There are institutions, such as Oasis Medical Center (in Tijuana, Mexico) that offer non-traditional approaches to managing mesothelioma. These unconventional, alternative programs are administered by physicians and other health care professionals. The alternative approaches may involve use of nutritional supplements and unconventional regimes of medicines. We understand that the Oasis Center in Tijuana does not claim its approach will cure mesothelioma. Instead they believe their treatments may inhibit the growth of the tumor, thereby extending the patient's life without the substantial period of pain and rehabilitation associated with major surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation.

The growth of the mesothelioma in one of our clients appears to have been significantly slowed after receiving treatment provided at the Oasis. We do not know (perhaps no one knows) if the indolent behavior of his mesothelioma is due to the treatment he received from Oasis or other factors.

The costs of alternative treatments are significantly less than that of the aggressive medical treatment. However, medical insurance may cover the aggressive medical treatment but not alternative treatments.