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Alternative cancer treatment - general information.
Updated on Jun 20, 11
Created on May 19, 09
Category: Health & Wellness
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eliud thorn's List: Alternative/CAM - General
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May 20, 09
Description of wide use of CAM by cancer patients (>50%) and problem of clinician response to patient queries.
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Oncologist cannot advice them appropriately due to the lack of evidence and even information. A great need for public and professional education regarding this subject is evident.
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May 20, 09
Summary of doctor's presentation of various trials of some CAM treatments.
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SAN ANTONIO -- Complementary and alternative medical therapies for cancer patients turn out to be very much a mixed bag when subjected to randomized, controlled trials, Dr. Charles L. Loprinzi said at a breast cancer symposium sponsored by the San Antonio Cancer Institute.
<!-- google_ad_section_end (name=s1) --> <!-- google_ad_section_start (name=s2 weight=.3) -->A big believer in evaluating the most promising of these complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies in oncology through blinded, randomized, controlled trials, Dr. Loprinzi said that his own experience in running such trials indicates that some CAM therapies are truly beneficial, while many others are no better than placebo.
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May 20, 09
NCI overview of CAM with further sources
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Jun 02, 09
Fortune Magazine article from 2004
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Jun 18, 09
Discussion of what evidence would be needed from alternative treatment promoters to show they were beneficial. Part criticism of CAM industry, part defense of the skeptic, part "how to" for those that want to be taken seriously.
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Jun 18, 09
Measured criticism of alternative cancer treatments. Dispassionate and informative.
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