Prim Care. 2002 Jun; 29(2): 379-92.

Cancer: current research in alternative therapies.

White JD.

Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Office of the Deputy Director of Extramural Science, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Executive Plaza North, Suite 102, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. jeffreyw@mail.nih.gov

Apparent increases in the use of alternative medical interventions by patients with cancer represent a challenge and an opportunity for the conventional medical research establishment and medical practice communities. Conventional cancer researchers are beginning to investigate alternative medical interventions that are used by patients with cancer, and eventually this exploration will generate sufficient data to permit evidence-based recommendations about these modalities.