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Thinking about Complementary and Alternative Medicine
    Posted: 06/08/2005



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Reasons People with Cancer Choose CAM

People with cancer may use CAM to:

  • Help cope with the side effects of cancer treatments, such as nausea, pain, and fatigue;
  • Comfort themselves and ease the worries of cancer treatment and related stress;
  • Feel that they are doing something more to help with their own care;
  • Try to treat or cure their cancer.

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