CAM Therapies: A-Z

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Acai

• Court Orders Internet Marketers of Acai Berry Weight-Loss Pills and “Colon Cleansers” to Stop Deceptive Advertising and Unfair Billing Practices (FTC)
• Herbs at a Glance: Acai (NCCIH)

Acupuncture

• Backgrounder: An Introduction to Acupuncture (NCCIH)
• PDQ® Summary: Acupuncture (NCI)
• Understanding Acupuncture — Time to Try it? (NIH)
• Electroacupuncture May Counter Patients' Nausea After Chemotherapy (OCCAM)
• MD Anderson study suggests acupuncture given alongside radiation may help reduce xerostomia (dry mouth) (OCCAM)
• Acupuncture Studied to Prevent Radiation-Induced Chronic Dry Mouth (OCCAM)

Alpha-linolenic Acid

• EPC Evidence Report: Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Effects on Cancer (AHRQ)

Alpha-Tocopherol

• Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention (ATBC) Study

Amygdalin

• PDQ® Summary: Laetrile/Amygdalin (NCI)

Antineoplastons

• PDQ® Summary: Antineoplastons (NCI)

Antioxidants

• Backgrounder: Antioxidant Supplements for Health (NCCIH)
• EPC Evidence Report: Antioxidant Supplements, Cancer Prevention, and Treatment (AHRQ)
• Fact Sheet: Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention (NCI)

Aromatherapy

• PDQ® Summary: Aromatherapy and Essential Oils (NCI)

Astralagus

• Herbs at a Glance: Astralagus (NCCIH)

Ayurvedic Medicine

• Backgrounder: Ayurvedic Medicine: An Introduction (NCCIH)
• Ancient Medicine from India Studied to Prevent Prostate Cancer (OCCAM)

B

Beta Glucans

• Enhancing Cancer Immunoprevention and Immunotherapy with Naturally Occurring Beta Glucans (OCCAM)

Bitter Orange

• Herbs at a Glance: Bitter Orange (NCCIH)

Black Cohosh

• Black Cohosh (PDQ®) — Health Professional Version
• Herbs at a Glance: Black Cohosh (NCCIH)
• Summary of Workshop on the Safety of Black Cohosh in Clinical Studies (NCCIH)
• Fact Sheet: Black Cohosh (ODS)
• Botanical Products Examined for Prevention of Endometrial Cancer from Tamoxifen Treatment (OCCAM)

C

Calcium

• Fact Sheet: Calcium and Cancer Prevention (NCI)

Cannabis

• PDQ® Summary: Cannabis and Cannabinoids (NCI)

Cancell/Cantron 

• PDQ® Summary: Cancell/Cantron/Protocel (NCI)

Cartilage (Bovine and Shark)

• PDQ® Summary: Cartilage (Bovine and Shark) (NCI)

Cat’s Claw

• Herbs at a Glance: Cat’s Claw (NCCIH)

Chocolate

• Claims About Cocoa:Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You? (NIH)

Coenzyme Q10

• PDQ® Summary: Coenzyme Q10 (NCI)

Coffee

• Coffee consumption and mortality risk: A look at the effect of genetic variation in caffeine metabolism in the UK Biobank
• Coffee Drinking Not Unhealthy and is Possibly Associated with Lower Risk of Death (OCCAM)

Colloidal Silver Products

• Backgrounder: Colloidal Silver Products (NCCIH)

Cranberry

• Herbs at a Glance: Cranberry (NCCIH)
• Cranberry Juice Shows Promise for the Prevention of Bladder Cancer (OCCAM)

Cranial Stimulation

• Cranial Stimulation Tried for Managing Side Effects of Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer (OCCAM)

Cruciferous vegetables

• Fact Sheet: Cruciferous Vegetables and Cancer Prevention (NCI)
• Compound in Cruciferous Vegetables Studied Against Pancreatic Cancer (OCCAM)
• Testing Vegetable Compounds to Boost Breast Cancer Survival (OCCAM)

Curcumin

• PDQ® Summary: Curcumin (NCI)

D

Diet

• Dietary Restrictions Treat Cancer as a Metabolic Disease (OCCAM)
• NIH study finds calorie restriction does not affect survival (NIH)
• Scientists Study Biomarkers of High-Fiber Diets to Lower Risk of Colorectal Cancer (OCCAM)
• Complementary Strategies for Prostate Cancer Prevention and Management (OCCAM)
• High-Fat Diet May Enhance Cancer Patients' Response to Treatments (OCCAM)

Dietary Supplements

• PDQ® Summary: Dietary Supplement – Drug Interactions (NCI)
• Should You Take Dietary Supplements? A Look at Vitamins, Minerals, Botanicals and More (NIH)
• Background Information: Botanical Dietary Supplements (ODS)
• Dietary Supplement Fact Sheets (nih.gov)
• Get the Facts: Using Dietary Supplements Wisely (NCCIH)
• Herbs and Supplements (NLM)

E

Essential Oils

• PDQ® Summary: Aromatherapy and Essential Oils (NCI)

Essiac/Flor-Essence

• PDQ® Summary: Essiac/Flor-Essence (NCI)

Evening Primrose Oil

• Herbs at a Glance: Evening Primrose Oil (NCCIH)

Exercise

• Fact Sheet: Physical Activity and Cancer: Q & A’s (NCI)
• Exercise may Boost the Immune System and Improve Cancer Vaccine Effectiveness (OCCAM)
• Exercise and Antidepressants May Counteract Stress-Induced Tumor Growth (OCCAM)
• Exercise Intervention Studied for Heart Failure in Cancer Survivors (OCCAM)
• Exercise May Stop Cancer from Spreading to the Brain (OCCAM)
• Evidence Emerges for the Health Risks of Sedentary Behavior (OCCAM)
• Impact of Exercise on Ovarian Cancer Prognosis Studied (OCCAM)
• Exercise Study for Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients May Offer Benefits (OCCAM)

F

Fish Oil

• Omega 3’s may increase prostate cancer risk (NCI)
• EPC Evidence Report: Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Effects on Cancer (AHRQ)

Flor-Essence/Essiac

• PDQ® Summary: Essiac/Flor-Essence (NCI)

Fruits and Vegetables

• Targeting Prostate Cancer Cells with Bioflavonoids (OCCAM)
• Dietary Components May Help Colon Cancer by Targeting Inflammation (OCCAM)
• Tomato and Soy Combination Studied for Prostate Cancer Prevention (OCCAM)
• Plant-Based Chemoprevention Investigated for Lung Cancer (OCCAM)

G

Garlic

• EPC Evidence Report: Effects on Cardiovascular Risks and Disease, Protective Effects Against Cancer, and Clinical Adverse Effects (AHRQ)
• Herbs at a Glance: Garlic (NCCIH)

Gerson Therapy

• PDQ® Summary: Gerson Therapy (NCI)

Ginger

• Herbs at a Glance: Ginger (NCCIH)

Ginseng

• Herbs at a Glance: Ginger (Asian) (NCCIH)

Goldenseal

• Herbs at a Glance: Goldenseal (NCCIH)

Gonzalez Protocol

• PDQ® Summary: Gonzalez Regimen (NCI)

Grape

• Herbs at a Glance: Grape Seed Extract (NCCIH)

Grapefruit

• Therapeutic Nanoparticles from Grapefruit Juice (NIH)

Green Tea

• Fact Sheet: Tea and Cancer Prevention (NCI)
• Herbs at a Glance: Green Tea (NCCIH)
• PDQ® Summary: Prostate Cancer, Nutrition, and Dietary Supplements: Green Tea (NCI)

H

Herbal Supplements

• Herbs at a Glance Series (NCCIH)
• Herbal gel may help improve cancer-related pain (NCI)

Homeopathy

• Research Report: Q & A About Homeopathy

Hydrazine Sulfate

• PDQ® Summary: Hydrazine Sulfate (NCI)

Hyperthermia

• Fact Sheet: Hyperthermia in Cancer Treatment Q & A’s (NCI)

I

Immuno-Augmentation Therapy

• EPC Evidence Report: Immuno-Augmentation Therapy and Naltrexone for the Treatment of Cancer (AHRQ)

K

Kava

• Herbs at a Glance: Kava (NCCIH)

L

Laetrile

• PDQ® Summary: Laetrile/Amygdalin (NCI)

Lycopene

• PDQ® Summary: Prostate Cancer, Nutrition, and Dietary Supplements: Lycopene (NCI)

M

Marijuana

• PDQ® Summary: Cannabis and Cannabinoids (NCI)

Massage Therapy

• Backgrounder: Massage Therapy as CAM (NCCIH)
• Massage Therapy: What You Knead to Know (NIH)

Medicinal Mushrooms

• PDQ® Summary: Medicinal Mushrooms - Health Professional Version

Meditation

• Backgrounder: Meditation: An Introduction (NCCIH)
• Meditation Practices for Health: State of the Research (AHRQ)

Milk Thistle 

• EPC Evidence Report: Milk Thistle: Effects on Liver Disease and Cirrhosis and Clinical Adverse (AHRQ)
• Herbs at a Glance: Milk Thistle (NCCIH)
• PDQ® Summary: Milk Thistle (NCI)
• Milk Thistle Extract Evaluated Against Cancer-Causing Liver Disease (OCCAM)

Mind-Body Medicine

• Behavioral and Relaxation Approaches Consensus Statement (NIH)
• PDQ® Summary: Supportive and Palliative Care: Pain: Physical, Integrative, Cognitive-Behavioral, and Psychosocial Interventions (NCI)
• Behavioral Stress Management Program, Even in Small Doses, May Help Breast Cancer Patients (OCCAM)

Mistletoe

• Herbs at a Glance: European Mistletoe (NCCIH)
• PDQ® Summary: Mistletoe Extract (NCI)

Modified Citrus Pectin

• PDQ® Summary: Prostate Cancer, Nutrition, and Dietary Supplements: Modified Citrus Pectin (NCI)

Multivitamin

• Dietary Supplement Fact Sheet: Multivitamin/mineral Supplements (ODS)
• Updated findings from the Linxian Dysplasia Nutrition Intervention Trial (NCI)

Music Therapy

• PDQ® Summary: Supportive and Palliative Care: Pain: Music Interventions for Pain (NCI)

N

Naturopathy

• Backgrounder: An Introduction to Naturopathy (NCCIH)

Newcastle Disease Virus

• PDQ® Summary: Newcastle Disease Virus (NCI)

Noni

• Herbs at a Glance: Noni (NCCIH)

O

Omega-3 Fatty Acids

• Omega 3’s may increase prostate cancer risk (NCI)
• EPC Evidence Report: Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Effects on Cancer (AHRQ)
• Finding a Healthy Dietary Ratio for Prostate Cancer Prevention (OCCAM)

P

PC-SPES

• PDQ® Summary: PC-SPES (NCI)

Pomegranate

• Pomegranate Studied as Preventive Agent Against Prostate Cancer (OCCAM)
• PDQ® Summary: Prostate Cancer, Nutrition, and Dietary Supplements: Pomegranate (NCI)

Probiotics

• Get the Facts: An Introduction to Probiotics (NCCIH)
• Safety of Probiotics Used to Reduce Risk and Prevent or Treat Disease (AHRQ)

Protocel

• PDQ® Summary: Cancell/Cantron/Protocel (NCI)

Q

Qigong

• Traditional Chinese Mind-Body Practice Studies in Long-Term Cancer Survivors (OCCAM)

R

Raspberries

• Black Raspberries Studied to Prevent Oral Cancer (OCCAM)

Red Algae

• Red Algae from the Sea Studied for Colon Cancer Prevention (OCCAM)

Red Clover

• Herbs at a Glance: Red Clover (NCCIH)

Red Sage

• Compound in Red Sage Plant May Help Control Blood Vessels that Feed Tumors (OCCAM)

Reiki 

• Backgrounder: Reiki: An Introduction (NCCIH)

S

SAMe (S-Adenosyl-L-Methionine)

• EPC Evidence Reports: S-Adenosyl-L-Methionine for Treatment of Depression, Osteoarthritis, and Liver Disease (AHRQ)

Selected Vegetables/Sun’s Soup

• PDQ® Summary: Selected Vegetables/Sun’s Soup (NCI)

Selenium

• Dietary Supplements Fact Sheet: Selenium (ODS)
• Fact Sheet: Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT): Q & A’s (NCI)
• Antioxidant Enzymes Show Unexpected Behavior in Leukemia Cells Treated with Imatinib (OCCAM)

Soy

• EPC Evidence Report: Effects of Soy on Health Outcomes (AHRQ)
• Herbs at a Glance: Soy (NCCIH)
• PDQ® Summary: Prostate Cancer, Nutrition, and Dietary Supplements: Soy (NCI)
• Soy Bread Studied in Men with Prostate Cancer (OCCAM)
• Tomato and Soy Combination Studied for Prostate Cancer Prevention (OCCAM)
• Soy Used to Protect Normal Cells While Sensitizing Cancer Cells to Radiation (OCCAM)

Spirituality

• PDQ® Summary: Spirituality in Cancer Care (NCI)
• Mind-body interventions investigated alongside chemotherapy in breast cancer patients (OCCAM)

T

Tai Chi

• Backgrounder: Tai Chi for Health Purposes (NCCIH)
• Tai Chi Exercise Studied to Improve Quality of Life for Senior Cancer Survivors (OCCAM)
• Pilot study examines feasibility of tai chi intervention in older cancer survivors (OCCAM)
• Mind-body interventions investigated alongside chemotherapy in breast cancer patients (OCCAM)

Tea

• Fact Sheet: Tea and Cancer Prevention (NCI)
• Herbs at a Glance: Green Tea (NCCIH)
• PDQ® Summary: Prostate Cancer, Nutrition, and Dietary Supplements: Green Tea (NCI)

Thunder God Vine/Tripterygium wilfordii

• Herbs at a Glance: Thunder God Vine (NCCIH)

Turmeric

• Curcumin (Curcuma, Turmeric) and Cancer (PDQ®) - Health Professional Version
• Herbs at a Glance: Turmeric (NCCIH)
• Curcumin Investigated to Prevent Prostate Cancer Metastasis (OCCAM)

V

Vegetarianism

• Digging a Vegetarian Diet: Plant-Based Eating Can Reap Rewards (NIH)

Vitamin Supplements

• Routine Vitamin Supplementation to Prevent Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease (AHRQ)

Vitamin A

• Dietary Supplements Fact Sheet: Vitamin A (ODS)
• Vitamin A Studied as Possible Preventive Agent Against Cancer (OCCAM)

Vitamin B

• Dietary Supplement Fact Sheet: Vitamin B6 (ODS)
• Researcher Investigates a Vitamin's Potential Dual Effect on Cancer (OCCAM)

Vitamin C

• PDQ® Summary: High-dose Vitamin C (NCI)

Vitamin D

• Pooling Resources to Examine Associations Between Vitamin D and Risk of Rarer Cancers (OCCAM)
• Large Populations and Rigorous Methods Needed for Vitamin D Research (OCCAM)
• Vitamin D Studied to Treat Advanced Prostate Cancer (OCCAM)
• Dietary Supplements Fact Sheet: Vitamin D (ODS)
• Fact Sheet: Vitamin D and Cancer Prevention: Strengths and Limits of the Evidence (NCI)
• Vitamin D Tested for Preventing Lung Cancer in High-Risk Patients (OCCAM)

Vitamin E

• Dietary Supplements Fact Sheet: Vitamin E (ODS)
• Fact Sheet: Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT): Q & A’s (NCI)

Vitamin K

• Vitamin K Studied in Treatment and Prevention of Liver Cancer (OCCAM)

Y

Yoga

• Backgrounder: Yoga for Health: An Introduction (NCCIH)
• New research suggests yoga may help with fatigue-related symptoms in breast cancer survivors (NCI)
• Yoga Studied to Relieve Fatigue and Stress in Breast Cancer Patients (OCCAM)
• Scientific Results of Yoga: Welcome [Part1 of 3] (NCCIH)

Z

Zyflamend

• PDQ® Summary: Prostate Cancer, Nutrition, and Dietary Supplements: Zyflamend (NCI)