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American Cancer Society Complete Guide to Complementary &Alternative Cancer Therapies
Written for consumers, patients, and families seeking reliable information about nontraditional therapies, this is a quick and easy guide to the latest information about complementary and alternative methods most commonly available to people with cancer. It includes more than 250 entries covering a broad range of topics, such as herbs, vitamins, minerals, mind/body/spirit, diet and nutrition, physical touch, and biological methods. Each entry provides a synopsis of what the method involves and what effects can occur. Current research findings are explained in brief and understandable language, providing fast access to specific areas of interest.
893 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2009
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August 28, 2012
I "read" (in quotations because I mostly just skimmed) this book for book club. A family in our ward has a son dealing with AT/RT cancer and they had put out a request asking for help researching alternative/complementary therapies. For our meeting this past month, members of the group chose different books about cancer and gave mini-book reports.
I felt like this was a great reference book and starting point to research. If someone had heard about a new AMAZING treatment, they could look it up in the book and get a brief overview and they could see what (if any) evidence supported the treatment and if it warranted any further research.
The book is dated 2009 and so I'm sure it's a little out-dated since cancer therapy is under constant research with new information coming out regularly. However, as I said, this book is a good start.
I'm assuming that much of this information could also be found on the American Cancer Society's website.
One interesting thing I learned was that the world "alternative" has a negative connotation meaning a fringe or odd treatment with little or no basis. However, the term "complementary" is used to describe treatments that aren't "traditional" (i.e. chemotherapy, radiation), but that have therapeutic benefits and are used with the traditional ones.
I felt like this was a great reference book and starting point to research. If someone had heard about a new AMAZING treatment, they could look it up in the book and get a brief overview and they could see what (if any) evidence supported the treatment and if it warranted any further research.
The book is dated 2009 and so I'm sure it's a little out-dated since cancer therapy is under constant research with new information coming out regularly. However, as I said, this book is a good start.
I'm assuming that much of this information could also be found on the American Cancer Society's website.
One interesting thing I learned was that the world "alternative" has a negative connotation meaning a fringe or odd treatment with little or no basis. However, the term "complementary" is used to describe treatments that aren't "traditional" (i.e. chemotherapy, radiation), but that have therapeutic benefits and are used with the traditional ones.
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