Chemo and Alternative Medicine

At last! A study that proves complementary and alternative medicine can work.

Those women with early-stage breast cancer that had used dietary supplements and multiple types of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), were less likely to start chemotherapy than nonusers of CAM, according to a new study that was published online by Jama Oncology. Despite the survival benefits associated with adjutant treatment for breast cancer, not all women initiate the treatment. The decision to use chemotherapy involves psychosocial factors, belief systems, clinical, demographic and provider characteristics. Patients with breast cancer showed an increased use of CAMs in …read more