Complementary and alternative medicine: making informed decisions.
A fact sheet for patients and their families.
Victorian Cancer Council
"Having cancer can make you feel frightened and vulnerable. Deciding which is the right treatment for you can be difficult and confusing. Cancer Council supports you in wanting to explore different treatment choices. We want you to have the right information so you can get the best outcome.
"Unfortunately, there are people who falsely promote treatments which don’t work or are even dangerous as ‘cancer cures.’ There are also people who wrongly claim that mainstream or conventional treatments such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy and hormone therapies don’t work. These people are acting unethically.
"We hope this fact sheet will help you recognise which treatments may be harmful or unethical. We provide you with some tips on how to recognise such therapies. It is not a substitute for talking to your doctors or nurses. Please use it as a guide to help you shape the questions you want to ask.
"You may hear doctors or nurses call this range of treatments ‘complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)’. Call the Cancer Council Helpline on 13 11 20 to find out more and ask for a copy of the booklet Complementary and Alternative Cancer Therapies .." or view the booklet online -
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Complementary and alternative medicine: making informed decisions. Fact sheet
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