Initially, a thorough examination of the patient is done to determine the disease status. The medical history, type of the treatment availed of and the medicines administered are also considered in determining the protocol for treatment. The duration of the treatment depends on the disease status and response to the medication. Depending on the response the patient is advised to take specific supportive therapy also.

It is very important as the patient arrives, ravaged by Cancer and the side effects of medicines. Often the body is filled with various kinds of toxin including residue of unutilized medicines, Cancer toxins, free radicals, metabolic waste etc. So it should be purified to get the maximum results of treatment. According to ayurveda, the purification procedures are important and are termed as Sodhana Chikilsa. There are three types of Sodhana Chikilsa.