The field of Integrative Medicine has exploded in the past few years. Using nontraditional methods (in concert with conventional approaches) to treat cancer and its side effects is becoming more and more common. However, not all methods are created equal. Here, in one up-to-date, comprehensive volume, cancer and integrative medicine experts examine the evidence, pro and con, for more than 200 treatment methods.

Rev. ed. of: American Cancer Society's complementary and alternative cancer methods handbook. c2002.

How to use this book -- Defining and devaluating complementary and alternative therapies -- Regulation of drugs and dietary supplements -- Guidelines for using complementary and alternative therapies -- Mind, body, and spirit methods -- Manual healing and physical touch methods -- Herb, vitamin, and mineral methods -- Diet and nutrition methods -- Pharmacological and biological treatment methods.