Diagnosed with Cancer? Your two greatest challenges are understanding cancer and understanding possible side effects from chemo and radiation. Knowledge is Power!
Learn about conventional, complementary, and integrative therapies.
Dealing with treatment side effects? Learn about evidence-based therapies to alleviate your symptoms.
Click the orange button to the right to learn more.
Cancers Researched by PeopleBeatingCancer.org
The types of cancers researched by PeopleBeatingCancer.org are linked below. I’ve chosen to focus on the most common 20 cancers because they constitute the vast majority of cancer diagnoses in the world annually.
A diagnosis of cancer is no longer a death sentence. However, just hearing the words “you have cancer” can strike fear into the patient. It sure scared me when Dr. Makely told me that I had cancer.
To be fair, the reality of a diagnosis of cancer, any cancer, is complicated. A diagnosis of DCIS (breast cancer stage 0) is a completely different disease, prognosis, and therapy plan compared to, say, a diagnosis of my cancer, multiple myeloma.
Your challenge is to learn about your diagnosis to figure out your type of cancer, stage of that cancer, and possible therapy plan (surgery? chemo? watchful waiting?), and the side effects that may result from any possible therapy plan.
After my own diagnosis of cancer, I stumbled around for years trying to understand it all. I made LOTS of mistakes along the way.
The first challenge I faced was understanding and communicating with my oncologist.
The second challenge was figuring out how and why conventional oncology prescribes FDA-approved therapies that cause short-term, long-term and late-stage side effects.
The fact is that conventional oncology focuses on FDA-approved therapies. Your oncologist’s job is to control your cancer with conventional therapies like surgery, chemo, radiation and immunotherapy. Full stop. When I tell oncologists about the non-conventional therapy that put me into complete remission, I get a disbelieving look and an abrupt end to the conversation.
It took me years to figure it all out, but I believe that newly diagnosed cancer patients can benefit from BOTH conventional and evidence-based non-conventional therapies.
Each of the cancer types links to the PeopleBeatingCancer “Need to Know” post for that type of cancer. The “Need to Know” page for each cancer type is your starting point. Each “Need to Know” page links to dozens of pages on PeopleBeatingCancer that talk about
- Complementary Therapies
- Integrative Therapies
- Alternative Therapies
- Repurposed Drugs as Cancer Therapy
- Managing Therapy Side Effects
Remember that cancer is complicated, and you may have questions. If you read a blog post that sparks a question, you can scroll down the page and post a question or a comment. I will reply to you ASAP.
I look forward to working with you. Scroll down the page, click on your cancer type and begin your cancer journey. I hope PeopleBeatingCancer.org helps you.
Hang in there,
David Emerson
Based on 2024–2025 data from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and American Cancer Society, the 20 most common cancer diagnoses in the U.S. are generally listed in this order of incidence:
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Breast Cancer (Female/Male)
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Prostate Cancer
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Lung & Bronchus Cancer
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Colon & Rectum Cancer
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Melanoma of the Skin
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Bladder Cancer
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Kidney & Renal Pelvis Cancer
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Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
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Uterine Corpus Cancer (Endometrial)
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Pancreatic Cancer
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Leukemia (All types)
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Thyroid Cancer
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Liver & Intrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer
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Oral Cavity & Pharynx Cancer
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Ovarian Cancer
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Brain & Other Nervous System Cancers
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Uterine Cervix Cancer
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Testicular Cancer
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Stomach Cancer
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Multiple Myeloma
cancers researched by PeopleBeatingCancer.org cancers researched by PeopleBeatingCancer.org