I probably would have been less blunt in my post if you had said adjunctive and not alternative. One is supportive as you say, the other is a substitution. I am all for supportive things as long as your docs sign off on them. Surprisingly, some immune system supportive vitamins that we consider commonplace in normal people, decrease the effectiveness of some of the treatments, that's why the comment to include your treatment team in all your decisions.

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.