ABSTRACT
Cancer is a dreaded disease that is a cluster of many similar disease symptoms; characterized by unprecedented, limitless, reasonless division of body cells, which later on spread into its vicinity. Cancers can originate anywhere and disturb the systematic process of cell division. Cancers are treated in numerous ways, aggressive as well as non-aggressive, as per the situation. These include radiation, chemotherapy, surgery, and others. These are known to have serious side effects, which overshadow the treatment. In this background, various medicinal plants have been studied, which show promising results as therapeutic agents in combating cancer. This article elaborates on eleven such plants, which may help us in overcoming the dread and wrath of cancer, besides having little or no side effects, being easily accessible and cost-effective.
