Communicating facts and knowledge in cancer complementary and alternative medicine.
OBJECTIVE
To review written resources disclosing reliable facts and knowledge in cancer complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).


METHODS
Conventional and biomedical and complementary and alternative medicine journals, electronic media, full text databases, electronic resources, and newsletters.


CONCLUSIONS
Sources of CAM information are numerous. The inherent quality of this information fluctuates. High-quality sources of cancer CAM information are available and accessible for health care providers.


CONCLUSIONS
As the use of CAM therapies becomes more commonplace in consumer health care, it is critical that health care providers are cognizant of available sources of high-quality CAM facts and knowledge and possess the ability to discuss this information with colleagues and consumers in the scientific and lay communities.
Lee
Colleen O
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National Cancer Institute, Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Rockville, MD, USA. leeco@mail.nih.gov
D003142:Communication; D000529:Complementary Therapies; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004581:Electronics; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*